3  1822  00200  0735 


EDWARD    L.  PARTRIDGE 


3  1822  00200  0735 


THE  UNIVERSITY  LIBRARY 
UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA,  SAN 
iA  JOLLAy  CALIFORNIA 


THE 


HISTORY  OF  THE  DESCENDANTS 


JOHN    DWIGHT, 


DEDHAM,  MASS. 


THE 


j  of  ij)c  Seacetrtrmits 


DEDHAM,  MASS. 


I ;  I :  X  J  A  MIX    W  .    D  W I  G  H  T  , 


VOLUME   I. 


PRINTED     FOR     THE     AUTHOR 


NEW   YORK. 
JOHN  F.  TROW  k  SOX.  PI'JNTKRS  AND  BOOKBINDERS, 

2U3-2i:j    EAST    TU'KLrTH    STHEET. 

1874 


.Cincagc  of  one  of  tl)c  beet  of  tljc  carln  Ucligious  families  of 
iXcin  (Eugianb. 


ASPIKATIOX,  EXCELLENCE,  AXI)  INDUSTRY 

WHICH  THEY  FIND   I'UKsKXTED  IX  ITS  PAGES.     MAY  THEY  EACH  AXI)  ALL  HOXOIi 

IX     SEXSE     AXI)     >KNTJ.\IKXT.     IX     J'UUPi 'SK     AXD     1'JtAC'J'lf'K.      IX     LII'E 

ALllvE     AXD     IX     DEATH.     THE     GOI>     OF     THE  III     FATHEU>: 

AXD   EXJOY   THROUGH  ALL THKIK  EARTHLY 

III'i?T<.>KY,      WILETHEIl    JX    B'l'OIlM 

OR      IX     SUXSHIXE, 


°F   AFM;S 

(See  TULV  IIS.) 

ON  A  FIELD  ERMINE,  A  LION  PASSANT  I  ON  A  CHIEF.  GULES  :  A  CRES- 
CENT. OR  :   IN  BASE.  A  CROSS  CROSSLET. 

CREST  :   ON    A    WREATH.  A    DEMI-LION    RAMPANT,    RESTING    ON    AN 
ESQUIRE'S  HELMET 


A 


'Unl'OSED    !•". \\i!LV    GATIIKKTN 


-a;  lirrini;  of  their  representat i  \  es  ;it  tin-  old  anccMral  plaee-  \\herc- 
tin-ir  A  merican  ln.-torv  l>c<j;m,  or,  l>etter  still,  in  some  ra:  <  -  in  a  1.1  r_h- 
1 "  >ri  nu'  i 'it  v  con  v en  lent  of  iicrcss  to  t  lirni.  Slum  Id  not  i  In  .-.•  .  .t'  I  >v.  i_dit 
lineage.  \\heiher  in  name  or  in  lilood,  thus  i'(.(ii'_'ri-L.':iti'  <•!•••  l'iii^  in 

llirlii'  il  \      i  '!'    "  MllM   l.lllg   S\  lie. 

Tlii-    iiri'iirr    |il;icr  t'nr  >,ucli  ;i   s'iitlici'ijn'  of  tin-    l'\\ii'lit     |-';iini!\    in  ;ill 

III  . 

ii-  lii-iindn's  wcuild  In-  Ne\v  \»rk  ;  and  it  slnnild  lie  held  in  the  ninntli 
of  June  HI1  (  (etiiliel1,  al'Mlit  llie  IniddU'  of  ('it  her  limlitli.  \\'li;tt  "a 
1'ea-^t  <>f  iv.-isoii  and  a  (low  of  soul"  mi^lit  easily  lie  jn-ejiared.  to  tin.' 
lonu  re!ne|iiliered  jo\'  of  all  hearts  that  slioitlii  lie  so  fort  un.\t  e  ;i>  to  |  ,;;r- 

ticipate  in  it.       With  Coojier  ln-tini!e  sectirrd  fur  the  < ;i-i..;,.;i  |;,i'_'e 

;i— M-iulil.-'u'c  niiLrlit  In'  drawn  together  from  all  part- of  ihel;uid  ;(,!,.-ir 
;.n  lii>torii-;il  addre^^  and  a  |ioi-in,  and  i  nf  u'lna  i  remark-  in  ;!,.  i',,il.  in- 
te|-<|M-r-eil  \\iih  SOUL."-  and  hand.-liakinu'^  and  <_'reet 'PIL:-.  and  ai-e.im- 

j, allied  !'V  at  lea-l  one  fcstivi1  lll'-al  together.  And  \\iin  ih-lt  e-llld 
C(i|ne  to  Mieh  a  ei'ovv  ni  !iL,r  ocea>ion  111  the  lull  I  i  K -ll  1 -!  • 'l'\  Vnllld  tail  ]•) 

1.,  tie  re;-  From  New  York  and  NVu  ||a\en  comliine.i.  -neh  ;i  r;dl 
plMiild  i.-.-ue  to  all  of  i  he  I  >  wi^l  1 1  Faiidly .  (  )n.-e  -et  in  ].  .  ;•  :..  -i.eii  a 

j_M-;M,d    t'.llnlU     Li'at  her!  11^   >lloll  Id    lie    repealed    IV^Il  lai'l  \    a-o!':.  cliee    ill 

•J.'i    \ear-.    f  'i'    ill''    I'l'e-h    11. -pi  rail'  >ll    ot    each    \ii-\\    Ljeheral  lull     '        •    vi    ,\    iii_'ll 

f.  ./in  i  .t'  i  iii  iu>t  r\   and  excellence. 


THE 
PECTLIAU   TVPK   OF  THIS   WORK. 


Xo  0110  can  rightly  judge  of  the  intended  scope  and  licariii^1  of  this 
work,  either  in  general  or  in  detail,  who  docs  not  remember  that  it  is 
from  first  to  last  a  family-book.  Its  biographical  sketches  and  state- 
ments have  been  prepared  for  the  special  gratification  <>f  each  imme- 
diate familv,  to  whose  separate  history  thev  distinctively  pertain. 
Manv  things  are  liere  recorded  for  permanent  preseryatiou  which  will 
be  forever  precious  to  the  hearts  of  one  and  another  group  of  the  family 
at  lara'e.  in  which  not  only  strangers,  but  those  also  belonging  to  other 
branches  of  the  family,  are  not  required  or  expected  to  find  any  great 
or  special  interest.  I  laving  designed  the  work  to  be,  from  the  first, 
of  the  tvpe  designated,  the  author  has  felt  free  at  all  times  to  u'ive  full 
vent  to  any  desire  which  has  arisen  in  his  heart  to  promote  ill*-  ^ratili- 
catioii  of  those  far  more  numerous  readers  which  will  in  future  years 
pore  with  eau'er  eyes  over  the.se  pages,  than  those,  however  many,  which, 
will  see  them  during  the  life-time  of  the  present  generation  of  men. 

The  aim  ha>  been  to  make  the  book  as  much  as  possible  a  collection 
of  family-portraitures,  which  shall  be  true  to  the  lif-.  in  iii  •  style  of 
their  individual  characieri/at ion  ;  and  to  present  those  whose  lives 
are  hero  sketched,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  just  as  they  appeared  to  those 
who  knew  them  best.  The  fewer  the  decisive  touches  in  aiiv  case 
which  are-  needful  for  the  purpose,  the  better.  Pen-portraitures  like 
pravers,  are  not  improved  by  any  unnecessary  multiplication  of  words 
in  the  process  of  rendering  them.  It  will  no;  be  strange,  it'  some  of 
the  pictures  here  drawn  experience  a  similar  history  with  that  of'some 
to  Vie  found  on  canvas,  which  "•improve!  on  acquaintance."  The  same 
face  often  appeal's  very  different  to  diifeivnt  eyes,  in  H,  it  one  instance 
has  there  been  a  conscious  willingness  to  say  too  much  or  too  little  of 


UllV    person    presented    to    view    withill    these    pa^'eS.         The    SI  I  ]  HV1  m  '   ( lesi  re 

has  e\er  liei-n  In  In1  truthful  and  |iist,  ami  never  ID  lie  "  ^eiierou-,  /.;  <t 
fit  i<lt."  of  to  in  -ifact  in  ill''  I'-aM  ffoin  the  outward  of  imvanl  excel- 
lence nt'  \\ortliv  work  well  done  1  >\'  aiiv  (Hie,  and  llic  iva.1  pfaisc  dc-t-i-  \  fd 
I'm-  ii>  fiu'hi  jii'i'tufiiiancc.  Nanjilit  has  Keen,  in  anv  instance,  knnw- 
inu'lv  said,  in1  left  unsaid,  under  the  inlluenee  of  anv  prejudice  in  refei- 
eiiee  in  the  ].ro|ier  pt'fsonal,  ilcnoiiiLiiational,  or  [n-(ifes>iMiial  j>re>enta- 
nmi  of  an\  mie  meiitinned  in  tliis  hook. 

Perhaps,  as  most  persons  look  at  a  picture  nf  a  face,  nr  of  a  land- 
scape, as  a  \\  hole,  and  so  do  not  feel  the  detects  in  details  which  sonie- 
t  hues  dist  ress  other  eyes  that  search  for  them  :  this  work  ofart,a>  it 
lia--  lieeii  de>m'ni  d  to  lie,  in  an  historical  and  l>io^raphical  \\-.\v  coni- 
liine.l,  mav  receive  iVoin  the  majority  of  those  \\\i<>  read  it  a 
\\elcniiie  in  its  general  outlines  and  proportions  which  some  will  lie 
daintv  in  I'enderini;  to  it  in  more  narrow  relations.  To  <  iod  and  the 
famiSv.  now  and  forever,  it  is  committed. 

Maiiv  a  nolile  t'oriu  of  the  departed  has  seemed  to  ho\er  around 
the  \vi-iier  during  tin;  preparat  ion  of  this,  work,  sometimes  one  well 
known  once  i>v  .-tu'lit.  and  at  other  iiino,  one  wi-lcoiaed  to  the  inner 
se!i>e  of  tlmuuhi  1  iy  his  storied  wealth  of  L;O, idne-~s,  pointing,  each  and 
e\  erv  one,  always  pointing,  upwards  to  u'iory  and  to  ( !od  ;  and  l>iddin_' 
him.  in  sileht  majesty,  point  the  eyes  of  all  others  thitherward  wi;h 
lii-  own. 

The  tripii  of  the  jifecepis^  pro\erl)s  and  promises  of  the  p.ilili-  \\i!l 
lie  seen  almndaiil  Iv  |iortra\"ed  in  the>e  paL,fe>  on  a  lar^'e  and  e\er-\arv- 
iiiLj  scale  of  manifestation  in  the  manv  h\'cs  hei'e  briutlv  proenu-d  iu 

\ieW. 


TABLE  OF  CONTEXTS. 


PAGE 

I.   Dedication v 

II.    Family  Gatherings viii 

III.   The  Peculiar  Type  of  this  Work ix 

LY.  Table  of  Pictures xii 

Y.    General  Summary  of  Ilesults xv-xxix 

VI.   Introduction , 

VII.   llecent  History  of  English  Dwights 

VII  L    History  of  Timothy  Ihvight  of  Mediield 

IX.   History  of  John  I) wight  of  Dedham 

X.   History  of  Timothy  I) wight  of  Dedham 

XI.   Descendants  of  .Justice  Xathaniel  Ihvight 

XII.   Descendants  of  Kev.  Josiah  Ihvight -l-'Jl'-G  i'J 

XIII.  Descendants  of  '  'apt.  Henry  D wight (JL'n-'.i  M 

XIV.  Descendants  of  .Michael  Ihvight !)47_]iMiS 

XV.   The  Shirley  Dwights lUO'.i-i'ii 

XVI.    Families  having  assumed  the  Xame JOlM— ~> 

XVII.  Sporadic  Occurrences  of  the  Xame lOl'i) 

XVI  LI.   Collateral  Genealogies  of  Connected  Families ldi'7-J  1  l.'J 

XIX..   Odds  and  Ends  ;   or,  Last  Additions,  etc 11  1-1-19 

XX.   Indexes,  three  in  number 1  IL'O 


TAllLi;  OF  I'K.TURMS  AM)   PORTRAITS. 


I.   'I'll.'  l>s\i-],t  ('..at  of  Anns. 

'_'.     1  'res.   -I  i  ilia!  linn    K.lsvanls.  . 


.">.  1'ivs.  Tim, .thy   I  Us  i--lii 1  in 

1.  Mrs.    Mary   Wools.-y  Dwi^l.t Ill 

:>.  Mrs.   S.i|.lii:i  \\' ll.ri.lu'i-   Dwi^ln 17- 

i',.  r.riijainin   \\" ll.ri.lu"  I  iwiu'lit 1  Ml 

7.  I  >\\  i_'lil'-    I! 'ira!    I  I  iirli    Sri  i  MO  I    (  t  \VM    vir\v>j 1  M 

s.  .laiin-   I  »v.  i-l,t  of  Xi-\v    I  las. 'ii .' I'.'S 

'.'.  M  i->.  Sii-an   r.r.'.-il   1  >\\iulit l'.i> 

In.  1  'i-( ,('.  'i'iin.  ><  liv  I  >ss  -i^lii l'i  IL' 

11.  Key.    I  M.   \Villiam  T.   h\s  i-lii L'lii1. 

!•_'.     I'M-.  T! Ion:    I*.    \Voolsry 

]:',.  Maim-  \Villiai:i  N.  I '...w.-rs 

I).  (  ',,].  ,\  ]iuni-:  u>  \\".    I  >ss  i-ht -^"v 

l.">.    l-'raiM-i-    I  K\  i-lii    of  A  11, any .V7''> 

I'1,.    I'M  in  u  ml   I  >wiirlii  of   r,(i>ton >','  1 

17.    Hon.   Diivi.l  A.  \Vi-lls '.""i 

Is.     II,. my    |)ssiU'li!   of  (  I,  1,1  \a '.'UL' 

I'.i.  Tin'  Siu.l.larii  <  '..ai   ..{'  Ann- I"!".' 

I:,  ;il,,  ,nt    a    f,,ii!-tli  -.f  tl,.-   ,-.  .pi.  -   i  !:••!•-•  v  i'l  I,,,  f.. 1 1  n,l  ;..!..•  a  i-.:. 

,.,:-irail    ofC.,1.    Walt. Mi    lKsi-1,1    of   r.in.'iiani:    •:,.    N.   \  ..:•.'   }•    .  7!" 


Xlll 


Tin-:  likenesses  which  are  found  in  this  work  and  were  not  afforded 
by  himself,  were  all  directly  sought  for  by  the  author,  and  with  many 
others  that  he  could  not  so  fortunately  obtain.  Those,  of  Jonathan 
Edwards,  Pros.  I) wight,  Mrs.  Sophia  W.  Dwight,  and  Benjamin  AY. 
I) wight,  as  well  as  the  family  Coat  of  Arms,  the  two  pictures  of 
Dwight's  Bural  High  School,  and  the  Stoddard  Coat  of  Arms  he  fur- 
nished. The  following  likenesses  on  steel  plates  were  expressly  pre- 
pared for  this  work  by  the  generous  kindness  of  the  parties  named  : 
that  of  Dr.  William  T.  D wight  of  Portland,  by  his  son  Thomas  B. 
Dwiglu  of  Philadelphia — a  previous  plate  having  been  destroyed  in  the 
great  lire  at  Boston;  that  of  Mrs.  .President  D  wight,  and  of  his  father, 
Mr.  James  Dwight,  by  Prof.  Timothy  Dwiglit  of  Xew  Haven,  as  was 
his  own  by  Thomas  Hooker,  Esq.,  tutor  at  Yale,  and  that  of  Mrs. 
Susan  IS.  Dwight,  by  her  son  James  M.  B.  Dwight,  Esq.,  of  London^ 
The  last  four  wore  engraved  by  Mr.  John  C.  Buttre  of  New  York,  as 
were  two  others,  that  of  Col.  Augustus  AV.  Dwiglit,  furnished  by  his 
mother,  and  that  of  Major  AV.  X.  Bowers,  presented  by  his  brothers. 

The  likeness  of  Edmund  Dwight,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  was  kindlv  con- 
tributed by  his  son  Edmund  of  that  city  ;  that  of  Francis  Dwight,  Esq., 
of  Albany,  by  Mrs.  Xathan  Graham  of  Xew  York  ;  that  of  Ilenrv 
Dwight,  Esq.,  of  Geneva,  by  his  children;  that  of  Hon.  D.  A.  \Vells  bv 
his  wife;  and  that  of  Pres.  T.  D.  AVoolsey  by  Bev.  E.  L.  Heermance  of 
White  .Plains,  X.  Y. 

Long  and  much  did  the  writer  strive  to  obtain  many  other  represi  rita- 
tive  family-faces  for  the  permanent  beautitlcation  of  these  pages.  There 
are  grand  ones  to  be  had  and  of  a  large  number;  and  would  indeed 
that  many  more  hearts  had  been  willing  to  stretch  out  their  generosity 
to  the  real  amplitude  of  the  occasion.  What  noble  names  are  these  in 
the  familv,  of  all  the  bearers  of  which  there  are  line  pictures  in  oil  or 
in  phototype  at  ready  command  !  Bi'ig'-  Gen.  Joseph  I)wight;  Madam 
Marv  Edwards  Dwight,  the  one  specially  historic  woman  of  the 
family;  Madam  Phoda  Dwiglit  of  Northampton,  a  queen  in  form  and 
mien  as  well  as  in  intellect  and  excellence;  Hon.  Theodore  Dwight  of 


I  I.LI  i ford.  \\hose  face  \vasfull  of  ln-aufv;  .Jonathan  Dwi^ht  of  Spring- 
field, a  name  ln-lil  in  double  honor  1  » y  tln»r  who  know  Imw  brightly  it 
once  shone  in  ilii1  successive  keeping  of  father  and  son  ;  IN-v.  Louis 
D\\i_'lii  nl'  I'.osioii,  K'-v.  Dr.  II.  C.  <  >.  hwii:ht  of  ('uii.-.tantino|.li',  ami 
Col.  \\'il,|,  r  hui-lii  <•!'  1 '.!»>( on. 

N  i  it  a  t>-\\  ami  inu  I  In-  li  \  mi,',  wlio,  \\  ln-n  I  lie  hand  of  death  has  passed 
ovi  ;•  thi-ir  t'ari  -.  uill  l>c  historic,  witli  the  lie>t  of  otliei-  davs  iii  ilie 
I'ainilv.  iniL.'lii.  uiili  one  favoring  word  !o  Mii-li  a  request,  liave  ;_'i\en  a 
Lrrat iliejit ion  i''  i  heir  kindred,  now  and  evermore,  wliieh  would  have  far 
and  li'iii^  outshone  anv  other  use  to  wlneh  tin-  t'i-\\  score  of  dollars 
needed  c-onld  po-~.>ilily  lie  put.  Such  reipie>t>  included  not  onlv  literarv 
and  pn-fi-^-^ional  nieniliers  of  the  family  l»ut  also  various  leading 
liusiness-inen  in  it,  and  as  representative  especiallv  of  its  diilVrent 
principal  liram-lies;  and  had  anv  eneoura^ini^  success  attended  such 
i-'fort^,  thev  \voiild  at  (.nice  ha\'e  been  much  extended.  Anion^'  othi-r 
likenesses  thus  sought  were  tlioMj  of  I  'rot'.  Theodore  AV.  Dwi-ht  of 
New  N'ork,  'I'homas  1'..  I  >wi«dit  of  I'liiladelphia,  M'illiain  .D^L'ht  of 
I'.ostou,  Ceo ri.'( •  |)wi-ht  of  Springfield,  Alfred  A.  I>\vi-l,t  of  Detroit, 
and  aKo  Amos  T.  Dwi'_'ht ,  John  I  )wi^'ht,  James  V.  Dwiijit.and  lv.1- 
niund  D\\  i-lit.  all  of  New  York;  and  those  likewise  of  I'mfs.  \Vorth- 
Lii^'ton  I  looker,  Jamc-a  D.  Dana,  and  William  D.  Whitii'-v  of  Yale 


GENERAL 


SUMMARY   OF  EESULTS. 


i. 

GRADUATES  OF  VARIOUS  COLLEGES. 

To   Yale    College,    far   beyond   any   other   in  tlic   land,   the    D  wight 
Family  has.  like  tlie  Strong  Family,  <fiven  in  all  its  generations,  and 

v  O  v    '     O  O 

under  whatever  name,  its  heart  and  its  hopes  from  the  first  until  now. 
Within  twenty  years  past,  ten  of  the  family  have  been  professors  in.  its 
various  departments,  one  of  whom  was  also,  for  a  long  period,  its  hon- 
ored [(resident,  and  several  have  been  tutors. 


1. 


I. 

YALI-:  COLLEGE. 
'/xe  of  the  name  Dtriyld. 


IT'21  Rev.  Daniel.  Charleston,  S.C. 
17:j<>  Jusiah.  Springfield,  Mass.  .  . 
1744  Timothy,  Northampton,  Mass 
170!)  Pros.  Timothy,  Yale  College. 
177-5  Sam'l  (d.   soon).  Thompson, 
Ct...  .......  .  .......... 

1794  Dr.  Jo.siah,  Portsmouth,  X.H. 
17!J!J  Edmund,   Boston,  Mass  ..... 

1801  Henry.  Geneva,  X.  Y  ...... 

1802  John  (d.  soon).  New  Haven. 
ISOo  Prest.  Sereno  E.,  Boston.  .  .  . 
1801)  Rev.  E.  \V.,  Richmond,  Mass. 
1813  John   \V.    id.    soon).    Spring- 

field .................... 

18i:J  Dr.  \Vm.  T.,  Portland.  Me.  . 
18P5  Rev.  Louis.  Boston,  Mass... 
181-1  Theodore.  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.  . 
IS!"  Hem'v  E.  ,  New  Haven,  Ct.  . 
1N2I    William  C.,  Franklin,  La  ____ 

182     William   W.,  New  York  ..... 

182    Timothy  K.,  Northampton.  . 
]s:;.    Edmund.  New  York.  ....... 

lS:;s  Rev.  Edward  S.,  Hadley  ____ 

1840  Jolin  Breed.  Tutor,  Yale.  .  .  . 

1S4U  Jas.  M.  B.  .  London,  En-_r.  . 


18-19  Prof.  Timothy,  New  ITavou.  2n2- 

1  802  Dr.  Henry  E.,  Philadelphia.  2U'J 
1852  Rev.  James  II.,  Englewood, 

N.  J  ....................  SO.-> 

1854  Rev.  Win.    B.,  New  Britain. 

Ct  ......................  SO.") 

1859  Thomas  B.,  Philadelplha.  .  .  .  209 


429 
924 
c,sl 


2.   OLlu  /'•<.  of 

174:]  p.  Lyman  Jr.,  Snffield,  Ct.  . 
17.1S  Shem  Burljank,  Suffiel'd  ____ 

1759  Abm.  Burbauk,  W.   Spring- 
field .................... 

1759  Asahel  Hathcway.  Suflield.  . 
17S2  Rev.  J.  Willard.  Vermont.  .  . 
17SG  Gcul.  N.  Terry.  Hartford... 
1792  Hon.  Saml.  Lathrop,  W.  Sp. 
1798  Theo.  Sed'jrwick.  Albiinv  . 


1801  Asahel   Hatheway,  Suiiield.  . 
1810  John  Hooker.  Springfield  . .  . 

1810  John  Howard.  Springiield.  . 

1811  Judge  M.  Chapin,  Rochester. 
1811  II.  W.  Huutingtou,  Cataliou- 

la,La 

Hon.  Sol.  Lathrop.  W.  Sp.  .  . 

Jolui  M.  Woolsey.  N.  Haven. 
1M:5  Win.  C.  Woolsey,  New  York. 
1M-1  Dr.  G.  Hooker,  Longmeadow 
181-j  Hon.  J.  Hooker.  Springfield. 


IM.'i  S.  T.  KIM--.  Canand.v-jna.  . 
lsli;  Dr.  T  DvM-'ht  l'ort.-r.  N.  V.. 
1s!ii  II.  W.  Taylor.  Caiiandai^ua. 
lsl'i  K.-V.  II.  F  Leavitt.  Middle- 

l.;ir\ 

1-1  ;  K.  \    '.\.     L.    Ciiai-in,    (.ale- 

Uill'L'1! 

1s!  s  H..II.       S.       II.       1! until;;,'! on. 

liar?  ford 

l-.pl  Th,  o.  W.  |'ort--r.  New  York. 
Is.'»  |',VM  T.  D.  Wouls.-y.  Yalo.  . 
1S'J!  V.l'itii  T.-rrv.  \.-w  Haven.. 
I-.".1  Tin  -  I-:.  Iv'r-.  Il.erville.  La. 
IX.1:.  Prof.  W  llouke--,  M.D..  Yale. 
1s'.1;  K.  v.  Kieh'd  lluuker,  .Macon, 

(ia 

1  >•_".'  Juiin  Lathrop.  Buffalo 

1- •;:!  Prof.  Jas.  D.  Dana.  Yale  .  .  . 
1s:;;  Dr.  S.  (i.  Sonthmayd.  X.  Y. 
1s:;;  Ku-iiKiid  T.-rrv.  New  York.. 
ls::;i  1'r..:.  J.  D.  Whitney.  Harvard 
l^\-<  Dr.  A.  ,').  SKoen'iaker,  Wil- 

kesk-mv ' 

ls',7  K.-v.  11,  nry  15.  Chapin.  X.  Y. 

1-',s  Jud-e  D.  F,,-ter.  Boston 

1s  Is  I-1.  P.-u-kard  id.  early).  1'hila. 
lsis  >a!:i'l  C.  Perkins.  Phiiadel.. 
1s- 1s  Maj.  T.  W.  Winthrop.  Nc-\v 

Haven 

1  -Oil  KeV.  L.  W.  Bacon,  r.-dtiinort! 
KM  Wm.  B.  Dana.  X.-w  York... 

K.I  Col.  \V.  Winthrop.  D.  C 

KVJ  Col.  A.  Terry.  Tennessee... 

KV!  L  C.  Biiiin-s.  X.  Orleans.  .  . 
1 '-.-.;;  H.  nry  I.  Bliss.  Wi.-euusin .  .  . 
1SV,  Dr.  .}.  W.  Hooker.  X.  Haven. 
KM  Chas.  1-'.  Johnson.  <  l.ve^o.  .  . 
1  S-V>  >  L  Bruii-on.  New  Haven.. 
KV,  Pro!'.  L.  K.  Packard.  Yale.  . 
1  s"i  '.  .1  as  L.  Wiiit  n.-v.  Bo-iun 
]-•>',  Kev.  J.  L.  Morion.  Illinois.  . 
1->  Win.  P.  Bacon.  Xew  York.  . 
!  -•.".! i  I.I .  F.  Carrin-'ton.  X.  Y. . 


1-il-J  W 


.  \V.  Johnson.  Annapolis.. 
nd,  llnntin^rton.  X.  Y  ____ 

v.  A.  Ha'.e.  Jr..  Illinois.. 
of.  H.  M.  Wliitney.  I'.t-l,  .it. 
ill.ur  II.  IJ.icon.  X.  Y  ..... 

D.  Coliu.r.    St.   Louis  ____ 

'!'.  Cullins,  Hartford  ..... 

I  .   Braiit'-rd.  Mruuklvn  .  .  . 

!'.    T,  rry.  .\,-w  York  ____ 

-v.  K.  W    Uai-oii.  .Michigan 

US.  Huuk,-r.  \,.u-  I  lav.  n    . 

-.   Dana.  .V-w   Hav.-n.  .  !  ! 

-.-.  K.  Terry.  X.-wYork.. 
I-U.  S.  \VouU,-y.  X.  H-tveii. 


171:1  (ienl.  P.  Lyin.vi.  Snllield.  .  .  . 
1  M.'I  K.-v.    I''.    L.  a\ilt,  SOIIUTS.  Ct. 
1  ;.".  I   Dr.  .1.  Laihr,,)..  W.  Sprin^fi.-ld. 
l?i'.ill!ev.    A.    Storrs.  \V:.terlo\vii, 

Ct 

7lM   Hon.    The,,.    Sed-Wiek.    \Ia-.-. 

7HS  Hun.  S.    F.iwler.  \\,  -i!;.;d.  . 

77'l  Hun.    S.   Lyman.  liar!  !'.,rii .  . 

i  71  <  ;•  nl.  T.  1  ves.  ( ir.  Ban  i];-..t<iii 

7S'J  Hun.  J.   lluuke,-.  Spriiij.-ri.-ld. 

7^!  .Indu'e  J.    L\ man.  X'mpi  ,,11  .  . 

7s  I  K,V.  J.  Taylor.  Bruce.  Mich. 

7>7  K.    Whiul<--<-y.  Suuthin^ton 

7'.'1   I].  Huntinjrtoii.  Norwich.... 

SUI)  H.  W.   SIIUIIL;-.   Andieist 

Mil  Hun.  (i.  Hoadley.  Cleveland, 
isn::  Kev.  I-;.  I).  Andrew.-.  Midi.  . 
lsn:;,|.  >ca  rl,ui-uii-_:h.  1 1  art  t'urd.  .  . 
1M>J  F.  B.  Winilnu),.  N.  Haven.  . 
l^P.'  Hon.  (i.  Bli->.  S],rin-lield.  . 
lsl.->  Dr.  W.  B.  Spra-ne.  A! I, any. 
IMo  K'-v.  J.  Wickhani.  Vei-inont. 
INK;  W.  P.  Cleavcland.  X.  London 
ls^l)  Dr.  L.-onard  Bacon.  N. Haven 

1 -V',M  Dr.  Fli  Smith.  Arm.  nia 

ivj',1  Hun.  J.  II.  P.rain.-r.l.  \'t 

1S'-M  Kev.  D.  Plan.  S.  Xurwalk.  . 
l-'Jl  Jud-o  C.  Shoemaker.  Wil- 

ke.-l.arre 

ls'-'7  Itev.  A.  Hal.-.  Sj.rii^ti.-ld.  111. 
I.XM  Dr.  Walter  Clark,-.  Burial  >  . 
1S:!7  Kev.  K.  C.  Learned.  I',,  rlin. 

Ct 

ls:;:i  Chas.  A.  P.ri.-ted.  N.  Y 

1s- 1 1   K.-v.    W.    T.    L  ,-::'-.    M-rin-- 

lield . 

l-MM   Kev.  Clell   W 1.  Chiea-o.  .  . 

1s)  !  Ira  L.-\vis.  Toronto.  I  'anada. 
lslo  Jared  K-  id.  Kiehmond.  .Mass. 

ixl:;  Thc-odore  W,  -;,,;,.  N.  Y 

ls".l  W.  S.  Shnrth-ir.  Sprin-rield. 
\^:>:>  K.-V.  II.  A.  Yardley.  Mi-idle- 

I.uWM    .      

lsos  Kev.  10.  L.  Heermance.  While 
Plains 

lv-,s  K,-v.  W.  S.  H  ;  ;«'l.  >..n!.-r- 
vilh-  

ls';i  William  Cook.  Camorid;.-.-.  .. 

1s-;-.'  W.  P.  Ketchiii-i.  Ni  w  York.  . 

Whole  numlier  of   Yale  <  ,ia'iuales 

II. 

II  \i:  v.\i:i>  i  'i  .i.i.i.i;!-:. 

1.      '/V,.«,    -;/•//,,    .,        ,.     Itri.J,'. 

HN7  K.  v.  Josiah.  W...  d-to.-U.  Ct. 
1  7-J-'  (Jt-nl  JoM-pii,  l.r.  ! Jar;-. ii-tuii. 

17'Jl   Kev.   Flint.  K\e.  ,\    ^ 

17-JC  Kev    Da;.;.  1  ul    -  

17"i!  II,  nry  t.l.  .-o,,n..  ( ,  r.  Barrii.-- 
!,.,,;  Ma-.  . 


r,>!) 
1','s 


General  Summary  of  Results. 


xvii 


1774  Timothy,  Medfield.  Mass.  . . 
1778  Thomas,  Springfield,  3Iass. 
1786  Josiah.  Stockbridge,  Mass. 

179-5  Jonathan,   Springfield 

1800  Dr.  John,  Boston,  Mass.  .  . 

1815  Henry.  W.  Springfield 

182.")  William,  Boston,  Mass 

1827  Thomas,    Boston.  Mass. .  .  . 

1827  Francis.  Albany,  X.  Y 

1882  Rev.  John  S.,  Boston 

1834  Frederic,  Agawam.  Mass.  .  , 
1844  Edmund,  Jr.,  Boston 

1852  Jonathan.  Madison.  X.  J.  .  . 

1853  Col.  Wilder,  Boston,  Mass 

1857  Capt.  Howard.  Boston 

18(12  Lt.  Charles  T..  Boston 

1870  John  F.,  Rahway,  X.  J. .  .  . 


1700  Dr.  S.  Deanc,  Portland,  Me. 
1764  Elijah  Wiiiiams,  Keeue.  X.H. 

1783  Ebon  H.  Wiilhms.  Deerfield. 

1784  Thos.  Williams,  Roxbnry.  .  .  . 

1818  Judge  S.  F.  Lyman,  X'mpton 

1819  A.  1).  Foster,  Worcester.  .  .  .• 

1820  Rev.  J.  A.  Williams.   Mass.. 
1822  Elijah  Williams.  Florida.  .  .  . 
1827  Rev.  W.  JL  Saiiford,  Worces- 

ter ..................... 

1832  Dr.  Estes  Howe,  Cambridge. 
1840  W.  E.  Sedgwick,  Xew  York. 
1X48  Rev.  T.  I).  Howard,  Maine.  . 

1850  Jas.  F.  Lyman,  Xe\vark.  .  .  . 

1851  Maj.    W/B.    Sedgwick,    St. 

Louis  ................... 

1851  Hon.  Geo.  Bliss.  Xew  York. 

1854  J.  C.  Bancroft,  Cambridge.. 

1855  Benj.  S.  Lyman,   Philad  ____ 

1856  G-eo.  Bancroft.  Jr  ,  France.  . 
1850  Jon.  Chapman.  Cincinnati.  . 
1800  Maj.  C.  J.  Mills.  Cambridge. 
1864  Lt.    A.   G.  Sedgwick,   Stock- 

bridge  .................. 

1867  Clement  Bates,  Cincinnati.. 
1870  Henry  Parkman,  Boston.  .  .  . 

1874  Charles  C.  Clarke,  Cambridge 


1724  Rev.  M.  Cabot.  Thompson,  Ct. 
1732  Maj.  E.  Williams,   Deerfield. 
1744  Hon.  J.  Foster.  Brookiield.  . 
1751  Dr.    John   Willard,    Stafford, 
Ct  ...........  !  ........  . 

1759  Danl.  Jones,  llinsdale.  X.  II. 
1768  Benj.  Day.  W.  Springfield... 
1773  Abe!  Whitney.  Westfield  ____ 

1781  Dr.  B.  Howard,   Springfield. 
1786  Thad.  I'omeroy,  Stock  bridge 

1804  Sanil.  Orne.  Springfield  ..... 

1805  Rev.  J.  White.  W.  Dedham.  . 


1814  F.  A.  Packard,  Philad 

1817  Hon.  G.  Bancroft,  Berlin.  . . 

1823  Dr.    Chas.    Chapin,    Brattle- 

boro 

1824  Rev.  S.  Parker,  Melrosc,  Ms. 

1825  Jon.  Chapman,  Boston 

1828  Gao.  S.  Hillard,  Boston 

1830  "William  Minot,  Boston 

1840  Jas.  E.  Cabot,  Boston 

1843  J.  Wheelwright,  Roxbury.  . . 
1846  Prof.  F.  J.  Childe,  Harvard. . 
1*40  Chas.  E.  Xorton,   Cambridge 
1846  Prof.  Chas.  Short.  Xew  York 
1800  E.  J.  Horton.  Pomeroy.  O. . 
Whole  number  of  Harvard  graduates 

III. 

DAKTMOUTII  COLLEGE. 
1.   Th»xc  of  the  name  Diriyht. 

1790  Dr.Elihu,  Bclchertown.Mass. 
1797  Daniel,  Louisiana 


2.   Others,  of  D/ 

1787  Dr.  S.  WiUard.  Greene.  X.Y. 

1794  Judge  Win.  Howe,  Derby.  Yt. 

1795  Dr.  "S.  Alden.  Hanover.  X  II. 

1797  Sebastian.  Cabot.  Enfield.  Ms. 

1798  II.  Hall,  Charlestown,  X".  H. 
1800  Estes  Howe,  Albany,  X.  Y.  . 
1803  Hon.  E.  Lyman,  Greenwich, 

Mass    

1805  Hon.  J.  S.  Lyman,   Coopers- 
town.  X.  Y 

1816  Rev.  W.  A.  Chapin,  Yermont 
1819  Hon.  J.  D.  Willard,  Troy, 

X.Y 

1831  Dr.  S.  L.  Andrews,  Michigan 
1S41  J.  Wyman  Jones,  Englewood 
1845  Geo.  H.  Bissell,  XewYork.  . 
1845  Dr.  X.  A.  Chapin,  X.  II 

1850  Chas.  H.  Chapin,   St.  Lonis. 

1851  Rev.  H.  Willard,  Minnesota. 


'."-,  !  1793 


1842 


Dr.  A.  McFarland,  Concord, 
Mass  

S.  M.  Burnside,  Worcester.  . 

Benj.  D.  Emerson,   Boston.. 

Hon.  J.  Hunt.  Brattleboro.. 

Rev.  O.  S.  Taylor.  Auburn.  . 

Hon.  I.  M<j  Conine,  Troy.  X.Y. 

Rev.  T.  Adams.  Yassalboro, 
Me 

Hon.  I.  F.  Redfield,   Boston. 

Rev.  S.  Hopkins,  Topsham, 
Me 

E.  C.  Torrey,  Washington. .  . 

Dr.  J.  H.  Worcester,  Bur- 
lington, Yermont 

Hon.  G.  Walker,  Springfield 


(r\  IK.  /'Iff     '^H  HI  I/Ill  I'  V    <>t     IlL 


I  \..r 

r:  v,  D.  i.ufkiri.  rii'vchn.i r.  i  is 

'','|  !'.  Cha-r,  \Va-hm-t, >:,.    !>.»'.      %.'.M  1  s.' 

''.s   I'r,  ,|\   .1.    K     l.i.ni.    I  t.irl  inonlh      '.'Yj  1  s( 

iio1..-  numli.-r  «>f  Dariin.r.iih  -ra-  1^71   M.     I).     Clark.;.     Mane 

.iui.trs. . .  ::::  x.  n. . 


i  Ac.r. 

v.  S.  I).  Tit  kin.  Mi.'h.i^an  ,  07s 
v.  I,.  I).  ( 'hapin.  ( 'hina.  .  .  '.'>'»'.', 
v.  ( J.  I1'.  ( 'hai'in.  K'aii-as  .  :!  17 


WILLIAMS  r,.nr.;i-  is^.i  H.-v.  L.  I'n.u,  HatfiHcl.Ma-s.     ?C,Ji 

is:il    I),-.  A.  A.  W.  ,,,<!,   Lyons    \  V.      7-7 

•    T!i"x<"ft  ls:)7  (J.   H.  Morris.   Spring],  Id...      7*0 

is-J'i  H-'iiry  A  ,  N"r:h:uii]>T<.n    ...     'JOO  1*:57  Kev.  C.  li.  U<.\v<-ll.  S.   I.-'ann.s     :ils' 

I1-;1,'  .lam.-'s  Fowl.  r.  \.'\v  Vnrk...      7-"i:!  1SI''1  <i.  W.  Wait.c.    Asht:ilnil;i.  <>.      707 

Jx'iii  Jiiii^c  (.'h;is.  ('.,  Auiuini.  .  .  .      ~i~>>>  \\hol.:   intnilM-]-  of  Aiuhcr.-t.    irrml- 

uatrs  .................  Id 

•J.    O'!,rrx.  "f  l>ir!'j/t!  iHtrftditgr. 

l^.'l  ,I,i.li,'cS.  H..',\".  .\nrth;:i])]it.>n       l^U  \\. 

1^'U   1  1.    I),  s.  •,]...-  .vi.-k.  N.-\v  Vi»rk.      7  Hi 

ls.il   i:,,l,L  S,.,krWi.-k;  X.-wY-rk!      7is  I'U"WN    '  N'VKI^ITY. 

is  'is  K.'V.L.  Ii:uT.-n.II.>\v:inl.\.V.      On-.'  1 

l^-.M    |)r.     If.    L.    Sal.  in,    Williams- 

t,nvn  5ds  J    -s  ('.•iiiial;.-!  I,..  I'r.ivi.l.  :.-'•.!;.  I.       !N 

!«-•.'.  ;<,,.,,.  W.  rr;iiici>.  Y..nkcrs...      -1  U!  o 

I-'.'?  .1    An.l<-rson.  N.  Snlcni.  MJI-S.      ."imi 

I-'.'-.!.  L.  1'arn-ulL-.'.  riilMli'jM\a^4..7r^  171SH..H.    Tlieo.    Fo.-u-r.     L'n.vi- 

l^il    il.   L.  .Marsh.   Ka<-:iic.  Wis...      S]^  iU:iu:<:  ...................      i1,:',-) 

|.,]-j  j>..v_    ])     \v     Marsh.   O-,vc"-o.  1  7  7  1  .Iu'1-^i.-  D.   l-'ostcr,  linn  'k!i.-M. 

\'v  ...   ......  '  .....  ?.'.    st-j  Mass  ...................     ir,:; 

l-:~,  I'-,,:'    \Vin    I).  Wliitn.-y.  Yale     Wi;  170s  Then.  1).  Fd.stcr.  \.  Orh'ans.      •;:;.-) 

lv-,:,  ifiwiml  FI.M.k.T.    S.    lia.lh-y.      -HO  l^'t'l  Th.-o.  A.  F.-stcr.    L'mvM.-iiL-o     O-U) 

is,;;   \Viiliuiu   !'    ll>\\-i  11  ills  1SH('.  I-\  Tiilinirhjist.  I'mvidrncc.     0:;7 

Isl  !  (',.  11.  Tillin-ha-t.  I'ruvid.-m-o     i;:lli 

:;.    '/'.'ii/f,  ,",•!,  :•,<•!«>,  >>;/  in>n-rl>i<;,  .  1-M.-,  |;,.v    ];   j    Avcry.  Vcniiniit  .  .      :!''iH 

]s.,|  !;..v    K   \VaM.>    I'm-f:  "c.X  Y       s:;7  1^  10  -las.  Tillin-hast.  1'ruvi.  .  IH-.J  .      t;:!7 

!:;iLi:!,firri";:!N.liV.M:1.':  .  Si',    !i-ra;- 

.  .  .      Ml  1  7s^  S.  Til  Inrjia-t  .    I'n.viM.  ncc  ,  .      i',:!i; 

.-y.      •!."*;  1  7'.'  !  M:><>M  Siiaxv.  (  'a.-i  :!:<•,  M.-.  .  .       !!in 

rnit     .""',1  !'<!!  KI-V.   I!.  >.   hair.  Cin.-ii.Mati.      t',i;7 

!"")  is!::  i;.-v.   K.  I'.  Diuni.  1'n-v:.!.  nw     OoO 

C]I.    s;-.>  i-.",;  r.  i;.  lian-.  ti.  I'Mj-iia-;.]  .....    --7:; 


J.")  il.  Mar-h.    l) 
'j.i  ilhvani  !!'.:,;.,  ;-.    S.   I 
-.'~>  lluii.  !!.  Mci  ;,:!•"!.!. 
:-  .;.!>  '•.:.-  .1.  \V.  IK.   ];  >-• 

;•;  ii.  .:i.  D.  A.  \v.  •:!-.  N. 


l>;.i  ;;,  -.-.  C.  W.  Hi  -i>--.  .M  .-.-ui-ri  :;:rj     Wlmi'.:  niiMil..  r  .4'  lln.wn  -.'•a.".i:aL,'s.     1  I 

l-.V:  .l,.h'i  A-lria:;.'.'..   \.   V  .......  .Mis 

\\  .:,,:,-    niunii^r  ..I"    \Yi:;ia'::s   ('..il.  YII. 

-T''ri'l:a'  s'  I'M.  >N    C.)I.I,!:I:K.    X.   Y. 


!'-!)    !s:,;  i  •    ,\\.  r.':.  .I; 

ls|  ;  •  \v.  >.  .!,.',• 
:::'.i    !•-!  7  •  iiu:..  D.  >, . 

i-\'-  •  IY'. r.  c  .\\ 

:>'>!     !-:;-,   -|>r.  T    i      I'. 

::i;    !-  IM  M;.'\    i».  c. 


General  Summary  of  IZesults. 


xix 


VIII.  * 

HAMILTON  COLLEGE. 
1.    Tiv'ize,  of  the  nmne  .Dn-iyJif. 

l-2">  Rev.  IT.  G.  0.,  Con  itantinople 
1S35  Rev.  B,'iii.  W. ,  Clinton.  N.Y. 
1840  Prof.  Tiioo.  Vv'.,  Xcw  York.. 

2.    77'Avr-  nf  titlicr  n fines. 

1840  D.  II    Olnistead,  Xew  York. 

1849  I.  McConihe,  Troy.  X.  Y  ... 
1870  Halsey  L.  Wood,  X.  V 

1841  *T.  E.  ILatheway.  Chicago.. 

1850  *Elllot  Anthony,   Chicago.  . . 
Whole  number  of  Hamilton  gradu- 
ates   

IX. 

COLUMBIA  COLLEGE. 

1810  Rev.  M.  W.  Dwight.  Broukl'n 

1829  Thco.  Sedgwick,  Xew  York. 

184:;  Dr.  J.  W.  Dana,  Xe\v  York. 

ISi.il  Prof.  S.  !'».  Ward.  Xe\v  York 

1803  W.  P.  Ward,   Utah 

18:52  *\V   T.  .Jahnson.  X.  Y 

Whole  number  of  Columbia  grad- 
uates  

[Quite  a  number  of  the  family 

been   already   graduates    of    the 

school.] 

X. 
PRINCETON  COLLEGE,  X.  J. 

179G  John  S.  Edwards.  Huron,  O. 
1814  Asa  Olmstcad,  Clinton,  X.  Y. 
1800  Dr.  Woi  il.se y  Johnson,  Xcw 

York  ..." 

1873  J.  T.  K.  Brvfin,   Charleston, 

S.  C " 

183(5  *Dr.  J.  H.McTlvaine,  Xewark 
1848  *Prof.  C.  W.  Hodge,  Princo- 

ton. . . 370 

1805  *Rcv.  T.A.  Leggett,  Chester, 

X.  Y 457 

Whole  muu'.jo''  of  Princeton  grad- 
uates          8 

XI. 

JEFFERSON    COLLEGE    (WASHINGTON, 
PA.) 

1845  C?  I  Rev.  J.  M.  Leavitt.  X.  Y. 
ISIS  Rev.  K.  U.  Leavitt.  U.S.A.. 
ls:-M  *l)r.  .].  V.  Reynolds,  .Mcad- 


1 854  *Rev.  M.  Wishart,  Pittsburgh  238 

Xuiuber 5 

XII. 
XEW  YORK  COLLEGE  (FREE  ACADEMY). 

1859  E.  A.  Wood.  Geneva.  X'.  Y.  .  787 
1800  Rev.  M.  E.  Dwight,  Oiiarya. 

Ill 457 

1802  Elihu  Dwight.   Brooklyn 455 

1803  John  E.  Dwight,  St.  Louis.  .  457 
Xumber. .  .  4 


XIII. 

XEW  YORK  UNIVERSITY. 
1840  Rev.  C.  Taylor.   Kentucky. 


240 

744 
71)5 
709 
709 
253 

G 

have 
law- 


910 


412 
412 


471 


XIV. 
VERMONT  UNIVERSITY. 

1822  Pliny  M.  Corbin,  Troy.  X.  Y.  502 

1S41-  II.  P.  Janes.  St.  Albaus.  Vt.  708 

1S4N  John  Clark,  St.  Paid,  Minn/  2S4 

1802  J.  P.  Brainerd.  St.  Albans.  .  770 

1831  *Rev.  Saml.  Lee.  Mantua.  O.  57'.) 
1837  *Ilcv.  J.  II.  Myers,  Mill  on. 

X.  Y 801 

Xumber 0 

XV. 
BOWDOIN  COLLEGE. 

1825  *Hon.  Cnllcn  Sawtelle,  X".  Y.  572 

1831  *Rev.  J.  P.allard,  Perry,  111.  979 

1837  *Dr.  Fordyce  Barker,  X.  Y.  s71 

1S4S  *Prof.  K.  C.  Smyth,  Andover.  209 
1853  *Hon.  F.  E.  Webb,  Wiiitliroi). 

Me 930 

Xumber 5 

XVI. 

MIDDLE35UI5Y  CoLLEGK. 

1822  Pi-of.G. Howe.  Columbia,*. C.  1*77 
ls25  A.  C.  Moore,  Pittsburgh. 

X.  Y '...  590 

1820*M.  Lawrence.  Ivliddlebury. 

Vt '..  1)23 

1822  *Rev.  L.  Matthews,  Cornwall. 

Vt i)78 

Xuiuber 4 


\  X  (r()Hr(t1    XinitllKll'll   df  JttsilJf.--. 

XVIII.  S.    II.I.IM.I-   Coj  I  I  .<;K. 

M  \UIFTTA    Ct.I.I.r.CK.  1v,..,   , 

IS-l-J  Dr.    S;unl.  \\illuid,    <  liira<'o.      !>>-.> 
r.uii: 

1XI'!T.   S.    Hana.   Ncwpi.n .()....  MM  <l.    M<  K  KM  >!;  1 .1 .    ( 'i)i.i.i.(,|.;.   ILL. 

1s-:.!  L.   Fulii-rton.  Kaiisns  City. ..  ."Hi!  ][,„,    s    ?,.  lK\v    ;    C.-i:;raiia    .          (ill 

IM;S  Theo.    I).  Dalr.  Mari.-ua OUT 

l>::t'Uev.    Is.    An-hl.old.  Ohio. .  .  (i'i:2  1(1.    I'NI\  .  OK  I'  A.    I'm  i.  \  i>Li,rm.\  i. 

Mlll  "C.  ]{.   Nrwtun.  .Maricttil...  (iC'.l  l.s.-,o  ]  )r.  ,1     II     I 'a.  l,:.i  d.   l'iii!:i .           M7 

^'i"!  *D.   D.  Johnson.  \V.  \'a (iH7 

umber 0  11.   A  1. 1.1:1;;;  \\  v  i"n\.\.]-<;r..  r.\. 

\]\  lN")'i  \V.    I>.    An-lii'oi.i.    l-'rc(]oni;i. 

N.    V  ..  W2 

MlCIFIC.AN  T'MVKUSITY. 

.,    ,-  ~~,.         1^.  WKSI.KVAN  FNIVKHSITY.  CT. 

slvl  Prof.    K.   Andrews,   <  hicago.      ii(> 

v-,;  Trac'T  How.    Drux.it 4s  1     1s-'!-~>  H'-v.  II.  l>ui 

XX.  '•'•    ('i:«iK'.!; ;  HUN   (':)]. i. ]-;ci;.    ]).('. 

l^Jv  en  F.  (I.    Dwi--:/t.   Cuthl.fi-t, 


Or.F.KI.IN    C'OI.LKGE. 

Ga.. 


1s-!  0  Tit-v.  ,T.  Butler,  Frecport.  .      <',*:> 

1s-!!  rri  *Jlov.  S.  W.  Strecter,    O.     (is3          II-   NH^TON   I'MMJI-IIV.   .Mi>. 

lsr,i;  Dr.     L.    M.    K:istnian,     Maiti- 
XXI-  more  ....................      -^''i 

I'lKTiiANY  Coi.i.  K(n:.  AV.  VA. 

1.).     ClIAIlLKSTON    Col.  T.I  <•}•'.,   >-.   (   . 

1M:;  David  L.  Kin-.  Akron,  0.  .  .      5.",1     j^-.j  c_  s_  D\vi-lit.  P.O.  m.-vi!!--.  Mo.     :;(j"> 
'Jas.  Atkins.  Savannah,  Ga.      O.j-l 

Ki.   FKANKI.IN  UNIVKKSITY.  GA. 
is:)l  liov.  T.  M.  Dwida.  Wcthcrs- 
TNIVKKSITY  OF  A'TKUINIA.  i'n-ld.  Ct  ................     -1? 


Is-!-'  *\Vin.  P.  MUD  ford,  r^chmond    -l-'U  GIJADTATI.-  OF  \Vi.-T  1'iHNT. 

XXIir  is.}(i  Maj.  Kdward  C.    li-'.vnto.i... 
IxV:  <.cnl.  Wiiiiani  Dwiji.i  ...... 

Tlie    following   sixteen   policies  have  l  >.",.",  (--  (  (;,.n]    (•    (l    S;'v.-;,-'.i. 

liaii  i-ach  oni-  graduate  in  tin.;  family,  as  \^;\~  *(;(.rl    .Joshiri    li     P>-'*<-s 

th.-ir  rcpn-suntiitivc  :—  l>;x!:fl.t.  ('has    T.   ilak.-r.  .  . 

1.    LIMA  COI.I.K.,!..  \.  V.  ls:>!  ':»'"1-  ^1.  \V.  C1-, 
D'.vi^ht     v^.     Chaiiibi-r;i:i,     Lyons. 

X.  Y  ...............  '.....     r>\n 

S.    ('.     MlI.F'I'AKV    Ai'ADKMY      (  '  1  1  A  II  I.I>- 

•J.    IIoi'.AKT  Coi,i.ix;r..   X.  V.  .lnN    ^    ,•  , 


; ! ',  1 1  i 

::.    llorm>TFK  T'MVFKMTY.   X.  Y.        Maj.   Fra!i.'is  G .   Palhn  r 4n:i 

,     .-    ,             i-    ,.,                                       ,.-.,     lvV.i  Dr.   Philips.    Kirk.  -tnt 

'"•"  •'"»»•«  E.  rh""T.  II..<-  L-sf-r     «..!     ^.L  ^.-^   ];    ,        (.  1(.; 

1.    MIAMI   l'.\i\-i:iisiTY.   O. 
1s-:::  P.  D.   Foster,   Iowa (;?:! 

Y  \I.F.    Si    II  .N  !'i  I-'1'      St    :IIH  IT.. 

."i.    I;  \I.D\VI\   !"M\  KK-ITY.  O. 

l^')i>  Gt.t.i.  D.  Li'it.  N  • 
-Dr.  X.  M.  Wilson.   Clevrland.     <}\:> 

XXVII 
i'.    \\'i>  r.    I!  I:-I;K\  i;  COI.I.K(;I-:.  O. 

.,..,    I;!:N- -i.i.  M:U  Poi.v  i  i  •  n\i'    1  \^'i  j    i  •; 

(Tuov.   \.   N    '. 


General  Summary  of  It  f suits,  xxi 

Tlie  whole  number  here  enumerated  of  graduates  of  colleges  and 
universities  and  of  institutions  of  like  grade  is  4(.)9.  Of  these  tin- 
number  connected  with  the  family  by  marriage  is  143.  The  number 
of  those  liberally  educated  in  the  family  itself  as  such  has  been  there- 
fore at  least  .%.">.  Of  the  8,000  members  of  the  family,  somewhat 
more  than  half  have  been  females.  Of  the  less  than  4,000  males  of  all 
names  in  the  family,  it  would  be  quite  safe  to  assume  that  1,">()0  died 
before  coming  to  maturity.  On  such  an  estimate,  and  it  must  be  short 
of  the  truth,  there  would  be  found  to  be  an  average  of  one  in  seven 
among  the  adult  males  of  the  Dwight  family  liberally  educated. 

But  those  educated  at  college  are  only  a  portion  of  the  really  and 
sometimes  highly  cultured  members  of  a  large  and  well-to-do  family 
like  the  one  named.  Twenty  of  the  family  are  recorded  in  these 
pages  as  having  taken  a  part  of  the  college  course  of  study  at  Vale, 
Harvard,  Williams,  Amherst,  etc.  A  long  list  also  might  be  made  of 
those  who  by  pursuing  for  years  larye  courses  of  higher  reading  have 
secured  to  themselves  superior  intellectual  and  literary  attainments. 

With  three;  different  colleges  the  family  has  held  a  marked  connec- 
tion, Yale,  first  and  foremost  and  longest,  and  also  Hamilton  and 
Columbia.  What  its  relations  of  service  to  them  severally  have  been, 
any  one  can  easily  trace  for  himself. 

In  the  two  family  histories  investigated  in  union  with  each  other  by 
the  writer,  the  lineage  of  some  fortv  thousand  persons  has  been  pre- 
sented more  or  less  fully  to  view,  with  brief  outlines  besides  of  the 
history  of  two  hundred  or  more  collateral  families  with  other  thousands 
of  names. 

The  number  of  college;  graduates  enumerated  in  the  two  families, 
Dwight  and  Strong,  is  9-1,  or  deducting  those  repeated  in  either  work, 
900  and  over  ;  of  which  more  than  o"»0  have1  been  graduate's  of  Vale1, 
or  about  a  twenty-fifth  of  all  its  alumni.  The  relative  proportion  of 
liberally  educated  men  in  the  Dwight  family  is  much  larger  than  in  the 
Strong,  being  in  the  former  a  seventh  of  its  adult  males,  and  in  the 
latter  a  twentieth.  A.  like  proportion  in  the  Strong  Familv  among  its 
adult  male  nie.'iabers  (10,500)  won  hi  rise  to  the  splendid  height  of 
1,500. 

The  entire  number  of  graduates  from  all  the  colleges  of  the  land, 
combined,  from  the  first  until  now.  may  be  safrly  estimated  in  round 
numbers  as  not  moiv  than  some!  .").">,()()().  e>f  which  Yale  has  furnished 
in  \~'l  years  to  date  about  S. .">(>().  What  a  wondrous  force  for  good 
have  these  f)<">,000- educated  mep  been  amemi;  the  eighty  or  metre  millions 
who  have  com-1  and  gone-  in  this  e.-or, ntrv  sine-e  its  Jirst  settlement  (wo 
hundred  and  liftv  vears  a^o.  To  what  a  marvellous  derive  have  thev 
borne  oil' for  themselves  and  others  the  pri/"s  of  everv  sort  e.if  this  new 


\.\il  (riiiirdl   Xu  in  nnl  I1'/  of    A'c  X////.V. 


||'  thr  :_'radii:iic.>  "t'  ill''  land  ha\e  \><->-]i  as  lnaliv  as  .">.">,<  11 IM,  tho>e 
I'tiuir.erated  in  the  I)ui_'lit  :iiiil  Sli'on^'  histories  l>v  llir  \\iiii-r  cunsli- 
tutf  ;i  sixtieth  ill'  ilic  entire  number.  Smut-  score>,  if  not  a  hundred 

;;:nl  inure,  I't'  utll'T  cnllr^c  i^I'llllujltrS  are  I'ffl  Illllt  t'l  1  al~'>  111  tin1  \a!l"l|S 
i-,  illai  .-ral  ^i  -ii'-a  !•  ''_'!<  '^  which  arr  added  ID  tip  ->e  |i.-e_'«-s  \viih  !ii'>r'-  »r  le.-vs 
fiilne-.^  i  if  |.re>entation.  Anil  is  thr  work  <>f  travel  sini;  such  a  record 

I'fuc.rliiN  names  and  live-.,  ttir  llic  |illl'|Mi>r  o|  ]ip-MT\  1M'_'  tV'Hn  il.-cav 
tin-  im-iiH'TV  i>l'  tin1  wealth  iifiimral  cxrcllrncc  and  l»-autv  \'>  !"•  fniind 
i':  thi-iii,  a  pi'tty  t  nij'li  iviiicnt  i  >f  <  oi'-'.s  tiim-  and  fa<-ulti'->? 

I  •  M-.-iu>  tu  tin-  writer  a  remarkable  i'urt  indi  i-d.  t  hat  une-.-i\t  ictli  <>\' 
all  tli'-  liiii-rallv  educated  jn-nple  nf  the  land  slmuld  ha\'e  b.-.-n  cnnnected 
li\  lijinul  dr  li\-  marria^i',  as  shi>\\'n  in  the^i-  |ia_r'-~.  \vith  the  hi--inrv  <if 
two  nt'  i;.-.  t'aiiiilies,  and  die  uf  them  of  very  inodi-rate  ilini"i,.-i ••:..<. 


.11. 
1  »}-;';cr.i:s   IN  ( 'm.i.i:<;r.s  AND    I'KHITS.^ 


Pr.-t.  Tim. itliyT)\vi.u-ht.  Yale  Cull.  M'»  I'n.f.  K.    Amlrcws.   Cliimp.   M.-.l. 

l':v-t.    >-   :''-ii"    M.    I)wivrht.    Hani.                            S. m 77/; 

(nli '. •.">:!  I'ri.f.    il     M.  U'i.iiii.-y.  I1..  :,.ii.  \V;<.  s:;) 

I':-,  --r'.'l'!;.-...  D.  \V,M.]-,  v.  V.-il.-CMl!.  -2r>l  I'mf.  W    ll- .!•;•-.  v'.-ii- .M..1,.  S,  1,1.  -1^ 

I'r,,;'   Tiiii..t!iyl)\viiri!t.'V:iIeTli.-..l.  I'n.f.   L.   U.  I'.-u-knnl.    ^  il,-  C,,i  -;; 

S.  in.." 'Jn-J  I',-,,''.  .!    \V.    II, „,;,,.!-.  A:.  :        ; s|s 

I'mf.  T,,. -ii.  W.  I  hvi.L'-ht.  .\e\vYiirk.  l^!i  I'm!',  (i.   H..V.-.-.  >.  ( '.  T1,              -u.  !i;7 

I':-..!'.  Tans.  I)\vi-lit'.  r.ir.vil.'i!!  Cull.  s'»;:  I'n-.-t.  C.  'i'.-iyl..r,    Kv.   \V. -.    i   niv.  t?l 

I'r..;\  .l:i~.    H.   D;i!i:i.   Val. •('..!! T'.i'i  '|'n->t.   \V.    K     1'.  •-•;.;    i:.    \V.   Va.  ."."i  1 

I1:-..;'.  .1     I ).  \Viii: ::'''..   I  larvani .  .  .  .  ^'-'\  "I'rnf.    I '..  (       >:ii\  I  M.   Ai;.  !i  •-,  •:-...  'Jn!! 

I':-..:1.   Win.   I).  Whinny.   Vn'.eCn!!.  >:!''  *l'ri>f.  S.  C.   |[.,in,,-tr.l.    V:i!.-  .M-Il. 

l'i    :'      C.     Il..:tiilv,     Cineiii.      l.a\v                               S.-ai 'j^-J 

>,-!...,,;..'! •2.->o  "i'r,.f.  u.  i  :  n-;..-.  M.I;  ::. -J:M 

I'r..f.    «  .     I'.    .'inlii.M.n.    r.    S.    X.  "I'r.if.  \V.   !!.  W,  ,  ;,,.   II,--     .  ,',  ..  :;:,;i 

-},,„,! -jilD  r  I'r..!'.  ( '.  Vv .  1 1. 1  L-.-.  I'l-i:;,  •  ;,  a  ::;;i 

i':,,f.    \',      \V.   .li.liliM.il.    St.    .luii!:'s  •  1'l-i'f.  L.   I'.:.'-..!:.  Ya',.   Tin          >.  in.  :>! 

t  /:..  M,I -j'iM  *i'n.i.  r:  <•.,,„-]•-.  -.  c   .\i.  A  . . . .  in:; 

I '.-..f.   II      \     \\-i.  ];-•'!•  -'.T  T::"v.  \\^\  '  (  ',  .   >.    I !  '. '. '.  '.'  \ .   I  >•  :i : ; .  I  ',•  - '  •  •• .   .  .  .  .  !-] 

I'--.  :.  i  .   A.  '!'•  -:•'..  i  ",.  vi-lami.  <  i .  .  :!-'i  '  I'r.  •:'.  c.  >!.,,n.  ('.•!.  i  .       .   \.    N'. 

i1:  •     \    i:.  T.-Vs-y.  iii-:-i  .;  <..;;..  •  i'r,.r.  A  >;.•/.  r.  .M:.  -i  i 

i' ' :;MI  "I'mf.   i!.   >.    !>:>     .  '  '::  MZ 


General  Stirninary  of  Result*. 


xx  m 


Xot   including  a 
periods  of  time. 


III. 

ACADEMIC  TEACHERS. 
cc   number  who   have   taught    school    for  brief 


Prest,  Timothy  Dwight  (1709-95).  loo 

Prest.  SereuoE.  Dwight.  X.  Haven.  20:' 

Henry  E.  Dwight,  X.  Haven 210 

Rev.  Benj.  W.  Dwight  (1840-70, .  .  isi 

Henry  A.   Dwight.  Northampton.  2(!(! 

Margaret  Dwight,  Northampton . .  8o2 

Mary  A.  Dwight,  Xorthamptoii . .  So9 

Mary  Dwight,  Horuellsvillc,  X.  Y.  714 

T.  Woolsey  Porter.  Xew  York 2-12 

T.  Dwight  Porter.  Xew  York.  .  24:) 


Rev.  II  B.  Chapin,  Xew  York.  .  .  . 

Mrs.  II.  Hatheway.  Arkansas.  .  .  . 

Mary  F.  Lyman,  Philadelphia..  .  . 

Catharine  D.  Lyman.  Philad 

Eli/abeth  (Dwight)  Scdgwick. 
Lenox  

*Rcv.  J.  D.  Wiekhani.  Manches- 
ter. Yt 

*Rcv.  J.  II.  Worcester.  Vermont . 

*Rev.  O.  S.  Taylor,  Auburn,  X.  Y. 


IV. 

FOREIGN  MISSIONARIES. 


Rev.   II.   G.   O.   Dwight,  Constan- 
tinople   

Cornelia  Dwight,   Constantinople. 
Henry  0.  Dwiglit,  Constantinople 

Rev.  Robt.  0.   Dwiglit.  India 

Rev.  L.  D.  Chapin,  China 

Rev.  Chas.  Taylor.  China 


Rev.  D.  W.  Marsh.  Turkey 84:j    *Rev.  Eli  Smith,  Armenia :)ol 


Dr.  Alonzo  Chapin.  S.  I :J4'J 


E.  II.  Leavitt.  India...  412 


S.  L.  Andrews.  S.  I 


Mrs.  Rolliii  Porter,  Gaboon 


Miss  Jane  E.  Chapin.  China. .  .  . 


Mrs.  Geo.  B.  Rowell.  S.  I 


Mrs.  Edward  Riggs,   Turkey. . 


V. 

MEMBERS  OF  STATE  LEGISLATURES  AND  COLONIAL  COUNCILS  ;  AND 

OFFICIALS. 


I. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Capt.  Timo.  Dwight,  Dedham. .  . . 
Col.  Timo.  Dwiglit,  Xorthampton 
Pres.  Timo.  Dwight.  '• 

Gen.  Joseph  Dwight,  Brookfield. . 
Henry  W.  Dwight.  Jr. ,  Stockbridgc 
Henry  W.  Dwight.  3d.  Stockbridgc 

Oliver  Dwight,  Longmeadow 

Thomas  Dwight,  Springfield 

Elihu  Lyman.   Greenfield 

Dr.  H.  L.  Sabin,  Williamstowu.  .  . 

Alfred  D.  Foster.  Worcester 

Theo.  Sedgwick,  Stockbridge.  .  .  . 

Joseph  Lathrop,  Wilbraham 

Paoli  Lathrop.  S.  Hadley 

Saml.  Lathrop.  W.  Springfield.  .  .  . 

*Joii.  E.  Pi irter.  Hatfield 

*  Francis  Winship,  Brighton 

*Francis  J.  Parker.   Boston 

*Georgc  IHiss,   Springfield 

*Jedediah  Foster.  Brookfield 

*Saml.  Fowler.  Westfield 

*Geul.  T];os  Tves.  Gr.  Barrmgtou 


II. 

CONNECTICUT. 


Jere.  W.  Dwight.  Dryden.  .  . 


Henry  W.  Taylor,   Canaudaigua 


William  Howe.  Derby 

Royal  Corbin.  C'rai islniry 

Charles  Chapin 

*Myron  Lawrence,  Midillebury. 
*  Joseph  11.  Braiuerd 


<>'<  n<  I'dl  Siin/JiKtri/  of  7tV\ 


RoU.  M.  Montgomery 
,.A,;,.    *  Leicester  Kinj,r 

In:  ii'.i  :i-  (  "':u>;n.    V",vnort 'ill  \' I  [  I 

Wilii.-m:  (.    Child.    Hath Mil 

lira  ii< -\   It,  Cliihl.   Hai'.i ")~0  WISCONSIN. 

K.  W.  Pwi-ht,  Urooklyn 
" 


X  '"  M.   M.  Stronir.  Ra<-m. 


R;!<>M:   I<I.\M>.                         *J.  IJ.  Crosby,  Palmyra xMl 

YAKTHUS  STATIC,  Arc, 

J.  Smith.  Cumberland.  Me -V'2 

OMIO.                                     Tsari'-  M.  Dwiirht.  Charh-:,,;].  S.C.  "'.'I 

Heiirv  W.  Kinir.  .                         ....      •">()    *Ini  Lewis,  Toronto,    Canada....  ol4 

VI. 
JrncK.s  OK   VARIOUS  COURTS. 

y  4.    OtJ,,  r  SV-//AV. 

.lum.r-  or  PKOI:\TK.  \NDOKCOUNTY    William  ILnvr-.  Drrby.  Vt 177 

Con-TS                                     *IIorace  .lan.-s.  St.  Allans.  Vt  .  .  .  7'^ 

Tlioo.  A.  Foster.  Providnie...   R.I.  f.l'i 

1.    .!/, /,,,/,•/,;/.«,  //.».                          *I)a!iiel  Jones.  Hinsdale.  X.  H.  ..  --J7 


C..L  .].   Ihvi-in.    Sprip-ii.'M S'Js  *C.    J).    Shoemaker.    Wilkcsharre. 

(J«  nl.  ,T.   Dwitrht.   (Jr.   Harrington,  fi-'.l        1^ 

Col.   I"..  Dwiu'ht.    (Jr.   Harrington..  <is'.» 

I)wi-hi   Fo-t.T.  Hn.okfi.'M C>:>-'<  II. 

Sa;ni.    I1'.    Lvman.    .\ort  haniiiton .  .  !")7  ,, 

,, ivi'r  vo<  Jl'IKlKS     OK     Il!o;[!.Il    (oil!!-. 

*hin:i!i  \\ilhaius.    Drcrtii-ld sj-l 

*Joi'i;i  Hooker.  SpriiiirtH'1'1 sl-">  1.    77"  >''//-/•-  ;/<•    ''•      -••./'  .N".  }'.,.!/; 

".I'l-'-j'ii   l.yniai).   Xort  hainjit on    ..  '.HIT  </'/'/    I  '. 


•„>.  r.,,, l,,,-t;l'lit.  ^  ir  ^       ^        _ 

S.-t)i  T.-rry.  Hartford 0!M          M,t^' " 7:',.; 

(i.-nl.   Natiil.  T.-rry.    Hartford :',7o    "John  \\V!K  Huston.  Mas- '. 

Saml.  II.   HMiitimrton.   Hartford.,  r.:,."!  *IS.   F.   R.'dti,'!,!.  Wind.-or.  N't  .  .  .  .      ',)s^ 

Sami.   I..    U:'oii<on.   .New  Haven...  7s") 

'Kiij'halei  'J'erry.   Fnlii-i  1 ','s^  .,      y,/^    y    y    (',llr/.f  ,,,•    |  .,.„,.. ',V- 

;;      \,  ,r    }',,,./•  1L  W.  T:iy'o>".  Canandai'_rna ......      '•'>"•'•'< 

Theo    W.~I>wi-ht,    New  York.  .  I'.i'J 

M..M-.S  Chapin.  Roelie.-t.er :>~>" 

V.-i"-  Howe.  Albany 17:1  „      ..      .     ,  .       ..,   ,. 

R.,ya!  Corbin  .()rle|,i,<  Co.  • .V.rJ 

->amu.  !   Hi.-k-.    Chan, plain os'J  (Olli"  :l;l  !  ; 

*I)aiii.-l  (Jardnei-.    Troy '„".>!     IT.    H.    I.envitt .  Cineiiina!  i.  (  > 112 

"  J-aa<-  MeCuiiihe.  Troy 1s?  *(Jeo.  S.   Kryaii.  Ciiar!'--:  •<;:.   S.C.      :',:'", 

VII. 

MI:MI:;:I:-   OK   ('OM;I:K.SS,    I".  S.  <)ri'i    r;:-.  inc. 


General  Summary  of  lie  suits. 


xxv 


Theodore  Foster.  R.  I.  (1700-03).  <;35 

H.  H.  Leavitt.  O.    (1830-4)  ......  41  '2 

*Theo.  Sedgwick.  Mass.  (1789-00)  730 

*Rufus  H.  King.  X.  Y.  (1855-7).  322 

*Cullen  Sawtelle,  Me.  (1845-7).  .  .  572 


AddtliC  f'.lloirlrifj  Hcmler*  of  State  Con- 
6-  itutionul  Con ren tivnx. 


*Gov.Il.  McClelland.  Mich.  (1852-3; 


Geo.  Bancroft.  Sec.  Xavy(1845-G)     885 


*Jed.  Foster,  Mass.  (1770) 

~~  C.  F.  Tillinghast.  R.  I.  (1848).  .  . 
J'~  !  Theo.  W.  Dwight,  X.  Y.  (1807). 
500  Chas.  C.  Dwight.  X.  Y.  (18(57).  . 

Geo.  Hoadly,  0,  (1S73) 

E.  Anthony,  111.  (1870) 


VIII. 

AUTHORS  AND  JOURNALISTS. 


I. 


AUTHORS. 

1.    Of  the  hinrui 

Pres.  Timothy.  Xcw  Haven 

Benjn.  W. ,  Clinton.  X.  Y 

Prof.  Theo.  W..  Xew  York 

Prof.  Timothy.  Xe\v  Haven 

Dr.  Sereno  E.,  Boston 

Dr.  William  T..  Portland 

Henry  E.,  Xt \v  Haven 

Hon.  Theodore.  Hartford 

Theodora  Jr..  Brooklyn 

Dr.  Xathaniel.  \Vethersfield,   Ct. 
Dr.  H.  <i.  O.,  Constantinople.... 

Mrs.  Susan  D..  Xe\v  Haven 

Mary  Ann.  Northampton 


140 
181 
180 
202 
2(K5 
205 
210 
907 

231 

2  15 
801 

2!>5 

850 


2.    O//V/-.V,  of  Dtr.iyht  parentage. 

Prep.  Theodore  D.  Woolsey 257 

Major  Theodore  W.  Wintlirop.  . .  .  253 

Mrs.  Laura  \V.  Johnson 253 

Prof.  Worthinjrton  Hooker 848 

Dr.  Adrian  Russell  Terry 3S() 

Rev.  Leonard  W.  Bacon 3s  1 

Mrs.  Catharine  L.  Adams 575 

Maj.  Ed'.vard  C.  Boyntou (!01 

Theodore  Sed-\vick.  Jr ,  743 

Theodore  Scdgwick,  3d 744 

Catharine  M.  Sodg-wick 740 

Prof.  James  D\vi<i'ht  Dana 790 

Prof.  Josiah  !>.  W.hitney 8:J4 

Prof.  Win.  Dsvi-'ht  Whitney 830 

Mrs.  Eli/alicth  B.  Sedgwick...  853 


Rev.  Dr.  Win.  B.  Rjirag-uc 

Rev.  Dr.  Leonard  Bacon 

Hon.  George  Bancroft 

George  Kingsley  (Music; 

Charles  A.  Bristed    

Prof.  Henry  Bronson 

Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins 

Hon.  David  A.  Wells 

Dr.  Fordyce  Barker 

Prof.  Rossiter  W.  Raymond 

Samuel  Bowles.  Jr.  . 


II. 

EDITORS  AND  JOURNALISTS. 

Theodore  Dwight.  Hartford 

Theodore  Dwight.   Brooklyn 

Benjn.  W.  Dxviglit.  Clinton.  X.Y. 

Prof.  Timothy  Dwight.  Yale 

Henry  Wins.    Dwight,  3d.    Stock- 
bridge,  Mass 

Rev.  James  H.  Dv.-ight.  X.  Y 

Win.  B.  Dwight.   X.  Britain,  Ct.  . 

Francis  Dwight.    Albany 

Prof.  , lames  1).  Dana.  Yale 

William  B.  Dana.  Xew  York 

Mrs.  Seth  H.  Terry.  Rochester. .  . 

William  S.  Adams.'  X.  Y 

Rev.  J.  M.  Leavitt,   X.  Y 

Theodore  Foster.  Detroit 

John  D.  Willard.  Troy.  X.  Y 

Dr.  Saml.  Willard,  Chicago 

Henry  D.  Sedgwick,  X.  Y 

Elijah  Williams.  Florida 

*S;iml.  Bowles.  Jr.,    Springfield.. 


231 

181 

202 


S05 


LEADING  BUSINESS-MU.N. 


H.'ury  n.vi.'ht.  Crji.'vii.  N.   V  ____  !"M  Hur.i.-.-  L.   KYnt.  IIi<-!iMi.,',>:  . 

U::.::iin  IhvL'Mt.    B.iM'in  .........  *st!  <;,.,,.   ||.   Hi,  -HI.  \..\v  V,,rk. 

i;.  \.  1.  niN  i>.\;-h'.  B.I-I..M      ...  ;:,:  .i,.im  i/nhn.p.  BuiVai.. 

\V:i!i..ti   Ihvijit.    BiM-liaiiit,m  ____  7]'l  *St.-|,!n-iiTilliii-h:i-t.   I'--'.  ,•! 

i;  "i'Tick  T.  n  v.  Han  I'm-il  .......  '-".''I  *<{rurrre  Bliss.  Sprinirti.-l.i 

\1    -i-^  riinjiiii.    ll".-h.'>liT  ........  :!")(l  *I,..:irrstur  Kin;.,'.   Warn  n.  (  » 


S.  ii.ni  i:.;s    \\i>   <  )i-Ti'  i:i:s    i\   riir.    AI:MY    AND    N.\\  i  . 

•'.  ,,,,!!'  ,''•>.-,    M'.//x  Maj.  Klihu  K.-iit.  Siilfp-1.1 

C-ij.t.  .1    ':.n  l>\vL-ht.    M.  iltii'lil.  .  .  .        s-  t',,1.  Klilm  K.-nt,  Siilli-l.l 

C  ,,,  :.'!•,;,;,.  Dwi/ni.   D.-.lham  ____       I  u-.'  M:ij.  Ji-iali  Lyinnii.    C.- 

c..:.  T.  !),vi-;it.   \.n-tlianii.tnn  ____      11:!  Maj.  Klihu  Lyinan.  Krvrnii.  i 

C:i!.:    s:!iil.   Dwi-j-li).  Kiitid.l.  Ct..      ?:\  I;-r'-.irrin.'  Fn-t.-r.  I'.n.c.k::.-!!  . 

D'\   1'Lil.  l>\\-;-;r,.   lii.li.-i.i.  ('!  ____      o^.-)  ('  M1'-  •''•'•'•    I'-.-'k'-r.  l><-  iham 

(•••;•:.   \.   Divi.uhl.  Bclc!iiTt.i\vn.  .  .       i  !'i  ?('"1-  •N'"II'.  T.  rry.  Ki,tirl/i.  C; 

('ant.'   if.-iiry  fhvhrht.  IfattM<l    ...      C,-J'J  +  I)r.  K-f-  H,  ,w,..   !'„  1,-h,  r!  -  ,v>  !' 
' 


I  luring  the  re\ ului  imi  siMiif  fe\v  <>f  tli--  familv  were  L.vali-' 
in- 'Hi   if  nut    in   clear  and    fiiii  mnviet  i..n  ;   l.ut    few,  h..\ve\er.  i 

•    .''I!     ]  'I1'  ill'  lUM'.'ed     l"»lli.>M.          Alll'iMl;    tll.l^e    'if    a    (leelal'.'d    t\]H       \ 

as  ; 

I>r.  S,  ri'ii'i  ]•].  I)\viur'H.  Xorthanip-  I'ivu    AV.'t'nci-''    luMtlu-r-.    -  •!,- 

t.  >n OK!  Ja:nus  <il'  X.  ^ 

i:::;  :h  \Villiani<.  Ki.'.-ne.  X.  II.  .          SO  1 


.       I'll     K.hvanl   ('..  Mh  \Vi--.. 

Sylv.-.-t.-r  I'..   1-!   .Mi.-i; 

( '.  .I.  \\'a!i  nil,  1  I'.M  h  ]'•• 

('.ir.  S,  I'ar^iia-.  \'".v  ^'erk !''>'•'  \\  ,.],.;,.<•  07ti;  \,  ,\  Y, 

i'  i;  i.  -I.  Bak.  •-.  I)..'ili-i'!i UIM;  r,,L  _j.^'  j"  '].,',, v  M  , 

"(•.,:.  C,..,.  B  ix.  Spriii-lii-l.l  .  .  .'.  >-0  r,[.  i  ::;.,.  r..  |',-,,v.  .1 


,      ,    „  ... ,  , 

•'•      '  I/     ('  .I     Wi;.<    r    •.',!   M      • 

<!'    ^/''-'"    '•"""    /'•-/.'•/''•  .    ,,,;.    li,,wiir,i.    Ill,    M   -- 

.1    ':;•  -  A..  l'r..\.^i    M-.r-'ial.  .M'.-li.  0?::  1.; .  i  ".:  •  -.  1  •-.  7n;  1.    V  A   V 

(•,"•.  il'ii.  ...  T..   I).-]...;    ().   Ma-;.-r.  -'«;:.  IMuar.i  I'..  7;;,   M: 

(,:.-.    li"M-y  ('..  -J7ih  .M  I- O'i'!  I  "carl.-.-  ( '..  a    ,M:.  ~.   r. •_: 

I.-'    V    •   -   S..  l.V.tii  \.  V    071 

(    .•              •    M..  lO'.'.l  N.  V ::•;:'. 

!.             :.   i:;-'    \Vi-  ,,!;-.:n :;;::  Saail.   II.  Miir.n.  r.   I 

t.'             i-j-j.i  \.-\v  v-rk. ::''..:  t'-ipi.  \\'.  M.  r.  ''.:•  ~.  ;- 

!l  -.  \.  ;••  1  •.,.  !':"-;,Mr-i;"i::'i|  M  ij.   '!'    V,  .  \\  i- ,;:,.,  r,    I; 

I.,  r.  S.  N    V;ir,l.  B'iiUn.  1  ".."•                 Va    ..... 


General  Summary  of  Hesults. 


xxvii 


PAGE 

Col.  Wm.  W.  Winthrop,  A.J.A.G.  25:} 

Col.  W.  P.  Bacon.  5th  X.  Y.  Cav.  2*3 

Capt.  T.  C.  Bacon.  5th  X.  Y.  Cav.  2*:! 

W.  E.  Hall,   Paymaster,  U.    S.   X.  2*:! 

Senrt.  E.  G.  Hall,  an  111.  regt 28:3 

Lt.  E.  Carrington,  143d  X.  Y 293 

Capt.  Wm.  X.  Danks.  44th  X.  Y.  319 

Theodore  Ford.  100th  X.  Y :!:!1 

Edward  Ford,  5th  Mich 332 

Jos.  A.  Chapin,  a  Mass,  regt 347 

Dr.    Charles  E.    Terry    (regt.    not 

learned ) 378 

Lt.  Edward  Terry,  U.  S.  X 37* 

Col.  Adrian  Terry  (regt.  not  learned)  378 

Dr.  Jere.  W.  Terrv,  Sherman's  Div.  37* 

Genl.  H.   IX  Terry,  130th  X.  Y. .  .  883 

William  U.  Terry,  -id  Conn 3*4 

L.  Wight.   l~.  S.  X.  (The  Mendota)  3*4 

Dr.  L.  M.  Kastmaii,  U.  S.  A 420 

Genl.  J.  IE.  Kitching  (Potomac).  .  434 

Geo.  D.  Kin-sley.  40th  Mass 403 

Wm   M.  Kingsley,  10th  Mass 404 

W.  G.   Howe,  Prov.  M..lstBost. 

Dist 4*1 

Col.  J.  McConihe.  !)3d  X.  Y 4*8 

Maj.  Win.  McConihe,  2d  X.  Y  . .  .  4*9 
F.  15.  Woudcock.  a  Mass.  regt.  .  .  . 

Dr.  W.  C.  Child.  5th  X.  II 

Capt.    Oscar  O.  Miller 

Henry  C.   King.    104th  Ohio 

Capt.'R.  W.  Ihintington,  U.S.M.C.  555 

Senrt.  IVmer  Swan 559 

II.  Fullerton,  133d  Ohio 504 

Genl.  C.  G.  Sawtolle,  Xew  York. .  572 

Sergt.   Orrm  Ilubbard,   12th  Wis.  5Mi 

J.  A.  Beaumont,  Scott's  Cav  ....  5*0 

Maj.  E.  C.  Bnynton,  U.  S.  A 001 

Joseph  1).  Short.  33d  111 990 

II.  L.  Tillinghast,  1st  R.  I 030 

Chas.  T.  Foster,  3d  Mich 041 

Seymour  Filter,   U.  S.  Sharp" rs. .  0-11 

Lt.  Danl.  II.  \ye.  14th  Ohio 044 

E.  R.  Da!.:.  ? 7th  Ohio (i07 

Theo.  D.  Dale,   14*thOhio..  007 


Wm.  C.  Stillson,  33d  Wis 

Lymau  Stillson.  1  (5th  Wis 

\".  Wilmot,  45th  111. . . 


L.  I).  Wilmot,  47th  111 

Lt.  R.  W.  Webb,  147th  X.  Y 

Lt,  A.  G.  Sedgwick,  20th  Muss.  . 
Lt.  E.  D.  Partridge,  a  Wis.  rcyt.  . 
Capt.  J.  X.  Partridge,  24th  Mass. 

.1.  P.  Braincrd,  1st  Yt.  Cav 

Dr.  E.  Andrews.  111.  Brigade 

A.  Dennis.  31st  Mass 

Capt.  W.  I).  Crane,  44th  Mass.  .  .  . 

Jon.  1).  Whitney.  4th  Iowa 

Wm.  Whitney,  37th  Mass 

Col.  C.  W.  Marsh  (St.  Louis) 

Capt.  S.  W.  Eager  (St.  Louis  i.  .  .  . 
Maj.  W.  D.  Sedgwick  (Antietam). 
J.  D.  Flint.  Clerk  U.  S.  Q.  Dept.. 
Rev.  Geo.  Hopkins,  M.D.,  U.S.A. 
Wm.  ().  Chapin.  4th  Vermont.  .  .  . 
Capt.  J.  D.  Orne.  Prov.  M.  5th  A.  C. 

( '.)!  Geo.  Bliss,  Xew  York 

Jon.  Chapman,  A.  A.  1'.  U.S.X.. 

Maj.  C.  J.  Mills,  2dMass 

Geo.  W.  Walker.  Nth  X.  Y.  Artillery 

E.  F.  Wilcox.  9ih31ich 

E.  B.  Kilbourn.  74th  111 

Wm.  H.  Bullard  (Cold  Harbor,  Va.) 
Lt.  W.  W.  Earned,  1st  Minn.  Mt, 

Rangers 

A.  Woodbury,  A.  A.  G.  (Genl. 

Carlim. .  . 


DOS 


Col.  D.  A.  Woodbury,  4th  Mich.  . 
AVm.  Wood,  a  drummer- boy,  10th 

Mich .' 

Jas.  M.  Elledge.  5!)th  111 

*W.  L.  Titcomb,  U.S.X.  (Tecum- 

seh ) 

*Chas.  E.  Persons.  24th  X.  Y 

*Wiley  Jlnssell,  a  Mass,  regt 

*R(JV.  liarvev  ilydi  .  chaplilill.  .  .  . 

*Maj.  Jas.  Biddle,  U.S. A 

*Col.  II.  W.  CTosson,  U.S. A 

*Col.  A.  P.  Kotchum  (Washi.nirt-i:) 

*Col.  F.  J.  Parker.  :Jd  Mass.. 

*Lt.  Chas.  II.  Xev.'ton.  2d  0.  Cav. 

*A.  W.  1).  Kraft,  1st  La 

*Sevinour  Colemaii,  Is.i  Wis. .  . 


(irocn  may  the  memory  be  in  the  hearts  of  our  countrymen  of  th;_-ir 
patriotic  lives  and  efforts  forever! 

Soni^  of  v!u'  leading  spirits  in  the  S.  C.  branch  of  the  family  "Were  ac- 
tive in  the  ( 'onfederate  service  (pp.  .'>!).'.;- !''.'; ).  as  it  murht  I'i.^idilv  be  pre- 
supjiosed  that  they  \voukl  bo.  From  their  stand-plant  i;  looks.'il  very 
different  in  all  its  aspects  than  from  ours.  J'Ht  half  a  dd^en  others,  r-f 
northern  blood  and  breeding,  are  known  io  have-  turned  tlieir  backs, 
even  seemingly  upon  home  and  kindred,  to  fight,  for  such  mere1  sectional, 
retrogressive,  and  barbaric  ends  and  aims  as  the  great  rebellion  involved 


xxviii  nmra 

in    its    hearim,'    "ii  lln-  laml  a'    larire.       Ami  these  \vnv  nil  l.nniu': 

such    :;ii    1  1  h  A  c  let  ilm  •   d'.lcmilia    !'V   accident    or  coll,  J  illl.Sloli. 


SO.MK    FACTS   AND  AVKItACHS    IN    VITAL  STATISTICS. 

A  !'e\\.  ai  lca>t,  which  arc  worthy  of  note,  have  come  to  li<_'ht  in  juv- 
p.iriii".  the  indexes  at  the  end  of  this  \\ork.  (  )f  the  whole  nuinlier  of 
I  )\\  in  ht.MSi/iHl  +)  recorded  in  these  pa  ires  (see  pp.  In  1  (.i-  i'u,  .-,.,  de^c.  •  n  pl- 
ant-alike of  John  and  (  'apt.  Timothy  l>wiU'htof  Dedham.  .Ma-.,  the 
ii'iinli  r  of  those  Itearini;  tin1  familv  name,  Koth  males  and  fen,  ales,  is 
found  ov  count  to  have  licen  l,.">i'l.  (  )f  this  moderate  number  o  10  died 
under  :_'  1  years  of  a^'e.  (if  the  surviving  •|7.")  ncarlv  six-ninth^  '"''."i) 
have'icen  married.  (If  the  1,  ii-Jl  nientioned,  (j'.is  \\vrr  males  and  ''ii'i'i 
f"nales.  The  jiroji,  n'i  lonal  rate  of  death  Ucfoiv  ivacliint;  h-^al  inaturitv 
has  IP.  -en  (.">iH  in  l."il'l)  nearly  one  in  four.  If  the  Shirley  |i\\i-h;s 
\vhijlicar  tlit.-  family  iiivme  (i".i)  arc  left  out  of  the  calculation,  three  of 
v.hom  died  in  childhood,  and  1*  1  out  of  the  l!'i  Mir\i\ii._'  them  \\-er,- 
m;,n  i>  d,  the  e-eneral  re>uh  is  1m;  very  slight  Iv  modified. 

'I  lie  jiroport  ion  ot'  fi'inales  liorn  \vithin  the  finally,  during  -i"  \'ears 
pa~'.  lias  IP  'I'll,  exc  --jit  in  a^rii'iiltural  comniuiut  ic>,  in  ijuite  1  1',-.  -\-\  a'de 
exee-  ,  lievond  t  hat  of  males.  It  is  belie  V(.H!  to  In;  a  general  la\\  in  \itai 
stat  i  -;  ies.  t  liai  ,  as  fami'.ie-  h.-come  more  cultured  and  refined  .  the  a\  i-ra^c 
oi  female  Mirths  increases.  IMivsical  laus  seem  to  L.'IVC  \voinan  the  -ame 
j'l.f.-e  in  the  general  providential  development  of  the  human  race  as  in 
the  da\s  ot  its  lir>t  creative  appointment  —  laM  in  an  order  of  n^in^ 
>ucc  •--  ion>  oi'  po\ver  and  privilege.  The  hi>tor\-  t-f  law.  lilieriy,  i-.ii- 
eion.  art,  and  social  pro^re.»  in  cvcrv  t'orm.  i^  full  of  to!.,  i,-  of  all  -•  -r;> 
ol  the  \vorking  of  .sue  h  tendencies  in  the  entire  fram  'U'ork  ot  oi  :  i  art  lily 
exjp.-rience. 

Tiie  a\  eraLje  of  all  names  in  t  he  family,  for  ei_dit  u«  iierations.  of  t  he  ,]e- 
.^eendaiits  of  <  'apt.  Timoi  h  v  I  >wi'_dit  of  1  >edham  ha\  inir  lieen  a  t  hoii^and 
tor  each  u'eiieraMon,  that  of  tli  >->e  liearin  •;  the  fainil\  -name  ha^  lieen 


Th'  avei-agi'  period  of  a  u'eneration  is  shown  lo  lie  exact  1\  '1V7I- 
i  •'"')  i  i  tliirt  v  years,  as  usually  declared  —  the  pre-.t  nt  genera'  ion  (the  '.  't  h  ) 
l.'-iii'_f  exact  i\-  eiL;ht  general  i'  ins  di>tant  iVom.lohn  l'\\i'_;ht  ''t  I  ><  dham, 
v,  ii  •  i  came  to  t  he  New  \Vori  I  l'  !  1  1  years  a  _'o. 

<  M'   i  lie  •'.'.  |v  male   1  >wi^']its  i  kno\\  n  to    ha\  e  lieen  dt-.-i  e:alaiit  -  of  .1,  ,hii 

and    liinoijiv    l)\\i'j;hl   of  l>cdha!ii)   wlio  ha\e  li\ed   in   th"  land    In'iu   :he 

lir,-:    uni  il   now,    1  •',  ^  or  tlierealiouts.  ha\  e  .iied   under    I  •>,  the  h>v.  e-i    pre- 

,-rili'  d    a_'e  for    college    graduation.       (  M'   !  he  MI  r\  i  \  <>r-   7  1'  a  re   i  •  ci  M  ,|.  d 

as  _'i'aduat'   -,  ot'  (•'  illeev,  and  in.  slit  ul  ions  of  like  ^ra<li-  in    "    I  !;•    <  '  •  :.•  i  a  1 


General  Summary  of  Results. 

Summary  of  Results,"  beside  some  13  more  who  took  a  considerable 
part  of  the  college  course.  But  one  in  six  (8000  -^  1324)  has  borne 
the  family  name  ;  and  if  the  three  families  (Whiting,  Phillips  and 
Reynolds),  which  in  the  second  generation  became  connected  with  the 
D wight  family,  had  been  included  in  the  genealogical  survey  here 
taken,  the  average  would  not  have  been  greater  probably  than  one  in 
twenty.  How  superficial  and  absurd  a  view  therefore  of  the  history 
of  the  Dwiglit  family  would  have  been  one  that  presented,  as  is  usually 
done  by  genealogists,  only  the  male  branches  of  the  family.  Add,  to 
so  unsatisfactory  an  account  of  its  history,  a  mere  dry  mass  of  statistics 
of  births,  marriages  and  deaths,  sparingly  sprinkled  with  a  few  occa- 
sional statements  of  residence  and  occupation,  and  a  fair  specimen 
would  be  exhibited  of  the  ordinary  style  of  genealogical  preparations 
hitherto  furnished  in  our  country. 

There  have  been  four  leading  agricultural  branches  of  the  family  : 
that  of  Michael  Dwight  of  Dedham,  Mass.  (947-1000),  that  of  Capt. 
Samuel  Dwight  of  Enfield,  Ct.  (271-38.3),  that  of  ('apt.  Xathaniel 
Dwight  of  Telcheitowri  (440-01),  and  that  of  Joseph  Dwight,  of  Cin- 
cinnatus,  X.  Y.  (0!)  1-735).  In  these  several  branches,  the  rate  of  births 
will  be  found  to  be  decidedly  larger,  and  the  length  of  life  observably 
greater,  as  a  general  rule,  than  in  those  branches  which  have  been,  rela- 
tively, more  devoted  to  professional  pursuits,  as  the  descendants  of 
Col.  Timothy  Dwight  of  Northampton,  Mass.  (113—271),  and  those  of 
Rev.  Daniel  Dwight  of  Charleston,  S.  C.  (380-404),  or  to  mercantile 
life,  as  the  descendants  of  Jonathan  Dwight  of  Springfield,  Mass.  (803- 
014).  To  mechanical  employments,  but  few  of  the  family  have  in  any 
generation  seemed  inclined  to  devote  themselves.  The  writer  believes 
that  mechanics  will  be  found,  like  merchants,  in  this  family,  or  any 
other,  not  to  be  characterized,  as  a  class,  by  long  life.  The  order  of 
the  four  classes  of  occupation  named,  in  respect  to  "  the  promise  of 
life  "  that  they  present,  is  believed  to  be  everywhere  this  :  iirst.  agri- 
cultural ;  second,  professional;  third,  mercantile  ;  fourth,  mechanical. 
]>ut  then  it  should  ever  be  remembered  by  the  young,  that,  that  life  is 
long  enough  here,  which  answers  well  the  great  ends  of  our  mortal 
existence  ;  and  that  that  earthly  career,  however  long  in  vears,  is  piti- 
fully short  and  desperately  wasted,  which  circles  around  contentedly, 
or  indiiierentlv,  amonsj'  mere  material  ends  and  aims. 


HISTORY 

OF  line 

DESCENDANTS  OF  JOHN  DWIU11T, 

(  )  Tt1    I )  K  13  H  A.  M  ,     ]VI  A.  S  S  . 


INTROIM'CTION. 

IT  was  in  the  most  casual  way  possible,  that  the  idea  of  the  great 
endeavor,  whose'  results  are  here  brought  to  view,  eame  in  the  first 
place  to  possess  the  author's  thoughts.  Twelve  years  ago,  in  the  fall 
of  1SG1,  Augustus  AY.  Dwight,  Ksq.,a  lawyer  at  Syracuse,  then  wholly 
unknown  to  the  writer — who  beeame  afterwards  Colonel  of  the  ll':M 
N.  Y.  Ivegt.,  and  fell  at  the  head  of  his  troops  in  the  attack  on  Fort 
Stedman,  March  :.>">,  1S(>.">  (see  No.  ;">(!77,  1.,  in  these  volumes) — wrote 
to  the  author,  that  "  he  had  learned,  that  he  was  about  to  prepare  a 
history  of  the  Dwight  Family  ;  and  that,  if  it  were  so,  he  could  render 
him  some  valuable  aid  in  the  premises.'1  Answer  was  returned,  at 
once,  that  "  no  such  thought  had  been  entertained  for  a  moment,  or 
was  likely  to  be  in  the  future."  This  ended  all  further  correspondence 
between  the  two  parties.  But  a  few  days  afterwards  ( 'ol.  I  )  wight's  letter 
was  picked  up  incidentally  and  read  to  a  relative  (James  M.  B.  Dwight, 
Esq.,  of  New  Haven),  then  visiting  the  writer  at  Clinton,  N.  V.,  for 
the  mere  purpose  of  enlivening  a  little  pleasant  chit-chat  between  them. 
He  at  once  seixed  earnestly  upon  the  suggestion,  and  pushed  it  several 
times  afterwards  upon  the  author's  attention,  until  it  found  at  last  ;i 
lodgment,  in  his  heart,  as  a  thought  deserving  careful  consideration  on 
his  part. 

I  lev.  Dr.  II.  (!.  ().  Dwight,  of  Constantinople,  made,  a  few  weeks 
subsequently,  a  visit  at  the  writer's  house,  and  the  subject,  now  one  of 
some  interest  to  him,  came  up  anew  in  conversation  with  his  highly 
esteemed  guest  and  kinsman,  and  acquired  si  ill  greater  importance  to  his 
mind.  At  every  fresh  sallv  of  thought,  whether  alone  or  with  others, 
upon  the  inherent  desirableness  of  the  proposed  undertaking,  its  own 
real  claims  to  his  favorable  regard,  and  the  charms  of  its  successful 
fulfilment  in  the  end,  rose  steadilv  in  significance  upon  his  \ie\\.  .But, 
what  a  mountain  of  difficulties  lay  immediately  in  full  prospect  before 
I 


him,  to  frighten  him  back  from  any  serious  thought  of  attempting  so 
vast  an  enterprise  !  I  low  could  a  pathway  be  effectually  traced  through 
all  tin-  endlessU  ramified  courses  of  f'amiK  -de\  elopim-nt ,  for  nearly 
L'li  i  years  past,  with,  at  the  best,  hut  yery  few  leading  facts  in  hand,  at. 
the  outset,  for  one's  guidance  !  Years  of  jiatient,  solitary,  earnest  toil 
could  alone,  it  was  manifest,  sutlice  for  the  attainment  of  the  desired 
result.  The  resolve  was,  howe\  er,  erelong  linallv  formed,  and  with 
some  due  forecast  of  what  would  be  involved  in  its  complete,  consumma- 
tion. \\  ith  the  execution  of  this  commanding  purpose,  in  the  long 
detail  of  the  \arious  processes  of  its  slowly  progressive  achievement, 
nothing  u"s  to  lie  allowed  to  interfere;  lint  death  itself,  or  possible  per- 
sonal disablement  for  effort  by  the  prostrating  power  of  some  all- 
coin  [Herinc;  disease. 

Thus  in  mere  trifling  spores  of  thought  and  feeling,  Moating  cas- 
ually in  the  air  of  mutual  correspondence  and  discourse,  lay  unnoticed 
at  the  first,  but  powerfully  influential  on  his  life,  in  the  end.  during  ten 
of  the  best  years  of  its  progress,  the  germ  of  much  of  the  author's 
productive  usefulness,  during  all  that  time,  in  his  day  and  generation. 
lie  had  pre\iously  cheri.shcd  no  more  interest  in  such  researches  than 
those  belonging  to  the  educated  class  in  society  generally  show,  in 
respect  to  the  story  of  their  lineage;  which  is  little  enough  indeed, 
as  any  one  at  all  conversant  with  the  fact s  of  the  case  will  acknowledge, 
to  deserve  the  awakening  at  once  of  a  thorough  sense  of  shame  in  their 
hearts.  This  very  sentiment  of  just  self-reproach  it  was.  that  sprang 
up  speedily  in  lull  strenut  h  in  his  heart ,  as  he  became  conscious  on  care- 
ful rellection  how  little  of  his  own  ancestral  histor\  he  him-e|f  knew. 
It  seemed  pitiful  to  him.  then,  as  much  more  it  does  now.  that  an\  one 
of  u,renerou.s  .\e\\-  Kim'iaiid  parentage  should  be  ,-lothfnllv,  and.  uorse 
still,  in  some  cases,  wilfully,  disposed  to  remain  ignorant  of  a  lineage, 
vv  hich  has  been  so  grandly  hi-toric.  and  so  full  of  feat  u res  of  t  he  high- 
est moral  nobleness,  as  thai  of'  the  earl\  religious  founder-  of  America. 
If  their  aims  and  e|fi>rt>,  t  heir  characters  and  deeds,  their  1 1  \  es  and  for- 
t  lines  do  not .  in  t  hen isel\  es  and  in  all  I  heir  relat  ions,  desei  v  e  ^rateful 
and  lasting  commemoration,  then  human  praise  and  admiration,  where 
ever  bestowed,  are  too  worthless  to  be  vvurth  the  ha  \ini;'.  ll  is  one  of' 
the  I  jest  .saving  of  "  ( Jeorge  Klioi ,"  t  hat ,  "  <  )ur  ilead  are  never  dead  to 
u-?  until  we  have  forgot  ten  them.  Max  the  da\  never  set  t  le  do\\  n  in 
blackness  upon  our  loud  anticipation--  of'  a  brilliant  future  f..r  our 
coiintrx,  in  \\hich  the  ruling  minds  of  the  nation  shall  become.  <>n<-  and 
all.  indilfen-nt  to  (lie  liri^ht  names  thai  illuminate1  the  brief  Imt  ^i-aiid 
pa-1  of  oil  r  history. 

\\  hen    the  author  had  coni]iletc'd.   in    the   main,   the    round    of'   his    re- 
seal  die  -   into  t  he  del  a  i  Is  of  hi, s  oat  t  rnal  ancest  r\  ,   in   In  it  h    ll  -   ma-culine 


Introduction.  3 

and  feminine  brandies,  lie  paused,  before  proceeding  to  the  ptiblication 
of  tlieni,  to  investigate  also  to  the  fullest  extent  possible  the  facts  and 
features  of  his  maternal  lineage.  In  pursuing  carefully  the  several  dif- 
ferent lines  of  connection  formed  between  the  J)  wights  and  Strongs, 
he  obtained  so  much  of  the  history  of  the  last-named  family  that  he 
finally  determined,  after  deliberating  long  upon  the  much  larger  labor 
that  would  lie,  in  such  a  case,  upon  his  hands,  to  address  himself  hero- 
ically to  that  immense  undertaking.  How  much  of  time  and  toil  so 
great  an  endeavor  demanded,  the  reader  may  easily  learn,  if  he  has 
any  curiosity  to  know,  by  reference  to  the  two  large  octavos,  of  SOO 
pages  each,  that  contain  a  portion  of  the  history  of  that  distinguished 
family.  Jn  preparing  the  history  of  the  .1") wights  he  had  learned  how 
to  write  out,  all  the  better,  the.;  larger  history  of  the  Strongs.  This, 
having  finished  last,  he  determined  to  publish  first,  in  order  that  he 
might  avail  himself  of  the  results  of  any  valuable  experience  gained 
thereby,  for  the  more  desirable  presentation  of  the  present  work,  which 
has  been,  from  the  iirst,  his  favorite  undertaking. 

The,  History  of  the  D wight  Family  is  constructed  on  a  different 
model,  in  some  particulars,  from  that  of  the  Strong  Family — having 
much  more  of  biographical  detail  in  it,  and  much  more  also  of  family 
tradition.  Any  interesting  reminiscences  of  elder  times,  which  one 
generation  has  been  found  loving  to  repeat  to  another  in  the  family, 
especially  when  piquant  in  themselves,  or  characteristic  of  those  who 
have  been  distinguished  for  their  personal  superiority,  have  been 
carefully  gathered  up  and  preserved.  In  preparing  the  history  of  the 
Strongs,  neither  time  nor  space  could  be  allowed  to  any  but  the  most 
condensed  forms  of  statement,  on  account  of  the  immense  expansion 
of  their  family-growth.  Jn  the  Jhvight  history  four  families  pre- 
sented themselves  to  the  author's  view  in  the  third  generation,  as  the 
historic  sources  from  that  date  onwards  of  all  the  subsequent  out- 
growths of  the  family  stock;  while  in.  the  Strong  Family  they  num- 
bered in  the  same  generation  eighty-eight. 

It  would  have  been  often  possible  and  pleasant  to  have  reported,  for 
permanent  remembrance  among  their  descendants,  many  points  of 
interest  known  to  the  author  concerning  the  living;  which,  when  they 
shall  have  gone  to  the  place  of  their  fathers,  would,  if  known,  be  held 
in  like  account  with  the  most  cherished  memorials  of  preceding  gene- 
rations. J!ut  would  not  the  writer  have  seemed,  in  such  a  case,  uu- 
pardonablv  plain  in  his  speech  to  some,  and  to  others  to  have  been 
animated,  at  times,  by  a  weak,  spirit  of  flattery?  Succeeding  genera- 
tions must  find  for  themselves  what  they  can  concerning  those  now 
upon  the  stage  of  action.  All  history,  tieneral  or  special,  is  frag- 
mentary, at  the  best,  and  full  alike  of  many  partialities  in  its  presenta- 


4 


lions  and  prom  luncement  s,  MM)  of  1,'reat  omissions  also  of  well-deserve*! 

expressions   of  hot  1 1    1 1 1. si  it-r   ;i!  id    ^(Kill-will. 

Tlii'    remark    uas    Hindi-    incidentallv,    in    a   paper    issued     sunn-     vears 

a_;'o     lllid'T    tlii-     allspices     of    tin-     N.    I1!.    (leneal.    Sncli-t\    of     liostoli,    tli;it 

••  it  is  nut  in  In-  i-\jM-rti-d  lli.it  anv  one  \\ill  \\riie  moie  than  HIM-  fam- 
iiv  hiMorx."1  This  hint  was  di-«>|>]M-d  \\ith  tin-  In. pi-  lluit  any  u  ho 
should  M-I-  il,  u  ho  \\t-re  lln-n  preparing  aii\  .Midi  \\ork.  would  taki-  all 
liii-  mull1  paiii^  In  do  rii;hl!v  \\hat  the\  did,  and  in  i'h'-  manner  most 
a[i|  1 1 -i  i\  i-d  li\  t  li'-  hest  i-.\|n-rii  nee  i  it'  i  >i  In-rs.  \\  ell  does  i  hi-  aullmr  un- 
d'-rMaml  how  \i-rv  unnatural  it  would  M-I-III  In  anv  one,  \\lio  had 
'.lih-d  laliorioii.sK  thi'iin^h  the  ta>k  of  arhii-s  iiiij  siicrrs>f'ullv  Mich  a  n-- 
Mili.  in  ihink  that  In-  cntild  i  \  cr  In-  iiidiii-'-d,  in  ;in\  \\ay,  to  think  «i' 
a;  ti-Hijit  iiii^  .Mich  an  uttcrlv  tlianklcs>  i-nti-rjiri-c  a^ain.  ^cal^  of 
uiia'oatrd  /i-al,  in  llic  expenditure  of  linn-,  \«\\.  and  nmni-y.  iniiM  he 
I,i\i.-hly  -i\cn  tn  tin-  ri^'ht  |in-]iaratiuii  of  any  one  lar^e  \\nrk  of  .Mich  a 
kiii'i;  and  tln-v  iniist  In-  ^i\cii  without  anv  tlmii^ht  i  .f  jiecuniarv  c.ini- 
]iei,.-at  lull  in  retui'n.  Suine  \\hi»e  names  ajipcar  111  a  ^'-iieah  i^ical 
\\  MI  '<  are  dissatisfied  liecaiise  so  little  i>,  said  of  I  hem  t  here,  «r  «{'  i  h'-ir 
iniinediate  friends,  or  so  little  that  is  tiatierin^.  Si. me  are  mm-h  i.{- 
ii-nded  at  (-M'll  slight  errol's.  v.liich  they  tailed.  tlioUL.'li  ur^enlly  Milic- 
ited  in  do  so,  IM  furnish  the  ini-ans  of  correct  in^.  Dut  a  \«-r\  Muall 
i-' in  i1 .11  i  if  an\  .Mich  \\  i  irk — a  fe\\  humlreds  at  the  most  -  can  're  disjn  ised 
of.  e\eii  after  years  nf  jiatient  uaiiin^  fm-  new  ami  iinal  [iiircliasers  ; 
ami  I  h'-y  caniint  he  Mild  cheajily  like  >t  M-ry-l,. ,  ,!,>.  a  ml  o  >\  >-r  at  all  the 
mi-l'.-  expense  nt  jiiihlieat  ion  :  "i\  si  >  much  muiic\  fur  so  much  paper. 
I  \,pe-\s  urk,  pi''  s>-\\'ork,  and  hi  mil  n^.  .M  an  v,  \\'}]«  shuiild  >ul.-cril>.-  ^en- 
erui;-l\-  tu  r-iicli  huiiurahle  undertaking.--,  either  d»  nut  Mili>cn'o>-  at  all. 

or  d'lie  out  the  prici-.  \\lth  measured  pal'MlnoliX,  t'l.r  a  Millie  c..p\. 
And  >ome  of  ample  resources  \\lil  e\ell  coiitelit  t  lielilsel  \  e^,  culll- 

piac.  n;  1\-.  \\-iih  liorro\\  iiiLT  ut'  others  the  niean>  of  ac'|uaintini;  tln-m- 
-  -i\"-  \\ith  tin-  m.u,\  inten-si  inii  fact-,  ,,f  iin  ir  lim-i^e,  instead  of  tak- 
!,,'_;  a  |ii>t  prid'-.  or  at  h-a^t  a  ri.  h  sit  l-fact  ion,  in  haviicj;  alwa\.->  at 
Land,  in  thi-ir  homes,  the  records  of  th>-  wurlhv  li\es  ot'  their  sites  and 
kimir'-d.  And  there  are  sometimes  found  lhu-«e  \\iio  M1iuidd,  fore\erv 
r. -a-  '!i,  he  a^  prompt  a>  tie-  fori-iii.>~:  in  slio\\mj;  j.ractieal  appr.-cia ;  n  .n 
f  .r  a  cau>",  uhich  e\er\  one  sharing  111  the  sain--  ancestral  hlood 
.-',,..'  .d  1  list  met  i  \  i-l\-  |-c|olcc  111  considering  his  o\\n,  that  \\ill  \et  N'.alt 
i  •.-.]>•  •  !..  i  i  u^l  \'  to  purchase  the  cop\  i .('  their  ['ami  I  \  -hiMo|-\  ,  \\  hieli  tin  \" 
l..i-.;;:  10  possrs-  in  th'1  end.  Ulllli.  ii\  O''l,l\  of'  ;de,  \\iia:  c,.pii-s  |-i  Inalll 
o;,  i,  .  nd  V,  ill  he  de.- tu  i-d  li\  t  ln-111  \\  ear  led  oS\  liel's  a>  1  '111  a  or  ill.',  a  lid 
.1!  a  mei-e  si-n^,  ('")•  tln-o-  v.e'co!i;e  riddance  from  :in\  longer 
;..''  .hi  c  'iici-ri ,  in_'  lip-in.  No  kind  of  hti-rar\  lal.'.r  demand-  tl.i  re- 

t'-i  •      pa!!'   lic.-j    llolii  ,    lir. ]'e     helie\  olcnce.    and     Uone     mole      tallli      111 


Introduction.  5 

It  is  not  strange  that  little  or  no  interest  is  felt  on  the  continent  of 
Europe  in  discovering  and  diffusing  tlie  facts  of  their  family-histo- 
ries. Kings  and  princes  have  claimed,  for  long  generations  there,  all 
the  honors  and  privileges  of  life,  as,  speciallv  if  not  altogether  exclu- 
sively, their  own  ;  and  the  people  at  lartre  have  seemed  to  them,  and 
quite  too  often  to  themselves  also,  to  possess  Imt  little  political  or  so- 
cial significance.  American  genealogies,  however,  are  so  many  strik- 
ing commentaries  on  the  safety  and  desirableness  of  yielding  to  every 
man  as  such  all  his  inborn  rights,  to  make  the  most  of  hims -If  in 
everv  way  for  (!od  and  man.  It  is  wise,  thev  show,  to  trust  the  peo- 
ple with  power,  and  to  found  all  the  offices  of  state,  from  first  to  last, 
on  their  free  and  directly  declared  decision  concerning  them.  They 
prove,  that  liberty  does  not  nccessarilv  run  to  license  in  Christian  de- 
mocracies, as  a  hereditary  nobility  would  like  to  have  us  believe;  and 
that  no  form  of  government  is  so  desirable,  fur  all  purposes  of  personal 
and  social  progress,  as  that  which  gives  the  freest  possible  scope  to 
individual  enterprise,  genius,  and  merit.  Thev  are  worth  all  the  labor 
that  thev  mav  have  cost  in  their  procurement,  as  most  interesting  and 
unanswerable  proofs,  that  man  should  be  everywhere  honored  as  man, 
instead  of  being  anywhere  held  spellbound,  as  in  manv  parts  of  the 
•world  he  is,  bv  ruinous  historical  precedents  and  prescriptions,  and 
political  ordinances  and  traditions  that  serve  only  to  fetter  all  true 
thought  and  feeling,  by  the  false  ideas  which  they  express  and  perpetu- 
ate. It  is  a  special  characteristic  of  American  genealogies,  that,  as 
our  national  history  lies  within  but  brief  limits  to  the  present  hour, 
however  gigantic  its  proportions  may  seem  to  anv  to  be,  in  realitv  or 
in  promise,  and  the  history  of  any  leading  fannlv  in  the  land  has  hail  a 
well-defined  and  easilv  ascertained  beginning  h"iv  : — genealogists  are 
able  to  start  at  points  that  are  full  alike  of  special  and  of  general  in- 
terest, and  indisputable  in  respect  to  their  actual  historic  significance. 

Well  savs  a  recent  writer  in  the  ••  1  >es  l)eu\  Mondes  :  "  "  Very 
prosperous  would  be  the  nation  that  should  let  nothing  be  lost  »f  that 
which  nature  oilers  to  it,  that  should  know  how  to  arouse  into  full  play 
its  diverse  elements,  and  to  make  a  right  use  of  all  the  u'ood  things  that 
providence  grants  it.  The  wise  men  capable  of  presenting  fullv  to  our 
view  subjects  of  such  a  kind  are  very  scarce.  "  If  such  ideas  ;  re  true 
concerning  material  and  perishable  facts  and  forces,  how  nui'-h  more 
are  th'-v  of  those  that  are  imponderable  and  immortal. 

\Yho  1  hat  loves  his  own  dear  nat  i  ve  land  could  bear  to  see  it  and  its 
affairs  ^o  floating  alon^  upon  the  universal  tide  of  things,  out  of  a 
dark,  forgotten  past  into  a  future  full  of  obscurest  shadows,  like  a  ves- 
sel drifting  without  a  name  upon  its  hulk,  or  a  pennant  upon  its  mast- 
head, or  a  compass  near  its  helm,  or  anv  definite  point  in  mind  to  veer 


In,   i  if  ;inv    s,,id    \\lthin    Its    I'lli.-    In     animate     II    N\llh    a     lii"i;d    Jilll'|in-e  — 
tl'Mllli_',    li"lind\     kn-'Us    U  here,    li'ir     cal'es   alivlii'dv    \\liere.    lillt    still    ever 
111  Ml  llr_r   i  in.  as   it'  \\  I!  h-    II  Hi' II    dcsperat  hill,    til  i;il  I  ]r_r.    In  i',,  II -i'    I!    lnll>! .    i  hli  I 
tii--    \a-[     iiliklni\\n     IM|'..H'    il          N-i!     n-i!    :i     tlp>u-and     lilin->,   IP-!        l.i-t 

rather     e\e]\       -|>el|      Jinssilile      .if      lilt-      lnm_r     llli_dl!      |<a-t      '.f      K I  !•_'!  i  -  !  I     and 

A  IIP -iii-.i  ii  li!  si  ni  \  a  1 1- 1  ( radii  inn.  and  nf  tender  li'Hi.e-feehn^r,  and  f'-r\  i-nt 
])•:!  nut  isin,  lie  |]ii-ii\vii,  \\  il  li  all  speed  and  .-t  n-i  1-1  ii ,  n\ .  T  I  his  dear  lieaiei- 

nf  L! [things    I"    nthi-r    lands,  and    tu    tin-    da\>    i  if  H  li  i  \  iT>al    u'iadne-s 

\\hich  an-  vi'l  In  In'  O\IT  all  tin-  earth.  Tin-  mniv  llial  11  carries  in  il  - 
li .--  -1:1  iif  tin-  in  di\  i'lual  trust  and  im],e  and  l-i\c  nf  cad;  HIH-  nf  its 
li.yriad  inlialiitaiils  ]ia>i.  prcM-m,  and  In  cniiif.  tin-  limrr  sun-  v.  i  1 1  it 
!"•  In  i  nil  I'id'-  ufli 'i'ii'ii.-l  v  c\ -T\  .-ii  inn.  and  r-  -I  at  la-t  in  an  itiii-li-n-a^i1 
ln'\  !•!  id  i  In-  n-arli  id'  tnifivard  liann.  I  tail  in  tin-  .-diip  nt'  Stall-.  iV'-i^lit.-d 
«!'••]  i  \\  i!  li  I  In-  ri. -1 1 1 -s  n  f  A  turrit  an  li;,|'|>i  !!'••->  and  linpr,  a>.  lull  <  'f  ull 
[nvrimis  iiH-iiinrii's,  and  nf  tin-  1'nii'i'^l  a-|iiraiii.n-  and  ant  ici]«at  iniiM 
tliat  can  Mvrll  tin-  Ininian  lir.-a>t.  il  ^nr.-,  sailini.'  dn\\n  tin-  sin-am  nf 
tiiin-,  "all  L'ay  \\iili  life,  all  clni|Ui-nt  uii'ii  lili,->."  tii>-  lian>in_riT  nf 
c.ir:  ii  ^  uni\  ri'sal  ri-im\  a!  inn.  and  t  lie  dist  riUutm1  in  inn:  r\  <  r\  u  In-;  i-  i  if 
lii-a\  i-ii  >  iiulilot  i.'ift>.  tn  mankind  ! 

lin-A-  rlt-ar  and  >ti-nn^  i->  tin-  ciiilui-scniciil  >i-t  liv  mankind  a;  lar^1' 
11  [mil  i  In-  valiir  <>1  A  n  ic  ri  can  idc;,s  and  in^t  it  in  inii--,  in  i  In-  c\ .-,-  ^r,  i\\  ;i,-4 
\\-nild-\\idc  llnrkiiiu;  nf  all  |icn]ili's.  iiatiniis.  irilio,  and  t-inL.'n-->  tn  mil- 
slmro.  tn  lii'i-ak  lircad  \\itli  n.->  ai  mir  (ii-oidi-->.  a>  iiii--  in  ln-;;rr  and 
linjic  \vit  h  HS  t'nrc\  cr  !  And  IP  i\\-  i>  n  >',  n  i\\  n  I  •  i  u>  anew,  nr  i>i  >t  rik  in^- 
1\.  in  tin-  inaiiifc-t  di>|ni>it inn,  \\ln-rc\i-r  ci\ili/!-d  men  d\\i-M.  ;-•  tr.-.!:>- 
)';;>!•  i  Hi  i1  -iili.-taiii  i\  '•  cli-iin-nls  nf  tip  m_dii  and  |'i'n_T>  »  inln  i  i,,-  ,\,  -M\-- 
lii^'  t'ni'ins  i  it'  i  hi -i  r  mi  in-  aii'-i-  ni  >l  vie  nt  pni  ilic  iit'c  and  a  el  inn.  \\  in,: 


del  m  era  I  ie.    <  'in  i>t  iail    i  list  it  lit  i- His.        (  ii-lillilie   \ilal    (  ':,;  i     I  ialil!  \    i>.    a,-   if 

al\\a\>  n,-!-  li'-i-n.  the    n-al    -niirce    and  nid\    i  n-j  nra  i  ;i  -n  nf  nii|-  -T.':::   ai.d 

Jii'dl  i  ia  r     111  nT  !!<•->     as     a     j  i:  •- 1]  ill-.        I  'leal'     and     ai  '-n!  n,    •     MV     t  he    1 1  -!  ilnn- 

iii---  nt'  hi-'  ni  \  1 1 1  i  he  >i  1 1,  i  ,}<•  r>  i '-'I'-  j  if.  ic---.  -i--,  i  if  -T,  .\\  i  ii,  1 111 ;  i .)'  \\  1,  i.-h 
ha-  tn\vered  tnuanls  ]ICM\--II  a'i  ni;,  h,.\\  a;id  H!i\\nnied  L;TI  at-Vi-  ---. 
Such  a  |ni\\-ei  fid  ,-t  rain  fVnni  ;.\  i :  !.•  a;  t  n  j «  m  t  In-  real  and  ahidi  ii^  >i  i  i-uu-i  ]| 

(if  i  i;  II1    ills!  it  11 1  Ii  iljs,    as    V,  e    a  i  e     IP  -v.    .-In  1  H  r,  lr_',    I t  h-T    s\  -!  .   in    nt'    -       'iai 

and    |in|itii-al     life    e\er     ha-    e|  p-nii  n  I ' -1  ed.   n)-    enllld    !''/    a;.\    c 

1 1  , :  _;•  ii    nf    till!"    .sii-iain.      Ail    n'  ip-c    t'  'i  in-    i 't'    i  ,  \  i  ii/:,      .n.    ]•:',•    ; 

n  f    n  I-!  :  iii-l  !  \  i   !  V    (  'i  i  rl-1  lall    m  I.;  I  I   .    ha  \  e    pl'n  \  ed   lip   Id-    .  '•  '   -.    1  i 

c'  --i   •:..   iinalih-   In    ]ni,_'    inainlalli    ih-'ii'    Nlu'"i'.   nr  ,•%,  ;,    ::,    :         ''••.  :•'    all. 

:,       i  ,-  ;  IP-  cniii  innal  a-'i  ii  HI  ni    i  n\\  ai  d  ca  n-e.-  n|  ,  j,  , •  ,\ . 

\\        di-rt'uilv    -i  hni'_r   and    '-\  IT    act  i\        is    :!,,•    ;; •-.•'.,  i     •.    •   .    , ;    -.  .  '  ,,-,,. 

h;ili.;:li     -ni-i-'lv,    Imlh     ;;!      i;;l'_'       ai.d      111      i!.d:\ld'    ,:1     i|-   Jail.          I'     i- 


Int  roJ  net  ion.  7 

astonishing  to  sec  how  easily  many  cultured  varieties  of  flowers  and 
shrubs  lapse  back,  when  neglected,  into  coarse  and  dull  forms  again 
of  wild  vegetable  growth.  Pint  far  more  strikingly  and  surely  is  the 
same  terrible  tendency  seen  to  be  in  full  force  among  mankind.  The 
following  statement,  recently  found  in  a  leading  magazine  of  this 
country,  is  probably  altogether  too  true:  "Our  historical  records  and 
present  observation  fully  certify  this  fact,  that  a  far  larger  number  of 
whites,  .French  and  English,  men,  women,  and  children,  have  on  this  con- 
tinent adopted  the  life  and  habits  of  the  Indians,  by  preference,  when 
they  have  had  the  opportunity  of  doing  so,  than  the  whole  count  of 
converts  to  European  civilization,  which,  have  ever  been  drawn,  from 
the  aboriginal  stock.""  This  is  surely  a,  sad  historical  fact  to  contem- 
plate, if  at  all  true. 

Jn  view  of  the  presence  of  such  a  strong  general  tendency  downwards, 
in  the  \erv  constitution  and  essential  life  of  even  Christian  society, 
anywhere  and  everywhere,  what  a  joy  is  it  to  find,  as  the  historian  of 
many  ;•  leading  American  family  can,  that  it  lias  maintained  unim- 
paired a  high  level  of  intellectual  and  moral  elevation,  from  its  first  be- 
ginnings in  this  country  to  the  present  hour.  And  when  any  high 
educational  advantages  previously  enjoyed  have  been,  in  some  particu- 
lar branch,  largely  diminished,  from  unfavorable  local  causes,  what  a 
greatlv  added  joy  is  it  to  discover  that  there  has  been  adequate  moral 
force  in  its  spirit  and  fibre  to  preserve  in  full  strength  through  succes- 
sive generations  the  same  moral  excellence  that  had  before  beautified 
its  more  cultivated  condition  and  aspects. 

In  such  a  genealogy  as  that  which  is  here  presented,  the  purposes 
and  plans,  the  aims  and  achievements  of  the  very  persons  to  whom 
especially  (lie  world  is  indebted,  tinder  (>od,  for  all  that  is  good  and 
great  in  our  peculiar  condition  and  characteristics  as  a  people,  are, 
though  briefly,  yet  specifically  and  distinctly  manifested.  It  is  a  high 
pleasure  to  be  even  '•  a  voice  in  the  wilderness"  of  earth's  moral  emp- 
tine.ss,  to  herald  their  plans  and  deeds  of  noble  usefulness  to  the  better 
times  thai  art;  to  come.  (Jod  be  praised  for  the  stalwart  virtue  that 
they  showed  as  willing  workers  for  him  and  for  all  mankind. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  overestimate  the  importance  of  transmitting 
to  future  times  the  traditions  of  the  birth,  early  life  and  rapidly  ma- 
turing growth  of  this  newest  and  u'reatest  of  the  nations  of  the  world. 
Our  iaili'M's  were  servants  of  the  Lord  Jehovah  :  ihev  honored  the 
Bible  in  real  truth,  and  built  their  lives  and  characters,  their  hopes  and 
fortunes,  and  all  their  work  for  themselves  and  for  God  and  universal 
humaiiH  \ ,  u p' Hi  its  principles,  precepi  s,  and  promises.  \\  hat  kind  of  men 
they  showed  ihemsel  ves  to  be  in  so  doing,  a.:d  what  sort  of  results  they 
achieved,  in  patiently  working  oui  their  own  ideas  and  ideals  in  church 


8 


I  i/f  r<»l  itcf  mil . 


and  siate,  n  is  tit  ami  hiidi  employment  of  one's  time  and  siivniMh  to 
si io\v  to  the  a iii1  I  hat  no\\  is,  aid  to  I  he  ages  which  are  \  et  to  lie.  1 1  n  man 
examples  nt'  moral  rectitude,  honor,  and  heioism  are  n«  mean  helps  to 
the  pressure  i  if  di\  ine  principles  of  t  rut  h  and  dm  \  upon  i  he  consciences 
of  men.  The  pictures  of  human  worth  thai  ;ire  t'oiind  in  general  his- 
torv  are  us  i:dlv  too  inci  implete  and  indiM  incl  to  impress  the  searcher 
after  liiohi^ical  and  sociological  facts  of  value,  i  \cepi  in  a  verv  iiiuiied 
and  unsatisfactory  \\;iv.  Those  o|'  indi\idual  hio^raphv  are  alinost 
alwavs  presented  in  what  is  felt  to  he  ijiiite  t,.o  ro.se-coloi  ed  a  form. 
I'.u;  in  genealogical  \\orks  which  are  limadK  and  riditlv  prepared,  and 
with  jiist  philosojihical  conceptions  and  deductions,  a  era  ml  stmi\  is 
presenieil  to  a  thoughtful  mind,  of  human  life  just  as  it  n-allv  is  in  its 
hidier  forms,  in  respect  to  its  substantial  eleinent  s  and  tin  actual  pro- 
cesses of  its  progressive  evolution. 

Want  of  lo\  e  of  kindred  is  nm-  of  t  In-  most  pet  t  v  firms  of  sell  Mi  n.ir- 
rowness  of  soul,  and  is  greatly  demorali/ing  to  the  \\hole  moral  nature 
of  him  who  is  characteri/.ed  oy  it.  The  apostle  who  \\ouhi  p;iim  to 
the  life,  with  a  few  telling  strokes  of  his  inspiied  pencil,  the  distin- 
guishing; elements  of  111 'a  till 'II  del  MSI  luelit.  l;t\s  one  of  them  Upon  the 

can  \  as.  as  liei  nil  %-  without  natural  affection,  '  side  Kv  side  v,  p  h  ;,  not  her 
of  like  moral  oMi'juity.  "  co\  enant-l)reakers.v  The  all-coiisuininu  ~r« -ed 
for  gold,  and  the  general  spirit  of  manifold  self-indulgence,  I  ha!  now 
mark  more  than  ever  the  American  character,  ha\e  made  >ad  havoc 
indeed  among  the  Anglo-Saxon  inhabitants  of  the  land,  if  not  so 
much.  p'Tchanc  •.  am"m,'  'he  ot  her  'I 'cut  on  ic  ami  (  'elt  ic  eleiin  1,1  -  of  this 
New  \\orld.  of'  the  noliler  ii;iti\e  instincts  pertiii  in  11"-  to  famii\  and 
race  li\-  \\hich  tlr-  Maker  of  all  things  seeks  to  int'-rlac.  e\er\  \\  here 
the  tissues  of  social  life  n, t,i  linn  unn\  of'  lmn_'  structure  and  a-  ii\e 
force.  |  '  nt  hinkiiiir.  -tolid  indilference  to  the  ^real  historic  p.,-1  of  this 
nation,  and  to  the  personal  and  pulilic  relations  of  ti,.'-.  nifed  vi:h 
us  liv  the  si  roji^est  til  mii\  t  ics  of  conn  1 10  n  sent  nni-nt  s(  .-\  p..;  , .  !,,-•  s.  and 
fort  lines,  i  -.  \\  here\  i-r  it  appe.-i  r^.  a  si^n  o|  m-eat  moral  ih-e. .. ,,  ,-ac\  t  rom 
the  standard  of  tin-  highest  possiMe  virtue,  to  \\hich  (ioij  aid  our 
o\\  n  consciences  con!  iniiidlx  suininoii  u--.  a-  \\.-il  as  <•)'  the  i.ctiial  \ir- 
tue  which  our  hiidi-nmided  f-iihi  rs  sei  i,-|',re  u-,  as  a  sir,:  u.^  i  \hila- 
tjoii  n,  their  o\\  n  eharacier.s  of  the  noMe  amis  iind  in.:  :  •  \\hn-h 
i  i  n  1 1 1 1  a  t  e .  i  I  h  e  m . 

K\  •  -r\  '  h  im_'  t  ha  i    1  n'li  ii,Lrs    t  o  i  rue    lar_''  •  ),.:  nd«  dne-s.  ;!,          h.  m;_dii    to 
lie     alike     the     product     of   iiur     improved     ideas,     in     lie   "      <i.,\      (•!     l.ir^e 
social  advancement,  and  especially  of'  i.i.r  Imlv   iclidoii   i:  - 
eh  irae'i  ri.-'icaliv   in    all     its    lireadth.  and    hepdii.  a'd  d-ic,,.  ,  _|  ,11 

ot'  i  ii.-  Ic  art .  or  i  he  >i  iiiree  and  pi  on:'  •'  i  v  ••  ,  ,f  , -\  ,;•-,:  I,  ::,_•;;  .  i .  . •  .  t'  d, 
a  nd  •_:•  •  d  in  1  he  hnniitn  soul,  liot  h  for  this  vs ,  ,1  Id  and  I'-j-  :  •  x 


Introduction.  9 

Love  is,  whether  in  great  forms  or  little,  towards  every  object,  accord- 
ing to  its  own  inherent  worth,  from  the  Maker  of  all  things  to  the 
pettiest  creature  of  liis  hands,  its  very  substance,  life,  and  glory.  In 
some  of  the.  most  familiar  words  of  their  language,  the  old  Romans 
show  us  that  they  felt  the  inward  force  of  the  sentiment,  so  often  quoted 
approvingly  in  our  day  from  the  French,  "  noblesse  ol>li<j<>  ;  "  or,  that 
princes  in  privilege  should  be,  on  that  verv  account,  princes  in  char- 
acter. ]n  such  banner-words  as  inf/enium,  inr/enuus  said  f/i'tte/'ofniS) 
thev  plainlv  intimated  what  thev  expected  from  blood  and  breeding, 
as  we,  like  them,  declare  in  our  English  derivatives  from  the  same 
originals,  ingenuous  and  generous,  and  in  such  other  words  as  gentle 
(blood),  and  genteel  (from  Lat.  {/'-'-n*,  a  good  family  stock).  Jn  our 
common  Saxon  words,  well-born  and  n-i-U-ln-ciJ,  we  show  what  we  think 
mav  justly  and  habitually  be  expected  from  hereditary  culture — the 
very  opposite  certainly  of  a  spirit  of  self-satisfied  withdrawment,  in. 
outward  form  or  inward  feeling,  from  communion  with  others,  and 
care  for  their  fate  and  fortunes. 

There  are  some  noble  souls  in  every  family,  to  whom  such  thoughts 
us  are  here  expressed  will  seem,  at  once,  to  be  but  the  simple  utterance 
of  feelings  long  familiar  to  their  own  hearts,  and  chiefly  precious  when 
breathed  aloud  bv  another,  as  confirmatory  of  their  own  secret  but 
cherished  ideas.  ]5utto  ipiite  too  many,  doubtless,  whose  estimate  of 
both  the  past  and  the  future  is  spoiled  of  all  moral  force  and  beauty, 
bv  an  exaggerated  estimate  of  the  mere  swiftly  passing  present,  b\-  it- 
self alone,  the.  sentiments  here  breathed  aloud,  with  conscious  pleasure 
in  their  truthfulness,  will  seem  to  be  overstated.  To  some  it  is  ipiite 
certain  that  they  will  seem  altogether  superfluous,  because  presented 
upon  a  subject  of  little?  significance  in  any  way  to  them,  and,  as  they 
naturally  think,  to  others  also. 

Many  are  the  critics,  and  <piite  varied  in  character  and  spirit,  that 
lie  hack  in  la/.v  dignity,  and  freifullv  chide  a  genealogist's  work. 
Some  iiy  gnat-like  in  his  face,  for  undertaking  his  enterprise  at  all, 
and  saying  anything  whatever,  good,  bad,  or  indifferent,  about  them  ur 
theirs.  So  multitudes,  when  a  great  public  improvement  is  on  foot, 
reproach  loudly  contractors,  or  engineers,  or  the  State  go\  eminent,  or 
General  government,  or  all  creation,  for  touching  a  scrap  of  earth  that 
belongs  to  them.  Some  are  aii^Tv  at  incidental  errors  in  names  and 
dates  that  thev  were  too  slothful  To  make  riu'bt  when  thev  could,  and 
when  thev  were  asked  to  do  so.  There  are  myriad  opportunities  in  a, 
work  like  this  for  mistakes,  and,  according  to  any  ordinary  doctrine  of 
chances,  there  must,  be  manv,  unpleasant  as  it  is  to  acknowledge  it, 
which  arc  actually  committed.  Two  persons  in  the  same  family  sel- 
dom send  exactly  the  same  record,  in  every  particular,  of  births,  mar- 


10 


1  lit  I'Oil  HCt  Kill . 


riaiTes  :iii«l  death-,  it'  lln-  record  is  ;ii  all  all  extended  om-  ;  and  ihe 
MI  11 1<-  individual  will  often  make .  a  I  different  t  imes,  two  .piite  ills  f  \~^-\\\ 
repur!-.  \\ithiiiit  k  in  >\\  HILT  it,  n!'  tin-  same  c\ciits. 

'I'll--  author  has  m  ither  llif  \aniiy.  nor.  as  lif  helie \ •.•.-,  ill.-  ignorance 
of  human  nature  M!  larL,re,  to  suppose  that  he  can  write' a  history,  in  t'ii!l 
or  in  l.rief,  .if  |  J. in  ii  i  persons,  ami  satisfv  tlic  taste  nf'all  those  \\  ho  an- 
concerned  in  its  jircsf  ntations  of  theniseK  es  ainl  of  llifir  kindred,  or 
e\rn  llifir  sense  of  just  ii'i-.  \\'licrf  else  in  ilic  world  i-  there  full 
iinitx  ot'  judgment,  or  of  tastf,  in  anv  lai^e  ntimher  of  inter*  -ted  ol>- 
sfr\crs.  \\liilr  few  will  In-  in  anv  danger  nf  thinking  that  iln-ir  real 
niciit>,  or  thoM-  of  others  who  an-  dear  to  tl,f:n.  arc  ai  all  fxct-fdfd  in 
the  picture  drawn  of  them,  nianv  \\ill  ffi-I,  it'  thfV  do  not  sav  so.  tliat 
tln-ir  sjii-cial  claims  to  iioin-f  were  (pntf  too  fffliK  tflt  and  In'iioivd. 
Mo>t  person^  like  llattcrv,  if  it  i>  co\l\  or  adroiilv  LTi\cn.  and  d'-fiu 
il  IMU  ju>t  apprcciat  ion.  (I  real  too  is  tin-  pleasure  oj' se  If-'^i  at  uiaiii'ii. 
\\liidi  Minn1  liiid  in  criticising  other^'  faults,  real  or  .-njipo-'-d,  anil 
opeciallx  in  rojiccl  to  anything  done  with  spontaneous  ^em-ro-itv  of 

'^ood-\\  ill.        The    ventures    of    authorship    that    have    anv   tr l'>m    and 

ardor  of  -pii'it  in  them,  except  on  points  of  story-telling,  a>  a  tra\  filer, 
or  of  character-drawing  I'm1  ideal  jjitrpo.ve.s.  or  of  nieie  \\n  and  mer- 
riment, are  immense.  The  \\eaker  the  intellect  of  a  critic — and  v.  i-ak 
critics  are  certainlv  the  maiority  of  all  oliser\'ers  — the  more  ha-ty, 
wholesale,  and  arrant  are  Ids  condemuatorv  statement^,  \',-\<  ones 
lahor-.  and  his  rewards,  in  the  field  of  genealogical  research  mu-i  lie 
accepted  as  suUimelv  indix'idual  and  isola'ed.  |,i-t  no  one.  \\!io  is 
not  tlioroiiirhlv  self-poised  in  his  estimates  I.)'  true  \\'iirk  an  1  true 
\\iirtli,  enter  trippingly  into  this  special  lieM  of  tuil,  \\'lc're  lie 
must  lahor  all  alone  for  years,  out  of  others'  si^ht  and  hearing.  l'"i- 
<^rat  iticat  i"iis  \\diich  are  onl\"  immaterial  and  ideal. 

As  no  MI ic  can  walk  fort  h  fre.-!\  an\  \\  here  in  the  ii.-!d-,  •  •('  n,-.'  "  r".  1  "i! 
in  lieateii  patlis,  without  starting  up  to  \ie\\.  continua!l\,  all  --ort>  of 
noi^\-  insects  :  so  any  one  who  acts  in  th"  \\  or!d  of  let  ter-,  as  if  he  had  a 
I'i^ht  in  hi  in-elt'  as  a  man  to  v;<  >  fort  h  freely,  u  here  lie  will,  a-  a  !  h  inker 
and  actor  in  (ind's  nni\'crse.  to  hi-  praise,  i^  sure  to  \\ake  r,  p.  i.'>t  oiilv 
in  t  lieolo^v  ,  hut  every  w  here  else  1 1 1  t  he  w  i  df  1 1-  'ina  i  n  of'  human  t  In  >';_dj  •, 
sulm-  '•  1'iiid  and  t  I'oul  ilesoiiie  creature-  i.t'  an  hour,  to  Ku/x  al-oiit 
lii,-  ear-,  and  st  in:;  him  \\iih  their  \ei.om  it'  tin  \  can. 

Mai.\.  t''  \\hoiii  \'ou  jn-il\"  lo'ik  I'M'  in'i-clfd  int'i  irmat  i' -n.  r'-!-r  \oii 
tantali/in-_d  v.  in  t  heir  love  of  "  sweet -d"-n.  i:  hinu'iie--.  .ill  ar  •  ••  :.d  ' ;  ••  cir- 
cuit  of  their  I:  in -hi  p.  from  one  to  aiiot  her  o!'  like  -pint  \\  nli  :',.•:;;  .  -. 
a-  if  'tn-\  d.-ired  to  please  you,  in  ju-i  sei-niimj;  :<  <]<>  -  : :  _r 

in     \oiir      In-half,      or    at      least      to     pav    an    emp;\      i'- >;i  !pl  l  tm-i. 
ov.ne,,      ,•;..,,-,..     which    1-id    them    1 1    \o-ir   !-"'iM-  -;  ~.    f"r    •         '•    nv.  i. 


Introduction.  11 

inward  worthiness,  while  yet  they  are  too  slothful  to  do  so  in  real 
fact. 

Xow  and  then  a  person  conies  strut tingly  into  view,  who  likes  to 
llaunt  before  the  eyes  of  a  genealogist  his  utter  indifference  to  his 
ancestral  lineage.  Of  what  import  is  that  to  him  in  his  self-assumed 
magnificence  of  intellect  or  of  reputation,  or  in  his  inflated  sense  of 
independence  of  the  whole  universe  around  him.  The  world  might 
reasonably  stop  its  history,  he  thinks,  with  him — so  finished  is  the  form 
of  humanity  reached  at  last  in  the  presentation  that  he  makes  of  it, 
most  gloriously  to  himself  at  least. 

The  rewards  of  genealogical  research,  however  large,  patient,  and 
skilful  it  may  he,  an;  never,  in  the  least,  those  of  pecuniary  advantage, 
or  of  personal  commendation,  or  even  of  tit  appreciation  ;  hut  they  are 
altogether  derived  from  subjective  sources,  from  one's  own  sense  of  the 
worth  to  society,  in  many  ways,  of  its  discoveries,  and  from  the 
conscious  pleasure  of  generous  purposes  of  usefulness  and  of  industry 
well  laid  out  in  their  furtherance.  Most  of  the  real  and  intended  partici- 
pant,- in  the  rich  results  gained  will  be-  (hose  that,  in  long  after  years, 
will  enjoy  them,  when  he,  who  toiled  diligently  for  their  procurement, 
and  especially  for  their  particular  benefit,  will  have  left  no  other 
remembrance  of  himself  among  men,  than  his  xeal  for  their  grati- 
licat  ion. 

There  is  no  other  rule  of  success  in  genealogical  research  than  that 
given  l>v  Taul  to  Timothy,  fur  true  work  in  his  ministry:  "(Jive 
thyself  wholly  to  these  things,  that  thy  profiting  may  appear  unto  all.'1 
And  vet,  however  faithful  in  his  forms  and  habits  of  investigation, 
there  are  continual  sources  of  dissatisfaction  to  every  earnest  worker 
in  this  field  of  iiuruiry,  even  to  the  very  end  of  his  multiplied  labors. 
Many  and  varied  are  the  opportunities  for  clerical  errors,  on  the  part 
of  the  numerous  reporters  of  facts  and  transcribers  of  records,  that  aid 
him  in  all  parts  of  his  vast  undertaking.  First  sources  cannot  in  a 
multitude  of  instances  be  resorted  to  at  all  by  himself,  or  anv  one  else. 
ff.r  facts.  Only  in  a  mediate  way  at  best,  can  the  great  pile  of 
genealogical  facts  which  is  to  be  gathered  up  be  collected;  and  here 
almoM  boundless  scope  is  offered  for  the  full  effects  of  personal  heed- 
lessness,  unskilfulness,  and  ignorance.  The  trained  eve  and  hand  are 
marked  by  as  bright  a  trail  of  golden  results  in  then1  work,  in  this  as 
in  anv  other  field  of  labor;  and  a  slothful  spirit  is  attended  here  bv  as 
pitifully  draggling  evidences  of  its  inefficiency,  as  anywhere  else  under 
the  sun.  In  the  matter  of  dates,  it  seems  at  times  almost  impossible 
to  escape  decided  errors,  and  those  of  frequent  occurrence.  Not  to 
speak  of  many  who  mean  well,  and  yet  write  <pii(e  too  much  from 
memory,  and  those  in  abundance  who,  when  they  furnish  copies  of 


rccor  Is.  f  .rivt  altogether  to  compare  them  caicfullv  with  their  ori-dnals, 
:unl  lli"-'\  ii"t  a  feu  .  who,  from  imperfect  \ision  or  \\ant  of  earlv 
111' 'I  it. -i  I  d l-ci  pi  I  lie.  misread  names  and  dates,  HIM  I.  f  licroforc  often  -jrreat  I  v 
misrepresent  them  l;U'LT''  lininliiTs  <if  persons  handle  tip  ir  pen*-  most 
wiv. -!p-dl\  iii  milking  tip-  nine  dibits.  It  is  oft.-n  ijiiitr  dit1ieu!t  to 

decide    \\lth    ccrtallltV.   e\cli    With    t]|i'   help   df    ;i    ma'_'li  1 1\  m'_f   "la-s.    V.ldell 

res,  il  \  '•--,  ;it  tinii's.  iii:tnv  MI  -li  uli^c-tii-it  ic<.  \\ln-t  lii'i-  ;t  L.'i\-i'ii  IMIUI'I'-I-  is 
ri'jillv  l»  nr  1,  1  nr  7.  -  in-  1.  1'  <>r  7.  I  iir  >'>.  7  nr  '.',  ."•  «r  ."),  :',  ,,r  S.  .".  ,,r  S. 
X  i  infnriiiat  inn  i-;  luirilcr  in  In-  piincd  fri  nn  li  \'i  n^  smn'ci-s  «\'  -u  j  -|  >l\', 
or.  wlii-ii  !_MI  licr.-c],  is  (»lil;iiiM'il  iiiDi-f  cli;tr;(cti-risticallv,  liv  |'ic.-i-m,-;il, 
iiii'l  in  fiifiiis  anil  decrees  di'inandiiii,'  rcjiciitcil  it'lciuj'ts  ;it  its  CMMI- 

jlli'tinll.         A     l'(  Hllircf  C(|     j.H'iT     of    Hiiri'Jll  1  \'c,     \vlili-il.     111     tlic    M!i|t\      of     l!s 

jir'-si'iit.-it  ion,  si'i'ins  as  if  it    must   have  lirrii  t'a^liioii''d  into  -li.i]"'  i;nd'-r 

tlic    ]MI\\'C|-   of    solll''   oil''   C' int  1IH1011S   coli^!  I'Mi-t  I  \  c    illljilll^i1.    \\-,-!-~    in    f'-alllV 

wroiiL'liI  into  its  jn-csi-nt  fomjilrt''  form  a!  mt''r\al>  of  >ni-< •. '--ful 
di-ro\,>r\  ^'id'-ly  M'paratc'il  from  cadi  othrr.  and  from  cnlirdv  <ii-'«n- 
iicctc.l  si  Hirers  of  informal  '""• 

Tin-  author  of  this  t'amilv  lii>torv  has  lie.'ii  ju^t  as  faithful  in  ti;n'ii.^ 
the  history  of  common  families,  so  call'-d,  ol'  |)\\i^ht  lni'-au'e.  a>  of 
those  more  eoii-,]  nciioiis  hitherto  fo|-  the  honor  that  th'-v  ha\"e  \\-roic_fht 
out  jnilili'-ly  for  tlii-niM-lvcs.  Personal  \\oi-th  is  not  ha]>|>i!\  Imiindeil 
liv  any  M'hohistie,  professional  or  jn-cuiiiiiry  lines  of  dillerent  iation. 
Audit  i*.  one  of  the  special  lii-antics  of  American  eivili/.ation.  that 
those  \vho<e  ancestoi's  had  \v;ilkcd  (•(iiitcntcdh'.  u'ciicratioii  ;ifiep  ^.-n- 
cr.ition.  in  the  sci|iic>tcrcd  valc>  of  hf--.  and  (juite  unt  ip 'ii^ii  i  •.('  i.\  rip- 
(,'i'eat  outer  world  around  them,  oft.-n  rise  tlp-m>d\e>,  l,\  ;',.-  fo|-,-i-  of 
their  o\vn  a-pir:ii_f  cneru'v,  out  of'  the  h.wlv  circnn, stain-'  --  <>\'  IIP  ir 
oriifMi.  into  distinguished  ]irc-ciniiicin-c.  I'"oith  from  an\  one.  ati'l  in- 
d'-'-d  tVom  inanv  of  tip-  oliM-Mi-c-t  portions  of  thi-  fa  milv-d'-',  ei.  .pm.-nt 

hi'lp-rto,  ii;;i\    come,  in  future  \i-ar-.  -<>i f    the    no!  |.--i    ti,ink'-rs    and 

actor-,  that  tip-  familv  \\'\\\  cvi".i  tlp-n.  np  to  that  po-~sjl,!\  liri-i.-.-r 
dav  than  our-.  ha\c  ever  produced.  Tn;>-  Iii>f.«i-v  and  tnn  art.  like 
(  'l:ri-t  iani'  \  i'-df.  are  i'ull  of  seeds  of  tlp'ii'dit  and  truth  and  life  to 
anv  and  c\er\-  hear;  on  \diidi  their  '•], •--]:,_;-.  fall,  and  to  the  h, \\1\- 
sometimes,  from  tlp-ir  l.i-tti-r  state  of  i-'-'-ept  i  \  ii  \-,  than  to  those  sj  ,•>,[- 
in_'  "ii  tic-  Ip-i'dits  of'  pri\ih-U'e.  If  '!p-r--  is  ai.\  h-s-on  ih.-r  -hoidd  ^n 
-oiiiidiiii,'  forth,  in  future  \ears,  through  e\-  rv  heart,  in  e\i  r\  I. ranch 

of   the    (ami  I  V,    as    the    O]p-    lin  I  t  --d     \  ojee    of     ll,,-     I  l\\  1-ii!  -    11,    the    I  ,;|st     1  ,  ,    all 

iheir  i'-presentati\  es  in  cominu'  years,  it  is  that  ei|uaily  sim]  P-  ai.'i  >-\- 
]>re-  -i  \  e  -.i\  ii!-',  "  \\'or;  h  makes  t  IP-  man."  Th.-  i,olil,-r  tliat  an\  I'n  r  i r- • 

)i--a  t  ••!'     "t"     the     fa  'MI  i  \     nan I1     I'l'  "  d     hi:iV    i  »'.    t  IP-     IIP  >re    w  1 1 1    IP     h'  ...or 

kindred,  thai,  thoii  di    poor,   v,  •••.•>•    IP  IP--:     Jn   t  h,  ir  eii:,i 
a:,d  h •  ••  -  -I  ;d,!e  in  t  !p  ir  li  \  es. 


Introduction.  13 

A  large  number  of  those  whose  names  appear  in  any  genealogical 
work  deserve,  for  the  little  moral  momentum  that  they  have  ever, 
either  purposely  or  incidentally,  communicated  to  anything  good  in 
the  world,  or  that  they  carry  in  their  own  hearts,  at  any  time,  where- 
ever  thev  go,  no  mention  or  e\en  remembrance  of  themselves  by  any 
historian  of  their  family.  Who  could  expect  such  petty  souls  to  take 
any  special  interest  in  their  kindred,  or,  indeed,  in  anything  else  but  in 
having  enough  to  eat  and  drink,  and  also,  if  that  be  likewise  within 
their  reach,  plenty  of  finery  for  their  bosoms  or  their  backs.  it  is 
only  as  an  act  of  undeserved  grace  that  their  personal  and  family- 
record  is  carefully  gathered  up,  at  any  time,  by  a  family-historian,  and 
placed,  as  if  of  like  preeiousness  with  them,  among  the  valued  family- 
jewels  of  the  ages.  J,et  any  such  pardon  a  zeal  in  their  own  behalf  of 
a  sort  that  they  do  not  cherish  for  themselves,  and  cannot  comprehend 
when  seen  in  others.  Jt  is  indulged  for  reasons  quite  irrespective  of 
their  own  single  selves. 

If  there  is  any  one  who  sees,  beyond  others,  the  cheapest  of  all 
cheap  sides  of  human  nature,  to  his  own  wearisome  satiety,  it  is  surely 
a  genealogist,  who  prosecutes  his  work  in  a  wide  and  thorough  way. 
The  vast  amount  of  pitiful  narrow-heartedness  that  exists  in  good 
sorietv,  so  (.-ailed,  in  Christian  America  itself,  he  never  before  realized. 
Like  ihe  great  apostle,  in  his  glorious  work  of  love,  he  often  says  to 
himself:  "  Xot  many  wise  !  not  many  noble."  There  was  probably 
never  a  genealogist  who  did  not  feel,  long  before  finishing  his  most 
laborious  and  gratuitous  efforts  for  others'  gratification,  that  he 
had  met  with  very  much  unpardonable  irresponsiveness  and  in- 
dillerenre  of  feeling,  if  not  also  actual  rudeness,  from  those  who  had 
every  reason,  in  the  present,  past  and  future  for  appreciating  and 
seconding  his  efforts  to  preserve  from  destruction  the  memory  of  the 
noblest  and  best  moral  aspects  of  the  family  hitherto.  .No  one  who 
gazes  with  a  cold  uninterested  stare  upon  a  genealogical  work,  or  casts 
a  hasty  glance  of  self-satisfied  indifference  at  it,  can  gang*.'  at  all  the 
patience  or  benevolence  that  are  needful  for  its  preparation.  Foolish 
indeed  is  he  who  undertakes  a  work  that  will  make,  from  beginning 
to  end,  a  steady  and  strong  draft  upon  all  his  energies,  if  he  has  not 
ever-abounding  resources  in  himself,  for  delight  in  honest  and  earnest 
labor  for  the  proiit  or  pleasure  of  others.  .Let  him  who  grudges  time, 
money,  toil,  or  patience,  in  his  long  pathway  to  ultimate  \ictoryin 
such  researches,  or  who  needs  speedy  and  tangible  recompense,  or 
frei|uent  or  even  occasional  ministrations  of  praise,  in  order  to  move 
on  ellVetively  in  his  efforts,  turn  his  eyes  and  his  feet  elsewhere  for 
such  weak  satisfaction  or  assistance. 

A  ml  yet,  with  all   the   many  threat   drawbacks  to    complete    content 


11 


I II  t  /•<></  Ill'f  Kill  . 


\\  It  11     1  1  1'oad.    pl'ot  r;t(   t  i  -d,    '-Vliea  logical      research,    IIS      III  I      i  •III)'!'  i\  I  II"  'I  It  .    p  re- 

el oi  is  1  1  id.  -i  -i  i  si-  in--  t<  i  tin-  \s  ri!  i  -i-,  aliiili  IIL.'|\  ]  recioiis,  i  ].,-  ^at  he  red  -i  ,  .re 
•  it'  results  that  !>-  -jaini-d  1>\  il.  Nor  can  In-  turn  t'r<.in  this  a]"  >]•  >'_''!  K' 
\  1  1  til  I  rat  1'  'li  '  'f  -l  1  1  -|  i  researches  \\  it  lit  Hit  s-|\  j  !,•_••  t  hat  l,r  ln-lii-\  es  I  liat  no 
siii  h  \\ork  eser  lia<l  -MI  ;_'ooi|  treatment  Mi  tin-  coimtiA  from  all  par'r  -, 
tamilv  friends,  <-..ri  .--pi  indent  -..  and  siilt.scrihers,  as  this  work  lia-  had. 
'I  halihs  In  all  --I  I  rli  ;,'one  rolls  x  MlK  !  Tlit-i  r  ov.  n  lia  |  <\  <\  I).---  Hi  v.  lial  t  IMA 
have  done  i^  ti,  ilii-iii.  as  to  the  ;iutlii>r  ill  his  !ar_r>-r  ctl'urts  in  tin-  s;,),,,. 
cans.-,  t  h'-i  r  1  M-S)  re  A\';I  ril. 

•  hi  ili.-  tainilv  iiist!i\it  inn  ri'st  all  tin1  [irci-jinis  tliiiii.'<  <-f  i-Jtrili  '•• 
man.  lii  Mini'1  cniiiit  rii-s  iln-  stall1  is  ina_'ii  i  li'-'  1  as  such  into  iMi'iuf  pi'M- 
]"trinMis  dt'  interest,  as  if  excluding  all  (it  hers,  <>r  al^  u-l.inu'  tli'-ui  all 

in    lllljti  il'l  illice  ;     in    (ttlleix.    sjiecitie     t'unns     (it'    iiI'Lfail  i/eil     church-lite     all'l 

JHI\\.-I-  )•••(•.  -i\e  nil  honor  and  praise.  |'>i|t  on  ri-j;ht  anil  tr'i"  I'aiml  \"-hl'e 
aii'l  family-character,  \\haii-\irelse  i.^  ^onil  anioii'_f  im-n  i-  aiisoliit--iv 
I'onditioiieil.  \Vhatever  theret'ore  serves  to  h.iiior  taiiiilv-lii'".  aii'l  to 
jn'oniote  moral  stren-'th  and  ln-autv  in  th-1  d«-\  elo]>ment  of  chara'-ter 
at  the  lii-esjdes  of  tin-  land  e\  ervwliere,  is  of  the  utmost  \u!nc  •,,  -  ,i-|- 
ety.  It  i-  for  jusl  siicli  ends  ihat  the  historians,  of  th'-  1'amili---  of  iln- 
foniiilers  ot  .  \iiMTican  ideas  and  institutions  ili-li^ht  to  lal.or. 

I  here  is  ait    i-i    ineiii    of   romance    nali\e    lo   American   genealogies    in 

till-     past.        They    cover     'he    iieloif     a^'e    of    t  1  1  i  -,     colintl'V-     the    hours     Hot 

onl\  of  it  s  cradl.-d  ]n-omisi-s  of  pvat  i  :.--,-.  Kiit  of  the  ^raml  nurture  a  l>o 
of  it--  maturing  years.  Th.-v  re\eal  plainlv  to  \ie\v,  \\hi-n  of  a  true 
1  \  i  ie  !or  iiiiniit'-nes^  and  fuini-s^  of  presenlal  i"ii.  t  lie  t'ornis  a  i.d  p  '•••(••  -s,  •-; 
of  m  ni:  ip!  i'  'd  individual  aim  and  effort  .  out  of  \\diich  I  h'-  u'a  t  lc  r-  d  \\  on- 
diM's  of  our  "ji-ni-ral  si  KM  a!  ad  \  ancenn-nl  as  a  people  has  e  1  .....  n  -••curi-d. 
\\'hate\i-r  American  |iroUM-ess  eiiil>rac«-.>  in  i'  that  ]-.-_-,  ,,,d  i  - 
collected  t'ul  in-.-.-  of  all  I  hat  i-  t  rue  and  pf-cious.  u  hidi  has  I.e.-n  v,  t-.  ,u--'nt 
(tilt  \\'ith  pall  st;il<in^  care  !>  v  i  !ili  nniera'  'le  hands.  \\\  \\\\  riad  !:'•:::'  .  all 
o\i-r  thi-  freshlv  dpejiei]  snil  of  (hi-,  IP  \v  \\orhl.  A  nioral  L'lani  :  a.-. 
lie.  MI  liorn  in  this  \\-esterii  hiMiiisph'-re,  liorn  ot'  pravi-r  an<i  faith,  t"  the 
praise  of  <  ;od  mid  for  the  jo\  ,,f  i  !,,-  \\  i,.  :••  ear:  i;  :  and  all  t  ha;  pi-n.iin.s 
to  hi>.  'nirth  and  Lrrou'h  anil  pre^.-nl  i:r<-aMii-ss  of  h.-ari  and  "t'  iimii.  l! 
i-  tip1  ro\  j  nee  a  i.d  honor  of  accomli  sh.'d  ^i-iM-alo^i-t  s  to  d  i-c-  >\  .  r  ;  :M! 


m 

characieris!  ic-.  .-iii  i-Ii-ni'-nt  of  con\  cr-at  i.  ii..d  rhii  -chat  is.  ion 
d'-_'ri-'-.  adn.i-  -i  i  il'-.  it'  no!  c\  ,  i,  ileiuaiid'-d  in  1  1  .  It  is  n-  .;  ,  \\  },•• 
on!  according  to  i:-  hi_riiest  nimh-1.  a  mere  dr\  Lfa/.i  itei-r,  or  o 

pa.-1      n,;-      -     ot'    condensed     sta'istics.         Such     a     Conception      h;i- 

pi  •  ••  .>'.•       •••  hii  hi-rto  amoiiL'    'he    authors  of  such   \\  m  K>  ;    and 
mad--    :ii.         ac.'i'rdiii''l  v    1'ir     little    mop.-    than    dull    ,  .  .!'i.-,-t  i.. 


Introduction.  15 

taphs  of  the  tlead  and  of  advertisements  of  tlie  living,  without  any  of 
those  readable  (Dualities  which  give  to  other  books  their  chief  charm. 
If  any  can  take  delight  in  conning  over  a  mass  of  the  mere  fribble  be- 
ginnings or  endings  of  personal  history,  let  them  find  such  weak  satis- 
faction where  they  can.  Jio\v  do  they  differ  in  taste  or  sentiment 
from  those  \vho,  instead  of  digging  for  diamonds  in  regions  where  they 
might  be  found,  content  themselves  with  .exploring  mere  heaps  of  earth, 
out  of  which  all  such  treasures  have  been,  already  gathered  ^ 

Wliile  no  class  of  books  is  better  entitled  than,  these  to  tlie  name  of 
works,  great  works  in  fact,  for  the  labor  that  they  cost,  they  are  yet 
designed  almost  exclusively  for  those  the  history  of  whose  kindred  is 
presented  in  their  pages.  They  are  not  therefore,  exactly  amenable,  iu 
respect  to  all  points  of  good  taste,  to  the  same  .specific  rules  of  prepa- 
ration, as  are  productions  intended  for  the  eye  of  the  general  public. 
Under  the  full  impulse  of  the  idea,  "et  patribus,  et  posteiitati,"  or  of 
a  spirit  of  justice  to  the  real  deserts  of  the  former,  am]  of  benevolent 
interest  in  the  wise  curiosity  of  the  latter,  to  know  their  sires  and  kin- 
dred ju.it  as  they  really  were,  when  passing  through  their  brief  day  on 
earth  : — manv  things  are  allowable  to  be  said,  which  would  scarcely  seem 
germane  to  any  other  form  of  literary  composition. 

There  are  those  who  sav  flippantly,  if  not  even  pleasurablv  to  them- 
selves, that  in  heaven  we  shall  care  no  more,  forsooth,  for  our  personal 
relatives,  even  those  of  our  own  immediate  family,  than  for  any  others 
of  the  blessed;  since  "in  that  world  they  neither  marry,  nor  are  given 
in  marriagv  ;  but  are  as  the  angels."  J5e  it  so  !  we  would  say  to  all 
such,  if  so  barren  a  prospect  of  the  future,  in  its  moral  and  social  con- 
nections with  the  past,  really  satisfies  their  hearts'  wants;  still  it  is 
pleasant  and  profitable  to  cherish  the  love  of  kindred  here,  and  to 
dream,  at  least,  that  the  dearest  forms  of  earthly  affection  and  fellow- 
ship will  exist  in  the  next,  lif,',  and  in  degrees  greatly  purified  and  per- 
fected beyond  our  best  experience  on  earth. 

It  is  very  pleasant  to  think,  and  to  find  our  best  thoughts  in  such  a 
direction  proved  true  by  extended  research,  that  there  are  more  good 
men  and  true  in  every  age  and  community  than  tin-  mass  of  .skeptical 
Clitics,  01-  of  careless  observers,  seem  to  imagine.  In  the  dai!\  livesof 
all  not  in  subjection  to  sensual  appetite  and  to  selfish  aims  and  efforts, 
there  is  a  larger  and  broader  current  of  clear  good-will  to  m<  n,  and  of 
happy,  cheerful  trust  in  (!od,  and  of  inward  consecration  of  life  to  his 
kingdom  and  cause,  than  worldly  philosophy  ever  figures  to  itself  as 
possible. 

(freat  and  varied  are  the  charms  of  genealogical  research.  It  is  plea- 
sant to  discover  the  forms  and  elements  of  ancestral  \  irt  ue,  to  t  race  riidit 
beginnings  of  hope  and  adventure,  though  small  in  themselves,  1<»  their  far- 


1  III  fix/  Hrf  /an . 


off  i--m  -  \\  hen  u'lvat,  to  \s  alk  with  open  and  delighted  s  i-  i..n  at  •>!,-;  the 
hi_;h  ss  as  ot'  I  iod  s  cos  cnaii  t -keeping  mercies  t  h  rou^l  i  ma  us  genera  t  ions, 
and  to  >ee  es  ers  ss  here  the  \as|  and  golden  harse-t  iio\s  of  seed-  once 
sou  n  ss  ill.  mans  tears.  1m  t  ss  i  t  h  fait  h  far  >t  render  than  the  fea  i  s  of  t  hose 
\s  ho.  in  the  name  of  ( !od  and  tor  du  t  s  .s  sake,  coin  pie  red  es  ers  di  lii  cult  v 
and  danger  (hat  las  in  their  pathssas.  And  sshal  a  1'irthplace  hath  this 
land  of  on  i  -  I. ecu  ,.f  all  ;_'reat  polii  ical  ideas,  ami  of  ness  a  nd  h  i^h  forms 
ot'  reli-ious  thought  and  dlort  !  Here,  in  the  last  L'">U  years,  the  he- 
fore  sjos\  1  s  ripe  m  IIL;'  elements  of  human  k miss  led'_'e,  hap|ii!iess.  and  pro- 
gress has  i  tou  I  id  t  heir  culm  iliilt  ioll  in  a  <^\  oss  t  h  as.  ijorioiis  to  the  es  e 
as  had  Iteeii  attained  in  almost  all  time  In -tore.  It  is  delightful,  in- 
dee,!,  to  see  for  one's  self,  and  to  shoss  to  other,  not  knoss  inu'  it  >( ,  \\  ,-11 
before,  ss  hat  our  earnest  forefathers  did  in  their  ss  isdom  and  their 
mi-ht  in  matters  personal,  civil,  political,  educational,  religions,  eccle- 
siastical, local  and  social,  to  augment  the  u'reat  general  au'u're^ate  ,,{' 
universal  n'ood.  and  of  "  peace  on  earth  to  men  of  i_food-ss  iii."  Nor  is 
the  source  of  this  enjoyment  traceahle  at  all  to  anv  de-ire  for  the 
wreathing  of  one  s  hopes  to]-  ;i  higher  appreciation  and  honor  of  one's 
sdt'  on  ans  pillars  of  pride  in  the  past.  The  secret  jov  found  in  so 
<_ri'e;it  an  undertaking  is  that  of  thankfulness  on  account  of  -uch  ii 
shiniiiL.'  t  rain  ot  ilis  ine  fas  ors  to  our  fat  hers  and  tons;  and  precious  are 
the  stimulation-  ssdm-h  the  ever  fresh  re  mem  lira  nee  of  them  lump's  \') 
our  heart-,  to  all  t  he  urea  ter  carefulness  on  our  own  part  to  ouiid  still 
higher  iipssards  sshat  the\  constructed  in  its  foundations,  and  outlines 
of  Use  and  1  >eaiit  v.  so  ssvll.  1 1'  it  is  mo-t  rat  n>] Kills'  and  i;rai alls  our  de- 
light i  hat  we  are  descended  from  men  of  ;  hou^ht  ami  hiir'n  d>->ire,  ss  ho-e 
principles  of  action  were  true,  and  lieatiiiful  for  their  ^oodii'-.-s.  ssho 
til  10 uiii led  in  haliits  of  pras'er,  and  in  t  he  spirit  of  cont  inual  pro_'re-s  in 
church  and  state  tossards  something  e\er  Ix-iter  than  lie  to  re,  let  u-  In.- 
sure  to  ssalk  \sith  ardor  in  their  toot  steps. 

It    i-  pleasant    also,  exccedin::!;.    pleasant,  to  seek   t  •<  -'  imulat  •-.  liv   the 
examples  o)'  -uch  nolile  sire-  as  on  r-.  the  hearts  of  all  ss  ho  inherit   ',  he  rich 

he  nelit  -  ot'  t  hei  r  'j'reat   and  manifold  effort  >  for  !  h-1  ^ 1  ot'  their  posterit  \', 

to  ,-t  ris  e  earnestly  for  t  he  highest  ends  of  moral  at  tainnient  ss  hich  (  he\- 
shoss  ed  theiiisels  es  capahle  of  ieachi!i_'.  That  from  their  In, -t  a-pira- 
1  ion-  a  nd  hope-  for  t  hemsel  \  es.  a  nd  I  heir  lar^e.-t  ss  ishe-  and  t''-rs  eni 
supplications  for  tin-  '_'ood  ot  their  children  and  children  s  chi!  iren.  an 
incre.isiir_r  fnliie.-s  of  lile->in--s  nias  de.-ceinl  upon  then-  p!-o_>e;,\  :,,  the 
la  i  '--.I  •_'•  i,ei  a  t  ion  :  ihi-  is  I  in-  ear  nes  i  pras  er  of  all  t  n>  i  r  !'•  a  1  ss .  li-ss  i  di- 
er.-.  Tin-  is  the  hope  and  tlr-  aim  of'  him  ssho  has  .  i  i  i ;  ^  -n '  |  \- 

Soll_rll!     ollt     the    stOl'V    ot'    the    e  S  e  r    1  th  '  I'e  a  -  1  I  I  LT  " '•  1  t  -  1  >  I' e  a  d    o)'    ill''    fa  111  i  !  S     oSe|' 

I  he    f.e-  •  of  I  In-   land       t  ha!    the  -i-ht    of  t  he  u'olden    result.-,  all'' -a- Is   -"ailn'd 

in   the  pa    i    ma  v    prove    to  lie  to  the  hearts  ot  all    ssho  _'a/e    at    ans     lime 


Introduction.  ]  7 

upon  their  glowing  fulness,  a  constant  solicitation  to  make  its  present 
and  future  history  equally  bright  at  all  times  with  the  grandeur  of 
Jioble  deeds. 

Arc  such  thoughts,  as  they  burn  with  welcome  strength  in  a  few 
hearts,  truest  and  best  ?  .Is  the  cherished  remembrance  of  the  great 
eompanv  among  the  dead  ion»-  n'one  from  earth,  or  just  gone  from  it, 
who  kept  the  walks  and  "works  of  men  astir  with  their  presence,  power 
and  will  while  they  lived,  the  verv  men  who  made  this  world,  by  their 
wit  and  their  worth,  what  we  have  found  it  capable  of  being  and  be- 
coming to  us,  and  brought  into  existence  all  its  furniture  of  good  for 
our  enjoyment: — is  it,  or  is  it  not,  honorable  ;n  cverv  heart  which  it 
animates.  The  grateful  memorv  and  commemoration  of  the  grand  out- 
lays of  purpose,  plan  and  ollbrt  that  they  made  for  our  benefit  and  for 
that  of  all  mankind,  express  and  promote  a  sentiment  wherever  they 
are  indulged,  that  will  prove  itself  to  be  one  of  the  strongest  of  all 
possible  factors  among  the  manv  social  forces  that  bind  with  subtle 
energy  the  elements  of  the  state  together,  in  unity  of  life  and 
power, 

A\  hen    [hose    denizens  of  the    past    were    moving  among  the   scenes 
where  \ve  now  have  our   beinu',  how  full    of  thought    and  life    and   love 
and    action    were    they!      What    marked    attention   did    they,    many  of 
ihem.    draw    to    themselves   bv  their  words  of  wisdom  whenever  they 
spoke,    and    even    by    their  verv    looks  when    they   wen.'    silent.       llov. 
needful,  or  at  least  greatly  desirable,  did  their  longer  continuance   in 
life  seem  to  be  to  the  well-being  of  society  itself  when  thev  were  called 
out  of   ii.      And  when  tin.'   hour  of  their    departure    came,  how  gloomy 
seemed  the  void  which  was  made  and  how  universally  was  it  felt,  that, 
not  in    manv  a   long  vear   could    it    be    so  well    tilled    attain  !      And  yet 
these  art;  the  honorable  men  and  women,  not  a  few,  princes   in  the  land 
when  ihey  were  here,  now  remnant  in  the  skies,  and  brighter  and  nobler 
far  than  they  could  be  here  below,   that  some  are  ipiitt;  ready  to  forget, 
now  that  they  have  passed  into  what  is  to  us  the  haze  of  the  unknown, 
and  to  lauL^h  aloud  at  their  meanness  in  doin^  so,  and  even  at  the  very 
idea  that  any  one    could  possibly  think   that  their  own    spirit    and  eon- 
duct  were  pitiful.      JJut  who  is    more  thoroughly  dead   in  soul,  than  In;, 
twice  dead  indeed.  Avho  can  let  his    own  dead  in    body  pa-s    ignobly  out 
of  his    h^art,    as  well    as    out    of  life,    as    soon    as  their    eyes    have    lost 
their    brightness,  and    their   lingers    their   cunning,  and    their  skill    and 
toil  their  customary  rewards.    Leers  and  sneers  at  those  who  do  care  ten- 
derly and  reverently  for  the  worthies  of  other  days  well  belit  faces  that 
cover  poorly  so  much  moral  emptiness.      "<hu  of  sight,  oul  of   mind,' 
concerning  all  things  great  and  immortal,  is  I  he  natural  language  of  the 

heart    in    all    those,   the    spirit    of  whose  life    is   expressed  in   the    well- 
-) 


///  / /•<  II  / II ,  1 1  (III. 
aii-t,   "   I  .e|     ll>  eat    and   dlllik,   I'nr    In  in-'IT'il 


\\ '  j|.     [        1  he    Si    I    i|n    l;  I ',  ••-     \\   I  ill  III      ['.I  1  III       III     ll-N.     Ill     I  Ull-     111   ll'f     Selllehre.     (    ',,  ,l|'~ 

1 1  M.I  ;._],',  i  it'  !  IP  i  -••  v,  limn  liis  ,-HIL;I  -U  \\  ill  nin'  da  v  ^ittli'T  r.sivfnlU  mil  nf 
(Mflli  ilil'i  |p-asei,.  t'i  \\alk  Hi  \\hlle  l'i  iiv\  i-|'  \\llll  1  lie  l.;ili|li.  lln'\  fi'Il 

11-  -  li'.-\.    \\i.    •_'•'•'.  "  . \ini   tln-\    >liaii  luiiiLT   ili'-    ^l"i'v  ;iinl    ih-    lp<ip>r  i)l' 

ill.  I,::';.  'I.-  into  it."  Tllf  l'e>1  nf  eallll  >l,;,ll  :,11  I,,-  ll..-|-,-  :  alal 
ll'-a  \  t  1,  i  •  I  in  1  I  I  I  lii  ;i  |  nl  ]  i  In  |  M- I  li<  ihie.  \\  iii  -hi  liii-  1  I  Ilier  »'f  ill'-  ', .  I  ,  1  \  >  I  -<• 

th';->    j..  i.-.--.  ;,inl  cli-'nitii--.  ,-inil  iie>ii  e>    ti .  In.!.!  fniwcr  l»  lii-  "V.  M  h'-ari , 

\\  e  i'ii;,i!lil\  rail  \\'-l!  .-ill'iil'd  In  li'ilpir  ;il|il  r.  -IIP  •!  Ill "  T  and  j'1'al-.-  and 
ilnitale  in  all  tilings  L,'<md.  ll  i-x  "tlu-^l<ij-\  ;md  llir  hull"!'"  nf  lln; 
f:iinil\  iliiil  ^  in-al.  '_'i-l  >  di'li'_'lit  in  cinlia  liii  f"l'  tin-  |n\  nf  til".--  \\lri 
>li;i!l  li\i-  ill  Cnlilil:^  lilllf^.  A>  llir  L.'1-hill--  nf  lli-Inl'v  MaM-f'-r^  In  iitT 

]':iU''-  iiianv  luirdfiisi  iinc  rccnnU  nf  svrari^nnn'  duini'>^,  IM  ni'di-i1  to 
slmw  1.1  ad  \  anl  a_rf  sninr  sin^lr  iiivialicc  nl'  sii|»Tl>>r  ui-dnin  alid  --kill 
i.i  lt>  real  Nill'l'i  ill  I, ill  IIL;'N  :  a>  It  dct;ui>  inaliv  Iniiu  ]  ia»a  _;'••>  nf  l'<.!i\.  \i.-<- 
and  criiiif.  in  .>rd-r  In  >lmw  tlir  upri^iiiLf.  HVIT  >in-li  a  !n;_'  .  davk  -A.ivic 

nt     llUlnall     \\  ITt  (.•llflllM-»,    nf  Millie    I  l'!,l\"    linl  lie    N|  i.  -rill  I"  '11    nf    Ilia  111  \      %  I.  i  !!••. 

regardful  i'iil\  nf  (ind  and  dul\"  and  nali\e  land  and  u:  1 1  \ '-I --.-d 
lilllnaldl  \  .  and  I  ml  a!  all  nf  ]i--lf  nr  self  in  ali\  i'ni  in  ;  — MI  I  !:••  e;ifli<->t  , 
la!  .1  ,|--i,  ,\  ;  n_f  ^-eiiea  li  1-1^1  i-  >;  in',  d  i-ver  t' '  hk'  •  eiitliu>i;tsin  in  1. 1-  \\  "rk  , 
li\  ilie  li;u'li  e\|ieftat  inn  and  >ure  tindniL.'  nf  similar  in»i'al  t  rea -n  r-->  in 
hi-  lar'_'e  and.  l.ri.ad  iii-Id  nf  ini|iiir\,  iii  rieli  alniinlance.  (^'iiiie  >nlli- 
i-ii  ni  are  ilp'\  in  niiinlier  and  rliararier.  in  siu-li  a  land  and  ;r_;v  as  niirs, 
v,  it  h  a  hi-i"!'\  -ii  >t  raiii;vl\  t'Ti  ile  ci imj ,a red  v.  ;•  i,  jirec-dinu'  •'_''  -.  in  ;i  M 
1  l,j  n--,  ^-i  M  id.  In  rev,  a  rd  hi  In  In  !  lie  ni-  ',-•  -a  ;  i^l\  !  1 1  u'  \'v  :  i  \  f'  •  •  -  I .  •'  I, 
lin\\e\i-r  ^'leai  111  >e''klllL;  t'i'1'  tip-Ill,  all'i  In  d'-li^'iu  i'llie|~  V  ii  .  i  .,  :  .  - 1''  1  i  1 V 

sur\e\    \\i;li  him  hi-  -;«ir.-  i  it'  -'i-and  i',i-en\  eri-  -. 

II"V.     due-      ll:,'      chill      iliilill'-relu-e    1,|     tl'"      j  "    r  [  ..  •  I  i  la  1  •  -d      llielnnrx     ..('     ;'he 

\vnr'  h  \  d'  ail.  in  v,  liieh  >.  i  inaii\  >-. -If  i  .n :  '•:,'•-!',  \  indulge.  di;f;  • ;,  in,  ,ral 
i-jiialii\  iinui  th.'  id:.-  '  n-| " '-ni' in  n|  tin-  l.'-aiip-n.  in  al'andnn  lip  ir  a^'-'l 

!-|-!,lli\'i    -     ai   d    friend.-    In    liea>;>    and      lilld-     nt'    ]'le\,    c,|'     'n    ll.eir    nv.  I      fur- 

Imii  t'nr-ak'-nne--.  Th'-  l\|"'  "f  nini-al  t'--'-;inu  i-  in  tar;  I1  -  -aim-  in 
Imth  e,i — .  and  \ari-  ,-.  in  tip-  firm  nf  n -,  ma;  iiie-;  a' p  n ,.  i'ii!\  l.\  ihe 

i  c  1  !l'. -I  •(•;;!•' •  1  "  -1  v.  ei  li  !  IP-  -a  \  a_;e  ,  I  i  P  i  el  \  1  i  l/i -i  i  ;  ia  II  i  I  i  •-  ili  V.  ii ,  -ii  1'  a  1  •!•>  -a  !  -. 
'['ii>'  \  .  •-!  Ill  lire.-.  \'.  ii  p-'n.  \\  Ii  lie  lip  \  >;,a  li  iie  K.-|  .!  \\  i:  h  I  e'.l^l'  H,-  e.  !  -  t':i  1- 
1.  •-.  .  -!'-,-pll!\  lillininu  nil,  Ifnln  a^.-  Iii  a_.  .  u,i!  in^.ire  tin-  I'  1]  -  '.  -  '•!' 

i.  ir    naii  inal    lite  and    |  rci_'r---s   in  tin-  end  i.t    ';;n.  .  a:e  lip-  '-  h- 

('.!••    -      nf     famils -ln\e.     nr    nf     tilic-.    v.ann.     •  .      a       ripr- 

in  d    in    !  h"i  -c  iiii.'li!\    I'hri-tian     linlnc  ,-,   In';!     ••)'    ihe    .-          e    ..('    (..- 

1  if- '-'  'I  p-  '    1  1 1    t  IP  '  111,    1 II     1  lie    U'l'eal  i  \     I  T'M.-ll  I  i '  i     J  .  •  -t     a  !  1 1.'  .    a  1-n 

I  ..    '  ;         nri'_''nl     ha  j  . |  ,\    jil  .--.   HI  . 

'    lin\\   h:  t  le  lia\  e  l  IP-  cult  ll  red  and  v\  eal:  h\   ela-:-<  -  a]  -I  ,  •  >  ;.i'  --d 


Introduction.  !'•) 

hitherto  the  permanent  moimmental  value  of  genealogies.  Many  will 
spend  cheerfully  thousands  of  dollars  on  sepulchral  structures  and 
statuary,  which  often  serve  oidv,  without  their  seeming  perception  of 
the  fact,  to  advertise;  their  own  ostentatious  pride  or  shallowness  of 
moral  feeling.  And  none  are  more  sure  rhan  such  to  grudge  \\  pittance 
of  their  freely  wasted  wealth,  for  the  pr<.  curement  of  the  larger  and 
more  lasting  commemoration  of  the  names  and  virtues  of  their  kin- 
dred, which  can  be  secured,  as  nowhereelse.  upon  the  printed  paije.  No 
records  in  l>rass  or  stone  can  compare,  for  endurance,  with  those  car- 
ried lovingly,  from  one  age  to  another,  in  the  bosom  of  that  great 
foster-mother  of  modern  civili/ation,  the  e\er-living  press,  the  noblest 
of  all  preservers  and  promoters  of  right  human  thought  and  feel  in  LJ  in 
the  world.  Thousands  of  interested  readers  will,  in  all  coming  times, 
read  and  remember  what,  that  is  aetuallv  prei-ious  in  itself,  is  garnered 
there,  compared  with  the  scanty  few  that  will  pause  to  read  an  epitaph 
on  a  tombstone,  in  whatever  form  i:  may  lie  carved,  or  recall  a  mo- 
ment afterwards  what  they  have  read  in  liut  a  mere  mechanieal  way. 
Many  a  man  of  paltry  soul  will  spend  large  sums  of  monev  on  liquo:1 
and  tobacco  and  dogs  for  himself,  or  on  trinkets  and  finery  for  his  child- 
ren, \vho  declares  flippantly  that  IK;  cannot  afford  to  pay  anything  for 
the  history  of  his  sires;  who,  surely,  if  thev  could  speak  aloud  to  hrii 
now  their  native  in-born  sense,  when  here,  of  such  degeneracy,  would 
bid  him  keep  himself  as  far  apart  as  possible  from  them. 

The  number  of  respectable-looking  persons  that  will  stand  qmetlv 
bv,  wiih  drooping  eves  and  hands,  and  see  a  <^ood  cause  starve  from 
Avant  of  a  .little  needed  aid,  which  thev  could  easilv  render,  and  -> •>••  \ 
as  easily  to  themselves  to  withhold,  is  far  greater  than  an\  one.  v,  1  > 
forgets  the  low  moral  momentum  of  the  human  race,  could  pos-.iMv  '  .•• 
prepared  to  believe.  The  penetrative  power  of  the  average  virtue  of 
mankind  is  not,  sufficient  to  strike  through  their  characters  far  enough 
to  reach  their  pockets. 

The  number  also  of  those  that  hunt  for  imperfections  in  a  work  >  f 
art,  counting  even  a  seeming  one  so  much  precious  critical  u'aine 
overlooking  an  abundance  of  great  and  conspicuous  excellencies.  ]-  a'- 
together  excessive.  The  critical  instinct  when  ti'idy  cultivated  ai  i 
us''d  earnestly  aright,  becomes  a  most  valued  and  needful  ^uidi-  to  ail 
higher  forms  of  mental  and  moral  elaboration.  l!ui  how  largely  an  1 
gross!  v  is  it  perverted  everywhere  to  exhibitions  of  feeble-minded  ness, 
low  taste,  and  pettv  motive's,  or  malicious  feeling.  A  home'y  face,  or 
bent  form,  or  shambling  gait ,  will  sullice  to  ubscnre  to  some  the  virtues 
of  a  lifetime. 

Moral,  intellectual  and  educational  intlucnees  are  shown,  by  \\id-j 
and  thorough,  genealogical  research.  io  be  altogether  the  most  deter- 


n, iii, i tr  in  Mn-ir  ai-i  i"ii  <>!'  al  i  i  h.-  iii-\  I'll  i|ii  ii LJ  :ii;» -in 'Irs  \vlii I'll  ;nv  limu'_dit 
In  li.-ar  upnii  fainii\  hi--tnr\.  ('limatir  and  ti>]ui<;r;i|iliir:il  iiitl  unices 
r.vili.'i'  iit'irii  ;il -MI  \  IT\  L.'1'r.i!  rrsuiis.  in  pi  h  f»f  ^i  >MI|  ;unl  i-\  il,  in  ;i  I  a  mi  I  v, 

al,,l.    \\lth    -ili'lil     nil.  il>M-|'\  rdlirs-.    rlr\alr    in'    inWrl'    llh'    tulll'    nt'    ils    id'-as, 

a:,. I  i)|.-  -i\lr  M!'  it-  inastrniiu  impulses,  and  tln-idr  Mir  i-ni|>l<>\  iin-ul  s 
;,.,,]  -ui'i-r--rv.  a-  \\  rll  as  the  prr-nnal  aspirations,  of  ii>  inrnilirrs  I'm- 
inaiix  urni-rat  ii  >n-.  Ai.'l  lirn-iliiar\  inlliirnrrs  ha\r  likrv,j-.i-  lii-r,-  ^n-ai 
1 1  a\  .  in  rr-.pi-,- 1  imi  i  >iil\  in  ph  \sji-al  rhararlrrisl  irs.  Inn  also  in  n,.  -nta  1 
i-j.ili  i\\  Hiriits.  prrsnnal  dispositions,  and  rVi.'il  limral  Mlsrrpt  iliili  I  irs, 
ti  ;,d'  in'ii  N  ai:>l  hal'it  ml'-s. 

Tlr-  |H>\\(-|-  .it  S|HM](.  i  |nli\  liluaU  In  liilllatr  cliall'_'r>  Mi  f;(lllilv-llistur\', 
.•;  s\  iilr  ->\\rr|i  alul  nt'  InltLj  n  i]  1 1  i  1 1  lla  1 1 1 '( '.  l'\  ;  i  - 1  •<  •  1 1 1 1 1 1  i  L;  tlic||isi'l\cs  Hi1 
id  -i'i-iiiliiiL.f.  |irnnaiiriii  l\  .  lu  iiru  plain--,  nf  inura]  I'rrlin^  ami  rii'.iri,  is 

iii    I -i-    •-'  I'lk  1M^1\     ;l]>]  'alVlit  .        'I  l|r\     a  I'r    i  it'trli    ti  ill  h'l    ID    lia  \  ••   i  Irl  ai  lir  i  I   I  lirl'r 

1 1-  •-.-!•  i  nia  nl  -N  l>\"  1  lir  jn  .WIT  lit'  i '\;i  I  il  I  il<'.  <>}'  "  thr  furrr  i  >f  riivmii.-M'  aiircs," 
i::  luiii;1  sui'i'i'ssimi  in  tin-  sainr  spur,  tlir  saini1  cstiiuair  nf  !if, -\  iii'i-r- 
!•.-;•».  ilaii^fl's  aii'l  (llltii's,  ali-1  t'i  siliiil;!!1  fiirins  ni'  nut  \\  ;(l'i  1  i-lnpl,  i\  luriit , 
ai,;i  lit'  lif'r-liill'j;  rxpi-rirlirr.  NII!  t  hi'  ti  \ni  Ill'ss  ( if  IVslllts  i.t'a  s'vsirlH 
.  t'  i';l-li'  \\itlllil  lir  sulni-t  lllli's  lilul'c  ohsrrvalllr  tliali  Is  tlir  a' is' il  U  !  r !  ,rss, 

with  \\liirh  aiicrstral  inllnrn.-r-,.  srt  in  nii'iimi  at  sniur  t'ar-uif  p.-ri. ,,(  jM 
tiir  past,  hnlil  straill!\'  Mil  111  OIK1  ;ilnl  thr  salnr  rulll'sr  }'ni'  li.],-'  lirriuils 


l',;!t  a  sinal!  Mini  pniir  thiva'i,  iu.lrrd,  had  lh>-  ailtlim1  iii  hand.  \\i:h 
w  hi  i-ii  In  iii  id  his  way  t  iirmi^h  t  l.r  -rrat  l;ili\  I'hit  ii  nf  t  hr  past,  \\  in-n  hr 
tir-t  i-r^;iii  his  ijvnralii_rira]  n-srarchrs.  A  inatnisrrip!  riiart ,  n  >nt  ainin^ 
a  iiiindivil  naiiirs  i  '\-  INI  irr,  arraiiur:!  m  ri^ht  c  .iiirrni  ri.-  iin^.-.  nf  i-v,-r 
la ;  u'rf  diaini  'trr  a  run  i  id  thr  iniirr  nnr  of  all,  \\'as  unr  , .('  his  rinrt  :_fuidrs 
In  t'lM'ihi-r  iiii|iur\'  at  thr  oiitsrt.  And  h<>\\  i  a  n  t ;,  i  i/tn-'l  \  I  nsii  lii.-h  -n  t  ! 
.)  M-I  a  inrrr  mass  nt'  ( 'hristian  naiin  s.  \\  it  IP  mt  imt  r  or  i-.  ninnriit ,  i  if  t  hi1 
uialr  iMi-mliri-s  .it'  Mir  family,  plainly  iinhrai  i  HIT.  i'\  thr  aid  ot'  ramal 
hi.,'-,  iliat  tht-ir  pit— -rssnrs  wen-  j'aihrr  and  i-hild  to  rarh  otln'i'.  in  ->;ii-- 

r,    --i\r     L.frlirra!  lulls.         \\'hrl'r     thrV    M\rd,    \\hal      I '11 1  ph  i\  I  lir  U  t  s     t  1  n  •  V    plll'- 

~:  i-d.  and  \\liat  t'ruitt'id  h\rs  ut  liuiior  and  I'.-.-t  uli.r-s  ilii-v  iidiii-xrii  in 
ti.'-ir  iirii'f  dav.  nni  a  \\nrd  or  si^n  i.t  an\  kind  nidiraird.  H.^A  urrr 
-  ,i-h  •  lr\  In  i  lirs,  \  r|'\  dl'\'.  r\  rr  t'  i  In-  rh  i;  iirtl  \\  i !  h  ill'"!  'I'iir\-  \\  rrr  at 
;],••  ' '•  -'  Itllt  Ilirl'"  sratti'l'rd  llli|r\.-^  nt'  a  inHrh  hll'LT1'!'  Ill  1 1 1 !  i  I  lldr  ''t' 

iii,,--    i-i  iiiiii-i'ini     -'.  ith    ih'-in.    111    i-:i'-li    s--j  .arat  :•     ^.-1,1  -ra  I  inn,    thai     ihrn 
;-'.-rl\    mi  i   nt'  siuht,  as  th'iii_;ii   M.ir\    had    i  in  lii-iiiif.       A   sin  diar    piv- 

,  •  ::  •  >.'  'Ii    nt'  I  Iii  •    t'a  In  I  i  \     111     It--    i  a  rl  \     h  I  M  or\  .   nl  n  a  i  li>  d     a  I     a      -  1 1  i  t^-  . ,  1 1 .  •  n  i 

'i*'',       '      •'.'.  tl    !in\\  iirlr.    r\  r)i    ill    halt'   liuhl         !  <   1 1 1 1  . 1  i  I  "^   .ill    I  hr   Mm,-    fl.rMirr 

1.  .   and    a  I     lin    Mini-    i  ilit-n  ;.-_;•   ali\     lurall^    nt      ul  a  :  1 1  \  1 1 ,  _'     1!         r.ilnr     Li 

i'-li    v. .  iv  a.idi  d    a    I'-'V.    iii'irf    tali:il\    i't-.-,     d^,   'Al'.'i    partial   ar- 

'     .    ir  :•      and     :!r   !••,    ,,)     |-,     l(|.  ;.,,      and     nr.-upa!  Inn.         lir     |i:v,|    al!'-l'- 


Introduction:  21 

wards  at  different  times  before  him  the  inannscri.pt  records  of  his 
father,  Dr.  Benjamin  "\Yoolsey  Dwight,  of  Clinton,  X.  Y.  ;  and  those. 
of  Timothy  D wight,  of  Xe\v  Haven.  Ct.,  no\v  of  Chicago,  Jll.  ;  as  well 
as  those  of  Xatbaniel  Thvight.  of  .r>elchertown,  Mass.  ;  of  Jonatlian 
Dwight,  senior,  of  Springfield,  Mass.  ;  of  "Dr.  Sereno  E.  Dwight,  of 
Xew  J  la  veil,  Ct.  ;  of  llenrv  Dwi<j;ht,  Ksq.,  of  Geneva,  X.  Y.  ;  of  Key. 
Holden  Dwight,  of  J)udley,  Mass.;  and  of  Joseph  Hawley  I)\vigl)t,  of 
Oxford,  X.  Y.,  whose  account  of  the  family  at  lar<j;e  was  as  good  as 
that  of  any  other  contributor,  and  was  the  acknowledged  or  evident 
basis  of  one  or  two  of  the  other  accounts  furnished.  They  nearly  all 
covered  the  same  ground:  and,  if  they  had  hern  all  combined  together, 
and  reduced  down  to  the  simple  solid  substance  which  they  contained, 
it  would  have  been  hard  to  spread  it  in  anv  but  the  thinnest  wav  over 
five  printed  pages,  such  as  are  here  presented  by  the  thousand.  Xone 
of  them  approached  with  their  details  to  any  point  nearer  to  our  day 
than  fifty  vears  back  of  the  date  when  the  author's  exploration  of  the 
family-history  began  :  and  meagre  enough  wen.'  the  hints  that  tliev  did 
afford  of  what  was  so  far  oil'  and  obscure.  The  onlv  pathway  of  large 
and  true  discovery  here  must  be.  it  was  plain,  that  of  long,  wide  and 
tireless  effort.  An  active  and  broad  correspondence  was  at  once  insti- 
tuted, and  persistently  pushed  in  every  possible  direction,  with  any 
and  every  member  of  the  familv  that  could  be  newly  found  anywhere, 
and  with  postmasters,  town-clerks,  antiquarians,  resident  clergymen, 
and  elderlv  people  in  many  places.  Libraries  were  carefully  searched 
in  different  cities,  and  very  numerous  were  the  biographies,  genealo- 
gies, town-histories,  and  general  histories,  ga/etieers,  and  encyclopa>- 
dias  that  were  pored  over  diligently  for  needed  facts.  Many  a  page 
of  smoothly  connected  narrative  no\v,  in  appearance,  is  lint  a  mosaic  i;i 
its  structure,  composed  of  a  large  number  of  little  separate  bits  of  in- 
formation, gathered  at  different  times,  and  often  through  a  series  of 
years,  and  from  very  diversified  sources,  sometimes  with  much  pur- 
posed painstaking,  and  sometimes  very  incidentally. 

It  has  been  a  constant  surprise  to  the  author,  when  seeing  how 
much  thorough  search  for  before-hidden  farts  was  sure  alwavs  to  re- 
veal to  view,  that  the  Dwight  familv  could  have  rested  so  quietly  for 
two  centuries  in  such  contented  ignorance  of  then'  own  history,  \\-ln-n 
so  full  of  elements  of  tender  interest  to  them.  Much  has  it  seemed, 
at  times,  for  strangeness,  like  one  sitting  down,  when  hungry  an-l 
empty-handed,  in  idle  inaction,  under  tree,-,  loaded  with  inviiing  fruit 
and  waving  their  branches  toward  him  with  hilarious  hospitality,  as 
if  beckoning  him  almost  violently  to  a  soul-satisfying  feast. 

The  author  has  found  quite  as  much  pleasure  as  labor  in  \\\<  re- 
searches: and  they  have  both  been  great.  The  excitement  of  new 


i'iiio.-.ii\  ha-  liccn  n.iitiiiiiiili\  iv\i\ril.  and  a>  rniiiiimally  iv\\anli-<l, 
i,\  caino-t  dl'.  ill  >,  fur  ii>  >.i  i  i-.l'.ici  ic  ni.  I'lr-di  ins  cut  i\  c;.c->  in  |ilan> 
:,,,,(  .,)  ,,,-,--r>  nt'  liiidini:  dc.-ircd  I'oiill.s  lia^  lacked  no  sliiniilu-  a!  any 
tij.ie  ;.i  \\  -  i-\i  i-  -i-'  •.  All  ili''  |>!oa  -uii-  iii  kind  li;i-  l.eeii  fiiund  in-rc, 
v.  ,,ii-!i  i-  ii-:ili,i-ii  .-.e\i  ralK  li\  a  /.<  -aluii.-,  ;i  n  i  i.  i  uai  la  n  .  ui'  \>\  an  i-\]>!<>r>  r 
,  |'  ;  i  nk  i.i  .u  11  ia  IK  U  a  I  n  I  M-a>  I'll'  l,c\\  dUi  -o\  cries,  or  '  V  ill  ic  sralvlil  nt,'  111 
]],.•  iiniii;iiii  nt'  science  for  liiilicrin  un_.al  hcrcd  stores  of  1,  n<>\\  Icp'  ; 
;.-  \\i  !i  ;i-  ;iie  ei  a!  ilica!  ion,  al  a!!  times.  «.f  !_'fll<Tnlis  ili.-t  i  lifl  >  alnl  !"'- 
!.\M],|II  iiu|iiiUi-.-  in  M-ckin^  nllii'i^"  |ir«i|ii  ami  |i|i-a-urr.  ulnrh  \\iil 
i  ..i  in'  MTiin-il  \\lii-n  Li'aiii'1'!  lici'i'.  a>  in  MI  inan\  uiin-r  •lil'i'i-l  inns, 
i,i-ii-!\  t'''f  tip1  |>a->m_;  In.  iir.  Tiii-  u'i'ULfi'a|i]iiral  rr-hMi  I  ra\  <TM'<!  in 
i;,.-i'  i  .--i'ari-!i'->.  iln-  cM-ccilin^lv  i  nt  •  •!  i  •-!  i  i  i_f  |H-ri'"i  nt'  tiir  si.  crlil  .-  lii>- 
1-  I  \  i  o\  i-i'i  il  li\  1  In-  liiu^rapllii-al  alnl  >Ia  1  !M  ii-al  di  laiU  lii-l'r  I  H  i  •-'•lit  nl. 
.,  .ii  lip-  --I'aml  <1<  \  i-lii|iiiu'iit  >  nt'  inti'llcct  uai  and  >|>iii:iial  actisiiy  \\ii- 
i,.->-i'i|  in  all  ]iari>  nt'  tin-  i'aniilv  liiNlmA,  in  tin-  I'!1'  \i'ar>  |M-:  «if  i;-i 
i  \i  r-ui  '  i\\  i  nu  inaiiif'ota!  inn  ujn  n  iln-~  i-nni  im-nt,  ninlfi1  tin-  <-<-\  i-i.aiii- 
i  IJ.HIL:'  ran1  lit  iiic  (iml  .if  niir  talln-r-.  have  all  r<  >n  t  riiiu  I  <  •<  i  lii'-n1 
i  iijiiiin-il  iiilliii'iici'  ID  inaki1  iln-  ID|I^-  lalmr  In'>tn\\  t-il  n  ii  in  Uii-  v.  Drk 


in    lln-M-    pact's  will    In-  tiiiunl    an    <-\  <  r-\  a  r\  i  i,u    ].;in"raiiia    »\'   iiuinaii 
i   l'i  ',   |  n-i    a>   II    a'.-t  Uai  i\    UlirulU    1  1  >clt'  ID   \  ic\v,  aliinn^   t  lit-  culln  ati  .1   aii'l 

1  '    l  l^l'  '!!•>    i  -la  »«'.->    Ill    dill'    rolllll  I'V.          Ni  >    t  \\  o    \Vlli     lie      tuUlu  1      ID     lia  \  i-     In  i-li 

i"   i-xai-tly   iikr    niit\sanl  ri  i'riun-  :  a  .i.n  •>.    or    t.i    li,-;\c    n-Diiu,  n     tin-    j-aiin? 
j  ,-i  i-i-r    rDiind    of  rarililv  tali     or    t'lii'tunr.       Not     inorc   \ariou>    arc    !uc 
t'.  cc-,      \D',CC>.     l'iL;uri>.    Inlcli     and    carriage    df    liu-n     liiali     l!ic     ]'ii;,-'~    "1 
;  i.i-ii-  |"-r-i'i:al    lii-i'-Tv.      All    arc    ••Imrn    ID    iroiililc"    at    aii\    iai...imi 
'    ail,  iiixc    naliirc    i  ;.  -cit'.  lia\c    tar    iun|-f    >un>lnnc    in    liicir    "  l-.i     in 
:  1  1  a  1  1     .-  1  '  '  I  '  1  n    and     c  i  •  <  ;  I  d  .        A  1  1   >]  i  o  11  1  1  1    1  1  10  \  t  •    o  1  1  \\  a  n  i  -  .    \\  I  !  i  i     i  .  <  a  Cl  > 
i     •          \\itli     iii'i'c     and      i-oiirai;'!',     fariiot  1\",     tliaitk  I'lillv     and      JD\H;;.-!S- 
:ii.-     i.\\    a;i    ilicir   i  \[i'  •r;.-;i.-c-  mi  caitli    of   \\"li.;lc\i  r   kind      :ri;-it';ii  a: 
:  '.  1  -  in   I  ii  "I.  lia]i]i\    in   Iii.-,  M-r\  irr.  ahd    lh  .t     old  \    ci'lilcni  cd   !  ,11!    f\- 

',;    j;,   liicir  ci  MI  >'-ioi;  -ni----   of   lit'"  and    |>o\vor    from  a'on\c  ID  i,.    -•.  nui 
;   ,.d    i  ii  i   -_'  .....  i    at    ail    I  line--. 

i  ;i-     a'il  ii-'l1   lia>  ^i  '!!_;]  1  1  .    in    I  lie   ]  rr-  |  iarat  ioii    ni'    I  hi>   \v  ork.   ID  IID  i-.ii.a 
••  '.    -D    »::;•   ;.>    |n.->li.il<   ,    In    l!;.-     !•   IM:I!''      1  c  j  if-  •--•  •  I  ,  !  a  !  1\  •  -^     o!      iir       l.ili.;i\ 
a         •   :iic   ma!.  .        \\dicn    lie   |ir-;     !„•-;,  n    ID  -afhc!    L^  ,  in  r  ;iic    ma;,  i  i.d 
!••  -I.  -I  i  la-t  I     ,   .    'ills    riilicc|.|  |.  i|i     ncr'.irrcil     'n     I,  Mil,     a>    a     l,i-'- 

•  .f    •  ;-•     1  1  U"    id   -,1   ..t'   ;  I.'-'  \:  "i  k    :  i...;   !a\   I-  :'"i  .•   l.in  .       ! 


Introduction.  LJ3 

force  of  felt  fellowship  with  another,  of  like  determinate  views  vdth 
himself.  The  indignity  done  to  woman  in  the  universal  style  of  gene- 
alogies prepared  until  of  late  has  been  "all  of  a.  piece,"  indeed,  with 
the  general  ungallant.  unscientific  and  unpoetie  way  in  which  her  legal 
and  social  interests  and  fights  have  been  in  so  many  directions  slighted 
by  evcrv  nation,  even  in  Christendom.  In  a  few  punctilious  conven- 
tionalities of  form  and  ceremony,  much  ostentatious  deference  has 
been  shown  to  woman  s  presence  in  the  sphere  of  modern  civiliza- 
tion. JUit  there  are  other  awards  of  justice  and  honor  remaining  still 

to   be.  rendered  to  her,  as  well   due,  in  the  ordinances  and   usages  of 
i  j  ~ 

society. 

If  •'mind  is  from  the  mother."  even  only  in  an  eoual  decree  to  its 
descent  from  the  father,  how  ungracious  alike  and  inequitable  is  it  to 
pass  bv  ingloriously  the  female  branches  of  a  family,  as  if  of  no  ac- 
count, while  parading  in  full  view  the  names  and  deeds  of  all  those 
thai  bear  the  family  name.  "That,  mind  is  from  the  mother,  we 
conclude,"  says  Isaac  Taylor,  "to  be  a  law  of  nature,  on  the  evidence 
of  very  many  bright  instances.  The  \Vesleys'  mother  was  the  mother 
of  .Methodism  in  a  religious  and  moral  sense;  tor  her  courage  her 
submissiveness  to  authority,  the  high  tone  of  her  mind,  its  indepen- 
dence and  its  self-control,  the  warmth  of  her  devotional  feelings,  and  the 
practical  direction  <j;iven  to  them  were  visibly  repealed  in.  the  character 
and  conduct  of  her  sons."1 

The  method  of  this  book,  as  of  that  of  the  history  of  the  Stron" 
family,  is.  the  author  is  compelled  by  the  facts  of  the  case  r  .  sav,  dis- 
tinctly his  own.  Strange  enough  does  it  seem  to  him  that  no  me  has 
before  hit  upon  the  so  palpable  idea  that  true  art  here,  as  everywhere 
else,  must  consist  in  conforming  as  exactly  as  possible  to  nature.  The 
forms  of  family-presentation  in  books  must,  manifestly,  to  be  true  to 
the  full  round  of  all  their  aspect >,  be  made  parallel  \\ith  their  pro- 
cesses of  development  in  fact. 

Kaniilies  <<TOW  in  'jroups  or  clusters  by  themselves,  into  and  out  of 
their  own  separate  stems  and  branches,  AvitJj  an  abundance  of  mumal 
connections  with  other  families,  upwards  and  downwards,  in  their 
growth.  They  are  arborescent  and  umbrageous,  in  their  type  of  man- 
ifestation. .How  then  should  the\-  be  pictured,  but  ju--t  as  they  reailv 
present-  themselves  to  the  eve.  The  methodology  which  h:'.>  hitherto 
characterized  American  genealogies,  has  not  been,  as  a  matter  of  art, 
at  all  superior  to  a  lumber-man's  mode  of  treating  a  tree,  who  takes  it, 
hewn  and.  peeled  of  its  beautv.  and  saws  it  into  as  manv  thin  hor:/ontal 
boards  and  slabs  as  possible.  As  much  more  inspiring  as  is  a  cradle 
with  life  and  lauudmii;  eves  and  rosy  cheeks  in  it,  than  a  coffin,  with 
whatever  outside  trappings,  full  of  unsightly  bones  j  as  much  more 


•_>-{  1  nt  roil  Hi't  nni. 

sat  i-fv  ii:-;  lo  (he  e\  e  as  is  the  palace  of  a  kin;,',  adorned  within  and 
\\ithoiit  v\ith  •j.race,  ihaii  the  separate  stone-,  iif  which  it  i-  composed 

Would    lie,    it'     arranged    oil     lor;,'    shelves    111    I'oWs    Olie    al/oVe    the    other;     as 

mill  h  -u  pel  i'  >r  a.-  a  i  e  v  e^eta hie  and  animal  ors^a  n  isms  vhan  a  n  v  1 1  sol  lit  ion 
uf  tic  m  into  the  ineie  component  cli  ments  of  their  sulistanci  :  so  much 
more  sal  i-fv  in;,'  and  in-pi  riii^'  is  the  nal  ural  nmde  of  at  raiiu'i  i\^  families 
in  i  heir  di  v  inel  v  i  oust  n  uted  relations,  than  the  art  ilicial  svst  em  now  in 
Mi^iie  and  favored  1  >y  IOIIL,' usa^e. 

There  i-  al-o  a  third  feature  of  (his  work',  which  has  Keen  a  matter 
ot'  special  interest  to  the  author.  ( u-nealn^ies  have  Itccn,  as  a  urea! 
prevailing  I'act  concern  i  IIL;  them,  f.  shinned,  with  a  heav v  nniformitv  of 
a -pi  i-t .  alter  ihe  most  di  v  and  skeleton-like  M  v  !••  of  st  ruct  u  re  po--il,]e. 
\\"ho  can  m: -nt  ion  any  other  pat  tern  of  a  liook  more  dry,  unless  it  lie  a 
common  cit  v-directorv.  \\  hoever  heard  ot  anv  one  reading  through 
a  L,'1  nealo^'v  of  anv  considerable  si/.e.  even  Kv  pieceimal.  hovvcvei- 
slowlv.  Ii  ha.-  liei-n  tin-  w  r  i  t  IT'S  e  tl  o  rt  to  make  this  famil  v -hi-iorv 
artnallv  readable,  so  far  a.-  siieli  a  result  can  In-  aehieved  and  the  Imok 
lie  kepi  true  to  its  real  I'uiidanieiiial  purpo.-e.  Nor  doe.-  he  -e  how 
anv  e-.-eiitial  advance  can  lie  ri^'litlv'  made  in  this  part  lenlar.  lievond 
the  point  here  readied.  He  would  tain  make  this  work,  not  like  a 
hound  Up  mass  of  old  h  tiers  opened  hasillv  once  or  twice  lil  a  life- 
time, and  then  more  to  In-  aired  of  their  mu.-tiness  than  to  lie  read  with 
d'  ii'jht  for  their  sweet  contents;  1ml  rather  like  a  colic. -lion  (,f  cher- 
ished picture.-  of  old  friend-,  on  which  ihe  eve  rejoices  often  to  uwell, 
and  the  heart  to  feed  with  continual  ravishment  of  delight. 

Th    i-e,    V.ho     lleVer     look    liaekwards     to      the     liolile     deed.-     of     iheir     aii 

cc-t.  1 1  s.  vv  ill  iii  n  lie  apt  to  look  forwards  to  an  v  iiol  ile  di  eris  of  MK-I  r 
('\vn.  SaVs  Kdmnnd  I'urke:  "The  idea  ot'liin-ral  descent  in-pir.  -  u-- 
with  a  sense  of  haliilual  native  di^nitv.  which  jirevent.-  that  iip.-tart 
in.-oli-nce  almost  ine\iial-lv  adhering  to  tho-e  who  are  ihe  lir-i  ae- 
ijiiirei-s  of'  anv  distinction.  l>v  liii--  fneaiis  our  hln-iiv  ln-eoine>  u 
noiile  freedom;  n  carries  an  imposing  and  majestic  aspect  ;  i;  has  a 
pi-di-iee  and  illiist  rating  ancestors  :  i:  h. is  its  ^'allervof  portrait-,  its 
in<  in  u  mi-ii!  a  i  in-cript  ions,  it-  record.-,  ev  iilences  and  1 1;  h-s.  \\  e  j.i-ocii  re 
i.-veieiice  iii  our  civil  institutions  on  the  principle  upon  wlm-h  natnn. 

leaciie-    11-     to    I'eVel'e     individual    llieli  — oil    account    of    tin   ir     :(_''.    and    on 

ace., in,;    of    ;ho-e  tVi'iii   whom   th''\    a i'e    descended.         "  1    mil'!1   a     p!"ii- 

pp  ' .  i  '.•'•'  i'  'ii     tor    one  >    a  ncesi  ( ,rs.  I  he    i  n  la  L:'!  i  .at  n  .n    real  i/e-     i :      ; :,.  m    a 

•dn|    v  i  rill'-  ,-•  mi    w  i -do  m  li'-v  on.  i  t  lie   v  u  IJM  r  pi'aci  !'••  -  ot'  i  i  /,i  r  ; 

-     •.'.  i :  !  i   i'i"    example    to  who-"    imitation    1  r  •    a  • , ' :  i ,  - .       I  e 
i-  tori-fat  hers  he  is  tanuhl    lore-pect    him-elf."      '[']:•    ' '  .  r,n\<- 

li       '  -      a'.d    communities     alike     should     lie     Ialli;n'  inll'i- 

a!    i  •       •  '.  :t          \    \'.  i  in  Id    trulv    pro.-per,  r-  w  hai    he  term.-    "I-         i,.-  in 


Introduction,  25 

character."  "Some  decent  regulated  pre-eminence,"  lie  says,  "  some 
preference  given  to  birth,  is  neither  unnatural,  nor  unjust,  nor  im- 
politic.'' If  these  sentiments  and  other  such  deserve  utterance  in 
England,  where  so  many  favoring  traditions  and  customs  unite  to  in- 
spire a  general  reverence  for  whatever  lias  been  great  and  good  in  the 
past,  how  much  more  do  they  need  to  be  announced,  and  urgently 
enforced,  in  a  part  of  the  world  so  full  as  ours  of  levelling  influences 
for  evil — in  many  instances  for  evil,  if  in  other  many  also  for  good. 

The  greatest  benefit  that  anyone  can  confer  upon  society,  next  to  lift- 
ing up  before  all  eyes  the  standard  of  a  noble  life  of  his  own,  is  the 
effort  to  diffuse,  as  widely  as  possible,  the  light  and  heat:  am!  power  of 
others'  virtue,  wherever  it  is  found  or  felt.  The  communication  of 
good  anywhere  is  next  in  value,  to  its  receiver  alike  and  giver,  to  the 
origination  of  it. 

And  what  is  it  more;  than  a  piece  of  mere  good  manners,  or  both  a 
natural  and  necessary  demonstration  of  the  nature  and  effects  uf  real 
personal  self-culture,  to  feel  in  one's  own  heart,  and  to  show  unto 
others,  sincere  and  affectionate  reverence  for  the  memory  of  worthy 
forefathers.  If  now,  that  the  lands  and  homes,  the  riches  and  trusts, 
\vhich_  thev  but  recently  possessed,  have  been  yielded  up  to  our  keep- 
ing and  use,  we  dishonor  them  and  ourselves  by  a  self-satisfied  disre- 
gard for  the  many  memorials  of  their  virtue  and  honor,  the  same  un- 
worthy spirit,  would,  if  stretched  to  its  logical  results,  lead  us  also  to 
say  of  tin;  venerable  relatives  that  still  linger,  fortunately  for  us,  in 
their  old  age,  upon  the  earth,  that  they  are  no  longer  deserving  of  our 
deference  and  tender  care,  since  their  productive  usefulness  to  us  has 
Ceased. 

The  true  Christian  philosopher  is  an  optimist  ;  and  lie  believes  that 
(. lod  made  the  world  for  the  good  men  that  have  been,  are  and  shall 
be  in  it.  1  fe  who  taught  the  Jews,  with  careful  continuity  of  plan,  to 
think  isf  him  always  as  the(Jod  of  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Jacob,  and  who 
declared  at  one  time,  as  a  notable  proof  of  his  just:  provocation  with 
his  people,  that,  "  though  Noah.  Job  andl'aniel  stood  before  him1" 
in  (htir  behalf,  he  would  not  be  persuaded  to  forbear  his  judgment 
against  them: — he  surely  values  human  goodness  in  all  its  poor  imper- 
fectness  as  greatly  worth  the  having.  And  surely  we  should  highly 
estimate  its  value  wherever  we  discover  it,  amid  the  abounding  moral 
rubbish  of  the  present  time  as  of  the  ages  that  are  gone. 

The  past  is  not  worthless  because  it  is  past.  Kadi  new,  (juieklv  dis- 
solving present  is  always  everywhere  but  the  broad  collecii\e  outcome 
ol  ihe  past,  or  rather  its  whole1  living  fulness  and  expression.  The  one 
nation,  I  rained  of  ( !od  bevond  all  others  and  for  all  others,  was  taught 
of  him  to  have  and  to  keep  memorial  davs.  names,  places. 


rite-,  ;iii.]  v  viiiln >]-,,  as  sj.ecial  reiiiemlirancers  to  th'-m  forever  of  a  past 
mad.-  lu  in  i),  "Us  pi-rpet  uall  Y  u  it  h  his  fa\  1 1  r.  :iiiil  a>  e\  i -i1  tVi  s],  Mi'je;,  ,i  |\  is 
of  hi-pe  ill  hi-  IIP  |c\,  f'11  all  tin-  da\s  and  veals  \\hich  Were  \"  come. 
'lip-  I'eli  •>>]!  i't'  lip-  I'llMe  luak'-s  liuinaii  lit''-,  and  still  more  liUlnali 
chaiai  •!•  r  in  all  Us  higher  f»rm-.  seem  very  precious  111  I  li'p|  n-'  •'.  \  •  •-.  !»•• 
( -a  n  si-  e\  ide|,t  i  \  l  a!  ••'  I  a!  si  i  ln^li  a  \  al  il>-  \>\  I  lie  Su|  '!'•  Hi'-  .Mind  of  1  he 
llliiver-e.  I'.\eii  l!i'-  Hit  re  liodv  \\liii-li  h'-a'lc  ni-m  and  .skejil  ici -m 
alik'-  dishonor,  in  i|i-lia.s|ii^  i;.  as  if  at  lip-  l>e--t  liui  mere  a  n  Una  I  •  •<  1  ilu.st, 
(  'in  isi  !ai,i  \  (I  ;L;'M  ili'-s,  nn  I  In-  coiit  rarv.  \\  it  h  1  lir  yn-at  iiaim-  <  >f  "  I  li<i 
trni]. 1.-  "i'  iln-  li\  in-'  <  Juil."1 

AS  ni"  j.rcsi'iit  ran  IP-\IT  1"'  jiistl\  tliuii_'lit  of  as  riiiiipl'-tc  ami  all- 
siilli'-i'-iil  in  1 1  self',  luit.  as  at  lic-i.  UK  iis  i  iiit  lit-r\\  .iril  >i'i'-.  ilp-  ;i_''_ri'j- 
L'at'-  "('  ail  |P:;  si  (a  • -i  s  and  furces  in  i  In-ir  intlu--nc.^  and  i  -sn,^  ;  -, ,.  mi  its 
liitlaT  side,  it  must  lie  reiiiemliered,  as  liie  sin1"  nmnlii  and  ni"  ;>•!  and 

]il-|  de.sl  ilia!  inll  nf  \\liat  sliall  lie  i  ne\  i  t  al  il  V  tin-  \Vnr!d"s  flltlU-i-.  |..-t 
then  tlmse,  who  love  lliejr  race  and  it  -  -T'-at  M  a  kef.  tVei-hl  the  |.|-,  •-,•!,  I  . 

u  h'Te\  er  and  lidWi'Vi-r  t  hey  can.  \\  i;li  all  liri^ht .  sweet,  ;_'ener.  m.-,  <••  >i,  i  ri- 
1  nit  inns  |.'  .s^ililr  tVnin  i  lie  past ,  I  hat  in  t  hem  it  mav  jm^e^s  all  I  he  mm-i.- 
smirees  and  sureties  of  st  ill  u'reat  er  t  reasup-s  in  the  \-eai'>  t  •  i  ei  ini'-. 

The  ,s|iecilic  fiirni  of  the  past,  out  of  which  the  ^rand  |uv-e!it  -imi 
of  L;nod  that  \\  e  call  iiiodefii  (.'liri.-t  ian  ci\  ilixat  ion,  or.  more  familiarly 
the  American  I\]H'  of  >ocietv,  has  risen  m  ]ts  maje>tv  ln'1'oi-e  all 
eves,  \sas  al  t  o^et  her  niii'jUe  ii:  MS  h  i ->t  oi'ical  foil  uda  1 1  •  >i  i  -.  l:s  original 

elelnelits     and     energies,     all'l     Its     e\  el'-t'l  la  1 1  ^'1 1 1' •;       Jilia.se.-,     of     |  il'o^ressl  ye 

maiiite-i  at  ion,  v/ill  al\\".i\s  de.-cr\e,  I'm-  their  o\\  n  s.d<e,  to  !»•  ;.  M  m 
uTatefui  ivmemlii  am-e  liy  those  \\li.ishail  inherit,  in  l»n";  -ii--c — .ion, 

1  ll'-if    lasting    lieliefits,  to    the    end    of    I  illie.         The    e\  er  ac!  i\  e     and      |"  i\\  er- 

f;;l    iiilhiem-e-,    under    \shidi    they    mo\ed    -t.adiiy    on    tVom    tip  ii    tii-t 

n-iii     l,.--j  ii  nine's    to    the    splendid    national    and    [ilnlaiithroj';' 

\\hieli    we    lu'lmld    on    so    lar-'e    a    s'-ale,  and  \\hieh  we  >.  ••  j.,  I,..  ;'M'!  ..t' 

.-till      UYalid'T     ]iro!lll.se>    of'    eoml     (',,)•     (jp.    t'uMll'e,    \\' 1  i  1      liierit     1    .    e\e(\     a^'1 

the  careful  iii'|tiiry  of  e\ery  student  of'  all  true  social  j.hi  io- ,|  .h\  and 
«.f  the  hiu'h'-r  as|,ects  ,,f  history.  llow  \\eii_dity  in  sen--,  if  alni".-! 
,-elf  i-\  ident  for  it-  truth,  i-  the  statement  made  !>v. Jonathan  IM\\aid-. 
that  ••].<>-'  en :  \-  t-  concerned  m  tin-  action-,  of  their  aiice--tn|-s  ;  and 
I  M  •!•-'  ins  \i\  i  heir  \  i  rt  MC  ma  s  In-  ^reai  1  >•  n-  -fa  ••!  >r-  I  •  >  ina  nk ; :  d  t  h  :  •'•i^'ii 
-  'n-e.  ,-.  ii  \i-_f  Ljenerat  ions."  X.iKle  ance-tor.>  ind'-'-d  lia-l  v. .  !  >..;.-n- 
ii  id  i"  :  •  f.i'-t '  •]•-  t  o  oiirsel  \  e-  and  to  all  inank  ind  !  In  i  he  j.a_  - 

-     '!,'-'.     lno\  '•     lief'ore     t  in-    e\  e    a,s    a     1-  'liU    |  '!'•  ' 

'•It'.'  -.     i  I'ei  i-liin--:    ihi'ou^h    li'-ail\     iwo   i-'  'ii'vii'  -    ai.i 

'•h.    v,  i  •  ii   the    I .,  ,rd's  lianii'Ts  in   ' !;.  ir  hat    ;   .a;. 
•    .i-d  o-   i  h.  ir  t'.u-U"-.  <  .  .d  and   A  ni--i  i'-  d  ! 

1  '  r.  \v  it  h  it  -  \\  ond'-rtVil  t'a  -ejna1  i  •:  -  '..  it;'     '    .  i-  :•> 


Introduction.  27 

lio  justly  regarded  as  the  chief  cud  of  man  on  earth,  and  science, 
letters,  art  and  an  all-mastering  love  for  (!od  and  universal  lininaiiity 
are  no  longer  deserving  of  the  supremo  relish  of  a  magnanimous  soul, 
most  forlorn  indeed  are  the  aims  and  efforts  of  genealogists,  and.  in  fact, 
of  intellectual  workers  of  all  sorts,  for  ends  not  palpable  to  sense,  and 
without  any  strong  present  demand  in  the  liabel-inarkets  of  the  world. 

''  No  doubt,"  says  a  recent  writer  on  art,  "the  greater  the  artist  is, 
the  less  does  lie  appeal  to  the  mere  prejudices  and  fashions  of  his  own 
day,  and  the  more  to  the  larger  sympathies  and  \vider  intelligence  of 
posterity."  So  is  it  with  all  hi^h  artistic  workers  for  the  good  of 
humanity  in  any  form,  however  honored  or  misappreciated  in  the 
communities  where  they  toil,  and  wait  patient!}  for  the  great  achieve- 
ments which  they  dare.  ''All  facts,"  the  same  pen  adds,  "and  works 
which  throw  light  on  the  process  of  human  evolution  will  continue  to 
be  interesting  evermore." 

One  marked  difference  between  a  hi.-tory  and  a  genealogy  is  this,  that, 
while  in  a  historv  you  percent.1  only  general  outlines  and  facts  massed 
together  in  their  larger  relations,  you  ,'ind  in  a  broad  and  well-propor- 
tioned genealogy  an  abundance  of  mutually  related  details,  as  in  an 
elaborately  wrought  picture,  where  careful  industry  and  art  combine 
to  aggregate  and  harmonize  cifects  from  many  varied  points  of  presen- 
tation. As  for  the  material  on  which  and  with  which  the  genealogi- 
cal artist  must  work,  that  can  never  be  wholly  answerable  to  his 
wi>lies  or  his  needs,  in  either  accuracy  or  amount.  lie  must  gather 
together  by  day  and  by  night,  through  summer  and  winter,  vear  in 
and  vear  out,  and  often  for  a  long  period  of  time,  the  substance  of 
his  manifold  history  of  individual  hearts  and  homes.  And  he  must 
employ  in  his  wide  sphere  of  research,  not  only  his  own  personal  energy 
and  skill  to  the  utmost,  but  the  aid  also  of  innumerable  collectors  of 
facts  all  over  the  land,  with  very  diversified  capacities  and  facilities 
for  doing  their  part  of  the  great  united  work  aright,  and  with  habits 
of  application,  to  whatever  they  undertake,  of  greatly  varied  degrees 
of  excellence. 

A  true  and  noble  character  and  a  really  worthy  life  are  not  merely 
the  highest,  but  also  the  only  forms  of  human  greatness.  The 
JJible  presents  to  us  in  different  svavs,  at  many  times,  the  examples 
of  tli''  ijood,  as  a  stimulation  to  the  higher  virtue  of  all  who  contem- 
plate their  faith  and  patience,  in  toiling,  inv,  hatever  form,  for  the 
good,  the  beautiful  and  the  tine.  Nor  does  it  point  us  only  to 
their  remembered  presence  once  on  earth,  but  also  to  their  reali/.ed 
though  in\isible  presence  hen.'  now.  The  Scriptures  teach  us  that 
tin-  departed  dead  are  all  yet  alive,  since  "(Mid,"1  "the  <°'od  of 
Abraham,  .Isaac  and  Jacob,"  "is  not  the  ("od  of  the  dead,  but  of  the 


li\in-_'."  ami  that  the\  an-  ^athen-d  now  enntinually  iii  ill.-  :iir  an.uml 
:ii,il  :il>i.\t-  ii-.  as  c.-iLT'T  spectators  (.('  «.ur  character  ;il,i|  conduct  nil 
ill,'  ;ir>'!!.l  \\li  •T'-tli'-\  lllo\ed  lull  ;i  little  U  Idle  av;o  lief,  ,|V  IIS.  After 
elitimcr.it  i  lr_'  IlialiV  ti'il'le  specimens  <P|  tallll  presented  to.  U --  l!i  ill"' 
past  ,  •-.,%  s  tli'-  i  Ii  -pin  '  i  I'll  ul.  clal  i-  \\  11  1'  t  In-  c/reat  liess  < if  1  In-  ii  I:',  ma!  I  I,  if 
seliM  I II' -li  I  :  "  See  in  IT  U"c  ;i  I -i'  compassed  ;iln  >lll  u  It  h  MI  u'l'eat  .1  <'!'  >tld  of 
\\  it  nesses'  t||'-  \el'V  m<>ral  l|iTnr>  |H-1  ili'MTllii-il.  Jillil  Illllit  1 1  l|i  1<  •-  »f 

nllii-r-,    lik'-    llii-ln         "    Irl     US     ];iV    M.-l'!'-    ('NlTV     Ui'i'^llt      Mini      ill'-     --111      \\lili-ll 

i|i>i|i  In-set  us.  .-iiiil  run  \\illi  ]i;iMi-nri-  tin-  race  ili;ti  is  set  lii-fnn-  i>." 
||i-  iisi-s  tliis  |-i-\  rrcnt  n-nit-iiiliraiici1  »\'  ill'-  \\ni-tli\-  di-a'l  as  Imtli  a 

|ili-asili'_'    IIP   limrv   nf  t  In-    j.ast    ami    a    t  lin-    s<-lisc  i  ,f  t  ]|r    )«n'srlit         ;is   a    In -In 

t.i  liiirln-r  i-ll'iti-ts  mi  niir  part    to    tnllnu-    after    lln-ni   in  cvi-rvtlii n_f  Lrn-at 

alni   L;' 1  :    aini.    nicirr   than    that,  as  a   In  •!]>  al-'i  tn  a   fiil!i-r    s  -n---  nf  -In- 

]'l'i  --i-in-i  -  alnl  aiil  n)'  ('hrist  in  all  LT'  -n  u  l  in-  attempts  n!i  niir  part  afii-r 
\\.-ll-l"  inu'  ami  v.~i-ll  lining.  "  LI  Hiking."  In-  sav-.  in  i),,-  sann-  imm'-.li- 
at"  cnnm-cl  iuii.  "iintn  .lesii-.  the  autlmr  ami  tini-lnT  nf  mil1  failli." 
L'-t  ll<>  I'lie  ilniil.t  tlleli  tliat  ^eliealnvjists  nf  i||.-  trm-  t  Ve  v."  i  1 !  1..-  l,n r 


aims  am!  aspirations,  and   m  -n   nt   lar^e  religions  pnrpn-.-. 

At  an  v  future  date  it  would  In-  inipo--ilile  to  olitain  for  tin-  fir.st  '  im<' 
inaiiv  of  tin-  interesting  facts  hen-  cited  :  since  during  the  ],a--t  t\\.'l\.> 
years  sevral  of  the  older  memliers  of  the  familv.  who  were  aide  to 
impart  mm-li  information  of'  \alm-.  ha\e  deceased.  Nor  cniih!  tln-v 
ha\e  heeii  gathered  on  anv  -ndi  amp!--  sea!'-  at  any  day  antecedent  to 
'lie  present.  \v]i'-n  the  means  of  locomoiioii  wen-  s|,,w  ami  -'-amv.  and 
post ;, ,_.-,.  was  dear,  and  ever  v  one  in  t  In-  c,  .mrnun  it  \-  \va-  intent  ni:  ma',  i  :;;_•. 
it'  pn-sil.le.  th-i  t  wo  end.s  ot  tin-  vcar  conn-  sninnthly  to._',-th'-r  in  re-]  .---t 

To     famih     exjii-llses.         \\   itliin    a     \  el'V    recent      perl  -id     a      lar_;'e     l.nm't"          ii(' 

town   histories    ha\e    ln-en    pulili-ln-d   in    \e\\    Km_:!and.   uid'h.   v.nn   :'ne 

N.      I'!.     <    ':  '-nealo_qe;d         I  !  I'-' i  .'•  1  <  '  1' .      ill        tWI'lltV       I  a,  I'^C       \olllll|es.      alai        S  a  \  :  ".  •    " 

<  ieia-ain^-ieal     I  )ict  imiarv.    in    three    !.--rp la\"s.  and    a    c,.n-id.-r:-.ii!e 

n u ml ie r  nt'  •_;'. -m-a  1.  'u'i''>.  mm  e  or  h  s-  complete,  a ;i%onl  indi-pi-n-al>lea--i-- 
t.-mce  to  aii    in\  est  i._r;;tor  into  tin-  ea  rl  \    liis!o|-\    nt'  aiiv   Hup- 'Ttant    t'ainiiv 

ill     tin-     land.         Hundreds     of     1 ks     iri\    •     lieeli    diliu',-l|t!\    s,-alche-i.     i'' 

lwel\e  \i-ars  past,   iii  \ariniis  lilira'ies.  and   nouhere   \\ith  as  laru'e  - 
faction  in   the  result-  olitaii-ed  a-  in  "The   .Mi-icanule    LiKraiA   ot'    N"e\\' 
^'n|!-..••  and   "Tin-   l.ilirary  of  iln-   I ..    I.    Hi    'nrrna!  S.  ,,-i.  -I  y ."   in    I'.m       ,vn. 
\.    N'.       To    tin-   -entlemanh    lil.rarian    nf    the    last   named    S,,,-i.-tH  -  ,;d 
hi       a.-'-"ii,pl  i-hed     iad\ -as-i-tali'.    are    i'1:       -p.---ia!     thank-    f-"'    _'•:•• 

-    fe  |-i   :  died    a!    a  n  \    a  l:d    a  !  I     I  ' 

•i,.!   -     ai  d    iii    tin-   ni'  i-t    L'.-nial    an 


Introduction.  -9 

plating,  for  a  true  analysis  of  tlicir  dements  and  of  the  means  of  mak- 
ing a  right  record  of  their  worth,  the  germinaiit,  social  forces,  and 
active  individual  efforts  ami  interesting,  personal  histories  that  marked 
the  men  rmd  the  day  when  this  ne\v  and  already  great  nation  came  into 
being,  with  all  Europe  in  travail  at  its  birth.  What  three  grand 
events,  next  after  the  three  epochs  made  in  modern  history,  by  the 
invention  of  printing,  the  protestant  reformation,  and  the  discovery  of 
America,  have  been  of  more  moral  significance  to  us  and  to  all  man- 
kind, than  the  iirst  settlement  of  this  country,  the  revolutionary  war, 
and  the  people's  war  of  late  for  freedom  to  all  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land.  ^No  mean  or  trifling  task  surely  does  he  as-dgn  to  himself,  who 
undertakes  to  explore  such  a  vast  mine  of  individual  and  national 
treasures — to  see  what  of  bright  thought,  or  of  noble  feeling,  or  of 
high-souled  patriotism,  or  of  general  philanthroph v,  or  of  generous 
Self-forgetful  endeavor  for  the  moral  and  spiritual  welfare  of  others,  he 
Can  rescue  from  final  oblivion.  Jnto  the  scenes,  personal,  domestic 
and  social,  of  the  freshest  au'e  of  thought  and  action  that  (lie  world 
had  ever  seen  to  that  day  and  ours,  the  records  of  this  book  bear 
the  reader.  It  has  the  bloom  of  a  moral  vitality  in  it  altogether  pecu- 
liar to  itself.  J5e\ond  any  other  country  upon  earth  this  lias  been  the 
]5ible  land  of  all  time. 

Our  fathers  ate  their  own  bread;  and  that  was  "the  finest  of  the 
wheat.11  Sturdy  industry  in  the  open  air,  under  the  blue  heavens,  on. 
the  rich,  responsive  soil  of  this  new  continent,  gave  strength  to  the 
hands  of  our  fathers  and  courage  to  their  hearts.  .Healthful  self-respect 
and  mutual  good-will  and  hospitality  abounded  among  them;  and 
industry  and  piety  combined  to  make  every  bright,  beautiful  virtue 
familial'  in  the  land.  J!ow  different  vrere  those  times  of  honest  sim- 
plicity of  life,  and  of  sweet  content  with  home  and  the  round  of  dailv 
dutv,  compared  with  the  wide-spread  manifestations  of  general  self- 
indulgence  in  every  possible  form,  which  are  so  painfully  apparent 
everywhere  now  ! 

The  title  of  this  book,  "The  "History  of  the  .Descendants  of  John 
Dwight,  of  J)edham,  .Mass,,'1  describes  in  a  word  the  exact  scope  and 
end  of  the  author  s  endeavors  in  preparing  it.  Ite  has  adhered  literally 
in  the  preparation  of  this  work,  as  in  gathering  and  arranging  his 
materials  for  the  J  listory  of  the  Strong  Family,  under  a  similar  title,  to 
the  broad  and  full-orbed  si  vie  of  genealogical  investigation  thus  pre- 
scribed In  himself  as  the  rule  ami  measure  of  his  work  from  (he  outset. 
Whether  male  or  female,  and  whether  near  or  remote,  any  who  have 
IK  en  descendants  of  John  Dwight,  the  first  American  progenitor  of  the 
familv,  up  to  the  present  hour,  are  entitled  by  that  very  fact  to  full 
representation  at  the  author' t>  hands^  according  to  his  means  ami  mate- 


-",(>  I  lit  I'IK!  H<'fl(>ll. 

I  ials  f,.r  i  i_ht  1  \  di  -eril  'i !:_;'  t  lain.  \\  hat  ev  ei  l  iicoin  |  .}•  l  ene-s  <  •('  details 
lnav  lie  discovered  liv  aliv  one  must  not  lie  .iscril  H-I  I  to  Want  of  de-ire 

or  cifort  on  his  part,  to  make  them  full  and  sat  i-fv  in:,'.  Any  one  of 
th"  fa  nil!  \  who  ;s  dissat  islied  w  1 1  h  the  |  iivst-nt  at  ion  mad"  is  in  \  it  ed  a  inl 
nr",-"d  liv  the  author  to  ^.,  to  work  at  once,  and  make  -udi  a  larger  ami 
lietier  histoi'v  of  the  talnllv  as  v\ill  suit  his  taste.  lie  iuav  count  ,,u 
th"  writer  a--  a  LJ  nerous  -lili-eriKer  to  his  work  :  nor  m-ed  he  lie-jin.  as 

he   hi  Ins.  -It'  d  1 1  I,    v,  it  h    a    t'eW     |  M  .o  r.  d  111  Hulls    helps    to    his    lirs!     ini|llll  les.  lillt 

tak"  freelv  and    fully   what    he  wills   of   the    author's    preparation-    here 

spread  oil!  liefore  him.  ]|o|-  even  express  aliv  thanks  to  him,  alive  ,,|- 
dead,  tor  so  milch  aid  in  his  efforts.  To  a  n  v  and  all  LCrtinililer-.  m>t  of 
our  kith  and  kin.  who  ma\  assume  the  ri'^li!  conceitedlv  to  declare 

what    kind  of  a  1 k   ihev   think  oti^ht    to  have  lieen   iurni-h.-il    for  ih-ir 

lieiielit  coiieerniliu  tin-  I'wi^ht  familv.  the  author  has  onlv  to  sav.  that 
h  ••  had  not  t  i  i  e  1 1 1  tor  a  moment  1 1 1  his  mind  in  writing  a  single  line  o  r 
word,  except  in  the  few  lines  here  addre--ed  to  them.  T!i"  ('east  pr.  - 
vi  i  lei  I  111  t  In -se  pa^es  was  intended  to  he.  if  not  exehisi  v  elv  yet  -u  j  ivine!  v, 
a  t'amilv  entertainnient.  Let  those  not  ot'  us  regard  tliein-e|\  e-  as 
alilllidalit  Iv  Welcome  to  whatever  Jileaslire  or  profit  tli'-y  can  olilalli  J 
Imt  let  them  liehave  like  \vell-iuaiiiiered  guests,  and  not  eoinplain  that 

their    wishes    Were    not     carefll'ilv    consulted    where    their     presence    Was    |;ot 

foreseen.  Th"  f--w  siieh  who  ever  purchase  a  work  of  this  kind  are  -o 
few  t  hat  their  appearance  in  a  list  of  s\il iscril icr.s  or  purchasers  j^  ipiite 
a  novelty. 

If  the  appropriateness  of  s,  me  thing's  said  in  ;];••  foi-e^oin^  j  .•_••-  ot' 
a  general  kind.  I/earing  on  tin-  value  of  ^'eneaio^ical  I'e-eareh  into  the 
hi-torv  ot'  our  countrv.  hitherto,  is  \\,,\  \\-\\  :,j  on.-e  l.v  all  read-r-.  l! 
will  lie.  the  writer  is  sure.  1>\  any  genealogist  who  -hall  peni-e  them. 
II"  has  dwelt  with  the  more  fnlic-s-  upon  the  manv  "Tea!  discouraL'e- 
m.-nts  now  existing  to  genealogical  research,  on  the  one  hand,  and  th>' 
real  and  hi-h  value,  on  the  other,  of  its  n  stilt.-,  when  t  horoii^hlv 
s_'at  hered.  to  t  he  cominunit  v  .  I'cca  r.  s,'  he  t'eels  that  thi-  -or!  of  earn  •  -t 
inl  •llectiial  and  liierarv  hdmr  i-,  at  pre-ei,:,  pitifuli_v  u  lah  -r  v  a !  i  a  d. 
And  In-  know  -  of  no  ot  her  at  t  -mpt  that  ha  -  \  -  '  !"•  -n  made,  in  anv 
del  er miiied  nianm-r.  t  o  \  indieat  e  an-  i  ma^'iii *'\  1 1  s  e'n  t  n,-.  '  o  i  Ip-  --,•;, er.  -i-, 

appreciation  and  aetion  of    the   cultivated    cla ainon^    u-.       Tin-  dav 

\\  i  i  I  si  i  !'••!  v    come,  and  at    no  distant    peri    >  i.   w  h-n   this  sort   of'  w  oik    will 
di  a  w   to  its  wort  h  v    performance  alioundiiiL,'  i  nt  •  -r.  -' .      Socj,-t  \ .  v .  -.  .  v .  i 
c'.'ltur.'d  I 'hri.-t  iaii  sociel  v,  i,  v  i"    11,  thi-.  as  n,  manv    other  t:,n._- 
and   tiii",  in  a    v  erv  immal  lire  slate. 

Th"    |)wi--;hl    familv  has  Keen  marked,  a-   a  :_'''Meral  t'ac' .  1,\    j,,.,], 
of  !.  r   mod- -rale   -i/.e  :    imr  Iris  h.n^ev  it  v    lieen   a'   all   a   i  i  i  s-  i :,-_".  i    i, 
tun-  ot'  1 1 10-1    of  its  d!  if"  i  "lit    1 1  ranch  ex.       Tim  v  sertioiis,  how  -  v  .  r,  .  •!   l  he 


Introduction.  '>! 

family  which  have  long  addicted  themseh ~es  to  agricultural  and  ineeliani- 
cal  employments,  have  exhibited  like  features  in  tlieir  physical  history 
to  tlio.se  manifested  by  other  families  in  similar  circumstances.  They 
have  expanded  to  greater  fillings  of  growth,  and  have  shown  greater 
durability  of  fibre-. 

The  Ihvights  have  been  commonly  well-to-do  in  worldly  ways,  and 
have  been  quite  inclined,  as  a  famiiv,  to  liberal  culture  and  professional 
life.  Late  marriages  have  been  very  common  among  them;  and  quite 
observably,  in  respect  to  former  generations,  at  least,  they  have  been 
specially  careful  in  .selecting  the  family-connections  that  they  have 
made.  The  stock  of  the  family  has  very  seldom  indeed  been  allowed  to 
run  down  below  any  point  of  intellectual  or  moral  advantage  that  it  had 
gained  in  a  previous  generation.  And  it  gives  the  writer,  who  is  able 
to  look  around  comprehensively  upon  all  parts  of  its  present  existing 
development,  as  no  other  one  belonging  to  it  vet  can,  great  pleasure  to 
say,  that,  as  a  whole,  it  never  stood  higher,  clearer  or  fairer  in  its  best 
characteristics  than  at  this  very  hour.  It  has  lost  no  vantage-ground 
gained  in  the  past.  The  name  is  now.  as  in  davs  u'one  hv,  a  well- 
recogni/.ed  symbol  throughout  the  land,  as  much  as  anv  other  name  in 
it.  of  earnest  appreciation  of  all  that  is  highest  and  best  in  education 
and  religion,  and  in  personal  industry  and  personal  worth. 

The  wearers  of  the  name,  as  also  the  bearers  of  the  blood,  of  the 
family,  ha\e  been  very  largely  noted,  wherever  they  have  been  known 
at  all.  for  their  strong  liberty-loving  enthusiasm;  and  in  the  high  bat- 
tles of  thought  which  have  ruled  the  political  and  social  atmosphere  of 
our  country  during  the  last  forty  years,  they  have  moved  instinctively 
forwards  to  the  vanguard  of  opposition  and  obloquy,  if  needful,  in. 
their  a.s>ertion  and  defense  of  others'  lights  and  interests.  Tlieir  aid  in 
settling  aright  the  moral  quest.ions  of  the  hour  has  seldom  bi^n  long 
sought,  or  long  waited  for,  in  anv  community,  because  spontaneously 
offered  ai  the  first  to  any  <^ood  can.se  that  was  struggling  into  existence 
or  into  larger  usefulness  than  before.  Thev  have  been  men  o1  progress. 
ready  for  new  ideas  and  new  movements  towards  bet  ter  thin  us  in  church 
and  stati'.  The  inspiring  motive  of  their  aims  and  efforts  has.  been. 
not  to  lie  honored  themselves,  but  to  honor  and  aid  the  onward  march, 
of  events  towards  the  good  davs  to  come. 

If  asked  to  state  what  one  practical  quality,  beyond  any  other,  has 
characterized  the  fannlv,  within  ihe  author's  range  of  observation,  he 
would  at  once  replv,  military  talent  or  that  natural  executive  energy 
and  admini.strati veness,  which  mav  be  readily  and  effectively  applied 
to  the  demands  of  the  ba<  tie-field,  the  urgencie>  of  general  business, 
the  explorations  of  studious  research,  or  the  comprehensive  duties  of 
statesmanship,  or  of  oflieial  .service  to  one's  count  ry,  and  \\  hieh,  ;n  what- 


I  nh'dil  il  rl  i  (i  it . 


e\er    lii-ltl    of  employment    exerted,    i  s    ill    itself  one   .Mini    till1    (-.'Hill1    rs.st'lltial 

manifcsta<  ii  in  nf    manlv    vii^or  uf  t  hou^ht   iiii'l   feeling. 

'I'll-'  next    most    not  icealile  pract  ic:il   trait  of  t  hose  of  t  he  f a  m  i  I  \   known 

tn    tlir    \S  riter.    ha-    1  ici-ll     I  I  Kit     I  if     t  heir    own    .sep;u  ;ite    11  I'll  \  111  1 1  all  i  \     i  .j'  ri  i||- 

sc ience  and  of  con  \  ict  ion,  ot  character  and  of  funduct.  'I  In-  personal 
element  has  Keen  e'eiierall  v  a  marked  factor  in  the  composition  of  their 
ideas,  and  in  tin-  expression  uf  tli. 'in  in  their  words  and  deeds.  They 

Jia\e    I II,    i"    a    striking   decree,    IIM'll    uf    thollldl!,    illde|.ciulel|l       in      f'ralll- 

i  n  u'  their  u]  H  nii  ins,  and  tearless  in  acting  according  '  <>  i  hem,  and  in  dec  la  r- 
iim'  them  freelv  and  unmistakalil  v  to  others. 

Their  personal  inte^ri  t  v  has  I  teen,  uii  a  u  ide  scale,  u  ithin  the  i  mm  ids 
(if  t  lie  aiil  Imr  s  k  iKiwlfdi^e,  t  heir  special  urnaineiit  and  hunur.  \\hu 
has  ever  lieen  aMe  (u  jiuint  aiivwhere  tu  tiiuM'  IH  ariiiLT  the  name.  ,-ii,d 
sav  with  truth  that  thev  have  >.?ld  themselves  to  eurnijit  ion.  or  ^i\en 
anv  \\liu  trade  in  human  virtue  the  least  reason  to  suppose  that  thev 
couhl  In-  liotiudit  at  any  price,  to  do,  liv  some  un\vorl  h  v  act.  another'.^ 
wrongful  liidd MIL;'  ? 

The  feminine  liraiiches  of  a  family  exhiliit  the  higher  (pialities  that 
distinguish  it.  (jiiite  as  clearly,  at  least,  as  thu-e  \vhicli  bear  the  family- 
name.  A  n  v  one,  having  a  lar^e  acquaintance  \s  it  h  our  faiiiilv-lnstory, 
can  ea--ll\  lalK  to  his  thoughts  many  a.n  honored  name,  lioth  ainonu' 
the  1 1  \  i  nu'  a  nd  t  lie  dead,  roona.nt  \viih  its  own  intrinsic  \\orth,  u'hich 
has  lieen  dra\vn  iVom  the  lie.-t  |)\SIL;|||  motherhood  LJ racing  its  other 
lineage,  and  ^raci- 1  l>v  it.  Such  names  as  these,  \\diieh  are  also  ours, 
ha  ve  co  mi-  to  li-  k'iio\vn  t'a  r  a  mi  wide,  deservedly,  for  their  excellence  ; 
I'.liss,  Chapin.  Dana,  Foster,  ll.ioker,  ! !  <iwe.  Sed--wick.  '|'a\  lor.  '1'env. 
\\'hit  IM-V,  \\"iliai'd,  \\"oolsev.  and  not  a  few  others  like  them  name., 
that  have  not  sulfered  any  lion  ir.  liroim'hi  to  them  iVom  either  side  of 
the  hoii-e.  t  o  L^o  trailing  in  the  du-~t. 

All  had  ld<e\\i-.e  to  the  superior  families,  I,\  intermai  uau'e  \\nli 
\\hoiii  the  mental  and  moral  viu'or  of  ihe  t'ainilv  stock,  as  P  pi  e-.eiited 
li\-  the  tamiU'  name  itself,  has  lieen  evi-r  n  'wlv  reinforced,  tV.'in  genera- 
tion to  u'eii'  -rat  ion.  No  family  can  loicj;  maintain.  tV-'i;i  \\i;hin  its 

O\\'ll      pi  I  \  -  lea  I    or   ot  he]       character;-!  le     re-.,  ill  I  c  --,   ali\'     (  o.:t  ;iil|o;isl  \     1 1 1:  h 

tirade  of  excellence  iii  ;m\  direct  ion.  (  'o us!  m:  j nt i-rniii.L.din_'  of  t'am'- 
lies,  ;ni(l  of  races,  is  one  uf  t !  i  e  must  man  ite,  i  a  I  ipui  n  t  ni"ii  t  >  of  pros  i- 
dence  for  ihe  1  let  I  ( -n  i  ie  i  it  ,,)'  1 1  m  1 1  k  i  i ,  d .  and  i  \'  n  fur  the  perpetuatiuu 
a  mon  ^  t  hen  i  of  li|e  ,  i  n^-,  i  li;,|  ,1,  \  ha\  e  a  lleadx  _;a  l  m'd.  The  I,,  .nor  <•£ 
any  one  fain  i!\  i-  di-'  rilm .  t  a'«|e.  ^v  t  lie  \  •  <  \  terms  and  j  r  i.-e~  .  -.  .it  its 
:  ic.  i  u  i  ri-men  i .  aiuoii'_C  ma:i\  others  ci  .nut  ci -d  \\ith  it.  N.t  n,an  can 
here,  more  than  el--  •  win-re,  1 1  \  e  to  h  im-e|  t'  or  d  ie  to  hi  m-e!  t.  'Ihe  |-e- 
proiich.  \\hich  some  r;>hl\'  think  to  he  a^.iin.-t  L;'ei:eah  >LL  n'a  1  pM-ei,!a- 
lioli-.  liial  the\-  foster  v.  hell  accepted  in  their  natural  Ili'lll'-nces,  ;l 


Introduction.  S3 

spirit  of  family  clannishness,  or  at  least  of  family  pride,  is  as  foolish  as 
it  is  inconsiderate. 

A\  hile  most  of  the  many  varied  churches  of  Christendom  have  had, 
at  least,  scattered  adherents  to  their  faith  and  worship  in  the  family, 
from  independency  on  the  one  hand  to  prelacy  and  popery  on  the 
other,  the  great  majority  by  far  of  those  belonging  to  it  have  been  Con- 
gregationalists,  as  the  freedom  of  thought  and  spirit  of  progress  con- 
nected with  Xew  England  Congregational  polity,  and  its  grand  histo- 
rical traditions,  have  greatly  accorded  with  their  religions  ideas  and 
tastps. 

They  have  not  been  wont  to  seek  political  preferment,  but  have  had 
business  enough  of  their  own,  and  have  been  disposed  to  mind  it  thor- 
oughly. For  the  achievements  of  artifice,  management  and  trickery, 
they  have  never  seemed  to  have  any  peculiar  knack  ;  and  skill  in  mak- 
ing doublings  of  character  and  conduct,  to  carry  out  favorite  ends  of 
personal  aspiration  or  ambition,  has  never  been  one  of  their  special- 
ties. It  has  in  fact  been  often  remarked  that,  in  respect  to  matters  of 
private  advantage,  want  of  tact  has  shown  itself  to  be  well-nigh  a  de- 
cided family-characteristic,  in  noticeably  large  numbers  of  those  bear- 
ing the  name. 

The  strongest  natural  impulse  observed  by  the  writer  in  different 
members  of  the  family,  on  a  somewhat  wide  scale  of  observation,  has 
been  that  of  a  keen,  quick,  and  all-mastering  sense  of  what  seems  to 
them  to  be  right  in  itself,  and  just  to  them  and  to  all  men.  It  has 
seemed  to  be  as  easy  often  to  them  as  to  breathe,  to  leap,  with  a  lion- 
like,  spring  of  satisfaction,  into  any  open  breach  of  danger,  armed  to 
the  teeth  in.  word  or  deed,  if  any  public  interest  was  assailed  within 
their  view,  or  any  private  right,  to  do  or  dare  whatever  was  truest  and 
best.  The  presentation  that  they  made  to  the  eye  was  "  lion  passant," 
or  ''lion  rampant,"1  as  in  the  family  blazonry,  but  at  any  rate  "lion." 
The  1> wights  that  adorned,  as  they  notably  did,  the  generation,  but 
recently  withdrawn  from  'life's  activities,  were  men  of  most  earnest 
moral  convictions.  They  were  not  spell-bound,  in  religious  doctrine  or 
philosophical  speculation,  to  the  dead  past,  however  venerable  for  its 
antiquity.  They  could  not  call  any  man  their  father,  in  their  habits 
of  religious  thinking,  not  John  Calvin,  or  their  own  Jonathan  Kd- 
wards,  or  .President  I.) wight.  But,  eontrarily,  like  those  very  leaders  of 
religious  thought  themselves,  whose  talents  and  faith  and  /eal  they  de- 
lighted, to  remember  and  honor,  they  were  likewise,  men.  of  progress,  in 
their  ideas  of  religious  truth.  Theology,  a  human  science  at  the  best, 
they  iv_;trded,  as  being  in  itself,  as  thoroughly  capable  of  improvement 
from  time  to  time,  as  any  other  piece  of  man's  wisdom  ;  and  more  desir- 
ably so  than  any  other,  because  of  its  larger  bearings  in  every  way 


/  II  t  I'tlll  I/I-'  1 1  >ll . 


oil  lilili:;ili  happilie--,  InTe  and  t'i  '1  i  '\  «T.  \\"li;it  I'<-1  i  ^  i<  .1 1  -  truth-  tin  V  1  eC- 
ii^lii/'il.  as  li:t\ili'_'  lieen  .|Uarried  mil  of  (  iod's  uoid.  the\  tie;,;.-.]  r<'\ - 
eivntU.  a-  rnli's  :iiii|  models  fi.r  Ini  i  IdiiiL,'  their  o\\n  li\e-  and  tortnnes 
aright  iii  tli'-  v.''ild.  AIM!  ill''  moral  and  scriptural  idea-  uhn-h  they 

cheri-ii'   d,    t'.'l'    the    lit'''     :lllt|     li_dlt      and    Warmth    uhh'h      lll'-V    '_'aM'     to     their 

oun  s.inU,  th.-v  \\.Te  e\er  active  m  |iultur_r  rucr^i-i  ic;tll\  mt"  !"ici\ 
s.i  t'.ii'  ;!•<  lli'-\  c.iiil.l.  in  tlic  niiiiiiiiiiiit  ic1  •;  v.  here  tln-\  li\>-.l  ri  juii'iiiL;  to 
in.'.-i  iiiiv  in\  ii.-il  i.  >n  ur  <>]  .p.  >\  t  unit  v  for  tin-ir  iiiiiiiifrstat  inn.  NO  \\.-ik 
sjici-iiii.'iis  of  tli|ip;iiil  fiisliionaltldirss  of  f.-.-liiiLT  ^  •  -I1'1  tli-'v:  nor  <-.n;l.| 
lli.'\  ;in\  u  hi'i'i'  al>i  If  sii.'h  (Icpn-ciutioiis  of  tip1  >tod<  ot' our  coiiiinoit 
linn  1:111  ity. 

\\  lull-  exact  tli('iusi'l\'cs  in  tli'-ir  doi-t  rinnl  iih  •,•!-;  ;tinl  (lot,riii:it  ic  -tai.'- 
nicnts,  1  hey  \\cri-  not  c\;irt  in<,'  in  t  ln-ii  t  lirolo^ic-;tl  rcijiiisil  ions  <if  «M  in-rs. 
J'.iii  tli.'  lilirrt  \-  of  •litl'tTi-ncc  \\liidi  ;  ln-v  |ii-;ici  i>cd,  in  ihiiiL^  not  jilmnly 
iiuttlf  rssriiti.'il  to  saving  faitli  in  tlic  Si-nj)turfs,  tlicv  in-'  met!  \  .-ly 
iid-ordr.l  to  otlici'^.  Tlirv  \\viv  at  tin-  sanif  tiin.'  i-anu-^i  in  their  .'\vn 
c'oiix  ict  ;ons,  and  cntirclv  tolerant  of  otln-rs  noii-participa'  i"ii  in  '<•>'  ni, 
and  \\vrr  tine  s]irciiiirns  of  lilifral-niindcd,  N.-\\'  Kniflaiiil  j^fiit  I'-nii'ii, 
ratlnT  t  han  of  tho>i-  more-  ri^id  tvpcs  of  charartcr.  whi.'h  an'  early 
rut  into  a  ^ha]"'  no!  cs cr  aftiT\vards  to  IM-  chanLr('d  en  farth  n\  the 
unrch-nt  inu'  spirit  of  S.-oich  I'l-csliytcriaiiiMn.  Nor  did  t  h"\  tnd 
lioiind  to  ha\i'.  at  all  tinir^,  dciinitc  opinions  rcad\'  i'or  prom  >u  in-.-nii-nt 
at  anv  nioniriit.  on  cvcrv  p"in;  of  script  ural  iii'|iiir\"  ;  hut  WIT.'  f.  oid  "f 
h"ldin_f  tin  ir  ndn.U  in  abeyance  on  nianv  topics  of  curious  th^nuh:, 
:i\\aitiiiLr  funh'T  li_rht  in  thrir  \i.-\v.  h.-rr  or  In-r.  aft  .-r. 

In  thrir  haliit>  ot'  social  intcrcouisi-,  it  \vas  t!i--ir  wont  t"  i'"  frank 
and  out  -pok.'ii.  If  such  a  st  vir  of  hearing  ha-  not  li.-cn  ah\a\  -  .._••<•- 
;(!'!'•  Id  sonic  who  ha\c  IM-.-II  addicted  to  haliit-  ot'  c.  me.-.-d  n.  ehi.  or  at 
lca-t  of  formal  reserve^  it  has  had.  a!  any  rate,  the  HUTU  "f  i"ii,Lf 
true  to  their  own  natures,  and  to  a  st  vie  of  character  anywhere  \\  hidi 
i-  founded  on  riidii  '-i  Hi-ne--  and  trnrh.  \*>-\\  »\'  those  kiii>\\n  to  the 
\vrit"i\  he  cannot  recdi  .MI"  sMch.  c.iiihl  in-:l\  lie  calh'd  i  \er-  oi 
tfeneral  society.  lla\iiiu'  hceti  iii  the  pa-t,  and  liein_'  -'ill.  -.i  u.  ii.  .i;s 
l  IP- n  to  a  lai'L'e  decree,  and  loin  i  of  seek  i  n^  t  he  higher  cult  lire.  '  ir-x  ha\  e 
liecoine,  1>\-  the-r  special  taste-  and  hal.i'-.  ^i'l-atK  i-"!a'.d  in  lin-ir 
folir-es  of  etlol't  and  of  e\  peri  e  nee.  Sue!:  cho-en  seel  n -ion.  f:  'I'  IIP  •;  t«T 
jiur-int  of  ht'e  -  noliler  end-.  ma\  ha\e  -eetip'd  to  -nine  ot'  \\  e  |;  i,;,  •:  'al 
\i-ion.  or  of  \\-ron^  inura!  I'e.-liiiL'.  indicaii\e  ..('  a  -pirn  of  '  '  in 

th'-ir    In-art--;     liut    tV.'in   the    taint     of   an\    snch    |iitial'le    sen-,  .ir 

d\\  ii  ji'-rs.  iiial  selt'--ii|ieriorit  v  to  other-.  IP  i!  so  fa  \  i  -red  as  t  heni--  .  •  •  -.  no 
one  \\  oiihi  IIP  ii'c  c  pi  hi,  1  v  i  e\  i  .It  than  I  IP-V. 

N"    id!.-)--  were    the\     iii   their    luiet'  da\,    o\-ercoine  \\itti    •        •    .  and 
v.  a    '•  I'd   ot'    lit'"  -    i'|eh  oort  nnit  les  ot'      etim^    and  "1    dull."  ;_     •  i.       It 


Introduction.  '>5 

is  pleasant  to  remember  of  sucli  of  the  great  multitude  of  our  kindred, 

as  we  have  ourselves  known,  who  have  moved  rapidly  through.  life'-> 
quick  march  before  us,  that  thev  left  the  world  all  the  more  bright 
and  beautiful  for  their  having  been  in  it.  and  busy  while  here  in  every 
varying  form  of  usefulness  open  to  their  hand.  The  family  has  been 
active  and  pronounced  in  all  its  generations,  as  a  religious  family. 
They  have  rejoiced  in  the  covenant-mercies  of  the  God  of  their  fathers; 
and  have  prayerfully  sought,  from  one  age  to  another,  that  the  same 
rich  blessings  might  be  communicated  in  greater  fulness  to  their 
posterity. 

Of  quite  a.  large  number  of  leading  spirits  in  the  family,  it  would 
not  be  too  much  to  say,  that  their  lo\e  of  work  amounted  almost  to  a 
ruling  passion.  ^\  ith  abounding  energv  of  will,  thev  have  addressed 
themselves  to  the  highest  points  of  human  thought  and  hope,  and 
delighted  to  communicate  the  riches  of  truth  and  love;  that  thev  had 
found  unto  others,  in  the  recitation-room,  the  pulpit  and  the  press. 
And  as  each  ne\v,  self-appointed  work  has  been  accomplished  in  its 
turn,  they  have  at  once,  clamored  in  heart  for  more  plastic  elements  of 
thought  at  hand,  to  be  moulded  into  shape  by  their  patient  toil  and  skill. 

The  noble  company  of  J ) wights  thai  have  passe:],  from  earth  within  the 
writer's  day  had.  noticeably,  beside  a  passion  for  work,  a  passion  ako 
for  entire  liberty  of  judgment  for  themselves  and  for  all  men.  and 
nowhere  so  thoroughly  so  as  in  religion.  .However  ( 'al\  inistic.  if  any 
OIK;  likes  the  word  or  tin1  idea,  thev  mav  have  been,  in  their  mental 
make  at  anv  time,  or  their  type  of  moral  feeling,  thev  have  been  quite 
uniformly,  in  the  style  of  their  moral  temperament,  and  in  theii 
principle's  of  critical  appreciation,  equally  at  least  Arminian.  While  if 
there  has  been  any  pronounced  skeptic  in  the  land,  whether  of  the 
name  or  of  the  blood,  at  any  time  from  the  first  until  now,  the  faei  is 
entirely  unknown  to  the  writer;  the  leaders  of  the  familv  have  alwavs 
respected  honest,  doubt  and  free  inquiry;  nor  have  thev  been  afraid  of 
entertaining  new  ideas  themselves  because  thev  were  now,  in  anv  direc- 
tion political,  scientific,  philosophic  or  religion-,. 

They  have  always  been  utterlv  oppugnani.  both,  bv  nature  ;,;•  1  bv 
grace,  to  the  idea  of  submitting  to  authority  from  anv  earthlv  quarter, 
in  matters  of  conscience  and  of  moral  feeling.  It  has  been  no  fin  id 
habit  of  theirs,  to  be  found  often  agreeing  with  majorities.  Thev  h;i\e 
been  conspicuous,  alwavs,  contrarilv,  for  their  swiftness  and  pov,  er  of 
protest  against  wrong:  and  high-hearted  leaders  of  forlorn  hopes; 
brave  helpers  of  any  whom  they  have  found  without  cheer  on  life-* 
pathway  5  good  men  and  true ;  federalists  in.  old  times  and  republicans 
in  new;  strong  lovers  of  everything  truest  and  best  in  the  commumts. 
and  strong  haters  of  everything  evil  ;  warm  in  their  likes  and  warm  in 


.'ili  I  lit  I'oilllff  tait. 

their  di-likes.  No  one  !r;tit  has  been  more  characteristically  common 
amoiiLl  them  tlian  an  intense  dislike  (or  shams,  in  all  matters  of  social 
intercourse,  of  business  and  of  taste.  The  const  it  in  i>  in  of  the  I  )\\  i^ht 
inind  is  thoroughly  non-Jesuitical. 

!-  it  strange  that  niru  of  such  a  vigorous,  or,  as  some  would  eail  it, 
rigorous  sl\le  of  mind,  knew  little  in  their  d;tv  of  the  all-powerful 
spell  of'  fashion  upon  them,  in  matters  of  dress  and  formal  etiquette, 
or  studied  self  di-pla v  an\  vvhei  e  !  'I'd  the  idol  of  so  man v  hearts,  (  'on- 
fiirmitv!  < 'oiiformity  !  !  the\  eould  not  l.o\v  their  heads. 

Is  ii  strange  that  mani]>ulators  in  pliant  principles  and  easy  profes- 
sions  and  pretenses,  and  stock-jobbers  LJCH  end  Iv  in  human  virtue  Imve  not 
f'liind  them  convenient  prev  fur  their  purpose-  of  e\  il,  liut  toii'_di-'_frained 
in  the  make  of  their  moral  fibre,  and  of  altogether  too  hard  stock 
to  lie  \vorked  to  their  wron.Lj  ends.  'I'hev  have  not  sought  or  vvi-hed 
T.I  lead  others,  and  much  less  have  the\  ever  been  \villiiiL'  to  lie  led  bv 
them.  Hut.  whatever  riu'lit  reason,  and  common  ]ii>tiee,  and.  hiijh 
honor,  and  tlie  cause  of  human  libertv  and  of  human  |iro'_fre»,  have 
seeiiied  to  them  to  demand,  thev  have  been  fi  it-ward  to  render  theni- 
selves,  and  to  expect  and  require  of  others.  The  spirit  of  thox-  enrlv 
throes  ot'  Puritan  feeling  ni  church  and  state,  which  determined  the 
tii'M  be^inniiiL's  of  the  i'aiiiily  history  upon  this  continent,  has  never 
been  absent  from  its  blood. 

The  aspirations  and  impulses  of  those  who  have  Lfiveii  character  and 
a  name  to  the  familv,  in  the  pa-*t,  have  jjrown  out  of  and  clustered 
aioiind  such  doctrines,  ind'edded  deeplv  in  their  heart-,  as  these; 
••  The  sacreilness  of  religious  comictions  in  individual  minds:"  "No 
iiit'albble  system  of  interpretation  of  the  Scriptures  to  be  found  anv- 
\v  here,  in  anv  human  beinu',  council,  i-reed,  or  sect  :  '  "  The  ^-i  atest 
jMi^-iMi'  freedom  of  thought,  feeling,  and  a<-tioii  to  be  allowed  to  everv 
one.  cipii-istent  with  similar  rights  to  all  others,  and  the  ^mid  'it'  all  :  " 
"('ontinual  progress  tovsards  something  ever  better  than  before,  m 
each  individual  and  in  society  at  lar^e;  '  ". Justice  to  all  men,  liberty 
tii  all.  and  peace  to  men  ot  peace;  '•  All  human  iii-l  11  ut  ions,  and 
even  divine  ordinances,  never  riuditlv  li^nred  lo  ones  mind.  v\hen 
thought  of  as  ^ubver>i\e,  in  then-  own  normal  nature  or  purpose.,  of 
anv  one's  real  welfare  or  pro^res^.  'Ihus  have  thev  been  b^tli  pro- 
^i-e^>ive  ;'.iiil  cuiiserv  at  i  v  e  in  tic-  temper  i,f  their  characters  and  not 

ell  her   olil  V  . 

The  statements  here  made  concerning  the  ideas  and  ideals  uf  manv 
h-adin-;  members  ,,f  the  familv.  a  laru'e  number  ut'  'hen,  but  just  u'one 
fr.,1,1  mil-  presence,  mav  seem  to  some,  who  r.'h-h  -uch  traits  of  charac- 
t.-i-,  a-  too  stroiiLrlv  drawn.  It'  it  be  so.  the  writer  would  rep!  v ,  that 
ir-  ha-  declared  onlv  what  he  has  himself  seen,  and  now  remembers 


Introduction.  oT 

with  unceasing  gratitude  to  their  Clod  and  ours.  Xor  is  it,  solely  or 
chiefly,  the  object  of  monumental  records,  as  the  word  monument  itself 
reminds  ns,  to  praise  the  departed.  Such  an  office,  although  pleasing, 
finds  its  true  function  in  a  nobler  use.  What  care  the  dead  for  any  of 
the  childish  honors  of  earth?  Xo  !  it  is  for  the  living,  those  no\v 
passing  swiftly  over  life's  brief  stage,  and  those  who  in  long  succession 
shall  follow  rapidly  after  them,  that  we1  hold  before  their  eyes,  in  these 
pages,  ns  animating  a  picture  of  the  past  as  we  can.  From  every 
worthy  deed  that  is  shown  them,  or  noble  purpose  of  a  deed  that  was 
hindered  from  realization  by  the  force  of  forbidding  circumstances, 
may  every  one  that  has  an  ear,  hear,  as  he  reads  these  pages,  a  still 
small  voice  sounding  deeply  in  his  soul:  ';Go  and  do  thou  likewise." 

Xo  one  can  rise  from  the  careful  survey  of  so  much  garnered  excel- 
lence of  character,  without  a  fresh  sense  of  the  worth  of  life,  and  of  the 
glory  of  true  manhood  and  true  womanhood  in  the  earth.  America  is 
gloriously  deficient  in  titled  men  of  rank,  but  she  has  always  abounded 
in  men  of  true  hearts  and  lives.  With  .Mrs.  Jamison  the  writer  unites 
his  voice  in  saying:  "  All  that  (iod  has  once  permitted  to  exist  in  the 
past  should  be  considered  as  the  possession  of  the  present — sacred  for 
example  or  warning,  and  held  as  the  foundation  on  which  to  build  up 
what  is  better  and  purer." 

Jf  our  large  family  has  ever  had  any  jealousies  rankling  in  its  bosom, 
they  are  happily  unknown  to  the  writer  in  any  branches  of  it  with  which 
lie  is  familiar.  Each  one  of  its  members  known  to  him  would  have 
aided  any  others  in  our  broad  brotherhood,  with  kindly  sympathy  and 
helpfulness,  in  his  efforts  to  rise  to  true  worth  and  honor.  The  family 
name  is  prized  throughout  the  land  by  those  to  whom  it  belongs  of 
riti'ht ;  and  everywhere  around  them  they  find  an  abundance  of  others 
.showing  a  disposition  to  honor  it  by  intertwining  it  with  their  own. 

The  special  points  of  family  manifestation  have  been  Dedham, 
Northampton,  Belchertown,  Springfield,  and  Boston,  all  of  Massachu- 
setts; Sufliehl  and  Xew  Haven  in  Connecticut  ;  and  New  York,  as  aW> 
Cincinnatus,  X.  Y.  ;  and  St.  John's,  .Berkeley,  Charleston,  S.  (.'. 
The  following  places  have  also  been  largely  connected  in  earlier- 
years  with  the  growth  of  various  branches  of  the  family  :  Kn field, 
Stockbridge,  Lenox  and  Longmeadow,  all  of  Massachusetts;  and  Mid- 
dle town,  Soniers  and  Woodstock,  (  Ymiiecticut.  I  lam  psh  ire  and  1  lerk  shire- 
counties  in  Massachusetts,  and  Xew  Haven  county  in  Connecticut, 
have  been  the  great  cradles  of  the  family  in  connection  with  |)edham 
and  Medfield,  Massachusetts,  which  were  the  starting-points  of  the 
family  in  America.  In  Western  Massachusetts,  in  near  neighborhood 
to  each  other,  at  Northampton  and  Springfield,  but  twenty  miles  or  so 
apart,  as  their  centres  of  activity,  respectively,  flourished  for  a  century 


;M..|     ;|      halt'    tllr    (Wo    laru'e-l      liraliches    of    lln-     famiiv,    tin'    descendant  s   of 

N.ii  L.niel    |>\\i-_dii    of  Northampton,  and  nf    HI-HI-\    I  >vv  i-ht   nl'  I  lat  lidd, 
Mas-.iel.iisrt  Is,    his    lirother.       'I  In1    !_;reat    ari'ii    (if   falni  1  v  e\  pansion     lav 

W  i.ndel  fllll\  .    I'"!1    lira)  1\     t  \Vii    cent  lines,    alo||'_r    'he    lilie    of  t  lie  <  "ol ,  I  |ect  i  C1|  I 

ri\.i,  \\jiliin  ihi-  raii;_re  "I"  •'<  d"/i-n  mili-s  mi  i-ith'-r  -id'-  i'f  i'.  At 
Sp;  in-tidd  it  had  a  lar^"  meieaiitilc  dc\  i-l(i|iiiit-ni  :  at  l'>.-]i-li.-i-!  <  AV  n.  an 
a-i  iciilt  ural  one;  and  at  Nc\\  lla\i-n,  ( 'olinect  icnt ,  (UH-  schdarlv  and 
|  .|-"f"-sii  inal.  Individual  families  in  agricultural  and  mercantile  tnrnis 
i  .f  -_i  i  >\>.  ;  h.  lia  v  r  In  i-n.  as  a  ]  nw  aili  n^  tact ,  lar;_f".  vv  hi!'-  t  hose  diaraeter- 
i/i-d  li\-  scholastic  tastes  have  lieeii  iisiiallv  small.  Marri;'^"S  have 
•^••net-all  v  occurred  late  in  them,  while  taking  place  at  an  eariv  date  in 
ihc  other  classes  of  families;  nor  have  liirth.s  liei-n  frequent  anioti^ 
;  in-ill. 

The  mortality  that  marked  tin-  larger  familii-s  of  I  »\\  i-_'ht --  in  earlier 
times  is  certallilv  ipllte  olisi-rv  alile.  It  Is  ItelieVed  that  tip-  histol'V  of 
o •  hi-r  families  in  t  he  land  \vas  of  a  simdar  1  v  JM-.  I  f  so.  i  he  statement  is 
hot  woi-tliy  of  ai'cejitance,  t  hat .  "inasmuch  as  our  father.>  were  hardier 
than  we,  "their  families  were  !n-alt  iii'-r  and  longer  lived  than  ihos,- 
lirnuv:;it  ii]iamid  modern  retinements." 

l-'evv  of  the  famiiv  are  h-t't  now  in  Noi-tliampion,  Uelcln-rtown  or 
>!'niii'li-'ld  :  iKir  i>,  i:  almndant  und'-r  its  own  name  or  others  in  the 
legions  Ivinu'  around  them.  .Man  passeih  av\a\'  like  the  wind.  More 
l'ejireseiitati\  es  of  dillrrdit  lil-aiiches  ot'  the  family  mav  !»•  found  in 
r.o~ion  ;;nd  NI-W  ^  ork,  iiii'iudiiiM  iirooklvn.  ilian  anv  \\liei-e  cl-e,  and 
i.c.\t  in  NI-W  I  lav  en,  where  however  those  uf  tin-  name  are  fi-w  indeed. 
Tlii'  famiiv  has  in  fad  now  h'-rc  in  the  land,  anv  laru''  liiinen^ions. 

l''i   luales    seem     to     ,'dii'lllld     llloleihali     males     111      the     |  HV-<i -lit     u'ell' '1'at  lo)  |   ; 

and  few  of  tin-    name    seem  to  pa-s    much    I.eyond    the    I. mind-    of   -i\t\ 
v  ears  of  au'e. 

It'anv  one  lirain-li  of  the  famiiv  lias  rec-ived  more  aMnidaiit  ,-itteii- 
I  ion.  I'elat  i  ve!  v.  t  haii  anv  other.  t'"r  the  as,-ertainmei,i  of  it,>  lu-to|-v,  it' 
|.o--ilile,  to  the  full,  i:  has  ln-eii  tlu.I  one.  ,,('  ih,.  t'oiir  L-T'-MI  lirandier,  of 
the  tain  1 1  v  in  the  t  h  i  rd  '_'eni  ra  t  ion.  re  | .  re  si  -i.t  •  i  i  liv  I  [•  \  .  .1 1  isia'n  I  n\  j-ht 
i,f  \\"ood-tock.  Ct..  and  hi-  descendant-,.  The  |,i>i,,ry  ,,f  i  in-  I. ranch 
v  ,i-  f.iind  t.)  l>e  eiitirelv  more  unfathered,  and  indeed  more  ,•  ,m:  .'••:.  -1\- 
i '  ':k  1-1 1  v\  n  in  1 1  -tail  t  i  Hi  living  r<  •]  ire-'  -i  ,:,••;  i  \ ,  .  than  t  h:. '  o!'  anv  ot  her 
j  .  r_e  c  .mm'  >n  con  --t  :  t  :;em-\  of  I  >v.  ;  -  n  :  -.  )•'.  \  ei  \  --u  ;_,  •  ^;  i, ,  • ,  ,  .1'  ::  n  v  !ur- 
l!:'  r  infoi  mat  ieii.  or  Mil  ini-e  of  |  he  j  o.->;l  ul  it  v  i  •('  its  1  i  : :  •..  1 .;  a  i ; ...  1  -ie, 

1    ; .  -.    1  n   e]i    /.i-;,  1 1  lUsI  V     (.lit     In    II  s    e'l'i  a!e-t     a  V  alia  hie    ll-e. 

\1  -i ! .  v     who     iii  i  _• ',  t  ,    \\  1 1  ii     1 1 1  ii    a     I  it  i  ]e    In  Oil  iral  >|i'    | ,;,  i  n  -  •  ;•. '  ,     • .  j  .-^| 

hi    'i  irv    of   i  h>  ir  kindred,   have    secured    in    |n-nh.  .  ,  •  •  i,  v 

•  .    1   '  1'  •  1. 1-1  r  1 1  v  i  •  -.  a  lid    dee.  U.   w  ill    ha  v  e  ,  .| ; !  \    i  h,  •  i , ,  .     ','  ,y 

that    t  h'-\    n.a  v    j'i  el    D!    ha  v  ii,-.;'  v  nld'-d    v.  :'  h   n..  -  •  ,.<\\- 


Introduction.  39 

ness  to  the  love  of  self-indulgent  case,  or  to  a  bliiul  habit  of  assuming, 
that,  somehow  or  other,  without  proper  effort  on  their  part,  tilings 
would  all  come  out  right  in  ti;o  end. 

The  history  here  presented  of  a  large,  industrious,  educated,  influen- 
tial family,  spreading  ittself  everywhere  bravely  and  beneficently  over 
the  face  of  the  land,  is  a  noble  proof  that  man  needs  everywhere  civil 
and  religious  freedom  for  his  best  development  in  the  social  state,  and 
that  "liberty  ennobles  its  possessors."  They  who  have  borne  aloft 
before  the  admiring  eyes  of  men  in  other  davs  such  self-acquired  nobil- 
ity, as  have  so  many  of  those  whose  lives  are  here  brio-fly  portrayed, 
should  especially  succeed  in  making  their  successors  feel,  as  a  part  of 
the  very  pith  of  their  consciousness  of  themselves,  that  nobility  of 
character  in  one  generation  demands  its  like  in  all  who  afterwards 
share  its  beauty  arid  blessing  forever. 

The  work  of  copying  from  beginning  to  end  the  author's  manuscript, 
which  consisted  of  two  reams  of   foolscap,  covered  on  both  sides  to  the 
full — which  was   undertaken  in   its   final    form  for    the    third    time,  in 
order  to  give  proper  fulness,  shape  and  order   to   all    the  facts  obtained 
— demanded  eleven  continuous  months  of  devotion   to  his  pen,  at   the 
average-rate  often  and  more  hours  per  day.      While  moulding  the  ma- 
terials that  then  lay  before  him  into  their   final   form  even   in   minute 
detail,  so  far  as  possible,  and  as  if  no  further  changes  could  be  allowed 
to  come,  even  incidentally,  over  his  work  when  wrought  into   shape:  — 
lie  yet  kept  up  assiduously  a  large  and  active   correspondence  in  mani- 
fold directions,  that   lie  might  secure  the   most  complete  statement  of 
facts  procurable,  and  up  to  the,  most  recent  date.      These,  when  newly 
received,  he  incorporated,  at  once  in  their  proper  places,  into  his  quite 
seemingly  ever-beginning  and  never-ending   record.      Very  many  such 
facts  came  to  hand,  after  the  point  had   been  passed,  where  their  right 
classification  required  that  they  should  be  introduced  as  an  ascertained 
part  of  the  family-history.      All  such  additions  of  new  names,  made  by 
the  wav,  are  marked  in   tin;  place  where  they  stand,  with   two  or  .more 
stars.      !>y  such  a  system  of  composite   notation,  the   double  advantage 
was  secured  of  being   able  to  move   on  with   perfect    freedom,   as  at  all 
previous  tunes,  towards  the  great  end,  which  was  much  of  the  time  far 
oil';   and  yet   the  fullest  possible   scope,  was  allowed   for  new  insertions 
of  fresh  matter,  to  any  desired  extent  at  anv  time.      And  now,  that  the 
work:  is  actually  concluded   and   passing  through    the    press,  it  will    be 
strange  if  several  important  additions  do  not   reach  the  author  jusi,   in 
tune  i o  make  their  appearance  on  its  pages  ;   so  dilatory  are  many  in  ves- 
tjgators  and   correspondents,  and    of'  so    accommodating  a    disposition 
must   a   large  dealer  in  genealogical   wares  learn   to  lie. 

Scarcely  one  in  a  thousand  persons,  addicted,  to  literary  composition, 


•10  Introduction. 

Would  be  i|lialilied  tn  estimate  |IIStlv  (lie  illllllOUSC  labor  liece--sar\  to 
|>rr|i;il  e  aright  Mini  publish  the  genealogy,  with  Ilillcll  of  tin-  personal 
hist.  >IA  ,  of  I  In  Hlsallds  <  it'  |  H  'I'M  H  IS  for  li  II  in  In '(Is  of  \  ears.  The  s|,,u  ,  coll- 

secutive  !_'at  lici  HILT.  I'V  untiring  correspondence,  of  the  i_freal  pile  of 
facts  that  lie-  scattered  iii  such  a  \\ide  field  of  ex  ]  ilorat  ion.  is  of  ii-.-lf  ;i 
laix'e  i'iii  Ira  \'or.  And  like  unto  it.  for  threat  ness,  is  tin-  task  of  arranij- 
IIIL;  into  a  proper  st  met  ural  form  tin-  \\idelv  outspread  results  of  jn- 
ojinrv,  \\heii  obtained  ;  and  thev  iinisl  be  arraniCfd,  until  taking  tlii'ir 
final  and  finishing  form,  so  as  to  adinil  at  an\  point  nc\\'  additions  of 
\vliati'\  <-r  kind  at  any  nionicnt.  Wlim  tin-  framework  of  thr  in- 
trnd''d  family  history  is  actually  set  up,  joint  to  joint,  and  its  \ai'ii-tics 
of  plan  and  presentation  are  well  prepared  in  their  fulness,  si;l>srri1n!rs 
musi  lie  skilfully  sought  for,  far  and  near,  !>v  well-prepared  circulars, 
so  as  to  olitain  if  possible,  as  it  often  is  not,  an  adequate  l>asis  for  the 
laru'1'  necessarv  expense  of  putting  into  type  the  rich  results  of  a  !_r|'iie- 
alo^ist's  lonu  "  lalior  of  love."  Ilappv  would  he  lie,  who,  after  that 
ontlav  \\as  met,  should  find  left  in  his  hand  one  single  proof,  ho\\-,-ver 
small,  even  in  copper,  that  anybody  eared  that  little  for  his  ^rat  i*ie;i- 
tion,  \\lio  had  cared  so  much  for  theirs  !  ^  ea  !  ipiite  except  lonallv 
liappy  is  lie,  \\ho,  after  ^arneriiii^  ii[i  for  years  what  precious  ancestral 
memories  he  can,  does  not  find  that  lie  must,  \\lnle  LaxiiiL,'  performed 
his  -Teat  service  to  the  family  for  nothing,  content  himself  with  the 
depletion  of  his  pocket  also  to  the  amount  of  a  thousand  dollar-  for 
the  privilege.  At  no  time,  from  the  liejjiiiiiiiii;  to  the  end  of  his  i_'rand 
enterprise,  \\ill  he  find  anv  cessation  of  tVesli  reijuisit  ions  for  \\>-\\~  out- 
]a\>  '-f  in^eiiiiit  \ ,  elfort,  patience  and  money.  Next  cona  -  tin-  ta^k 
of  ]irocurin^  likenesses,  rejiresentati\ c  of  the  family-it  at  nre>  and 
phvsiipie  in  its  dillei'i  nt  liranelies  ;  and  maii\  are  the  di'lav^  and  ditli- 
culiies  encountered  here.  Nor  are  declinations  of  such  licsiowals 
al\\a\s  made,  with  all  the  i,'race  of  manin-r  that  llic\-  mi^ht  lie.  to  him 
who  solicits  them  for  others'  sakes  ent irelv,  and  not  his  o\\  u.  \\'hen 
all  I  hiii'^s  are  n-ad\  ,  in  the  hest  form  ai  tai  liable,  for  the  hour  of  p  u  Mi- 
ca t  ion,  or  ij' -i  it -roil  s]  \  const  rued  to  lie  l>\  the  /ealoits  pro\  id.  r  of'  t  he  ex 

peeled    e'eliealoLlical     feast,    then     lie^in.s    the    -Tea!      lalior   of    proot'-readlllL5 

—  lioi  li\  th  •  inch  or  foot  or  even  yard  ;  so  much  is  there  of  it,  and  so 
inanv  limes  over  and  so  search  in^l  \  must  the  ground  be  Irasersed. 
1  n  proofs  of  i  h i  -  peei dia r  kind  man \  dial's  and  con!  racled  form ^  and 
puiH-i  uat  ion-marks  demand  continual  si-rut  inv  of  the  mo-t  \\akeful 
kind.  Not  once  or  t  \\  ice  onl  v,  but  tin-ice  at  least,  must  all  po-.-iblc 
hiding  pkice>  of  error  be  searched,  that  mi-tak-s  of  all  sort-,  ".'--'ai  and 

little,    iua\-    lie     I  hol'i  .U-hl  \      routed     olll.        Tills     II II  1'ollia  lit  ic     form     ot'    loll 

i  -  I  •!  i\\  ei  |  immediate!  \  I  iv  a  stead  v  pull  mi  one's  time  and  ••:  i  •  I.L:"'  h, 
for  \\i-i  -  to._;et  her.  at  the  \\oik  of  indexing,  in  varied  t'oi  m  -.  i  !,e  re- 


Introduction.  41 

stilts  which  have  been  already  put  into  unalterable  print.  Last  of  all, 
the  money  promised  in  little  sums  must  be  actually  gathered  up,  item 
by  item,  from  all  over  the  land  and  given  to  the  publisher,  or  rather 
used  to  cover  one's  own  advances  of  cash  to  him  already,  on  account. 
And  when  all  is  done,  and  the  book  is  in  the  hands  of  most  of  the 
many  living  readers,  for  whose  pleasure  or  profit  so  much,  effort,  has 
been  made — what  then?  Great  numbers  of  them,  living  only,  like  an 
ephemera  in  its  drop  of  water,  in  their  consciousness  of  the  present 
moment  and  of  their  desire  for  their  o\vn  immediate  ease  in  it,  will 
spend  what  little  fire  of  thought  they  have,  in  grumbling  at  what  they 
read,  as  not  sufficiently  on  a  level  with  their  quite  extravagant  ideas  of 
themselves  or  of  their  own  personal  relatives.  Must  not  an  earnest 
genealogist,  and  there  are  many  such,  find  some  far  higher  stimulus  to 
toil  than  love  for  his  own  ease  at  any  time,  or  any  desire  for  fame  or 
personal  appreciation  ? 

As  matters  of  genealogical  enterprise  by  the  author,  the  History  of 
the  Strong  Family  and  the  History  of  the  D wight  Family  are,  neither 
of  them,  complete  without  the  other.  They  were  both  wrought  out 
together,  and  interpenetrate  each  other,  in  their  many  ramified  con- 
nections, at  manifold  points  of  interest. 

The  writer  was,  for  some  time,  all  but  discouraged  from  proceeding 
to  the  publication  of  this  work,  after  it  was  in  the  main  prepared  for 
it,  by  tho  unexpectedly  small  pecuniary  results  obtained  from  the 
publication  of  his  previous  genealogical  venture  in  Oct.  1S71.  The 
account  of  the  History  of  the  Strong  Family  with  the  publisher  is, 
live  thousand  dollars  returned  to  him  for  as  much  claimed  to  have  been 
expended.  With  the  author  of  it,  it  is,  to  the  present  hour,  of  this 
twofold  kind:  1st.  Nothing  returned  for  the  labor  of  its  production; 
!?d.  A  thousand  dollars  laid  out  unreturned  upon  its  preparation.  lie- 
covering  slowly  from  his  disappointment  at  so  meagre  a  result,  the 
writer  rallied  at  last  his  energies  anewto  this  second  genealogical  effort. 
lie  approached,  tentatively,  at  the  first,  a  few  of  the  more  wealthy  and 
generous  members  of  tho  Dwight  Family,  as  known  to  him,  with  such 
a  plain  and  earnest  statement  of  facts,  as  would,  he  hoped,  evoke  their 
prompt  ;itid  appreciative  action  in  the  premises.  When  twenty  persons 
had,  in  answer  to  his  appeals  of  such  a  kind  bv  letter  lo  them,  sent  him 
their  names  for  ISO  copies  and  more,  he  prepared  a  printed  circular  (in 
June  !^7-">)  which  he  scattered  broadcast,  in  all  directions,  through  the 
iamily—-;i  copv  of  which  is  here  furnished,  with  the  one  that  succeeded 
it,  and  which  will  show  to  any  interested  in  tracing  the  history  of  this 
book  the  outward  machinery  \\hich  was  used  to  set  it  at  the  last  in 
motion. 

AT  a  i  iv  persons  scattered  all  over  th'.-  land  have  contributed,  through 


•I'J  I  III  I'Oil  lift  I  «ll . 

:\  do/en  years  pa-:,  in  \arimis  decrees  lar_re  and  liiile,  lo  the  gradual 
luiildiiiL,'  up  of  ihe  liroad  strucliire  of  ovnealo^ieal  facts  here  presented 
to  \ie\v.  Manx  clerks  meii  and  town-clerks,  and  most  of  all  in  .Mas- 
sachusetts and  ( 'i  iiinecl  lent,  ha\e  alfonlfd  nincli  valued  aid  to  the 
iiuth  .r.  although  in  1'Ut  liinited  lorms. 

Tie-    fo!io\\  ili'j;     LO-neroUs,    lielper.s     lie\o||d    others    de.ser\e    h  i  s    Wa  I'll  I'-.st, 

thanks: 

Mr-.  James  K.  Cheney,  Roche-ter.  X.  Y.  Mrs.   I'.mjamin  Kills,  of  Vernon.  Ct. 

.Mis-  I.neina  Chapin.of  Rochester,  X.  Y.  Mrs.  .lame-  I',.  Hose.  \V.   SufhYld.  Ct. 

Mis.  Mary  Dwi-hi,  of  Corning.   X.   V.  Mrs.  l'a..li  Lathrop.  S.  Iladley  Falls.  Ms. 

And  the  following  gentlemen  also: 
William  KllerySed»-wi<'k.  of  Xi'\\- York.    Setli  H.Terry.  Ks.,..  Rochester.  X.    Y. 

Henry  \V.  Taylor.  Canandaiu'iia,  X.  Y.  ( 'harle-  .1 .  Taylor.  ( '•  r.  Harrington.  Ma-s. 
William  Siiiuhmayd,  Mid'iletown.  Ct.  Robert  \Vliiliiey.  Sjirin^lield.  Ma-s. 

It    is    pleasant    also   to   make    grateful    recognition    of  aid    in    smaller 
decrees  from  the  following    persons: 

Rev.   Dr.  Leonard    P.acon.  Xe\v    Haven.  Jolm  Hanlenlifr-h    Dwi-ht .  X.  w  York. 

Ct.  Oliver  Dwiu-lu.  Lon^meadow.   Ma--. 

Mrs.     Mary    II.    Uoauinont,    McOe-or.  Madam    Rhoda  Dwight.    Xorthainpton, 

Iowa.  Mass. 

Algernon  S.  I'.ell.  Pin  slurry.  Pa.  Dr.  Itidiard  Y.  Dwi-lit.  St.  Julin's, 
Luein-  M.  Unl:  wouil.  Hartt'iinl.  Ct.  Ciiarlesion,  S.  C. 

Samuel  Dwi-h:   IJ.iwers.  Xe\v  Vi.rk.  Theodon:    Dwi-'ht.  P.rouklyn.  X.    Y. 

Vulliam  Ilnwers.  |-!a-t  llerlin,  Ct.  1'rof.  Tiiimi  hy  D\viurht .  X".".v  Haven. Ct. 

'Mai.   Kihvard   C.  P,oy;iton.  We.-t    I'oint.  Joseph  D.  Kiiiott.  Craft. m.  Ma-s. 

X.   Y.  Mrs.   H.. ratio   Hall.  Spencer.   Ma-s. 

Mi-s  Sarah    M.  P.iu-kley.  Troy,  X.  Y.  Joseph  \V.   Ha-ltine.   i;r....k!yn.   \V:s. 

Mi.-.-  Louisa  I'.  I'.ur'oank.  Sutlield.  Ct.  .Mr-.  Hannah  C.  Hathaway.  Hillsdale, 
Isaac  Child.  liosion  Highlands.  Ma.--.  Mi.-h. 

Lntlier  Clark.   Uiiriin-'. .n.  \'\.  Dr.   Iv-i.-s  How.-.  Cambridge.  Ma--. 
Wan-ham  C.  Clark.  Allii-i.  I«.\va.  William   Howe.  11,, -ton.  Mas- 
Mrs,   t.n/.elia  C(,m-toek.   Hudson.  \Vi.--.  Mi-s  Kii/alietli  1'..   Kent.  I'l.velaiid.  O. 
Pliny  M.    Corbin.  Troy.  X.   V.  David  L.    Kin-.  Akron.  (>. 
Ilev.   Kmerson    Davis,  \V.-t:i.ld.  Ma--.  Mi-  KlL-n    D.  Larn.-d.  Th.,nM.-on.  Ct. 
iJeiijainin   H.   Day.  X.  w  Vork  City.  Horace    Li-land.  \\'ilkin-vi'.l.-,  Ma-s. 
Mi--  !•'  ani'es  D.  Day.  Sprin.^lield,  Ma.--,  l-'ranci-  I.yn.an.  Xorthiii  !d.   Mass. 
Mrs.   Mary  S.  Dun-:.  Worce-fr.   Ma--.  K-v.  C.-oi-e  i.yman.  >.  AnJa-r-; .  Ma-s. 
Air-on    Dwi-ht.  (";;•  -lerti'  M.   Ma--.  II-v.  D-vij-'ul   \V.  Mar-h.  O  ,\ ,        .    N.   V. 
Mrs    l!e|,ey  11.  Dwi.vlit.  Chie..],ee.  Mass.  I|,,n.     o!i\     •     I',.      M-rri-,     Sj .ri:;-f:eM. 
Daniel    Dwi-ht.  Coleraine.   Ma-s.  Ma—. 

l-Miiiund  Dwi-hi.  Xew  York  City.  Mr-.  Lucy  (I.  D.  Oni",  >pri;  li-Id, 
I.'.  ..  i-.dwardS.  J)\\ii;lit.  Iladley.  Mass.  .Mass. 

ii.rni    Dv.  i-iu.   Ur..okiyu,  X.   Y.  Pi  iny  i  '.   1'a  .•-  .  i-.   K  mj  .r.    M.  . 

I'lavi-    Dwi-hi.  South  Acton.   Ma-s.  Mr-.    Ati-n-:  n-    I'a!,.,  r.     I1..  Hi-.U- 

];.  ,.  .!.,-)!    -    DwiL.di',  Knu-:«'\M:.o  i.  X.  J.         Ian.   -.   M,. 


lid  roil  action.  43 

Samuel  D.  Partridge,  Xew  York.  '•  Edwin  Stearns,  Middletown,  Ct. 

Rev.  Dr.    John  Pierpont,   Washington.    E.  AV.  Stnart.  Xorwalk.  Ct. 

]).  C.  .Mrs.   Julia  Terry,  Framingham,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Catharine  Platt,  Oswego.  X.  Y.       \  Francis  E.  Webb,  Winthrop,  Me. 
Joseph  C.  Pynchon,  Springfield,   Mass.     Dr.  Augustus  Willard,  Greene,  X.  Y. 
D.tvid  M.  Sabin.  Killiugly.  Ct.  John  H.  Willard,  Wilton,   Me. 

Rev.  Charles  C.  Scwell.  Medfield.  Mass.    John  M.  \Vood.  Springfield.  Mass. 
Rev.  Dr.  William  B.  Spraguc,  Flushing.     Pre.st.  Theodore  Woolsey,  Xew  Haven, 

L.  I.  Ct. 

<  )f  this  small  number  twelve  are  known  bv  tlic  writ  or  to  have  passed, 
recently,  beyond  tlie  reach  of  any  further  inquiries  of  them  upon  earth. 

It  seems  to  the  writer  as  meet  as  it  is  agreeable,  to  say  in  conclusion, 
that,  in  the  preparation  of  this  work,  as  of  the  history  of  the  Strong 
Family,  no  one  has  given  as  much  time  and  strength  to  the  furtherance 
of  it.  ready  for  use  to  the  printer's  hands  out  of  his  own,  as  his  ever- 
helpful  wife.  The  author  lias  never  for  a  moment  regretted  the  time, 
money  and  toil  spent  upon  either  one  of  the  twin  family  histories  that 
lie  has  composed;  and  lie  has  always  been  seconded,  in  each  of  these 
large  labors,  from  the  source  of  tlie  greatest  earthly  help  or  discourage- 
ment in  all  such  efforts.  The  tabors  of  authorship  are  largely  connected 
with  home  experiences  ;  and  these  it  is  the  good  fortune  of  many  an 
eai  ne.-4  worker  with  his  pen,  to  lind  greatly  animated  and  beautified  by 
the  irood  cheer,  and  tact  and  aid  of  the  presiding  u'enius  within  its 

O7  1  O       O 


svaJ 


CIKCULAR. 

T-iii:    uisToiiv  OF  TUK  mvicirr  FAMILV  IN  THIS    coi'N'ritv    FKO.M     U50-1 

To     1^7o. 

Tlie  subscriber  has  gi\  en  live  years  uf  earno.si  elfoi-t,  at  a  large  out- 
lay of  time,  strength  and  money,  to  the  preparation  of  this  work,  lie 
h"s  been  Aery  successful  iii.  gathering  desired  detail.-,  of  a  statistical, 
biographical  and  historical  sort,  from  the  aged  members,  of  the  family, 
familv-i eeords,  town-records,  town-histories,  personal  memoirs  ami  gen- 
eral histories,  which  have  been  persistently  searched  for  all  kinds  of 
re|e\ant  information.  "No  one  of  the  earlv  "New  Kngland  families  of 
the  land  has  appoin  ted  nobler  aim^  and  efforts  foi-  itself  than  ours.  Xo 
oiie  has  sought  to  do  nioi'i.1  to  ma.kc  the  foundations  of  .Vinerican  °:reat- 


lies-,,  in  church  alike  :iii<l  slat'1,  what  thev  should  he  and  rcalh  arc, 
for  excellence. 

This  IN  (In1  tirst  ainl  onlv  ;ittciiij>t  e\cr  vet  made,  to  '_ral  her  t  oi.'e!  her, 
for  permanent  preservation,  tin1  lads  that  ha\e  tor  nearl\  t  \\  <  >  centu- 
ries and  a  halt'  lain  neglected  in  maliV  separate  Hooks  anil  corner-  all 
over  tin1  land,  and  tu  combine  them  into  one  r<  mii'-d  <•<  1  compact  \if\V. 
Slli'h  books  ha\e  Ml  t  licmsel  \  rs  a  \er\  wide  spread  \allie-  a  \aiiie  Hot 
diminished,  as  is  true  of  most  other  bo.>ks,  but  increased,  b\  time, 
'riii--,.-  will  endure,  \vhrii  tlicmsaiids  «{'  nthi-r  volumes,  that  \\<-i'c  inorc 
]H, pillar  in  tln-ir  liri<-f  day,  will  ha\c  utterly  •M-ri-hi-d.  Ka^cr  cyc>  and 
carin'>t  hearts  will  i^iiard  tin-in  in  lon-_'  af'ti-|--yi-ai'>,  as  jircriniis  in  ino- 
vials  ct'an  honni-cd  }>;ist,  which  every  newly  added  year  \\  ill  make  more 
and  more  venerable. 

The  |in>|nised  work  will  lie  ] in-jiai't-d  in  the  lie>t  >tyl.'  of  th--  art.  as  to 
jiaper.  tvjie  and  binding,  and  consist  of  from  I.IKIII  to  l.L'un  l.ir-_''-.  well- 
tilled  octavo  jiaices,  and  lie  furnished,  as  may  be  desin-d  by  th>-  >ub- 
scrilMT.  bound  in  two  volumes  or  one.  The  price  v.  ill  be  ten  dollar-,  at 
the  office  of  the  publisher. 

The  (jiiestioii  is — and  it  is  the  object  of  this  circular  to  brini^  it 
direciK  home  to  everv  membci-  of  the  i'amily,  who  ha>  ai.y  re^.-ird  for 
the  ineiiiorv  of  his  forefathers  -can  this  work,  now  that  it  is  [in-pared,  he 
after  all  published;  or  mu.>t  it  remain  uiijiriuted  in  the  author  >  hands 
fmm  want  of  sufficient  interest  in  the  family  in  its  own  t  ruly  noble  hi>- 
torv.  Such  works  have,  liv  necessity,  an  exceediiiLdy  limned  market- 
none  at  all.  in  fact,  out  -ide  of  the  h<  iin.d^  of  t  he  ta  in:  i  v  \\  iio^r  in-t  orv 

tliev  Jil'csent.  l''e\\'  ill  ah\  falllllv  seem  to  care  el|oUL.rll  f'il'  their  .,\\H 
(lead.  ho\Se\er  Wol'tllV,  to  be  \\'lillllL,f  to  pa  \  ail\"  of'  the  l'|o]1e\<  v,  nieli 

thi-v  la\  i>h  free!  v  upon  t  ritl'->  at  all  times,  fora  proper  memorial  of  •  ir  -ir 
virtues.  '•  (  )iu  of  .-!,'] it  out  of  mind,"  is  a  jiroverli  that  describe-,  mdv 
too  trulv  the  general  foru'et  fulne>s  in  thi-  c  iiiiitrv,  as  mean  as  it  i-  pre- 
valent, of  ancestral  worth,  \\hicl-  has  been  ni  no  laud  more  coiispieu  .us 
in  ijiial  i '  v  than  in  <  nirs. 

In  order  to  publi-lithe  proposed  \\ork,  tlp-i-e  niu-,1  1»-  iuadxain-e  a 
siib-erjpt  ion  tor  at  h-a-:  I1")  copie^  ,,!'  it,  at  'he  j»v!ce  named.  In  pub- 
lishing a  similar  historv  of  t  he  St  ron^r  f'a  m  1 1  \-  '  hi-  mot  her's  i,  on  a  -  iiue- 
what  laru'er  scale,  t  lie  author  found,  I  hat .  alt  hoiiiih  copies  wen-  taken  to 
tip-  amount  of  X.'I.OMM,  he  had  to  encounter,  with  no  compen-at !.  m  t'or 
hi-  loii_'  labor  in  preparing  atid  publivhin-_'  it,  a  direei  loss  in  ca-h,  to  ;i 
c  m -i  derable  amount  .  \\  hidi  he  had  e\]'«'lided  tYe,  1\  for  t  ],,.  era  •  j  | ;,.,.,  •  j,  ,u 
of  other-.  No  such  work  !ia>  yet  been  kno\\  n  to  -,'0  l"-\  end  ."H  >M  copies 
in  \' -  -ales  none  ha-  in  tact  i-uite  reached  tha'  mark.  A  lar^e  ro-t 
inii-t  therefore  he  met  bv  tin-  sale  of  a  -mail  number  of'  copies.  :  the 
di-ad  Vantage  of  t  he  ant  hor  an.d  publ  i-lie|-,  1 .11 1  n.  .t  of  t  lie  pi  in-1  laser,  •,) 


Introduction.  45 

whom  the  l>ook  will  be  furnished  at  as  reasonable  a  price,  for  its  size,  as 
other  books  in  the  market.  A  hundred  copies  at  least  should  be  placed, 
for  permanent  preservation,  in  leading  public  libraries  all  over  the  land. 
Those  who  subscribe  for  several  copies,  apiece,  can,  beside  helping  to 
make  sure  the  publication  of  the  work,  have  the  satisfaction  of  plant- 
ing them  when"  many,  in  long  coming  years,  will  be  glad  to  be  able  to 
search  their  records  ;  or  they  can  bestow  them  upon  family-friends  of 
narrower  means  than  they,  who  will  greatly  prize,  while  life  lasts,  such 
a  token  of  their  kind  remembrance. 

The  number  of  names  recoi  ded  in  the  work,  including  those  intro- 
duced into  the  family  by  marriage,  will  be  sonic  JO, 000  or  more.  Large 
accounts  will  bo  found  iu  it  of  various  related  families,  of  such  names 
as;  Cabot,  Chapiu,  Child,  Clark,  ])ana,  Dewey,  Foster,  Craves,  Jlall, 
Hamlin,  Hooker,  Howe,  Kellogg,  Kent,  King,  Lathrop,  Loomis,  Ly- 
man,  Partridge,  Porter,  Pynchon,  Ifipley,  Sanford,  Sedgwick,  South- 
mayd,  Slrl5ngJ"Taylor,  Terry,  AVhitney,  "\Villard,  Woodbury  and  'NVool- 
sey. 

Evervone  to  whom  this  circular  comes  is  hereby  personally  requested 
to  fo'ml  ]ils  siihxcrijitioit  immediately  to  iJ/r  loidersif/ned,  and  for  as  many 
copies  as  possible.  The  number  of  living  members  of  the  family,  espe- 
cially those  of  the  name,  is  not  large?.  In  order  to  success,  some  at  least 
must  subscribe,  with  like;  generosity  to  the  few  who  have  already  shown 
their  special  appreciation  of  this  one  only  effort,  that  ever  lias  been 
made,  or  that  ever  will  be?  again,  to  write  up  the  history  of  the  family, 
in  all  its  branches,  male  and  female,  from  its  iirst  settlement,  in  this 
country  to  the  present  hour.  If  the  work  is  published,  tin?  first 
edition  of  it  will  be  the  only  one  ever  issued.  .  Lv  soon  ax  t/ie  needed 
'mi  iiilnT  of  siibscriptions  •/»•  secured,  it  will  be  dto/tce^nt  in.  tlie  courxe  of 
publication.  It  is  the  author's  wish  to  do  this  last  and  laborious  part 
of  his  great  undertaking  at  once. 

NAMES    OF    RUBSCKIUKKS. 

Names. 

.Prof.  Theodore  "W.  Ihvight,  Columbia  Coll.,  New  York. 
Hon.    Walton  1) wight,  Mayor,   Binghamtoii,  X.   Y... 

John  Dwight,  11  Old  Slip,  New  York  City 

Amos  T.  Dwight,  13  t-  I 'earl   street,  New  York 

Timothy  Dwight,  301  Fifth  avenue,  New  York 

Edmund  Dwight,  IS  AV.  19th  street.  New  York 

Prest.  Theodore  D.  Woolsey,  New  Haven,  ( (t 

Prof.  Timothy  Dwight,  Yale  Theological  Sem 

Mrs.  Aurolia  Dwight  Hooker,  New  Haven 

James  M.  B.  Dwight,  Es<{.,  New  Haven 


I'l-of.    .1  ill  lli'S    I  >.     I  >, I  I  ill    I  ill  H I    I  m  it  lien,    NeW    I  I.'IV.'U 1<I  X  I  III  I     (I!) 

A  Ifivd    A  .  I  >\\  iuht .  K-j..  I  'etroit.  \\  ii-li lo  1 1 H  i  in i 

'riinlilits     i'..    hui-li!.    Ks.|.,    rhilad'-lphla,    I'a ."i  ."ill    HO 

.Mrs.    Il;iri'i-'i    i>.  Sanders,   West    Winheld,   N.Y ."i  .~>n    HO 

I'rof.     K-licri    I  '.    S|n\  t  1 1.    Alldo\er,    .Mas I-  I"     HO 

Jlenrx   \\".   |)ui_'h;,   K.s.|.,  AHiany,    N.   V .".  .".n   HO 

Kstate  ot    I  I. Hi.    Wm.    A.    Reynolds,    iitichestcr,    N.    \  ....    •">  '•'<»    mi 

.M  iss    Mar\     I  l\\  iuht,    A  ndo\  er,     .Mass 'I  L'H    HO 

1  );inii-i    I,  vi  na  1 1,    Ksi|.,   .Mcinliiia,    |  || 1'  -Jo    no 

IS'onii'iii    I'uii:ii;,   I  l«-l'i-nii,   I'oitcr  (.'(>.,   i 'a l!  L'n    nn 

In  iiddii  ion  to  thr  iiliiisr,  L'.")  cojiirs  liiivi-  IM-I-H  sulisrriljrd  I'm-  l.v 
siiiL.rli>  suliscnpi  unis,  or  in  all  L'OI>  cupjcs.  \\'iili  a  i'ii\v  ^ciifroiis  Mill- 
script  ions  promptly  madr  in  tli«-  st'coiid  half  of  l!i<-  nuiiilM-!-  \<>  In-  «.li- 
liiiin-d.  tin- enterprise  will  In-  sun-  of  rarlv  success.  Who  will  make 
lh>-!n  '.'  I  .ei  e\.'ry  one  sulix-rilie,  at  anv  rate,  t'ur  one  cupv.  an  1  do  it 
ijniekly,  and  let  any  now  suliscriliers  indiu-e  all  thev  i^ni  to  juin  th-  in. 

Address 

I.KN.I  AMIS     \\".     I  )\\  ICIIT, 

C/!,<f<ni,    Om-l.Ift   (',,.,  XL- a-    }'")•/.: 

(  'l.lNTi  i\,   .1  line   I'd,    1  ^~'-'>. 

'I'nis  was  fii'l<i\\rd  in  Septeinliei1  1  iv  another  cir(",!l;,r  ;  nejirly  l.i'i"1  of 
\vliich,  as  (.}'  (In-  preced  iiiL,r,  \\'eri'  frei'l\-  dispersed  all  m  ei1  the  land. 
(  )ii"  or  two  sentences  are  omitted  from  i  he  copv  here  ifiveii  of  it.  \»- 
rause  i-i'petiiLous  of  ilios"  referriiiL;  n>  i%  relateil  familic.s"  and  "the 
style  ;u  id  ens  i  of  t  he  proposed  Work,"  as  found  in  the  pn;\  LI  HIM  circular. 
N"i-  is  ;hr  then  laru'er  list  of  suliscriliers  sidijoined. 


SKCOND 


The  iioo\c-named  hi-tory.  prepared  l>y  the  suli-erjlirr.  co\  ers  in  i- 
]i!an  all  liranehcs  of  the  family,  male  ;,|id  female,  from  its  lirM  si-tlli 
mem  in  ihis  country  to  the  present  hour.  The  author  has  sought,  !• 
a  ste;nl\  and  uippie-i  ionium  oi;tla\  o!  lime,  sireiiuth  and  mmi'-x,  I- 
se\eral  vears,  to  render  11  as  conipri-hen-  1  \  e  and  complete  as  possii.! 
in  iis  results;  and  \er\  u'reat  and  salist\m:_f  ha\e  ihe\  pro\eil  to  In 
The  nundier  of  names,  recorded  in  t  Ids  1  1  1  -t  (.r\  \\  i  !1  I  >c  >.  one  |  J,  .....  i  ,  , 
more.  l.aru'e  accounts  uiil  lie  I'oiind  in  it  of  \arious  related  I'amilie 

Suliseript  inns,  to  the  niinilier  ot'  IHO  cupies  at  ihe  price  nani'd  ai 
iie.-di'ulj  in  order  to  meet  the  expense  uf  pnhiicat  ion.  Th-  autip 


Introduction.  47 

I'ecently  found,  in  publishing  OH  a  somewhat  larger  scale  a  similar 
history  of  the  Strong  Family  (his  mother's),  that,  although  the  pub- 
lisher and  author  disposed  of  copies  to  the  amount  of  x">, 000. 00,  they 
Were  each  left  several  hundred  dollars  out  of  pocket.  He  has  already 
received  subscriptions  for  .'MO  copies — l'00  of  them  from  20  subscribers 
• — and  needs  now  subscriptions  for  (>0  more  copies,  in  order  to  proceed 
at  last  to  the  issue  of  the  work. 

The  period  of  240  years  embraced  in  this  Family  History,  is  by  far 
the  most  interesting,  in  every  way,  of  an}'  period  of  similar  or  even 
much  larger  dimensions  in  the  world's  entire  history,  in  anv  one 
country  or  in  all  countries  put  together.  In  this  work  the.  names  and 
deeds  of  those  who  were  among  the  foremost  in  advocating  and  estab- 
lishing social  ideas,  influences,  agencies  and  results,  in  both  church 
and  state,  which  are  now  the  admiration  of  mankind  everywhere,  are 
abundantly  furnished.  If  such  worthies  as  the  best  men  among  our 
Xew  .England  fathers  were,  did  not  deserve  cordial  remembrance  and 
enthusiastic  commemoration,  and  do  )K,t  still  de>erve  them  as  sti-on^lv 
as  ever,  the  men  never  lived  to  whom  posterity  owed  any  tribute  of 
honor  or  even,  of  respect. 

The  author  personally* solicits  everv  one  who  receives  this  circular  at 
his  hands,  to  send  him  his  name  at  once  for  a  coi>y  of  th<-  proposed 
work  ;  or,  if  he  is  alreadv  a  subscriber,  to  induce  some  one  else  to  sub- 
scribe for  a  eopy,  as  he  himself  otherwise  would.  .If  but  each  appeal 
thus  individually  made  should  promptly  meet  with  a  hearty  response, 
the  end  desired  would  be  quickly  gained,  and  with  like  satisfaction  in 
the  end  to  every  subscriber,  it  is  believed,  as  to  the  author.  This 
circular  will  not  be  sent  to  any  one  who  is  not  conceived  to  have  an 
amount  of  interest  in  the  character  and  fortunes  of  his  kindred,  neai.' 
and  remote,  which  the  petty  sum  of  ten  dollars  (the  subscription 
price  of  a  copy  of  their  history)  would  not  seem  to  him  to  be  a  paltry 
sum  to  express. 

J5ut  few  copies  will  be  published  beside  those  Mibseribed  for.  The 
book  will  reach  to  no  second  edition,  and  will  be  soon  out  of  print 
and  beyond  the  opportunity  of  procurement  bv  any  v.  ho  may  then,  at 
too  late  an  hour,  desire  to  obtain  the  coveted  prixe. 


4S 


J  nh'oii  lift  i  on. 


LIST  OF  srr.sri;i m-:i;s. 

J. 
Ni:w   Yd  UK. 


No.  OF 
\vv-.  r,,,.,Ks. 

Prof.  Theu.  W.  Duiuht.  New  York.  :;<>  William    1',.  Dana.  New   York r> 

Hun.  Walton    Dwi^ht.   Kinyrhamton  ','(1  Mr-.  Dr.  Fordyee  Marker.  N, -A- York  '•', 

John  Dwi^-ht.  New  York  City |.">  Jame-  Fowler  Dwiirht.  New  York..  :', 

Amos  T.   Ihvi^ht.  New  York  City.,  lit  Henry  W.    Dwiirht.  Albany :! 

J-idnuind    Dwi.u'ht.  New  York  City.  .  Id  William   A.   Reyno].]-.    R.,ehe-ter..  :; 

Timothy  T.  Dwi^ht.  New  York  City  10  John   T.   Terry.    Irving-  'ii .  .  :', 

A    Friend   to  the  Cause.  N.  Y.  City.  Hi  Timothy  C.  Dwi-ht.   N.  w  York..  'J 

Mrs.   Harriet    D.    Sanders.    W.    Win-  Mrs.  John    D.   Willard.  Troy  ...  -J 

field '»  James  K.  Cheney.  Jr.,  Roehe-rer.  .  '„' 

Hon.  George  Jiliss.  New  York .">  .Mrs.  K  Arthur  Rockwoed.   Knif'alo.  'J 

'I'lir  stilijoinrd  suliserijitinliS  arc  ior  unr  cnjiv   car'i  : 

John  Atlrianre.  New  York  City.  Samuel  I).  Sike-.  UufFalo. 

John  D.    Archl.uld.  New  York  City.  Hon.   Henry  \V.   Taylor.  Caiiari •lai^ua. 

Mrs.  .Mary  I  >.   Karon.  New  York  City.  Mrs.    D.   I  >.   T.  .Moore.  Clianioiain. 

Dr.    Joseph    li.    Jlenjamin.    New    York  Gioyer  S.    Dwi^-lit.  Cineii.na'.ns. 

(.'ity.  Harri-un  D\vi-ht.  ( 'inejnnat  a-. 

Geuiye  JI.  Ki-sell.  New  York  City.  Henry  Dwiyht.  Cineinnat  a-. 

Samuel     Dwight     Jlowurs.    New    Yui'k  Mary  Jeanetti-  Dwi^ht.  (  i1      •  'atn-. 

Citv.  Minerva  Dwi'_rht.  Cineinna' u-. 

Charles  Collins.  New  York  City  Sulom<m  D\\i;jli!.  Cim-innat  n<. 

Benjamin  11.   Day.  New  York  City.  dthnie!  s.  William-.  Cli 

Sherwood  II.  Ferris,  New  York  City.  Mr-.    Rev.  .len-miah   I'.i;:'    r.   !  ',,:;-j>ort . 

Airs.    Nathan    JI.    Graham.    New    York  William  D.  Aivhl.old.   Fr- 

City.  Mr--.   I-;iinon  D.   Smith.   11-.-       li-ville. 

Samuel  Dwi-ht  L'artrid.u'e.    N.    Y.  City.  Chester  Dwi-ht.   Kirkwoo]. 

S.  Whitney  I'hoenix.  New  York  City.  Horace  Dwiirht.   Kirk\y.»,.l. 

Kdmnnd  Teri-v,  New  York  City.  .Mr-.   Minerva  K.    Dwi-jhi.   Loekport. 


'D'Alton  I»\\  i-j-ht.  Adams. 
Sylve.-ter  D\vi-ht.  Addison. 
Harvey  A.   Dwi-lit.  AH. any. 
N.   Y.  State  Library.  Alhany. 
Hey.   1  '•  •; •  r  l.iK-kwuod.   Ilin^liainton. 
<iarrv  S'iU-on.   liin^h.'iintuii. 
.Mr-.  An-t  in  <  'harrh.   llrooklyn. 
liiiha   Dwi-ht.    I'.rouklyn. 
Mr-.   William  II.   Dwi;_'ht.  I'.ro, ,k!yn. 
Mrs.  IJol.en    Leeds,   llrooklvn. 


Dwight  S.  Chamlierlin.   Lyons. 

Ira   Dwijht.  Me  Lean. 

John   R.   (.'iiatiield.  <  >\ve_-o. 

Rev.    Dwi-ht  W.   Mai--h.  O.'. 

Mr-.   i:ii/.aheth  M.   Latl-.n-j..  (i\ford 

I  L  ni.  <  ierri;  >mi'  h.   l'i  t>  ri » -ro. 

Mr<.     Chri-toph.  r     F.     N-.         .     I'latis- 

l.nr-h. 

Mr-.  Jamr-   F.   Cln  i.ey.   l! 
Mr-.    11.  nrv  D\\i-!it.  Svra 


j;-v.   Alfred   I'artridge.   llrooklyn.  I'..   I).     Geor-.j  Dana,   t'tiea. 


Introduction. 


40 


ii. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Daniel  A.  Dwight,  Boston .">    Lewis  II.  Taylor,  Springfield :» 

Prof.  Egbert  C.  Smyth,  And  over.  ..     4    Hon.  George  Dwight,  Springfield..  2 

David  F.  Dwight,  Boston '.>    Miss  Mary  Dwight,  Andover 3 

Hon.   Dwight  Foster,  Boston '.'>  '  Oliver  Dwight,  Longmeadow 2 


The  following  for  one 

The  Library  of  Amherst  College. 
Harrison  D.  Dwight,  Belchertown. 
John  Sanderson,  Bernardstou. 
Edward  D.  Chapin,  Boston. 
Edmund  Dwight.  Boston. 
Thomas  Dwight,  Boston. 
Mrs.  Delia  D.  Thorndike,  Boston. 
The  Public  Library  of  Boston. 
R.  M.  Crane,  Jr..  East  Boston. 


Samuel  Hurd,  Leicester. 

Joshua  Murdock,  Leicester. 

Abel  Whitney.  Lowell. 

Mrs.  William  C.  Vining,  Longmeadow. 

Mrs.  Mary  1).  Lyman.  Northampton. 

James  Gushing  Ward,  Northampton. 

Mrs.  Nancy  D.  Billiard,  Oakham. 

Jared  Reid.  Richmond. 

Airs.  Sarah  E.  Hall,  Spencer. 


Mrs.   Augustus    Parker,    Boston    High-  Mrs.  Samuel  Bowles,  Springfield, 

lands.  Mrs.  Benjamin  Day,  Springfield. 

Miss  Silence  D.  Leland.  N.  Brookiield.  .Miss  Fanny  D.  Day,  Springfield. 

Mrs.  Prof.  William  Cook.  Cambridge.  Mrs.  Charles  Deane.  Springfield. 

Dr.  Estes  Howe,  Cambridge.  Homer  Foote,  Springfield. 

Charles  C.Clark  (Ilarv. Coll. )  Cambridge.  Mrs.  Lucy  (J.  Orne,  Springfield. 


Daniel  Dwight.  Dudley. 
Rev.  Lewis  F.  Dwight,  Dudley. 
Horatio  0.  Sanford.  Gloucester. 
Charles  J.  Taylor,  Gr.  Barrington. 
Rev.  Edward  S.  Dwight,  Hadley. 
Robert  (>.  Dwight.  S.  Hadley  Falls. 
Henrv  Dwight.  Hatfield. 


Mrs.  Sophia  Sterns.  Springfield. 

Hon.  George  Walker.  Springfield. 

John  M.  Wood.  Springfield. 

Putnam  King.  Sutton. 

Caleb  Woodbury,  Quincy. 

Mrs.  Jane  W.  Lasell,  Whitinsville. 

3Irs.   Francis  E.  Webb.  Winchester. 

Number,   (>?. 


III. 

CONNECTICUT. 

James  M.  B.  Dwight,  New  Haven.  .    10    Mrs.  AureliaD.  Hooker,  New  Haven 

Prof.  Timothy  Dwight.  New  Haven.    10    Prof.  James  D.  Dana.  New  Haven. 

Prest.    Theodore  I).  Woolsey.    New          Jonathan  Kdwards,  New  Haven.  .  . 

Haven...  .    10    Hon.  David  A.  Wells,  Norwich.  . 


The  following  for  one  copy  each  : 

Alfred  L.  Bowers,  E.  Berlin.  Prof.  Lewis  R.  Packard,  New  Haven. 

Mrs.  Elix.abeth  D.  Kirkland,  Hartford.      Henry  White.  Esq.,  New  Haven. 
Caleb  B.   liowers,  New  Haven. 
Edward  H.   Dwight,  New  Haven. 
Edward  S.  Dwight,  New  Haven. 
Minnie  C.  Dwight,  New  Haven. 
Mrs.  Dr.  S.  G.  Hubbard,  New  Haven. 


Mrs.  William  Johnson,  New  Haven. 


Prof.  William  D.  Whitney.  New  Jlaven. 

William  I-.  LoomK  Suftield. 

Gilbert  A.  Taylor.  Tarill'ville. 

Henry  C.  I  •wight.  Wethersfield. 

Rev.  Theodore  M.  Dwight.  Wethersfield. 

Airs.  Mehitable  Allen.  E.  Windsor. 

Number.    I!.") 


."")()  Jlltl'Olllll'ttO)). 

IV. 

<  Mill). 

Tli.-odore  D.  Dale.  Marietta .',     Luther    D.    Dana.   Marietta 

Da \  id   L.   Kin-.   Akron .">     Hon.  (leor-e   lloadly.  Cineiimati .  .  . 

William.!.   Kdwaid-.  Votin^stovvn  .  .      '!    William  W.  Searlx  roii'jli.  ( 'inejnnat  i. 
Julia   T.   Dale.   Marietta V?     .Mr-.    P.    !•'.  .John-ton.   P.iieyrns 

TllC    !'•  '111  )\\  111";    ;||'e    f.  ir   M||f    ec  i].\    | 

Jlo-well   D\\iurht.  Castalia.  Charles  Dana.   Marietta. 

Mr-.    K.    D.    Delamater.  Cleveland.  Frederic  Dana.  Marietta. 

(.lie-  W.   D\\i-ht.  Clyde.  Stephen  A.   Dana.  Marietia. 

Wi!.-oii   Dwi-ht.  Clyde.  A.   \\.    I),-  Kraft.   Marietta. 

Mrs.   William   II.  Armstronjr.   Findlay.        Thoma-  Rowland.   Newport. 
S:e]ilien   D.  Coinpton.  Marietta.  .lame-  I ).    \\'liilney.  (Mieriin. 

K.I  ward  K.  Dale.  .Marietta.  Mrs.   1".   I'.   Arrhbold.  Salem. 

Numlier. 
V. 
Mi<  IIH;  \x. 

Alfred  A.  Dwi-rht.   Detroit 10     Kd \vard    I).  Foster.  Detroit.. 

I.yman    ('<.   Mason.  Mnske^on ......      ^!     I-'rederie  M.   Simmer.   Detroit 

Charles  Dwiifht.  White  Pigeon    ....      I!     Sylvesier    I-'.   Dwi^ht  .   lfer>.-y 

Frank   Dwi-ht  Taylor.  Detroit 0    .It  reniiah  P.  Woodl.nry.   Kalama/.oo. 

L\  man  P>.    Dwi-ht.  Detroit 1     (.'orydo'i  ( I.   Dwiyht.  P!ain\ve!i 

-N  Ulllln:)', 

VI. 
PKNNSYLVANTA. 

Tliomas    I!.   Ihvi^ht.  I'ldla<leiphia .  .      ~>    Algernon   S.   Hell.  Pit  t  simrirh 

Walter  I)\vi«rln    P.ell.   Philadelphia..      '2    Mrs.  John  I'.cn-eley.  Iln-lLvill. ...... 

Norman  Dwi-ht.   K.   Uehr.ni '.'    C    W.  Aivhl.old.  Tini>\  ille 

<;eoiye  Jndd.'Coleshnrt:!, ]     Jud-e     L.     |).     Sln.emaker.   Wilkes- 

Mr-,  William  !•'.  ISreck.  New  P.ri^hton      1          harre 

Dr.  .John  Packard,  i'liiladeljihia.  .  .  .       1     Genl.  K.  W.  Stunlivaiit .  \\ilke-l  larre. 

N  umlier. 
VII. 

ILLINOIS. 
Hon.    Samuel    1..    Dwitrht.    Centra-  Mr-.  Walter*;.   Harm--.  Fret-port... 

lia :'     Dr.    1 1    nry  ]•'.  Carrie],  Jaeksonviile. . 

Daniel    I.yman.   Mendota '.'     Mr.-.   Sarah    D.    Kinir.  .Jaeksonviile .. 

'J'imothy  Dwi^-ht.  Jr..  Chicago 1     Mr-,    llenrv   *J.  <  'urt  i--.  <  »de|l 

Ah.nxo.I.   \Villunl.Chicairo 1     .Mr-.    II.    I..   MrNair.  <  Htawa    

Dr.  Samuel    Willard.  Chiea.u'o 1     Theodore    D.    Dwi-ht.  <.>uin<-y 

I.yman    Wiim»t .   Deertield 1      Loni-  ( iravell.  (^niney 

Mrs.   Kmilie  M.   Miony.  Kvanston  .  .       1     Jo.-iah   D\\i-hl.  Woodstock 

Nnmlier, 


',' 1 


Introduction.  51 

IX. 

SOTTI!    CAKOLTNA. 

Judge  George  S.  'Bryan,  Charleston.     <i    Mrs.     James    H.    Taylor,     Charlcs- 

Frank.  E.  Taylor.  (.Charleston 2  '      ton 1 

Benjamin  C.  Hard,  Charleston 11  William  G.  Whilden,  Charleston.  ...      1 

Joseph  II.  Robertson,  Charleston.  ..      1  i  Rev.  Dr.  George  Howe,  Columbia.  .      1 

Xumber,  13 

X. 

WlS<  ONSIN. 

Mrs.  Lydia  F.  Comstock.  Hudson.  .     2    Mra.JaOI.Bingham,  Chippewa  Falls     1 

Hon.    Edward     W.    D wight,    Brook-  Frank  II.  Terry,  Milwaukee 1 

lyn 1     K,, swell  Stillson.  Oshkosli   1 

Joseph  W.  Haseltine,  Brooklyn 1     Mrs.  Clara  1).  Eager.   Racine 1 

Number,  8 

XT. 

XKAV  JKUSKV. 

Jonathan  Dwight,.  "Madison :>    L-bbens  B.  Ward.  Morristown 1 

Mrs.    Joseph    S.    Gallagher,  Bloom-          John  Francis  Dwight,  Rah\vay 1 

field 1     Rev.    Elijih    W.    St.uldard,    Sueea- 

George  S.  Dwiglit,  Morristown 1         sunna 1 

Xuml)er,  8 
XII. 
IOWA. 

Warhnm  G.  I  'lark.  Albia 2    Henry  A.  Dwight,  Sioux  City 1 

Robert  Melville.  Davenport 1     Jonathan  E.  Dwight,   Sioux  City.  .  .      1 

P.  Dwiglit  Foster.  Glenwood 1     ('lurries  Bateheller.  Viet  or 1 

Wilbur  F.  Dwight,  Keokuk 1  Xumber.  8 

XIII. 

In  ouch  of  the  following  States,  four,  vi/  : 
XKW  IlAMPsiinu-:.   INDIANA  AND  MINNESOTA. 
Dr.  Willard  G.  Child,  Bath,  X.    H.  .      1     Mrs.  Almena   M".  liassett,  Miimeap- 

'Mrs.  Harriet  M'.  Baker,  C'haiiestown.  olis,  M"inn I 

X'.    II I     .Airs.    M"ary  Beaumont.  Minneapolis, 

Josiali  E.   Dwiglit.  Concord.  X.  H.  .  .      1         Minn 1 

Maurice  D.  Clark,  Manchester,  X.H.     1     .Mrs.    Orrin   Hubbard,    Mijincnp«)!i<. 

(Jeorge  1).  I'uster.  Crown  Point.  Ind.      2         Minn 1 

Dr.  James  S. Co wdry,  Lafayette,  Ind.     1    Miunesuta   Hist.     Society.   Minnea- 

Joseph   AL.   llaylis,  Riehuiond.  Ind.  .      1         polls.  Min 1 

Xumber,  12 
XIV. 

In  caeli  of  the  following  States,  Kv<i,  \  i/,  : 
RIIODK  ISLAND,  KANSAS,   rI'i:\A<  AND  CAFJI-'DIINLV. 

Gamaliel  Dwight,  I'rovidcnee.  R,  T.  2  Hdward  W.  Taylor,  Houston.  Texas  1 
Mrs.  Gov.  Robinson,  Lawrence,  Ks.  1  Horace  1).  Taylor,  Houston,  Texas..  L 
Mrs.  Arthur  B.  Havens,  Leaven-  i  Mrs.  Amelia  B.Finley,  San  Josi;,  Cal.  I 

worth,  Ks , 1  ,  .Mrs.  L.  15.  Smith,  San  Jose.  Cal.  .  .      1 

Number,   8 


xv. 

In    each    of  ilic  folloumi;    Slates,  etc-.,  oiii-    eopv   is    severally  siibsci  il>ed 

for,  vi/.  : 

YKKMONT.  .MM.VI-:.  DIST.  OK  ('oi.t'MKiA.  Viit'.iMv,  WI>T  VIH<;IM  \.  AI.\I;\M\ 

AM)   LnriH  \N.\. 

Rev.  Dr.  ,F,.s<-iili  Wickham.  .Manchc-U-r.  I'rcst.  W.   IViidl.-ton.   I'.Hhany.  \\'.  Va. 

Vt.  bhvnnlW.  I'.arl.rr.  I'.  O.  l»,|.l..  Wa-li- 
Mr-..  IIcv.  Samuel  Hopkins,  Tojishain,  in^iuii.  I'.  ''. 

Me.  Benjamin  M.  We,,]-.-y.  S.-lin.i.   Ala. 

,\Ii-s  Crrtnulc  If.   Kent.  Itiehiaond,  Va.  licv.  Dr.  II.  X.  Strong.  I'.aton  I!uii^f.  La. 

XlltnlMT.   M 

Win ilc  numlxT I'.is 

'1'iic  author  ItoliYvcs,  that  in  Xcu  Vork.and  thf  Mat«-<  ni".-i  in- 
llucnct'd  li\-  its  cxaiu  ]>!<•,  through  coiiiincrci-,  uifi'i'aiitilc  and  i>tlicr\\  isc5 
with  it.  genealogists  always  find  a  more  ojieu  hand  e\d  iided  t,,  tli.'iii, 
in  their  laborious  and  i-xju-nsivc  eiideaNors,  than  anywhere  cUi-  in  \_\\c 
land.  Has  an\"  State  in  the  I'nion  such  a'1-snllicient  rea>on^  for  ^reat 
hi>toric  interest  in  the  memory  of  the  myriads  of  nol.|,'  men  and 
women  whose  du>t  lies  now  forever  hidden  in  its  liosom.  a>  Ma^-aelm- 
setts.  Is  any  State  better  able  to  show  the  interest  which  ii  oii'jhi  to 
cherish,  in  a  substantial  form.  ,Ma\~  manv  a  future  genealogist  tiiid, 
a^  those  in  the  past  ha\e  not,  in  the  noble  old  l>av  Stale,  that  time 
and  moiiev  are  deemed  well  u>ed  there,  \\lieii  tVeeh  ^i\"en  t"  the  must 
appreciative  commemoration  df  the  li\es  ami  virtues  of  h"xt->  oj'  its 
worthy  dead.  There  will  cmae  a  day,  and  that  not  \»\vj_  hence,  \\heii 
no  form  of  historical  in\  e.^ti^ation  \\ill  be  more  appreciated,  ,,t-  belter 
I'euanled,  than  thorough,  comprehensi  \e  and  philoxiphic.  genealogical 
Studies.  I  Jut  what ,  that  is  so  worth  v  in  it>elf  a>  the\  are.  i^  anv  \\  here 
now  more  \itteil\  m«.n  fnnttiki'n  !  l''e\\  are  the  heart>  that  are  anv- 
where  dUpo>ed,  at  any  cost  in  money  to  them^el\.--.  to  ke.-p  -tep  to 
juu.-ic,  however  j^imd  and  true,  that  is  made  over  the  m<  mor\  of  their 
sire.s.  (  )nl\  l»v  L,'reat  individual  determination,  or  the  aiid'-d  aid  of  a 
small  number  of  lar_vr  subscriptions  than  the  rest,  can  an\  such  \\ork 
be  |utbli>hed  in  our  dav. 


Introduction.  53 


A   BRIEF    SKETCH   OF 

THE    PARALLEL    RECENT    HISTORY    OF 
THE  ENGLISH  inVIGHT  FAMILY. 

OK  the  English  history  of  the  1) wight  family,  as  distinct  from  its 
development  here,  the  author  is  able  to  present  a  few  interesting 
snatches  obtained  from  yarious  disconnected  sources.  They  do  not 
howeyer,  any  of  them,  pertain  to  the  long  period  of  time,  antecedent 
to  the  first  appearance  of  the  family  on  the  shores  of  the  new  world. 
Nor  have  they  that  agreeable  significance,  which  they  would  possess,  if 
a  sure  historic  connection  could  be  established  between  those  bearing 
the  same  name  on  the  two  sides  of  the  great  Atlantic,  of  wlio.se  history 
it  is  possible  to  present,  in  a  brief  way,  a  somewhat  parallel  view.  Our 
family -name  is  so  distinct  in  its  type,  and  so  limited  in  its  range,  in 
both  England  and  America,  and  especially  in  that  earlier  home  than 
this,  to  which  alone  we  are  yet  able  to  trace  its  origin,  that  there  can 
be  no  rational  doubt,  that,  wherever  any  one  is  found,  either  here  or 
there,  \vho  legitimately  bears  the  name,  he  derives  his  descent  from, 
one  and  the  same  early  progenitor  with  all  others  of  like  character. 

In  Marry  ott's  "  History  of  Porcelain"  (p.  (51),  occurs  the  following 
extract,  from  Faulkner's  History  of  Fulham.  "  Jiithe  year  1(JS4"  [fifty 
years  after  John  D wight  the  settler  came  to  Dedham,  Mass.  ]  "  Mr.  John 
Dwight,  an  Oxfordshire  gentleman,  who  had  been  secret arv  to  .Brian 
"Walton,  Henry  Feme  and  George  Hall,  successively  bishops  of  <  'hester, 
invented  and  established  at  .Fulham  a  manufactory  of  earthenware, 
known  by  the  name  of  '  white  gorges,  marbled  porcelain  yesM'ls,  stat- 
ues and  figures,  and  fine  stone  gorges  and  yessels  never  before  made  in 
England,'  and  also  transparent  porcelain  and  opaceous,  red,  and  dark' 
colored,  <>r  ( 'hina  and  Persian,  wares,  and  the  Cologne  or  stonewares. 
For  these  manufactures  a  patent  was  obtained  in  the  vear  above  men- 
tioned. [This  was  in  fact  the  second  one  obtained  :  th.'  lir.-i  having 

o 

been  procured  in  1(571.      See  subsequent  page.] 

In  ''The  Art  Journal,"  .No.  14,  Xesv  Series,  p.  21.  occurs  the  follow- 
ing extract,  under  the  title,  '•  Chelsea  ('hina  :  A  History  of  the  ('hina 
"Works  at  (,'helsea.  By  Llewellvnn  Jewitt,  F.S.A." 


r.4 


'•  (  'heKra    liims,  (  'IieNea    pensioners,  and    (  'helsea    China,  are    sun-lv 

three    things.    i  i'fll    "Hi'    111    Itself  slliliclenl     lo    make   a    place    famous.        The 

histors  ii|'  liii-  (  "helsea  (  'liin:i  \\  orks  IN  \er\  ol.scure.  A  little  of  the 
cloud  >•!'  mist  ;d".  ul  it  I  hope  now  t.p  'viiiove. 

The     southwestern     district      of      1  ,i  Midi  ill,    (ill     li'itll     sides     of     llif     \\ater, 

has  lieeii.  for  ;i  l'>n_;'  period,  the  >r;ii  of  fictile  manufactures  of  ;m  exh-n- 
si\e  ;md  important  character.  I'Ydham,  (  'helsea,  l>attersea,  Yauxhall, 
I  Ydh  •!•'.-  A  err.  I.Miidifih,  all  liad  t  ln-ii-  jioi  icrio  at  an  carl  \  date,  and  '/// 
/),/-,//-,//,/-/  //,/,/  /!,>!/•  <>,•!>/!,!  /';•/////  mi,  I'lini  iiinn  sniirfi'"  ['Ilia!  Milll'cc  is 
lien  alii-r  plainly  shown  to  lia\c  hrcii  llic  ix'inai'kiililc  tali-nt  and  i  ni-r^y 
of  John  I  >\\  iuhl  of  [•'ulhaiii.  | 

Hoitct  sav«  in  I»'io7  ol'  Dei  ft  (Holland):  "One  of  ihr  pi  iiM-j|,-il 
liranrln'M  ot'  iiulustrv  in  it  con>i.sts  in  the  manufacture  of  a  kind  ol' 
porcelain,  n<>\vliere  inacl^  in  Muroji,  •  of  >nch  line  ijiialit\  ai.d  >o  cheap. 
The  Delit  porcelain  is  .sent  noi  alone  to  mo-,(  plaei'-  in  Kuropi-%  luit. 
even  to  Asia  also.  The  <[iiantity  of  ware  exported  lo  fin-land  is 
U'reat." 

In  I  ii{.  '  I  ,  J  ohn  1  1  o  nidi  to  ii  ih  us  speaks  in  his  "(  'oiler  t  ion  of  Tapers 
on  I  I  usliandrv  and  Trade,"  of  John  D\\  i^ht  ;  of  Fulliain  :  >-'M'('hina 

\S'are     I     .see    lilit     little     llllp'Mlrd      ill     1  1  1  ',  I  |    ;      I      presume     li\     rea>ol|      of     til' 

war  and  our  I  .ad  luck  at  sea.  "1'is  a  curious  manufacture,  and  deserves 
to  lie  enc()iira^e(l  here;  \\pliich  \\ilhoiit  doubt  inaiiv  \\oidd  do;  aiid 
.Mr.  Duiu'ht  in  l-'nlliam  has  dmie  it,  and  can  a^ain  in  anvlhin^  that  is 
Hat.  lint  the  ditlicultv  is,  that  if  a  hollow  di>h  lie  made,  it  nm.-t  lie 
luirnt  so  niii'-h,  that  I  he  heat  of  the  (ire  will  make  i  he  -Jd>  >  f;i  II.  Me 
tells  me,  that  ;  our  clav  \\ill  \  erv  \\ell  do  it  :  the  inain  sl^iii  is  in 
iiiaiia^im;'  the  (ii-es.  l'.\-  m\  consent  the  man  that  \soidd  1  r:iiL.r  it  tu 
perfection,  should  ha\e,  for  his  encouragement,  one  thousand  pounds 
though  I  helpecl  ii>  pa\  a  tax  lo\\ards  n.  It  is  far  to  pr.  -iinie,  that 
the  onl\  jiorcelaili  made  at  that  time  \\\  l-'.n^land,  u'as  that  produced 
1>\  .Mr.  Dwi^lil,  wlio  \vas  then  li\  iiiLj  and  "  who,"1'  he  said,  "has  made  it 
and  can  do  it  au'ai  n. 

"  !•'  rom  these  Kulham  \\ork>,  \\here  Mnu'Ii-h  porcelain  ware  \\as  tirsi 
made,  s[H  an:;  doiilille.s.s  the  estalilishmeiil  at  (  'hels.-a,  cl.  ---•  •  l.\  ;  v.  hieh 
must  ha\e  I.eeii  commenc.'d,  o[  course  in  a  \er\  small  \\  a  \  .  iii-t  al.->ut 
the  lini"  \N'heii  Mou^htoii  \\-rote.aiiil  \\'a  -  |>i  incipalh1  ci.nli.i'-d  lo  painl- 
iiiL.'  and  iiiiis|iim_'  ori^ntai  china  \\  hieh  \\a-  imported  for  ih.ii  pU'p^--e." 

To  the  alio\e  (piotaliou  from  "  The  \\-\  Journal,"  and  I  he  aceom- 
p;i  i]  \  i  h-  e\  i  ract  s  from  ot  la  r  \'\,'j.  \  i-h  M>i;rce.s  of  in!i  i  mi.  I  ion  upon  t  he 
snl.jei'i,  the  aii'hor  is  happ\'  to  iie  aoh-  to  ;idd  ijiule  a  n.nmlier  of  m- 
I  •  i  .  -ti  !,:,'  1  1  1  1  .  TS  and  M  at  ei  n  i  nt  s  from  \  a  rioii.s  pai  t  u  s.  i  oi.ci-riii  iij.'  a  n  v 
a:,d  all  'a-h  t  ra  n  -  A  i  lant  ic  I  >\\  i-  hi  s  as  ha\  e  hi:  hi  r  o  1,.  ,  n  di-.-o\  .-r.-d. 

'I  i:«       I'n    ham    pot  I  el'V    \\  o|'k-    have      lieell    fl'oln    t  Jje    [\\  si     ill    the    h:i  }•,  i-    of 


History  of  tie  English  Ihc'ujht  Family.         55 


Joliu  Dwight    their  founder  and  of  his   descendants,  although  of  other 
names  in  later  times. 

Subjoined  is  ;i  copy  of  correspondence  had  in  the  years  17-">0-1  ,  with- 
out any  further  specific  dates,  between  Joseph  'Dwight  of  Brooktield, 
]\[ass.  (afterwards  well  known  as  (Jenl.  Joseph  .1)  wight  of  Stockbridgo, 
Mass.),  and  3  Irs.  Lydia  (Dwighi)  Warlam'  of  Fulham,  England. 

[Fn.iiAM,  ExoLAxn,  1750,  in  September.  ] 

"Snt  :  It  must  be  very  surpri/ing  to  vou  to  receive'  a  letter  from  ;i 
person  ipiite  unknown  ;  as  it  is  extremely  difficult  to  me,  to  write  to 
a  gentleman,  whom  nothing  but  the  public  newspapers  have  inven  me 
courage  to  address  —  and,  as  I  believe,  a  relation,  from  the  exact  spell- 
ing of  your  name  with  that  unto  which  I  was  born,  and  some  old  familv- 
traditions  given  to  me  by  my  father,  in  which  I  shall  lie  as  minute  as 
I  am  able.  Should  vou  find  them  so  circumstanced,  as  to  a<j;ree  in  mv 
opinion,  I  hopethat  vou1!!  not  start  with  an  imagination,  that  some  ex- 
treme indigence  has  prompted  to  a  scheme  of  giving  vou  any  trouble 
of  that  kind.  No,  sir!  I  assure  von,  that,  though  I  am  not  possessed 
of  an  allhient  fortune,  yet  I.  do  not  want.  "1'is  nothing  but  a  curiosity 
I  have  to  know,  whether  vou  are  a  descendant  of  the  same  family  that 
I  am,  though  of  another  branch,  winch,  if  you  are  the  same,  some  of 
the  following  particulars  are  not  entirely  strange  to  you. 

M  v  grandfather  .Mr.  .John  Dwight  was  born  in  Oxfordshire,  and  was 
I  believe  the  eldest  of  several  brothers.  ll;s  father  bestowed  upon 
him  a  genteel  education,  which  was  finished  at  the  I'niversitv  of 
Oxford.  The  proficiency,  that  he  made  in  ingenuous  studies,  was  suf- 
ficiently proved  by  many  years'  practice  of  the  civil  law,  as  secretary 
to  three  succeeding  bishops  of  C'hester,  and  his  afterwards  inventing 
and  setting  up  a  manufacture  at  Knlhnin,  Middlesex,  known  by  the 
name  of  stoneware,  for  which  King  <  'harles  the  Second,  granted  him 
letters  patent.  M  r.  Samuel  Dwight.*  my  father,  was  his  third  son,  but, 
by  the  death  of  his  two  elder  brothers,  became  heir  to  and  followed  the 
above  business,  though  bred  a  regular  physician.  I  could  not  eonvi  - 
nicntly  mention  it  before,  that  my  grandfather,  Mr.  John  Dwight.  had 
a  brother,  who  went  over  to  the  ('aribbee  Islands  (1  think".  Barbadoes), 
Whether  lie  married  before  or  after  lie  came  there.  I  know  not,  but  he 
had  daughters  '.vhich  he  sent  to  Y.\  inland  for  education.  Afterwards 
all  correspondence  between  the  brothers  was  dropped,  and,  by  what 
iiK|uirv  i  have  been  able  to  make,  i  could  not  trace  any  of  the  name 
in  that  island.  So  I  imagined,  thai  all  the  family  was  either  extinct, 
or  had  removed  to  the  continent;  which  I  have  been  informed  that 


."ill          .1    J>rft/  .s'/vA-//  of  tin-.   /V/w/A/  ttn'i-nt 

several  had  done.  Ami.  upon  rending  in  I'nrchass  some  L'allant  ex- 
|il'>ils  done  1>\  von  and  \«\\r  brother,  the  name  continued  an  opinion  of 
mini',  of  there  being  some  ol'  tliat  family  remaining. 

1 1  t  his  sheet  i  if  paper,  <>r  (it  hers  of  tin1  same  contents  (for  !  have  writ- 
ten sev  rral  fi  >r  tear  of  miscarriage),  should  e\  cr  i-oinc  tn  v  our  hand,  and 
\.iii  slniiild  bestow  a  leisure  hour  to  favor  me  with  an  answer  of  , SOUK; 
kind,  it  \\ill  give  the  greatest  sat  isfad  i<m  to  me.  \<>\\  may  direct  for 
me  at  Kulliam  in  Middlesex,  where  I  live  in  t  he  same  house  *  and  husi- 
ness  erect  I'd  li\'  m  v  ^ra  nd  la  t  her.  <  >r,  if,  as  I  hinted  abov  e,  \  on  should 
1  iiink  this  my  rei|uest  to  spring  from  some  interested  motives,  and  t  herc- 
fure  a  troublesome  correspondence  to  yon,  I  would  l>y  no  means  desire 
it.  Inn  rather  to  let  these  memories  remain  in  eternal  oblivion.  How- 
ever, ijreat  as  is  the  distance  between  vou  and  me,  should  von  lie 
disposed  otherwise,  it  will  lie  most  agreeable  to  me  to  receive  from,  or 
send,  an  amicable  intelligence  to  one,  to  whom  I  may  <,'i\e  the  tender 
appellation  of  friend  or  relation,  as  vour  answer  shall  direct.  'I'ill 
then  I  shall  subscribe  mvself, 

l.'ilHA    \\'AI;I.  \M>." 

Keplv   in  the  foregoing  letter,  written  in   I7">l  : 

'•  .M  AH  AM  :  <  >n  t  he  I  llh  ol'  November  last, t  I  receiv  ed  a  favor  without 
date— -suppose  bv  some  of  its  terms,  it  may  be  a  triplicate  on  the  same 
subject  •-- in  the  reading  whereof  I  was  much  gratified,  as  mvown  curio- 
sitv  had  often  led  me.  though  unsuccessfully,  to  inipnre  of  gentlemen 
from  Mn^land.  as  \\ell  as  of  mir  own  people.  tra\ellers  there,  at'ti  r  the 
faiuilv  whence  mv  ancestors  descended  —  as  always  supposing  thit 
the\  h-t't  of  their  famil\'  and  friends  in  Kngland,  when  the\-  came  here; 
and  that  the  innumerable  and  almost  insuperable  dillicult  ies  ami 
troubles  that  thev  immediately  entered  into,  in  the  then  a  howling 
wilderness,  though  now  in  manv  parts  oi  it  a  well  cultivated  and  plea- 
sant Ian  I.  from  the  inhuman  and  >a\ai,fe  natives,  was  the  reason  \\liv 
thev  have  not  transmitted  to  us  tln-ir  posterit\  particular  accounts  of 
their  pi  Imogen  1 1  in  s,  of  their  circu  instances  in  lite,  of  t  heir  fa  mil  v  \\  hen 
lh''\  left  ihem,of  the  reasons  of  their  travelling  io  New  l']ni:l:,nd.  and 
of  t  heir  successes,  etc.  A  u  addit  ional  reason  mi^ht  be,  as  I  apprehend 


;;:  Mi--  \\'liitc  thinks,  that  tin-  limise  \\-Iiicli  1  am  ii"\\  in,  i-  the  ene  I'eferreil  in, 
aii'l  that  \vhi-ii  her  lii'i  it  her  came  In  live  in  it .  it  \\  a-  much  niedei  ni/eil  ;  In;  t  ii.-it , 
l.i-t'i  ij-e  i  ha  i .  i  he  i  IK  mis  \v  ere  ]  :  .in  I!i  il  ami  pain!  ed  ai.il  hm . :;  \\  ',:  h  1 :,  |  i  .-t  i  \  ;  lull 

til   it     i-    all    'J..||e    l|i»\V.         Viill     klln\V.    We    all    cllllllp'. 

!  That   thi>  \\  as  NIIV.    II.    1  ',  ."id.  ami  1  hat    ihereplv    was  \vril  ten  in    1  7."il .  is  made 

u.aiiit'fst    iVnin  t  h«:  i  late  of  t  he  cjeat  h  cil'  t  he  \\  i  I'e     .NIarv  l'\  neln  m  >  nf  ( Jenl.  .h'sejili 
1 1  .vi-jht   alliiilfil  In  in  the  leMer,  \\  hi  di  occur  re;  1   Mun-li  •.':>.    1  ;.")!. 


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it  really  was,  an  active  and  enterprising  genius  pushing  them  rejoicingly 
forward  to  their  ends  in  view,  inaugre  all  opposition  from  the  common 
enemy,  the  Indians,  or  otherwise — as  I  find  one  of  them  to  have  been 
at  the  head  of  parties,  ten  several  times,  engaged  in  light  against  them, 
and  the  town  where  they  lived  at  last  burned,  and  he  himself  slain,* 
leaving  one  only  son  an  infant.  From  these  hints  it  may  very  pos- 
sible that  we  maybe  branches  of  the  same  original  family,  as  yon  seem 
to  imagine,  though  I  am  not  knowing  to  the  circumstances  that  you 
state  of  yours. 

There  are  none  of  the  name  in  North  America,  but  what  are  of  the 
same  family  of  our  first  ancestor.  My  great  grandfather,  whose  name 
was  John  Dwight,  left  England  about  120  years  ago.  I  have  been  told, 
that  he  left  a  brother  there,  who  if  anv  relation  mmht  probably  be  your 

„  O  1  */  *> 

greatgrandfather." 

[This  was  perhaps,  if  not  probably,  the  "William  Dwight  (see  sub- 
sequent p;ige)  who  gave  April  11,  1S37,  an  endowment  of  charity  to  the 
"parish  of  St.  1'eter's,"  Cornhill,  .London.]  "As  I  have  never  heard 
of  any  of  the  name  in  England,  but  by  your  favor,  \  am  the  more  per- 
suaded, that  the  family  may  be  one.  After  all.  Madam,  it  must  at  pres- 
ent remain  a  doubt.  Our  name  and  family  in  New  England,  though 
small  in  beginning,  is  now  much  increased.  My  grandfather,  whose 
name  was  Timothy  Dwight,  had  ten  sons  who  lived  to  grow  up  to  man- 
hood, though  five  of  them  died  young  and  unmarried.  The  other  five 
married  and  left  a  numerous  issue."  Only  three  of  them  had  grand- 
children and  but  two  have  any  representatives  now  living,  that  bear 
the  family  name.  "  My  father  left  six  sons  and  three  daughters:  all 
the  daughters  and  five  sons  married — their  issue  many.  I  have  myself 
four  sons  and  four  daughters  now  surviving — my  eldest  SOIL  now  at 
our  university  in  Cambridge — all  of  them  by  the  providence  of  God 
last  winter  made  motherless.  And  here  by  the  way,  my  wife's  sick- 
ness of  which  she  died,  coming  slowly  on  just  about  the  time  that 
1  recd.  yours,  and  continuing  long,  together  with  my  own  indisposition 


*  There  is  a  decided  mixing  up  of  family  traditions  here,  concerning  Capt. 
Timothy  Dwight  of  Dedham,  and  his  supposed  undo  Timothy  Dwight  of  3fed- 
field — the  first  of  whom  fought  ''ten  several  times'"  against  the  Indians,  and 
the  last  of  whom  "  was  slain,  by  them  and  the  town  where  he  lived  was  burned, 
he  leaving  an  only  son,  an  infant  '"  (John  then  10  months  old).  And  yet  in 
this  very  way.  the  missing  link  of  evidence  is  incidentally  supplied,  that  was 
necessary  to  make  it  not  merely  highly  probable,  but  altogether  certain,  that 
John  Dwight  of  Dedham  and  Timothy  of  Mtdiield  were  brothers.  See  sub- 
sequent pages.  In  later  times  the  fact  of  the  original  two-fold  plantation  of 
the  Dwight  family  in  this  country  has  been  lost  from  its  remembrance.  A  sur- 
mise of  such  a  fact  was  once  vaguely  suggested  to  the  author  by  one  of  the 
Belchertown.  branch. 


r>S  .1     Jiriif  Xbtch   of  tin.     r<iralll  Rtctnt 

of  l">d  Y.  has  licel!  tin1  i  '111  V  occasion  of  III  V  dela  V  ill  MtlsV,  'T  tn  \  c  'Ill's  ; 
Mild  licii  ;ili\  Ilidl  l)ereliee  ;iln|  ]|e'_flect  :  for  the  tics  of  <  ivilitv  vould 
ln>t  sillier  mi-  tn  !»•  so  fallltv.  As  niv  r'"_'ard  seems  In  In-  natural  lii 

;ill  ol'ilii'  name,  \\licrr\rr  I  nii'i't  them,  so  I  found  ii  rise  towards  vmi. 
Upon  I  -eadil:_'  \  niir  most  a^rt'eaMe  let  ter  lieai  HILT,  as  I  I  In  ilii'h  1 .  ]  1 1  \  o\\n 
L."'iiius  in  your  lines.  I  should  lie  idad  of  a  rorrespondenee,  could  I 

thercliv  render  lllYself  MS  acceptable  to  \oll,  M>  I  ;l.-Mllv  ln\sclj'  |l  \\  1 1 1 
lie  I"  nil'.  Mini  wliii-li  it'  \  oil  iin'liiH1  In  ni;i  i  h';ii  n.  \~oii  v.  i  1 1  |>|.-;is.-  (lircct 
I'm1  in'-  MI  niv  >eMi  in  lirndklicld.  In  tli'-  coiiniv  ot'  NN'on-.-^ti-r.  in  the 

I'roxilirr     lit'    tin-     .M,-lsxir]|ll>'-t  ts     I'.M  V     <  'o  1 1 1  ]  .;i  n  V .     ill    N'-W     I'll  H,'!M  In  I .    ;i  I  id 

ord«T    vmir    leiters    to    tin-     CMi'e    ot'    Mr.    S;iinn«'I    Tuiii'-r.    nn-r<-li:i  nt     in 

London,    to    \\liolll     ;ilso      I     sludl      CMUse     Inv     o\\  II     to     In-     lodged     t'i'11     \ol|. 

And  sliould  \'oii  write  iin-  ML;. tin,  ple.tse  let  nn-  knu\\  lie-  |iri->eiit 
stMte  of  your  t'.-iinilv.  so  f;ir  MS  voii  think  projM-r.  And  in  ;in\.LiiiL; 
tii-tt  you  would  iin|iiire  of  me.  of  tin-  state  of  tlii-  countrY.  or  ot'  any 

Oilier    liiillter     ol1     iltlllll1,     ]ilea>'-      to      use     iVeedolll.         M\      d  M 1 1  -ji  1 1  '  •  r      l.\dl;i 

jiiesents  lier  salutations.  MS  do  also  m\  oiln-r  diild; -'-n  ;  and  plea.se 
aeccjit  the  sMine  from  one  who  is  willing  i'i  ouu  a  relation,  ilioii-ii  uii- 
klio\\-u.  I  am.  Madam,  with  the  most  silieere  esteem, 

^'ollr  most  obliged  and  vt-rv  hiimlil"  ser\ant, 

.Ii  ISKI'H      I  >\\  K.il  I  . 

To   Mrs.    1. \dia   \Varland.iu    l:'ulh;im,  <  '•  real    Uritain. 


•'SlK. —  N'othiiiLT    1'Ut     m\'   liein^-    uiiMci  |iiai  nti-d     \\llli     \.iii   i-oi;!d     !..i\e 
made  \   mi-  let  ter  rec'-i\  ed  li\   i  in-  \\  it  In  HI  i   expectation  ;    in  s\  hi'-ii   !   i>  .11  nd 

a    politi-ln   ss    eijllal    to     the    L,'l'eMt      pieMslire    |!     ^;i\.-    H|.-.    >i|,-|i    a-    to    d'-n.Mtld 

an  ;i]iolo_<-\  (or  so  unju-i  a  suspicion  as  \oiiv  tmi  ans\\eriiiL,'  mine.  lie,! 
MS  it  proceeded  eiitireh  t'r.'in  a  conscioiisin-  s  ..I'  m\  ln-in^  unwortii\  tin- 
regard  of  a  "viil  It-man  of  vour  eli,-i  raei  er.  e\  en  had  I  1>  -en  cert  MI  n  ot  a 
pro\imitY  ot'  lilood.  i  hojie  YOU  ii  i,..i  on',\  excuse,  m--  this,  1m?.  i.\ 
the  coiitinuaiiee  of'  \oiir  favor,  prevent  mv  comim;  t  in,r  ,-tnv  fu'.ure 

t';,ult.  The  elicouraLTemelll  thai  Voll  uiV'-  III'  In  a-k  this  [>  slU'ii  ;.s  I 
rail  1'V  lio  liiealis  decline,  tholiL.rh  I  am  Hot  alne,  at  pl'esi'lit,  lo  make  out 

MI.V  relaiion  Inn  l>\  supposition.  M  v  reason  inciiin-s  m--  to  l.ein.'\i-, 
iiccordiiiL;  i"  vour  opinion,  that  our  L;'i''-at  LTrandfai  liers  ucn-  In-,  ,•  h.-r- . 
ihoiijii  I  alii  unkii'.w  ii,LT  I.,  the  name  ot' miip-  -  I  think  r-.  i"  i;.u 

;,    trav.'lici'    to   thai     I'arl     oi'    the   v,o|-hl,   mi-'ht     In-    an     induei  i.].-t|t    to   tin- 


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sir,  for  your  readiness  to  think  me  of  your  family,  and  shall  ever  pre- 
serve a  due  regard  for  the  honor  done  me  by  it.  According  to  your 
request,  I  must  now  enter  into  an  account  of  my  family,  and  must 
make  myself  introductory  to  the  other  part.  The  circumstance  I  must 
first  acquaint  you  with  is  the  alteration  of  my  name  to  that  hereinafter 
subscribed,  after  near  three  years  of  \\ido\vhood.  The  person  that  I 
am  now  married  to  was  bred  to,  and  lives  in  the  same  house  and  busi- 
ness I  am  in  mvself,  and  he  desires  his  compliments,  though  unknown, 
1  have  one  daughter  bv  Mr.  Wai-land,  now  living,  the  only  survivor  of 
five  children,  whose  tender  years,  which  are  but  four,  must  excuse  all 
ceremonies  from  her  at  present;  though,  if  it  please  (<od  to  spare  her, 
I  shall  make  her  sensible  of  your  civility  to  her  mother. 

Mv  relatives  of  my  father's  name  are  two  sons  and  one  daughter  of 
[/rz's  liTotJier  a  sou,  is  scratched  over],  a  fir.it  cousin,  who  died  about 
five  years  ago,  he  being  the  onlv  child  of  his  father,  as  I  was  of  mine — 
four  of  my  uncles  and  two  of  mv  aunts  dvini;'  unmarried.  I  sincerely 
condole  with  you  on  the  loss  of  your  lady,  and  heartily  wish  all  the 
happiness  that  may  attend  both  voiirself  and  family,  to  whom  !  desire 
my  best  respects,  particularly  to  the  lady  who  bears  my  name.  I  must 
hint  to  you.  l  hough  perhaps  unnccessarx,  that  my  grandmother  I)  wight 
and  one  of  her  daughters  were  christened  Lydia.  I  should  be  very 
glad  to  see  the  young  gentleman  you  mention  at  Cambridge,  should  his 
affairs  ever  bring  him  to  London.1"  [She  mistook  the  American  ( 'am- 
brid^'e  for  the  English.]  "  1  name  that  place  as  being  only  four  miles 
distant  from  Fulham  ;  for  otherwise  I.  could  not  expect  or  desire  that 
lie  should  make  a  journey  of  fifty  miles  on  purpose.  And  should  I. 
ever  know  that  pleasure,  he  might  be  assured  of  a  reception,  though. 
without  [lomp  vet  full  of  sincerity. 

1  ask  vour  pardon  for  omitting  a  date  to  my  first  letter,  which  was 
written  in  September  before  you  received  it,  and  am  sorry  I  have  not 
time  at  present  (having  but  four  (lavs'  notice)  to  send  a  miniature  bust 
of  mv  grandfather  Dwight,  carved  upon  a  compound  of  his  own  manu- 
facture, which,  if  vou  think"  worth  your  acce|»taiice5  i  should  be  e\- 
tremely  glad,  and  likewise  to  know  in  vour  next  to  whose  e;iiv  I  might 
entrust  it.  Lvm.v  \Ynrn-:." 

An  extract  from  a  third  letter,  written  in  17-V>  or  thereabouts  by 
Mrs.  Lydia  \Vhito. 

In  a  lei  NT,  written  nearly  (bin-  vein's  after  the  second  one  abo\  e,  she 
says— after  slating  thai  she  has  heard  nothing  from  Mr.  Joseph 
I  )\\  ight ,  and  after  recapitulating  the  contents  of  letter  No.  ~2 — "the 
relationship  must  remain  unknown,  unless  I  have  an  opportunity  of 
finding  mv  urca.t  grandfather's  ( 'lirist  ian  name,  which  t  he  great  di stance 


00  A    Jirtif  -S'/vA'//    of  tic    I'untlll  ]}«•<  nt 

\  li  s  i1  MI  from  the    place  of  his  abode,  and  t  he  length  of  t  imo   since  his 
dav,  render  impracticable  to  me/1 

Theodore  l>wi:_'hl,  Ksi|.,  df  Brooklyn  (see  subsei|iient  pai;'",  No. 
!?.">.' i.  III.)  \  isil  I'd  Put  I  tain  in  1  Sl!  I ,  when  on  a  tour  of  t  ravel  in  p  upland 
and  elsewhere  abroad,  and  kindly  furnished  the  author  SOUK  fen  years 
since,  the  following  account  of  the  matter. 

He  met  at  Norwood,  Knif.,  in  Lsl'  I ,  I  he  wife  of  a  Mr.  Preston,*  a 
lea-dealer  in  London,  whose  maiden  name  was  Mary  Ihvi^ht,  and  who 
was  a  vrrcat-^rand-  laughter  of  Pev.  I  >r.  Philip  hwi^'hf.  \icar  of  Fnl- 
ham,  where  his  remains  lie  buried  under  a  monument  of  black  marble. 
She  was  tall,  and  of  a  line  figure,  and  had  black  eyes  and  handsome 
features,  with  a  well  cut  mouth  and  chin.  She  was  irreath  ph-ased  to 
see  a  Dsvi^ht  from  America.  She  showed  him  a  portrait  of  Prest. 
.I)wiidif  of  Yale  College,  {hat  she  had  found  in  an  evangelical  maija/iiie 
and  preserved.  ''  How  old  aunt  \V.,"  she  said  (Mrs.  l.xdia  \\lnte) 
'"used  to  talk  of  the  family,  and  of  its  falling  off  from  what  it  had 
been  in  other  davs  !  She  would  talk  about  it  "lill  she  cried."  Her 
aunt  died  7  years  before  at  Stratford,  where  tin  v  were  born.  [This 
is  Stratford  Kssex,  but  a  few  miles  out  of  London,  on  the  northeast. 
''  Her  own  mother  had  had  7  children.  She  thought  that  he  (Theodore 
])\\i--hl)  looked  like  her  brother  Thomas,  who  dieda<t.  17.  Her 
father  was  steady  and  modest  and  a  poet." 

lie  copied  at  Fulham  the  inscription  which  he  found  there  on  the 
tombstone  of  l>r.  Philip  Dwi^ht,  which  is  as  follows: 

1 1  ic, 

Pesurijvndi  Spe  Salutari, 

Keojuiescmit   corpora 

Philippi  Dwi-'hi,  S.  T.    P., 

1 1  ujns  Parochiae   \'  icarii  : 

.)  oannaei  pie  et  nun  n\i  >ris  ej  us  ; 

'^ui,  infra  <piat  rnlnnni  moi'ientes, 

I'na  sub  hoc  marnioiv  sepulti  sunt. 

*  Henry  Tolman  Dwiidit.  Ks<i..of  Melbourne.  Aust  ralia.  a  bookseller  there, 
described  in  a  letter  sent  to  the  writer  under  date  of  Pec.  lst;i;,  this  -a me  scene, 
as  follows:  "At  about  the  period  of  my  birth,  one  of  the  American  Pwi.u'hts 
named  Theodore  visited  Knidand.  Having  learned  that  one  of  t  he  otlieials  in 
tlie  f'.a>!  I  udia  I  Iou>e  had  married  a  I  hvi^ht .  he  obt  ained  an  inl  rod  net  ion  to  him, 
ami  was  in  vit  ed  t  o  ini  home  with  him  t  o  his  hou-e.  As  t  hey  dr.1  w  near  to  it , 
tliev  >aw  my  aunt  at  the  end  of  a  garden-walk  a]i)in>achinLr  t  hen.  \vhen  ilie 
stranger  tnrnin1.;  to\\-;ird  inv  uncle  IVe-ton.  -aid.  '  I  \\mdd  swear  thai  -he  was 

a  l>wiirlit.'      S facial  similarity  in  her  appearance  t  o  t  hos<    of  your  \meriean 

stoek  doubtless  -t  ruck  hi<  eye  ;     I   was  to  ha\  e  been  named  after  t  h'-  \<  •'.<•  il  liable 
st  ran-ej-.  and    -lionld    have  been,   hut    for   my  mother's    piv\ioii-   di-i: 
name  should  be  \\-liat    it   is." 


History  of  tlie  Kmjlixli   Dw'ujld  Fcunilij.         Gl 

Ejnsdem  aetatis, 
Annos  nempe  octo  et  qitmqitaginta  nati 

( )hierunt  : 

Ilia,  Clirisli  die  Xatali,     ) 
Ilk',  [nnocentium  festo,    \ 

IJterqne 

.Fu  vita  amabilis, 
Nee  vel  iii  morte  separatus." 

Translated,  it  reads, 

Here, 

Tu  good  hope  of  the  resurrection, 

Hest    the   remains 
Of  Philip  Dwight.  Prof.  Sac.  Theol., 

Vicar  of  this  Parish  ; 

And  of  Jane,  his  wife,  also  : 

'Who,  dying  within  four  days  of  each  other. 

Have  been  Imried  together  under  this  stone. 

They  died 
Of  the  same  age, 
Being  eacli  fifty-eight  years  old  : 
She,  on  Christinas-day,  )     „ 
lie,  on  Innocents1  day,  ) 

Each 

Lovely  in  life, 
Nor  in  deatli  divided. 


Pu-v.  Dr.  Sereno  E.  D wight  (see  subsequent  page,  'No.  li'i',  A'.), 
when  in  England  in  1S24,  "visited  Fulhani  also,  and  copied  likewise  the 
above  inscription.  He  learned,  when  there,  that  "John  !  hvi^ht,  Ivsij., 
their  ancestor  in  that  place,  came  thither  from  Oxfordshire,  and  was 
educated  at  Oxford  University ,  and  was  the  eldest  of  several  brothers- 
one  of  whom  -went  to  Barbadoes,  "W.  T.,  or  one  of  the  (.'aribbet;  Islands, 
and  there  married  and  had  children.  John  D  wight  had  four  sons. 
the  first  two  of  whom  died  young  (names  not  given)."' 

To  this  incidental  collection  of  interesting  documents,  pertaining  to 
the  Knu'lish  Ihvights  at  Fulhani,  may  be  added  the  following  letter 
from  Kdmund  Dwiglit,  Ks<|.,  of  J'.oston,  3lass,  (si^e  Xo.  C,-2>\-^}  \"||I.) 
to  his  cousin  William  Dwight  of  P>rookline,  .Mass.,  vi/  ; 

"  O.\    IloAKT)    TlfE    A.MKKirA,    July  J  ?,    lS,"il. 

Mv  DHAli  WiU.lAM  : — i  take  this  opportunity  of  writing  you  an. 
account  of  my  visit  to  Fulhani  in.  England  in  search  of  the  'Whites.' 


('.!>  .1     A'/-/,/  X/v/,7,    of  tli <     r,trttl1,l    !!<-<>,  i,t 

Fulliam     is    a    \llla'_'e    nn     tin-    Thames,  alioui     ei_'ht    miles   from    London. 

It    uas    alioin     lli'-    'Jfiih    df    .linn-    that    I    v.cnl    th'-ie;    and   tl inni'mi- 

dropped    me    ;it      Mr.    While'.-    door.       Tin-    house   ua-a    n  •>] .<  •,•;  a  I  .]e    red 

lil'lck    lloll-e.    \\llii    a    neat     H'oll    railing   and     '_'ate    hounding    ill1'    L'ra--     plot 

iii  iVon!  of  it .  S. -mli  ni_'  my  can  I  to  i  'nc  |;;,1\  of  t  lie  house,  a  Mi--  White. 
a  \erv  intelligent  Mini  well-manil<Ted  inaiilen  lad  V  of  mat  lire  \  ea I's  came 
do\\  n  stairs,  sa\  1  nii  I  hat  In  V  name  \\  a.-  one  that  -he  was  a  I  \\  a  \  -  '_rlad  to 
see  ami  to  ]  ,  spond  to.  It  seen  Is  that  M  1  .  (  '  h  a  I'l  e-  !v  1  \\  ;i  n  1  \\  i  1 1  I  '  •  ( 'hill  - 

sel  t  uniiiM  rrietl ),  is  1 1  \  i  IILT  here  \vit  h  t  Inve  ii  1 1  HIM  t'l  n  •!  Mst  ei .-.  MIK!  si  ill 
cai'iie-  on  the  old  pott'TV.  I  did  not  see  him.  I  found  Mi-  \\~hite 
\ei\  ciiiiiiiiuniciitiM-  of  all  that  she  |<in-\\  ahont  the  lankly.  Mr. 
Sereiio  |)\vi^Iil  had  called  ujion  her  \\ln-n  in  Midland.  'i  he  ino-t 
curious  tiling  tliMt  she  -houcd  me  \\as  the  coiTe-]'ondc-nee.  of  \\hich  I 
send  you  a  c<>]>\.  \\hich  she  reeeised  from  )M-r  father."  |'l'hi-  i-  the 

coll  •esj.olideliee  Illreadv  jH'eseutcd  hetUCeli  Nil'-.  l.\dia  \\  "1,  1 1  e  and 
(ienl.  .losejih  JJui^hl  ;  Mild  this  \V;ls  the  \va\  in  \\hich  tin  '  \alu:il>](; 
documents  \\erc  srcurcii.  j  "  >he  continued  ihe  account  ,,;  \ir.  .lo],n 
|)\vi-ht  having  come  from  Oxfordshire  to  Fuiham  in  !''i>l.  I  >r. 
Samuel  |)uijht  ua-  his  son.  a  [ilivsu'iaii  and  aiitlior  of  soni1  medical 
works.  She  >ho\vcd  me  soni"  collections  of  dried  plants  \\hieh  he 
liad  made.  A  ft'  r\\  ards  I  found  in  theu'airet  of  the  house  a  portrait 

of  tlii-    l>r.    Samuel    who    puhli-hed    a    1 k    in    17_'L'.  of  \vliieli    I    add 

the  title.  What  si  nick  me  at  once  and  very  strongly  w;;-.  that  his 
nose  \\a-picci-.lv  like  in\  fathers  and  o\vn  <,'randf:it  h.  r'-.  It  \\a- 
curiou-  ;  1 1  tind  ihe  name  ot  I  ,\  dia  so  common  in  t  h"  fa  mil  v  on  ;  'n-  -i  ].•  ; 
and  tlnre  \\a-  aho  an  Ivliniind  l>\\i^hi.  ot'  \\hom  Mi--  \\  hiie  kne\v 
nolhiiiL.'  except  that  he  was  ;l  fa\ontc  pupil  of'  I'r.  I'u-l.v  :-\i\\  died 

when      a'oolil      I'.1    (see     sllli-djUcnt      pa-e):     there    had      lieell     a    I'.r'rail        of 

him.   \\  hich  had  l.e"ii  M  .Id. 

Tliei-e  were  -exei'al  siuall  ti'_'nres  in  porci-lain  and  -tone  uaiv.  hut 
none  ot'  much  interest  except  a  small  funeral  ctli^v.  a''out  a  t'o  .;  -  piai^^ 
on  the  Lack  c.t'  uhi'-h  \va-  written  !.\dia  l>\\i^hl  I'i"-'.1'1  Tne  -tor\  of 

the    iilleelilv    o!c]     lad  V,^      the    \i-it-    of     ihe    k  i  I:  U'    Mild     the    connect  ioi    o('   the 


* 'I'hi-  wa-  iii   lii.n.ir  nf  :i  little  <l:iu--]iter,  wlin  diei]    .M  irch  :',.    iio'.'.  m.t    Ui7::. 

See   .-Ulr-e.jUellt    |..'l-e. 

-t  '|'i,e:'e  \\'a-  an  enijit  y  t  ruilit  !"ii  at',..;,'.  tlnn  a!  I'lillcuii.  Ilia!  ,l-!i:  I>'.v:.:ht 
\va-  a  \.n;ir.'.er  KmtlaT  «\'  the  --real  l>c  \\";f  uf  I  |(.!l.\ml.  \\iai  .  ipe.i  t!;e 
iisa-.-i-if  i. f  hi-  family  ami  tli-il  1,1  Kr-laii'l  willi  his  ,,;,.;  ],.  ,-  i,,  1  •;;  •_'.  Tliei.M 
laU\-  v.a-  siiic'i  t'i  li:i\'e  inaint  a  iue.l  a  Uiii'l  uf  sinliii  '!;-.ni''y  m  li-r  !  fi'i'tlllie-. 
ai,1  i  t'i  li;i  vc  liecn  iliacci  --ilile  1  (i  visil  el's  t-xcej.l  K;n^-  (  I  ar!i  -  I  ! . .  v .  !  <  >  -•  .n.i  - 
t ;:...-  \  ;-,:>i  .i  her.  Snea-y  i-  it  i'"r  ii  i  •  re  fa  i  :c;i  -  t»  take  nil  a!  1  •  r  a.  u  hile  t  he 
a-!"'-'  i  ;'  aeinal  fact-.  The  I'rincc  ui'  Mraipj-e  hail  in  i  sucli  veiinurer  ni-i  aher  tu 
!'•  a  !  j  :\  i  an '.  \\  IK.M'C. 


History  of  ///<••  Enylixh-  l)u:i<jli.t  Family.         63 

family  with  the  Do  AVitts,  was  very  rife  in  this  lady's  iniud.  The  only 
evidence  that  she  could  bring  was  a  large  blue  and  white  china  dish, 
two  i'cet  in  diameter  and  very  handsome,  with  the  royal  arms  em- 
blazoned full  upon.  it.  This  she  said  had  been  a  present  from  the  king 
to  the  dowager.  .Her  notion  was,  that  this  old  lady  was  the  mother 
of  .John  Dwight  of  Oxfordshire,  which  is  impossible. 

( >n  the  whole  there  seems  to  be  no  evidence  in  favor  of  the  story  of 
this  wonderful  old  lady,  or  of  the  Dutch  origin  of  the  family;  while 
the  fact  of  JNJ.rs.  Lydia  Warland's  writing  in  17-31,  and  making  no 
mention  of  it,  is  almost  conclusive  in  the  matter. 

As  to  the  children  of  John  Dwight,  we  hear  of  John,  1'hilip,  Sam- 
uel and  Lydia.  Of  .John  1  have  seen  a  bonk  with  his  card  and  coat  of 
arms  dated  17-S.  .Philip  was  vicar  at  Fnlham.  Samuel  was  a  physi- 
cian. His  only  child  Lydia  had  by  Mr.  Warland  one  daughter  living 
in  17")1,  and,  by  .M  r.  AVhite  (her  second  husband),  tine  son  William 
"\\hite,  the  father  of  nine  children,  of  whom  four,  three  daughters  and 
one  son,  Charles  Edward,  are  now  (18;">1)  Jiving  at  Fulham  in  the  old 
house  and  business,  of  mature  years  and  unmarried;  and  tin;  lady 
whom  1  saw  was  one  of  these." 

Several  items  of  interest  in  themselves,  but  for  their  repetitious 
statement  of  facts  already  communicated  concerning  Fulham  matters, 
are  for  that  reason  omitted  in  the  copy  above  furnished  of  .Mr.  Kdnumd 
Dwi-'hfs  letter. 


.Mr.  James  M.  15.  ]  hvight  of  Xew  Haven,  Ct.  (see  No.  1H">,  A". ), 
was  a  resident  of  London,  Lug.,  in  the  years  1ST  I—I',  and  to  him,  his 
cousin,  the  author  wrote  at  different  times,  earnestly  requesting  him  to 
go  to  Dedhain,  Kng.,  and  make  what  searches  he  could  in  the  parish 
records  and  church,  yard  there,  and  also  at  Stratford  (which  is  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  river),  and  also  to  go  to  Oxford,  and  lind  from  the 
Dean  of  the  Vniverity.  from  what  place  or  places  the  I  hvights,  who  were 
graduated  there  in  the  17th  century,  came,  lie  requested  him  also  to 
go  and  search  the  records  of  wills  in.  ''  The  Doctors'  Commons,"  in  Lon- 
don (where;  wills  have  long  been  kept),  and  to  seek  in  the  Harleian  .Li- 
brary there  for  any  manuscript  accounts  of  the  Dwights,  that,  might 
fortunately  be  found  there,  .in  replv  he  obtained  two  different  letters, 
containing  several  items  of  interest,  serving  to  explain  more  fully  and  to 
complete  the  account  alreadv  presented  of  mailers  at  Kulham,  and  of 
the  history  of  the  Knglish  Dwights. 

F..''tn«-t  fnniL  Letter  .Y<>.  1. 

••  LONDON".  June  2i),  1*72. 

I'KAK    P«KVIAM1N  :    i    rec^.    vours  of  June   I,  and  have    been    making 
some  efforts  to  carrv  out  such  investigations   as  vou  sumjest.     1  have 

»,  O  t  OO 


spent  several  da  vs  at  I  >i  >cl '  >rs'  (  'oiiniiruis,  hut  ha\  e  not  found  an v  trace  of 
a  1  >\\  iLjht ,  l>e  (ore  t  hi-  I  inn-  i  if  i  MIT  a i ii -t -slur's  emi^rat  ion.  The  lit  si  I  >\\  i'_'ht 
I  t'lMiml  \\as  in  li'i.V,  William  Ihi-ijl.-  (so.  tin-  name  was  s|  n-1  li-i  I  ).  It. 
was  nut  a  will  lint  an  administration,  and  was  granted  tu  the  princi]  ial 
creditor,  Ambrose  I'Yeeman.  lie  seems  tu  lia\e  died  in  pe<-uniar\  dif- 
ficulties. His  residence  Was  lleldev,  un  (lie  'I'liallies,  (  >xfordshire.  L 

followed  du\\  n  the  Index  tu  171."'.  hoping  to  p't  a  cine  wliieli  mi-.'ht 
lead  suim-liuw  backward  to  the  old  llui-ht  home.  I  found  such  en- 
t  ries  as  tullow  ; 

]''>7<l.      Henri. -IIS    ])ui^ht,    .Middlesex. 

J'isf.    .lames  iKviidit.  Sin-rev. 

1  '''."I.  Sarah  1  Iwi-Jit.  Snrrev. 
17nn.  Hi  I  ward  I>n-'<t, ,  Sussex. 
I7n:i.  John  lh\ijrl,t*  Middlesex. 

17n'.i.    l.ydia  J>\viglit,  Middlesex. 

\1\-2.     Melisellt     Dwi^ht.    Middlesex. 

Some  of  tin-in  are  wills,  and  some  are  administrations.  f  liuj.e  soon 
t'»  examine  the  \\lll-.  I  lia\e  luuked  u\er  the  Index  from  the  Vear 
l.'lS.'i  to  17'l-">  and  Lju'eii  von  the  result  aliove.  The  John  I'ui^ht  of 
1711-'  I  siipjiuM'  to  l.c  .luhn  of  Fulhani.  \\'lio  was  the  oiie  to  introduce 
the  maiuii'act nre  of  porcelain  ware  into  Kn<_rland. 

Not  all  \\ills  in  Knu'laiid  are  to  lie  found  in  Doctors'  ('ummuns.  luir 
man\  are  in  the  other  bishops  courts;  and  I  doiilit  it'  anv  tVom  the 
northern  ji.oxinee,  the  archliislioprn;  ot'  \  ork  are  there,  lint  will  a^- 
certain.  The  wills  of  Oxfordshire  are.  1  Ix-lieve  ;  and  if  so,  wil!  ;r\" 
to  examine  them.  Tho-^e  o)  l']sse\  are  there,  I  suppose.  IMH  are  n..;  in- 
dexed, whicli  will  make  it  almost  impossible  to  diseo\er  anxthin^. 

'I'he  llarleian  Lil>rar\  is  such  a  wilderness,  that  I  t'-ar  I  can  do 
liutliitig  then-,  in  the  time  that  now  remam>  to  me. 

I  ha  \  e  lieeli  t  f  \  i  1 1  Ur  C  \  e  r  s  1 1 1 1  •(•  I  ea  1 1 1  e  t  o  I  .o  1 1 1  1  o  1 ,  t  o  ;_'e  t  lip  t  o  (  ).\  t'urd  J 
7|o]'  ha\e  I  liet-n  a'li|e\-et  t  O  -'o  to  l>edli:llll.  1  fee!  ^I'eai  Ulteri.-st  111  this 

\\hole   matter,  and  shall   lie  ^lad  to  do  what    1   can." 

1-1.1   I, 'IK'!      />"///      ,1       S,   ,',,,(:/      /,-//,,'. 

"l>'-dham   is  a   little    place    situated    on    the    south    l>ank   of  the    ri\er 

Stuwe,  aliullt  S  miles  N .  K.  froni  (  'o|ehi--|er,  a  to\V>|  ut'  si'llie  sl/e  in 
I'!->ex.  l>irectl\-  opposite  .|>edham,  on  the  north  side  of  the  ri\i  r,  is 
Stratford."  [Thus,  tu  the  same  identical  -pot.  th,-  \  \\ ,,  opposite  i.ank-i 
of  the  -a  me  nai'i-o\\  stream  do  the  I'ulhani  traditions  i  see  -ul'--e.  i  uent 
j.a_f')  eoncerninL;  Stratford,  ami  the  American  traditions  cone,  i  nm^ 
J  )'-dham,  as  respect  i  \  e  homes  of  t  heir  immediate  aiieest  ors.  point .  j 

"    'J'ii'    ];i.-i  thi'i.-L-  are  1'ulham  )i;nucs.      Ti,i-  low  u  is  in  ."Miiid'ij-'  x. 


History  of  the  JZnylish  Dwujld  Family.  05 

C'I  found  in  London  not  long  since  a  Mr.  Reynolds,  a  gentleman  of 
frank  and  genial  manners,  who  had  a  tine  collection  of  the  Dwight 
porcelain  wares,  which,  he  had  ohtained  from  a  Mr.  Baylies,  who  had 
himself  procured  them  from  the  last  White  descended  from  John 
I) wight  of  Fulham.  For  a  full  account  of  their  history,  he  referred 
me  to  a  work  recently  published,  entitled  '  Marks  and  Monograms  on 
Pottery  and  Porcelain,  with  an  Introductory  Essay  on  Vasa  Fictilia 
in  England,  by  William  Chaffees,  London.1  The  book  1  bought,  and 
found  that  it  contains  a  full  account  of  John  Jhvight  the  first  inventor 
of  the  manufacture  of  porcelain  ware  iu  England.  It  states  that  he 
was  the  son  of  a  gentleman  of  Oxfordshire,  educated  at  Oxford,  pri- 
vate secretary  to  3  successive  bishops  of  Chester  ;  and  that  afterwards 
he  devoted  himself  to  the  manufacture  of  porcelain,  and  took  out  his 
first  patent  in  1(571.  After  John  Dwight's  death,  his  daughter  Marga- 
ret carried  on  the  business  in  partnership  with  a  M.r.  —  — ."  [This 
should  read,  his  daughter-in-law,  Margaret,  widow  of  Dr.  Samuel 
Dwight  of  Fulham,  son  of  John,  who  succeeded  him  in  the  manufacture 
of  porcelain.  The  blank  after  the  word  Mr.  should  be  filled  with  the 
name  TJiomas  HW/'o/r/,  who  was  the  first  husband  of  the  only  child, 
Lydia,  of  Dr.  Samuel  I) wight  of  Fulham.  She  after  his  death  married 
Mr.  White.  See  subsequent  page,  j  '*  But  they  failed  and  became 
bankrupt"  [that  is  Mrs.  Margaret  Dwight  and  Mr.  Warland  did], 
"and  she,"'  (not  she,  but  her  daughter  Lydia,  widow  Warland)  "mar- 
ried a  Mi'.  White,  and  in  the  name  of  White  it  was  carried  on -1 
[17~>4 — ]  "until  1SIJ4-  when  the  last  of  the  White  family  having  been 
unfortunate  failed.  The  pottery  then  fell  into  the  hands  of  a  Mr. 
Bailey,  who  still  keeps  it  up." 

"In  '  Gorton.1  s  Topographical  Dictionary,  England  and  Wales, — • 
London,  1832,  Dedham  is  thus  described:  Jt  is  -38  miles  from  Lon- 
don, has  a  fair  on  Faster  Tuesday,  is  a  parish  and  was  formerly  a  mar- 
ket-town in  the  Colchester  division  of  the  hundred  of  Lexden,  pleas- 
antly situated  m  a  vale  upon  the  river  Stowe,  over  which  there  is  a, 
trood  bridge  erected  in  170(1,  and  called  Stratford  Bridge.  The  houses 
are  ranged  on  one  street,  and  are  generally  well  built.  .Hero  is  a 
considerable  manufacture  of  baize.  Dedham  was  once  famous  for  its 
clothing  ti-a.de,  as  early  as  the  time  of  Richard.  1  I.  The  church  dedi- 
cated to  St.  Mary  is  a  fine  structure  in  the  Oothic  style,  with  a  tower 
lOo  feet  high,  supported  by  4  arches  resting  upon  4  pillars.  There  is 
a  line  grammar-school  here,  founded  about  K>7<>  and  endowed  the  fol- 
lowing year  for  the  education."  [that  is,  free  |  u' of  l'()  scholars,  by 
William  Littleburv,  (lent.  The  donation  was  confirmed,  and  the  gov- 
ernors incorporated  by  charter  of  -d  Elizabeth,  .May  14th,  l-">74. 
There  is  an  Independent  Chapel  founded  in.  1  <  3(>.  ' 

5 


»'•«'>  .1     Iti'iit' Xkitiji   nt' tin     r<t)'<tll,l    /!••;, it 

'•  Si  rat  f,  ,|  ,1.  St.   .Marx  .  ju-l  opposite   I  >ed  ha  m   is  one  and  half  mi  Irs 

N.  \V.h\N.  1'opn.oll.  Threhmvh  is, l.-li, •:,!«•,!  In  Si.  Mary.  Ih-re 
ale  Milne  remain-  IP)'  ;i  llolnan  ealnp.  Stratford  1 --  a!-o  eiitlllrd  t'i  the 

henelii   ,.t'  Liu  Irl.ury's  school   in    I  ).-<lliaiii.  foiind.-d   in    l"'7"." 

"  !.<•(  uif  semi  \oii  now  some  extracts  from  ('halfrr's  \sork  mi 
'  Mark-  and  Monograms.'  etc.,  .'id  edition,  1^7".  l'a_'r  '_' 1 '_'.  '  I  >r.  l'].,i 
(Naiiiral  llisior\  of  (  Kford.sliire).  speakim.,'  in  I  ''77  of  .l«>i,  n  l>v.i_'iit  of 
Fulh.-im,  sa\  s  :  lit-  hath  discus  rrn  1  t!i<-  mvstrrv  of  lii''  stmn'  nr  (  '<>- 
I'l^in-  \\  a  rf>,  ln-lTtiiiun1  inadi-  ciil\  in  (i'iiiiaii\.  ami  i'l'Mi-lil  1>\  ilp1 
l*i:!cli  lulu  Kn^liiml  in  L'r<-at  ipiaiii  ii  i'  •.-.'  •  li  v,i!l  !>.•  sn-n  liiTc.-ifii'r, 
lliat.  calcincil  and  ^riiiind  Hint  ua-  fin|ii<  ivcd  as  i-ariv  as  l'>>'.'.  liv 
|)x\i-lit  ..f  Fnlliani.'  ]>auv  17s.  '.!,,lm  |)ui--]n  of  Fulliam,  M..\.,of 

('lili>li    (lilll-cli    (  'oilt^r.   <>\fo!'d.    Was     ///-     ',,, ,-.,•'<,,•  <•/!«>,•< ••lain    III     /•//-//- 

liiii-l.  lie  was  secretary  to  l!i'iaii  \Valton  ulm  di.'d  in  Iti'l],  and  to 
Henry  Kerne  and  Ccrn^c  Hall,  succi-ssivt-  liislmps  of  < 'lie-t-r.  lie  es- 
taliiislied  a  iiiaimfartorv  for  tlie  jiroiliic-tion  of  jmrcelain  at  l-'iiihain,  in 
l'i/1.  HaviiiL;'  inade  t!ii^  assertion,  lie  s;ivs  'we  v.iil  as  diptiv  ;i> 
)Hi»ili!e  review  (he  elaiins  put  forward  liv  l-'ri'ii'-h  writ>T>  on  \}\\~~  -u'o- 

jecr. 

•  'I'lie  first  atti-iupt  to  make  poreelain  in  F  ranee  \vas  \>\  l.oiii>  I'oieiat, 
Su-ur  d<-  St.  l-'.tienne.  at  KoiK'H.  \\dio  olitain^d  letters  patent  in  1>'>7.'1. 
It  appears  never  to  liase  sueei  eded,  and  a  \  er\  impert^et  doenot  ion 
onlv  was  produeed.  In  the  Icttt-rs  puteiit.  aceorded  to  the  heirs  nf 
('hieanneau  at  St.  ('loud  in  17^1'.  n-/i <'<•/,  //v/.<  ,->-<iUij  //,,•  _///•>•/  »n<;;sx- 

fi'l  ulti  ni  ft  iini'l'  'in  /•';•"/"•',  refi-reliei1  1^  had  to  th"  previiills  i;  ra  li  t  to 
l.ouis  I'titerat  ill  these  ti'l'lns  :  "  \\"e  furilierly  e'.li.-iilered  th'1  IliailU- 

faet  nre  of  poreelain  so  advanta"V"'is  to  our  kin^d'  im.  t  hat  we  aernrded 
pri\  ilexes  to  Sieiir  de  St.  Ftii-nneat  le-uen;  l.ut  th-1  said  St.  lOi-'iii.e 
did  not  hinir  more  than  approach  the  seirei.  and  n«'\  •  r  l>r.  iiiirht  it  to  t  h<- 
pi-rt'eet  inn  these  petitioners  have  acipiired.  Th1'  second  atti-mpt  n; 
point  of  date  was  that  of  <  'hica  nn-'aii  at  St.  ('loud  ju-t  referred  to, 

-aid  to  ha\e  lieeli  ili\elit(d  aliollt  I'i'.'.'i  lillt  patented  in  I7"l'. 
I 'wight's  |iorcrlain  \\as  therefore  made  t  \\  o  Veal's  In-fore  that  of  I.  .ins 
I'oii  rat  at  1,'ou-  n.  and  I1  I  \'ears  lii-t'ori'  it  is  -aid  to  ha\<-  hern  i:i\,  nt'-d 
li\-  ( 'hieanneaiu  am!  .'i  I  Vears  hrt'oir  tin-  date  of  the  li-tters  pai'-nt 
u'rantri]  to  hi-  -u<Tr--or>  at  St.  ( '!oml  in  I7(l_.  lla\iii'_j  disposed  of' 
i  In-  ipi-'stion  of'  precedence  as  regard-  pom-lain,  we  \\  ill  now  speak  of 
other  disco\erie>  made  i.\  John  l>\\i_iii.  1 1  i  •>  >reond  in\rntion  \sa-  of 
e\m  i_'i-eatei-  importance  to  in.-  coiumunii  \  at  laru'r.  and  tin1  coiiiiner- 

eial  interest.-,  of'  t  h  i  >  collllt  l'\  111-  -U'-rr--tlll  1  III  II  a  t  1  oil  ot  I  1 1'  •  '  '•  r. '-  dt  • 
(  ,,lo-nr  (-tone  \\are.  etc.).  Se\eral  alt'  lilpts  had  1'ren  made  ill  pre- 
\ioll-  \  ea  I'-,  to  colnprle  \\  i  t  h  t  lie  pot  t  r  1'S  of'  (  'oli  i^lie  ;  hut  t  i  I  •  •  1  r  i  •  1  i  i  i  •  'a  \  - 

01  -  liad  hi m  hii  ii'-i  to  una\  ailing  :    t  h'1  duraJ>ilii  v.  compact  !!<•--  , ,)  mate- 


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rial,  imperviousness  of  gla/e  and  consequent  cleanliness  of  the  vessels 
could  not  be  imitated.  All  England  therefore  continued  to  be  sup- 
plied with  German  pots.  .Finding  that  they  could  not  manufacture 
them,  the  English  potters  tried  to  destroy  the  monopoly  of  the  (.'ologne 
merchants  who  imported  them;  but  the  duty  received  by  the  English 
Government  on  the  ware  formed  too  important  an  item,  to  be  aban- 
doned without  sufficient  cause. 

'.Dr.  .i'lot  states  that  .Dwight's  great  difficulty  was  in  the  glazing  of 
his  porcelain,  which  was  the  onlv  obstacle'  that  had  prevented  him 
setting  up  a  manufactory  before,  but  he  had  eventually  overcome  it; 
that  his  inventions  were  well  known  and  appreciated  bv  the  scientific 
men  of  the  time,  is  evidenced  bv  the  following  interesting  statement 
in  J>r.  j'lot's  History  of  Oxfordshire  (I'i77)  : 

"The  ingenious  .John  Dwight  hath  discovered  the  mystery  of  the 
stone  or  ('ologne  wares  (such  as  D'Alva  bottles,  jugs  and  noggins),  here- 
tofore made  only  in  Germany  and  brought  bv  the  Dutch  into  England 
in  great  (piantities,  and  hath  set  up  a  manufactory  of  the  same;  which, 
l>i/  inet/iO'fs  tiu'l  I'lnitn  en  i/fi'x  of  ///.-,-  (>(r//}  altoyt'tlieT  nul  (],'.<'  t/toxc  used 
l»j  tin-  (rr/-iii.(tit3,  in  three  or  four  years'  time  he  hath  brought  to 
greater  perfection,  than  it  has  attained  when  it  hath  been  used  for 
manv  ages,  insomuch  that  the  cmujxtui/  of  </I<IKS  .xW/o-.s-  of  ~L<n«1<m^  ir//o 
(i,-<-  i/i'-  <i'<  i/l'-i'*  iii  iln.i.t  coi/uitix/iti/.  Inin1  i-onii'iicti-il  >r'ii!i  tin-  inventor  to 
lji.il/  tni/i/  of  tux  JUiifjlish  /i/fttt/ifftrf /!/•>',  and  refuse  the,  foreign. 

lie  mill)  discovered  also  th"  mvsterv  of  the  Hessian  wares,  and 
vessels  for  retaining  the  penetrating  salts  and  spirits  of  the  chymists 
more  serviceable  than  were  ever  made  in  England,  or  imported  from 
Germany  itself.  And  he  hath  found  wavs  to  make  an  earth  white  and 
transparent  as  porcelain,  and  not  distinguishable  from  it  by  the  eye, 
or  bv  experiments  that  have  been  pnrposelv  made  to  try  wherein  thev 
disagree.  To  this  earth  he  hath  added  the  colors  which  are  usual  in 
the  colored  china  ware  and  divers  others  not  seen  before.  The'  skill 
that,  hath  been  wanting  to  set  up  a  manufacture  of  this  transparent 
earthenware  in  England,  like  that  of  China,  is  the  gl axing  of  the  while 
earth  which  hath  much  puzzled  the  projector:  but  now  that  difficulty 
is  also  in  a.  great  measure  overcome. 

.II"  hath  also  caused  to  be  modelled  statues  or  tigures  of  the  said 
transparent,  earth  —  n.  il<i,i</  not  ilnn/'  <  /.-« //•//«•/•••.  for  <'h:na  affords  us 
only  imperfect  moulding,  which  he  hath  diversified  with  a  great  variety 
of  colors,  making  them  of  the  color  of  iron,  copper,  brass,  and  party- 
colored,  as  some  alette-stones.  The  considerations  thai  induced  him  to 
this  attempt,  were  the  duration  of  thi>  hard  burnt  earth,  much  above 
brass  or  marble,  against  all  air  and  weather,  and  the  softness  of  the 
matte,'  to  be  modelled;  which  makes  it  capable  of  more  curious  work 


]!/•!>  i'  S/,;  /<•!,  of  //,,   /',//•,///,/  /,V,v  /// 


than  stones  lliai  arc  u  P  >n<_:lit  \\nli  cln^c!-,  or  iin-iaK  that  arc  cast.  In 
shell,  hr  has  so  lar  advanced  tin  ///•/  ///</>//'.-,  dial  it  is  dulijon-  \\li-  ther 
all\  tuali  since  I'l-oliietliens  li;is  excel  li  ••  I  lillu.  no!  e  \  ci  |  it  1  1  e_'  the  taliMiUS 
1  >aiuoph  iliis  ami  (ior_'aMis  ot  1'lmv. 

The-M'  arts  lir  ciii|>|i'\s  ahout  material^  of  KIIL.'!  i-h  t,'i'"u'h.  'Hid  t'"' 
linii-li  applied  to  other  uses:  In'  makes  tin-  stone  l-otde.,  of  a  c!a\  ill 
ji|i|'i'ai  anci  ilk''  to  tolia  ceo-  pipe  cla  \  .  \\  ii  ii-li  \\  1  1  1  not  make  t  ol  iac,-o-  pip,  •>,, 
though  tin1  toliacco-pipe  clav  \\ill  iiiak«-  lioiti,--;  so  tliat.  that  v.  hicli 
liatli  lain  hulled  ami  Useless  to  tip-  n\Sll''l>  I;:a\  lii'i-oliH'  h'-mTu-ial  to 

till-in,  I'V  reason  of  this  mannlai-t  ni  -r.  and  maiiv  \\orkm_;-  h;'.hd>  <_rrt 
L;OI  M!  ii  \  rli  i  i  ood.  noi  to  s  |  irak  of  the  vrrv  tMiisidrralilc  MI  ins  i  ,  f  |-',ii-Jiisli. 
roin  annnalU"  left  at  home  li\  n  . 

lii-^  lii'-t  |iati-nt  was  dat-'d  April  !'."•.  I(i71.and  uranird  {',  n-  ij|,-  i.-rm 
ot'  1  I  vears,  paving  vearl\  and  i-vcrv  vear  dnrniL;'  the  >aid  time  t  \\  ,  MI\ 
shillings  of  lawful  niom-\-  of  1-ln^land.  Thai  he  cont  iniu-il  tin--i-  ne\\- 
inanut'ai  Hires  succi'Ssfullv,  is  ]iro\ed  li\  ln>  oiiiai  n;n_r  at  tin-  <  xpiraMou 
of  I  his  term  of  1  I  years,  a  renewal  of  his  pa  lent  dated  .1  urn-  \  -.  i  '>"  I. 

•  John  I  Sought  on.  ]•'.  H.S..  dins  speaks  of  die  properly  of  i  !a\  >.  \\  idi 
speeial  i-efereiiec  to  that  found  i.ear  1'oolc.  in  I  )orser>hire.  .1  ;m.  1  1', 

li'i'.i."i  :     "  Tiie\-    are    dliu'    HI    sipial'e    pieces,    of    the    liigllesS   of    aliolii     'halt     a 

hundred   weight  .  each,  and   l.roii^ht    to     London    and    sold    in    p  •;'.<••  'a'l'.e 
times,  at    al  10  m   eighteen   sliillinjis  a   ton.  and   now  in   this  tune  ot    \\  a  r  at 
alioiit    I  \\eiit  \-three.      Thi^    ela\    i^  iiM-d  to  da\'  sn^'.ir.  and  the  lie>t   ^..rt 
ot'   mu-j:^    are    made  of   it.      The  inuvi.ion^    Mr.    I  >v\  i_fhi    of    |-'ulham   t-iK 
me    dial    '  il    i-    die    same    earth    that     china   ware    i->    made    ot'.  and    U     is 
made,   not    liv   1\  MIL.'  I1  MIL;'  in   the  earl  !  i   liiu    in   the  tire,  and  t  ha  '    it'  i;    \\  e|-i- 
\\ordi  die  \\hile,  we  mav   make  as  ";ood  china   h'-re.  as  ati\'  in  '!,••  ".'.r'd." 
•A   t'e\\   vears  since  if  any  collector  '  [thai    is.  of  dill'-rent  spe.-ni,'  n>  of 
porcelain   ware  |   'had   im  |iiired,  \\  hen-  any  pieces  ot'  M  oust  ier'.-.  I'a  \  ehce, 
could   IM'  found,  he  \\n\ild   ha\e  ln-cn  told,  that  •  \<-\,   the  name  had   i  .-ver 
liei-n   heard  ot'  as  a   potter\  ;    \  el    no\\-   \\  e  knou    thai   this    phe-e 
lirated  o\er  1'lnrope.  n.  the  lie--innini;  ot'  tin-  hi-i  eenturv  and  niini'-rons 
i  in  id  ncdo!  is  can   ii'  iw  1  »•  furni-hed.  v.  hich  had   hefi  ,|-e  li.-t-n  at  n  :i 
Koin-n.  St  .  (  'loiid.  and    oilier    place-,.       So          sit    u  ith    t  he    pro 
iif  !•'  lore  nee  (as  earl  v  MS    I  .">  ,.">),  and   the  "  I  ii-nri-  1  >i  :i  \  "  \\  an-  i  •   <  >ir,  ,.,,. 
Such    was   a!-o    die   i  ili-eiii'it  \    om  .....  f   "the    imiia'  ion-(  ',i|,  ,_'     •    v.:,i"." 
-o    much    landed    hv    l>r.    I'iot.       1'iu;     i  ..v.    we  knov.    tha'     i;    \\a- 
-':  \  el  \    i  Made  at    |-'u  I  ham.  and  alt  hoii'jh    it    ha-^    lieeii    hitherto    confound'  d 
v,  idi   i  he  (  lerman    e;re  -  i  t  -ej  f_  \  ,  i    \\  e  can   i;o\\    r>  a-  i  i  '  \   d  i-l  in-jni-i  :.d 

ret'er  t  o  ir  .-,  i  iriL:"i  nal    source.      'I  he    eoinpanv    o|    -  ia  --  -i  i  ;••!•-  ol     I  .  >i  .  e.n, 

\\ho\\-i-relliedealel--,     111     tiiat      Co  III  III  od  1  1  \  .    h  a  \  i  Ii  L.'      c.ii.MarT'd      '••! 

|iui^l,i">    stone    ware,  to    die   entire    exclusion    ot'    the    t'oi-ei^n,  i; 
lun-t    ha\e   lie,  -ii   \er\    e\telisi\e.       The    l-'nlhaln    stone    \\  a  r-  •   i-   fr. 


History  of  tJte  En<jlixli  Diviyht  Fam'dij.  00 

scon,  at  tlic  present  day,  in  collections.  It  is  of  an  exceedingly  hard,  close 
texture,  very  compact  and  sonorous,  and  usually  of  a  grey  color  orna- 
mented with  a  brilliant  bine  enamel,  in  hands,  leaves  and  flowers.  The 
stalks  have  frequently  four  or  more  lilies  running  parallel,  as  though 
drawn  with  a  ilat  notched  stick-  on  the  damp  clay.  The  tiowers,  as  well 
as  the  outlines,  are  raised  and  painted  of  a  purple  or  maroon  color, 
sometimes  with  small,  ornaments  of  (lowers,  and  cherubs'  heads,  and 
medallions  of  kings  and  queens  of  Hngland,  in  front,  and  Latin  names 
and  titles  and  the  initials  of  ('liarles  II.,  William  II. I.,  Mary  and 
Anne,  and  George  I.  The  forms  are  mugs,  jugs,  butter-pots,  cylin- 
drical or  barrel  shaped.  The  juu's  are  spherical,  with  straight  narrow 
necks,  frequently  ornamented  in  pewter  and  raised  medallions,  in  front, 
with  the  letters  0.  I!.  «  'arohis.  Hex),  A.  \\.  (Anna  Ifegina),  \V.  .!{., 
and  (!.  1J.,  in  the  Gorman  si  vie  of  ornamentation. 

AVe  must  now  direct  special  attention  to  a  most  interesting  collection 
of  the  early  productions  of  the  Fnlham  manufactory,  formerly  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  Baylis,  of  I'rior's  Hank,  who  obtained  it  from  the 
Fulhani  manufactory,  about  iSUi',  in  which  year  he  communicated  the 
discover}'  to  '"The  Art  Journal  ''  for  October.  It  is  now  in  the  collec- 
tion of  Mr.  lleynolds  of  .London. 

It  consists  of  about  twenty-five  specimens,  which  have  been  pre- 
served by  successive  members  of  the  Dwight  family,  where  they  had 
remained,  as  heir-looms,  since  the  period  of  their  manufacture,  and  were 
purchased  from  the  last  representative  of  the  family.  The  statuettes 
or  busts  are  of  gres  or  st<ntt>.  ware,  beautifully  modelled:  a  large  bust 
of  ('liarles  I].,  life-size,  wearing  the  order  of  St.  George  and  collar;  and 
smaller  busts  of  Charles  II. .and  Catharine  of  Braganza,  and  James  II., 
and  M.ary  (TKste — the  large  wigs,  !ace-t  ies.  etc.,  being  minutely  modelled  ; 
and  full-length  figures  of  Flora,  Minerva  and  3Ieleager;  a  sportsman 
in  the  costume  of  ( 'liarles  I  I. 's  reign;  a  girl,  holding  tiowers  and  two 
lambs  by  her  side;  a  girl  \\i\\\  her  hands  clasped,  and  drapery  over  her 
head  and  around  her  body,  with  a  skull  at  her  feet  and  plucked  flowers. 
The  last  two  are  probably  members  of  the  .Dwight  family,  in  represen- 
tation. There  are  five  stone-ware  statuettes,  in  imitation  of  hron/i  — 
Jupiter,  Neptune,  Mars,  Meleager  and  Saturn.  These  last  figures  are 
from  seven  to  thirteen  inches  hi^h.  The  mnst  interesting  relic  in  stone 
ware  is  a  beautiful,  half-length  figure  of  a  dead  female  child,  lying  upon 
a  pillow  v>  ith  eyes  closed,  her  hands  on  her  breast  clasping  a  bouquet 
of  flowers,  and  a  broad  lace  band  over  her  forehead— evidently 
modelled  from  the  child  after  death.  This  n;o>t  touching  memento  of 
one  of  the  earliest  of  Kngland's  potters  recalls  the  words  of  Dr.  Plot, 
iliat  "  he  had  so  far  advanced  the  art  plaMic.  '  etc.,  for  the  child  seem.-, 
almost  to  breathe  again.  Fnrtunate!\-  it  fells  its  own.  tale:  on  <he 


70  A   ttrtif  Sht'-lt  <>//],<   r<ii-<ill,l  I!,c<nt 

hack  is  inscril.ed  |.\ili;t  I)\vi<_jlit,  d.  March  '.'<,  l''7_  so  lli;it  it  uas 
executed  \\iiliiu  a  \e;,r  ;.'''  T  tin-  taking  "lit  of  I. is  th'st  patent.  Then- 
is  a  laru  •  Favenee  plateau,  t  \\i-ut  \ -I  linv  inch's  in  diameter,  in  exact 
iniita!  i  'ii  of  the  earl \  "  N"e\  ITS  "  ware,  m\  ered  s\  i;  h  a  "  lil'-n  d.-  I  Vise  " 
(nr  1'iTsiali  Mile)  elialili-1,  i'n  I'  \vllirli  lliat  Iiiali  U  tart  11  IT  Was  ci  -ii  -I  n  a  I '  -i  1} 
decorated  ui'h  uhite  llouers  and  scrolls  tin-  centre  l.i  in_'  lilh-d  uiili 
!  In-  i'.  .\  al  a  riii>,  ami  I  lie  in<  'in  i_fi'aiu  of  (  'ii.i  rl«  .>  I  I .  l.i.lill\  sk<  !  rli.  -.  I.  !  !  is 
saiil,  \\ilii  iiiuiT  llian  iiii-i'i1  [irolialiilil  \  ,  li.  lia\r  in-rii  oin-  nf  a  liinn.T- 
srr\icc  n.adc  I'Xpi'fsslv  l'<>r  tins  k;nur. 

.\!:i<>]'Ur  the  liilli''!'  lil'iiillU'tlniis  all-  a  slati'-cnliirril  Imltii-.  unh  Inar- 
l. Inl  Lands  ami  \\  liiir  limnvs,  in  n-li'  t'.  nf  a  rnuivli,  l.inl>.  ami  a  im  rrv 
Amlri'U,  and  in  tin-  i-i'iitrc  tli<-  litists  t.f  \\'illiaiu  and  Mar\.  A  ;  n  *\  ln-r 
lias  wlnt  t-  li^uri-.->  like  tlii-  last,  and  t  lie  letter  (  ',  a  e\  liinii'UMl  ru  ii^  \s  itli 
stall ijied  i  irnainents,  and  in  I  run!  I  In^artli  >  "  M  id  ni^'lit  (  '(>n\  ci  >ai  lull. 

In  lunkiii^  o\er  this  c'  illeei  idii  we  an-  astonished  ai  the  \arietyuf 
I  )wi^hl"s  jirudurtinns,  and  I  he  ^ivat  ]p«-rt'.-et  inn  t«  \\  iii'-h  he  had  i..-im^)it 
the  jHitier'.s  art,  Imtli  in  the  inani]iulatinn  of  them  and  the  .-..ainel 

cirlol's    elil]'](i\ed     in     their     deci  il'at  lull.        Tile     liuUl'es,    l>Ust>    and     ur«ili|iS 

are  e\i  jiiisit  civ  im  >delh.  d.  and  \\  ill  hear  c.  'iii|>arisnii  \\  it  h  an  \ci.n  ten  ijio- 
I'arv  inaiiut'ae!  ures  in  l']iii'..|i"  :  and  a  ear.'l'ul  ins]  .ec;  ii  .n  will  c"ii\iiu-o 
aii\'  iiii|iivju<lirr<]  inind  •  >\'  t  he  ei  rtiiieMiis  inipressii  in  v.  hi  eh  c\i>;  s,  that, 
until  the  time  i  >t'  \\  edu'eu  mid.  t  he  |mttei's  art  in  I'Jiu'land  \va>  a!  ;i 
\  cry  h  iw  el  ili.  and  lume  1  an  the  rudest  deseri|>t  nm  <>f  jnit  terv  \\  a-  made, 
without  anv  atteinjit  tn  di--|.la\'  artistic  cxcell'-nce.  Mere  lh>\\  f\  .T  \ve 
lia\e  examjilesoi'  l-in^lish  |M.ttery,r/  <-,  ,,t,i  ,•,/!,./,„••  ./',,*'„,!,  \\', ,/,/.,, 
ti in' .  \\  h ich  %s  i. ti hi  not  disgrace  the  atelier  of  that  di>t  in-'uished  j'otter 
lii  nisei  f. 

'J'he  disco\-er\  of  the  two  ]  ateiits  granted  to  .luhn  1>  \\i-Jn  in  I''.71.:'inl 
to  Aii.'iio  \"an  Mamme  in  I1'!1'1,  in.u  |iulihshed  tor  thetii'st  1 1  m.-.  .  >]  .ens 
:i  new  li"ld  for  research  in  another  din-ciion.  Tin-  pre-eiii  ].|'o]'i'i«it(»r 
(IN?  hot'  the  l-'iilham  |iottery.  Mr.  ('..I.  ( '.  r.aiie\  .  |io:  uo  of 

the  old  liooksot  receipts  and  memoranda  hearing  dates  r;,nu'n._'  from 
1  r,  s;(  , , ,  !  r, '.>.">,  \\  h  idi  he  found  am..;,--  .-.  .m.-  old  at  COM,;  Looks.  The  iv- 
cei|.'.>  found  in  them  he  is  not  willing  t"  make  |.u'hiic  \i  t}  a-  !;.•  v.  i-nes 

to    test     their    \  allle    for    himself. 

\\  e  are  | .. -rin  i :  ti  d  to  state  howe\  IT.  i  hai  the  materials  indie,,!,  d  are 
idi-nth-ai  uith  llf.se  uhi'-h  ha\e  con-tnuied  the  paste  of  MM.-  ',:ient 
I'iii^l  i-~h  inainifact  lU'el's.  uith  this  e\re| ,;  |,  ,i  i,  that,  the  latter  used  v.  hue 
da_%.  tin.-  whit"  sand  .,:id  -round  -la-.  ,/•/  .  />,>•;,//,,  ,, 

There    is    -i     t  r.-idit  ion     in     the     familv,    that     I  he     i  .rodtict  ioi.     .  '     ;  he 

Ci,i-sie     I'^lires     ret'erred      to.    together    Ullil      the     dillluT    \\;il'e.    U'e1.        li,.idf 

e  o,,  .       '•.    f.  .r    l\  in_   (  'harles'   ov.  n    talile  :    and    the    fMlelv   11,0,;..!;,.,    i._-:,|v3 


Ilixlory  of  tli  e,  l^iujlixli  Dwiyltt  Family.  71 

of  grey  clav,  sometliing  like  in  substance  the  fine  Cologne  ware  of 
the  same  period  were  confined,  or  mostly  so,  to  the  life  of  the  elder 
Dwight;  for  it  is  a  fact  well  recorded  in  the  family,  that  lie  buried 
all  Ins  models,  tools  and  moulds  connected  with  this  branch  of  the 
manufactory",  in  some  secret  place  on  the  premises  at  Fulham — saying, 
that  the  production  of  such  matters  was  expensive  and  unremunerative  ; 
and,  that  his  successors  should  noi;  be  tempted  to  perpetuate  this  part  of 
the  business,  he  concealed  the  means  of  doing  so  from  their  sight. 
Search  lias  often  been  made,  and  so  fir  in  vain,  for  these  hidden  treasures. 

About  t\vo  years  ago,  in  pulling  down  a  range  of  old  dilapidated 
buildings,  to  make  some  desired  improvements,  the  diggers  came  upon 
a  vaulted  chamber  which  had  been  wa!l"d  up.  It  contained  a  number 
of  stone-ware  Bellarmiiies,  of  exactly  the  same  form  and  material  as 
those  of  the  Cologne,  with  masks  under  the  spouts  and  medallions  in 
relief  and  a  <juanti<v  of  fragments  of  stone-ware?,  some  inlaid  with  blue 
and  the  maroon  red  color.  Many  of  them  had  been  dispersed  before 
the  author  sa\v  them,  but  there  were  still  some  left  with  the  charae- 
teristics  described,  as  the  crest  of  a  stag's  head,  the  interlaced  ('.  L. 
and  (.'.  I!,  crowned,  a  ileur  de  lis,  and  crowned  rosettes' inlaid  with 
niaroou  and  blue  colors,  etc.  These  were  "the  line  stone  gorges  never 
before  made  in  England,"  alluded  to  in  the  patent  of  l<iS4.  The  Term 
gorge  is  still  used  in  the  factorv,  to  denote  a  pitcher,  which  is  so  called 
in  the  invoices  at  the  present  dav. 

In  the  obituary  of  "The  (lentleman's  Magazine"  for  17^7  we  find 
The  following  notice:  "At  .Fulham  Dr.  Dwight,  author  of  several 
curious  treatises  on  physic.  //"//••/*  (],••>  ///•.,•/  ///i/t  fumt<l  out  tltv  sct'i'nt 
to  <•<>!<> i'  eartJii'uwufe  ///,->;  clnm.  Whether  this  notice  refers  to  John 
Dwight,  or  to  his  brother  Dr.  Dwight  (Philip)  who  was  vicar  of  Fnl- 
hain  we  cannot  sa!  isfadorily  decide  ""  [it  refer.-s  to  netTher  of  them,  1  ml  to 
friuitir!  jtir'nj],/^  .]/.  f>.^  son  of  .Inhn  and  brother  t<>  Dr.  Philip).  "The 
former  must  have  died  about  this  t ime  ^  |  he  d.  in  1  7->7,  see  subset piei it 
leaving  t  he  business  to  I  >o  carried  on.  by  his  daughter  .M  argaret 
d  IM  lit-'i-in-l 


\\'hite,  who  re-established  the  potterv.  I.vsoiis  writing  in  I"!1-"*  says  : 
''The  works  are  still  carried  on  at  l'"ulham,  b\-  M.r.  \\  inte  a  descend- 
ant in  the  f'cmal"  line  of  the  !ir>i  [H'opri-'l  >r."  Mr.  White's  father, 
who  mai'ried  one  of  the  Dwi^hl  familv.  obtruned  a  premium  in  17'il, 

til 


\\  III  I  c  of  Kullialll.  pot  trr.  t  01  ik  i  ill  I  a  pa!  i -1 1 1  f.  i|-  his  I  li\  rill  |o|)  of  "  a  ip'W 
Ilianilfact  UIV  >if  cTUrllilrs,  (or  llir  melting  of  lilelals,  sails,  etc.,  called 
li\  the  li.nnr  "I"  \\Iillr  crilcililes,  ur  nirltlli";  p'>t-,  inailr  nf  I'.ri'lsh  mate- 
rials, :in<l  never  lief"iv  made  in  Kir_dainl,  <>r  el>e\\  In-rr.  and  \\hii-li  I 
lia\rlalrl\  set  llpat  Kulham:  take  Si  <  nirl  .rii  l^r  rla\  and  I  >nr-«  •!  -]  i  i  rr 
da  v  (Min  lii  i  ii -d.  i  H  i  \  I  linn  with  \\  i  H  >1  \\  idi  sa  inl  ainl  \vatrr-  t  i  in-  1  i  .  ni- 
di II  \\  i  I  ll  I  lir  trrl  ,  ailil  I  lirli  liliriinl." 

'In  I  v  I  •"•  llir  iiiaiiu!';iclc>rv  was  in  I  li.'  lialnl-  "('  Mr.  \\'liiir,  -i-n  ot'  tin- 
alni\c;  ami  llir  articles  llirn  niailr  wri'r  rln<-t]\  stunr  \\aiv.  |ar>,  |'"ts5 
jui;^.  ri  •.  'I'lir  l''nlliani  wcirks  rrinainril  in  tin-  lamilv  until  I  >(il' 

(liral'Iv  L'IMI  veal's*  wllrll  llir  la^l  .Mr.  \\'llitr  (lied.  Ilr  \s  a  >  .-.llrrrnlrd 
l.\  Messrs.  Mcl  nlosll  »V  ( 'Irinrilts  ;  l>llt,  ill  n>nsri|iir]irr  nf  I  lie  drat  li  <  it' 
t  lir  K'iidiiiii  |i;irt  nrr,  llir  works  wriv  di>]  ioM'd  ot  'to  Mr.  *'..!.  (  '.  I  lailrv, 

t  lir    Jirr^rlll     I  il'i  Ijil'lrli  ll1    (  111      I  Sli  |  ). 

A    iv lie  of  A  lr \aiidrr  Sri k  irk.  a   lli]i-r;in  of  si  oiir   u  as  inadr  foi'  liiin  at 

till-    Klllliail)    factory.          llo\\rll,    \\llo    \\Totr    llir     1 11 1  rod  lid  io|  |      In    thr     l.lt'r 

and  Advnii  urrs  of  A  Irxandrr  Srlkirk.  di>rn\  vivd  lii^^iaiid  nr|.l,rw,  in 
tin-  jxTNOii  of  John  Srlcroi,',  a  Iracln-r  at  ( 'aiioiiinills,  near  Ivliiilniriili. 
Mr  had  t  wo  relics  of  Selkirk.  hi>  ^  alkinic  stick  and  (lip-caii.  It  \\  as 
11)'  l>r»\\  n-stoiir  \\'arr,  holding  a  pint .  It  \\'as  thus  in^crilid  1  : 


him  on   his   ynva'jv  to  Juan    Kcrnaiidi1/..  and   wa->  lii'_dd\    vrneralrd  ii\    thr 

f;|!llil\  lirillU'    l<r|it      iorkrd       ll|l       fi'l1      lit'lV      \ral's       li\'       dlir      i-t'     his      l.jl'Cr.s." 

llereends   Mr.  J.    M.    I1'.    I  >\s  'i^ht's  e\!  ract    from   ( 'hali'eeV   work. 

The  aiilhor  had  >oii^ht  in  \\\«  distinct  t'oriu-.  to  ascertain  ^"hai  lie 
eniild  aliont  the  lircither  of  John  |K\ij;ht  ot'  l-'i  1 1  ha  in.'1'  \\h'i  was  -aid 
traditimialU  >  -«•.•  |,a-v  i'i  1  )  to  ha  \  r  -,  me  [n  I'.arliailoe-,  and  a  I  h  .u'et  her 
\\illpiiil  any  result,  \\hen  foi'tnnat  -1\'  he  discovrrrd,  in  a  \er\  incidental 
inanner.  i  hr  full  |>ro<>f  of  t  hr  fact.  A  fe\\  spec inien  sheet  ^  of  a  work 
ent  it  led.  "  (  'riuiiial  Li^t>  of  |-]iuii;raiil>.  eti-.,  to  the  A  merit  an  1'iania- 

tinll-       I  ill  H  I      li"'l."     liV     J.illll     I  '.      Motlrll,     IviJ.'..    liad      1 !i     s'llt      t    •     I  1 1  i -, 

c,  r,  in;  i",    in  J  .   \\  .    !'>'  MI  1 1  in.   N  e\\   ^  i  irk,  and    in   hazily  i  u  rn  i  n  _'  I  in  m  o\  cr, 
in    ••  A     l.i-i     >it'    the     I  nhaliilaiil>   in   and   almnl   Si.    MicharU,   I  !a  rl  i.;d'  "•-, 

'     I'lilhani.    llir  sr:il    nf    the    palace  <,!'  tin    lii>lm]i  ,,!'    LmiiliiM.   ha>     1"  ni   I'anieiis 

•  >•  her  t  hin-j  -  l'"i'  it  -   lii-!'>ric  I  rei  -        l!i--ln  •(>  I  •  n  i,.i:i  •,   i-    r>  •    •'.•'.•  ii.  :i-  !i:,\  lu^ 

i-.. muled  hi.>    |i;ilace  \\  ith  t'.,n  i-n  ami  nat  i\e    fulia-'e.   tliai    (hn  .  M    I .'  i/a  i .,  ;  h 

•_'  i!'  -1    -:ii'i    !  hat    -i;i     ci  iiilti    !i"t    see   1  F.  .111    In  r    cliailjlii  r   ••.-.  i  ]..,,.-,  r  1 1'ecs. 


History  of  the  En.yUxli  Dwlfjld  Family.  73 

with  their  Children,  Hired    Servants,  'Prentices,  Bought  Servants  and 
Negroes" — he  found  the  following  record: 


The  clerk  who  made  this  record  meant  evidently  in  spelling  the  name 

to  bring  out  clearly  its  two  strongest  phonetic  points — the  long  i-souiid 
of  the  one  vowel  in  it,  and  the  sharp  t-sound  at  its  close. 


In  the  Calendar  of  Oxford  University,  England,  entitled  "Tin: 
Catalogue  of  Proceeders  between  Oct.  10,  10-V.i  and  Oct.  K),  iSdii,'1  etc., 
Astor  Library,  may  be  found  the  following  list  of  I) wights  that  have 
at  different  times  in  the  past  taken  degrees  at  that  University. 

I.  Daniel    .1.) \vighr,   M.A.,   of  Vale   Coll.,  Conn.,   M.A.    by  diploma, 
July  1<I,   172'.). 

.11.  (leorgc  Dwight,  Christ  Church,  B.A.,  April  20,  10S7 — Brase- 
nose,  M. A.,  Feb.  r>,  10S'.). 

.III.   John  1)  \\-ight,  Christ  Church,  B.C.L.,  Dec.  17,  1001. 

IV.  Philip  J)\vig!it,  Christ  Clnn-ch,  B.A.,  June  1,  10'.i:>>— M.  A ., 
April  -2,  10%— B.  and  D.D.,  July  12,  1712. 

AT.  Samuel  Dwight,  (Christ  Church,  B.A.,  May  2:>,  1091 — M.A., 
Feb.  14.  li'.'.t:1,. 

VI.    Kdmuiul  Dwight,  Pembroke  Coll.,  M.A.,  April  11,  171)0. 

The  author  desired  gi-eatly  to  ascertain  whencci  the  various  English 
Dwights  hero  named  came,  and  how.,  if  at  all,  they  were  related  to  each 
other.  To  two  of  four  letters  sent  to  different  gentlemen  in  London  and 
Oxford,  he  received  the  following  answers — the  one  from  "The  Warden 
of  Wadhani  College,  Oxford,''  ''  the  keeper  of  the  archives,"  giving  a 
synopsis  of  the  records  in  his  keeping  respecting  the.  different  parties 
enumerated  and  dated  Oxford,  •Ian.  0,  1  7^  1  ;  and  the  other  from  "  The 
Master  of  Pembroke  College,"  dated  Feb.  12,  IS 7  1,  correcting  an  error 
in  the  published  list  of  Dwight  Procoeders  already  given. 

I. 

The  list  of  Dwight  graduates  at  Oxford.  Kng. ,  a.--,  corrected  and  ex- 
plained bv  the  keeper  of  the  archives  of  the  (,' ni  versity,  "  .1.  (',."' 

"I.  L  can  lind  no  record  of  the.  matriculation  of  .!olm  Dwight  of 
Christ  Church,  who  proceeded  !>.<'.  I..,  Dec.  17.  1001. 

[This  was -John  Dwight  of  Fulhain,  the  greal  inventor  in  porcelain- 
ware  manufacture,  of  whom  all  the  other  Dwights  named  were  sons, 
except  Uev.  Daniel  Dwight  from  America.  See  No.  •)•">,  l\.| 

II.  (leorge  Dwight  «>f  Christ  Church,  son  of  John  D\\ight  of  (Chester 
(;<  'e>irj;'i'),  gentleman,  aged  1S}    tnatricuhited  2-luly,   I'iS.0,  ;     J5.A.,  20 


74  .1   />Y/V/X/v/r//  ftfthe  I\i,;illl  /?«;  xf  ' 

April.     lnS7;       M.A.    (of     I'.rasennse    College,    having    probal.ly    l.een 
circled    I.'  :i   fellouship   ill. -IT),   .">    I'Vl...    IliS'.'. 

111.    Samui'l     l»\\i-lil     of  ('lirisi     ('hureh.    sun     of    John     |>wi'_fht     of 

\Vi_'an.     I  .anca-ddre,     "Vnt  lelna  1:.   ap'd     1  *.     matriculated      ll_'    Jlll\,     I1'"""; 

I;.A..  •_':;  M.-IV.  loin  :  M.A..  1 1  i-vi,.,i <;'.•:;. 

I  \".  riiili].  I  >\vi-ht  of  <  'hri-t  (  'hurch,  son  of  .!.,lin  I  hvi-ht  .,t'  \Vi-an, 
I  .anca-hi  p'.  L'ent leiiian,  aiied  is,  matriculated  17  June,  l1'^'.1;  !'>.A.. 
1  .Iiin.-.  l«;ji:t:  M.A..  •_'  April,  IHHU;  !i.  Mini  !>.!>. .  ll'.Iuly.  1 7 1 L'. 

\".  l-Mnmml  l)uiL.'!it  of  <'liri-1  < 'lnir.-li,  MHI  uf.I..Im  !>ui-li!  of 
l-'u!li;iiii.  <_'<'iit  l.'iiiiiii,  unit  riculatnl  L'  July.  I'i'.'l'.  tonk  ii<(  (l<-Lrri'-'.  Ir 
\vasiiut  M.lnininl  I  'u'iu'li I .  liiil  Ivlnniii'l  /-*"•//•  /'  of  I'niiorok.-  ('cillc^c, 
who  took  the  (Irunvr  of  .M.A.  in  .  ly/vV,  17'.''.'. 

VI.    Diinifl     Dwi-iht.    M.A..   of    Vah-    ( '..ll.-.u'r.    C..nn.,    n-r.-ix,-,!    ihn 
d.^ivc  .,f   M.A.  liy  diploma  from  Oxford,    I1.'  -Inly,   17l".'. 
Oxi-oiiD.  Jan.  li,  1^74.     J.  0." 

I  I. 


I>i:\i:  Sn;, —  Your  letter  of  inouiry  respecting  Mr.   Kdmund   I  > \vi--hr, 
lias  reached   me.       I    have  searched  our  register  of  decrees  and    1    cannot 
find   ih''  name  of    Ihvi-ht.       Ir   was    an     Kdmund    I >wyer  u  ho    took    the 
decree  of    M.A.  at   the  time  \\hidi  you  mention,  April    11,    17'.1','. 
1   am,  \  vrv  1  nil  v  \  < utrs, 

K.  F.\  vxs, 
Master  of  I'emhroke. 

John  Ihvi-ht's  |iatent  was  taken  out  L'.'id  April,  l'i7I.  A  copy  of 
it  mav  h"  seen  in  "Specifications  of  Patents  jn  Kn_:!and  lor  \.-ars 
|i'>.">7  7S"  in  the  Astur  l.il'rarv.  New  York. 

Tii'-  lernis.  of  its  royal  lies,towa]  are  m  the  usual  tcchnica!  iaw- 
lati-uai:'-  oi'  si i ch  document s.  Its  preamlile  reads  i  h us  : 

"' < 'harles    the    Second,    et".       To    all    to    wiiom     these    presents     siiall 

com>-,      L.'1'eel  inir  :      Whereas      \\e      ha\e      I.ecil      ilit'oriiied      l.\      th''      lililn'ole 

jietitiitn  of  John  I  >\>.  i-'ht ,  (ienlh'iiiaii,  thai  he  ha-  discovered  the 
mv.sterv  ot'  transparent  earthen  \\are,  \  ul^'arlv  called  < 'olo_j:e  \\arc; 
and  that  he  has  designed  io  introduce  ihe  manufacture  of  th"  s,-;id 
wares  into  our  kingdom  of  I'liiLfla  ml.  \\here  the\  ha\e  not  hitherto 
lieen  u  rou^iii  or  made,  k  no\v  \ c,  etc. 

[is    Renewal. 

<»n    .1  i I  L1,    I  '>  I  .    under  t  1 1"   h.-el   of    "   I  >\\  i-hf  s    \"\v    M  .  n  iifad  1 1 1  e 

•  if    Karl  hen\\  are,"   Specilicat  ions  of    I 'at  elit  s.   e' c.^   \  e;irs     I  li7v      '. 'L\   V,  i      l',nd 

the  foilouinu'  : 

"<  'harl.-s  the  S,-co,,d,  etc.,  -r—nn.':  \VIi.-r-:is  John  Dui-!,-.  C.-i-il,- 
I'M",  hath  represented  unto  i|s  thai  I'V  lii-  o\\n  indu-tr\  and  at  his  o\\  u 


History  of  ilte  J^ngllslb  Dwiyld  Family. 


proper  costs  and  charges,  lie  hath  invented  and  set  up  at  Fulham  in 
our  county  of  Middlesex,  several  new  manufactures  of  earthen  wares 
called  l)v  the  name  of  white  gorges,  marbled  porcelain  vessels,  statues 
and  figures  and  fine  stone  gorges  and  vessels,  never  before  made  in 
England  or  elsewhere;  and  also  discovered  the  mystery  of  transparent 
porcelain  and  opaccous  red  and  dark  colored  porcelain  or  China  and 
Persian  wares  and  the  mvsterv  of  the  Cologne  or  stone  wares;  and  is 
endeavoring  to  settle;  manufactures  of  all  the  said  wares  within  this 
our  kingdom  of  England,  know  ye,"  etc. 


The  foregoing  interesting  details  concerning  the  English  Dwights 
were  gathered,  at  various  times,  and  from  different  quarters,  by  the 
author  so  successful  1  v,  only  bv  determined  etfort  to  seek  for  all  pos- 
sible facts  obtainable  wherever  the  least  suggestion  was  given  of  their 
existence.  Very  fortunately  he  is  able  to  supplement  the  general, 
record  thus  furnished  of  them,  by  quite  a  complete  view  in  detail  of 
their  family-history,  from  John  Dwight  of  Fulhain  down  to  the  pres- 
ent hour. 

\\  hen  settling  a  bill,  some  ten  vears  since1,  in  a  bookseller  s  store  in 
Xew  Vork,  his  eye  chanced  to  fall,  while  waiting  on  the  dilatory 
movements  of  the  clerk,  on  a  bill  lying  before  him  drawn  against 
Henry  T.  Ihvight  of  Melbourne,  Australia.  This  was  a  new  name  in 
his  calendar.  On  writing  to  him,  supposing  that  he  was  some  stray 
American,  whose  name  had  hitherto  failed  to  reach  his  ears,  he  was 
delighted  to  find,  that  he  was  one  of  the  Fulham  I) wights,  and  both 
able  and  disposed  to  give  a  connected  view  of  their  genealogy.  No 
Ihvje'Lt  has  shown  a  more  appreciative  and  frieiidlv  interest  in  the 
effort  herein  made,  to  do  justice  to  the  memory  of  all  known  hwights 
in  the  earth,  living  or  dead.  .Mr.  Henry  Tolman  ])wight  was  a  large 
bookseller,  in  Melbourne,  of  books  old  and  new,  native  and  foreign, 
who,  while  doing  business  in  the  city,  lived  at  a  pleasant  country  seat, 
a  few  miles  out  of  town,  where  he  could  delight  himself  and  wife  with 
trees  and  flowers  and  rural  enjoyments  of  all  kinds,  although  having 
no  children  to  enjoy  them  with  him.  .But  for  his  affliction  with  the 
asthma,  which  led  him  to  seek  Australia  for  his  health,  anil  which  he 
found  g-vatiy  improved  there,  his  American  namesakes  would  have 
been  sure,  as  they  would  have  been  glad,  to  greet  him  among  them,  as 
a  mo.,1  welcome  miest.  In  all  his  manv  most  acceptable  letters  io  tin* 
author,  his  heart  flings  out  uniformly  words  of  friendly  salutation  Io 
.bis  kinMiH',1  one  and  all  on  this  side  of  the  <_'ivat  I'acific, 


7<'» 


.1    />'/•///'  N/v  l<  -I,  <>t'  tin    r<ir,illl  /,',,•//// 


\    r.lJIKF    ACrorV!'    <>!' 

TIM:  i' AM ILY  HisToiiY  <>!••  TIIK   MX'KNDANTs  <>F 
.)•  MIX  I>\VH:IIT  < >K  vv i. ii A.M.  KX<;LAXI>. 

.luliii    I  >wi^ht ,  from  <  (xfordshire,  <jrad.  at  <  )\ford    I    mver--it\   in   i'i'il, 

HlU--t     !i;t\r     Keen    liorn    alioiit     1  o.'J'.l,*   nr  ;it    li  •;!--(    liol    milch    iat'-r.         It     the 

KnuiNi  hUiorv  ut'  his  aiicest  us  ami  of  ours  is  ever  adi-<|iiat<'lv  traced 
inn.  the  Ljue-v^  is  freelv  ventured  liv  die  aiitliur,  that  he  v.  i  i  1  lie  found 
1n  have  lire  n  a  nephew  nf  .lulu  i  !  »\vii,')it  cit'  I  )edham.  Ma--.,  and  tu  ha\  e 
li"eii  named  alike  a.l'ter  him  and  after  a  grandfather  c.f  tlie  same  name, 
father  in  <mr  .lohn.  These  are  ^\ie»es  which  tli'-  aiitliMi-  IIM],,->  in  find 
some  dav  to  l>e  real  it  n-s. 

.lohn  l>wi^lit  of  Fiilliain  is  shown  aliiindantlv,  l>v  the  foi-e^oin^ 
Tecon  U  i  if  his  eiit(T|iri>iiiL;"  and  useful  life,  to  ha  \  e  IHM-II  a  man  of  lilieral 
cnli  nre,  of  a  very  high  order  of  talent,  and  of  great  energy  and  jier- 

Se%  eralice. 

A     gradual  e    of   ().\fonl    in    tlie    stud\'  nf   the    civil    law,    and    |>ri\ate 

Serretar\     to    three    successive    lilsl|oji>    of    (  'hesler    (one   of    them     at      lea^t 

noted  as  a  man  of  letter>.  l'>isho]i  I'.riaii  \\"altoni.  he  was  aUo  th"  !n- 
ri'nti-.i-  (not  introducer  from  abroad)  of  one  of  the  most  useful  and 
lieauiiful  of  all  arts,  that  of  porcelain  manufacture  in  Kn_;'aiid.  lie 
liecam--  thus  the  direct  cause  and  inspiring  source  of  an  untold  amount 
of  comfoit  i,,  l-'.ngland.  and  to  all  the  civiii/ed  world,  as  \vi-ll  as  of  a 
"vast  amount  of  national  wi-alth  to  his  name  land.  lie  i~-  sho\\n  in 
the  accounts  ;,'Meii  ot'  him.  and  oi'  the  proilncts  of  his  skill.  1>\  Iji-lish 
•writi-r^  t  hetiisi-l  \  es,  to  ha\'e  lieen  a  man  ot'  \cr\'  superior  con>t  rnct  i\  (> 
ami  e\ecuti\c  talents.  lie  had  plainlv  the  ^i-niiis  of  a  de-i^nei-  and 
sculptor,  of  the  first  c!as>.  I  I  i-.  in\  cut  i\  e  t'aciili  ie^  s-ein  to  have  had  a 
spring  and  furce  in  them,  that  not  onlv  -wejit  e\crv  nliMade  to  succe>s 
a\\a\  het'ore  ihem.  lint  Imre  him  oil  also  ironi  his  original  plan  ot'  his 
life- \\ork  as  a  student  of  law. 

I  '•,  --fa  i-chiiiLT  the  his1,  or  v  of  ili'-  lii.^hopric  ot'  '  'hesi  i-i1,  it  appears  i  hat 
.lohn  l>\\i'_dit  Nva.-i  ajipointed  l!i-L;i-~ii'r  and  Scribe  1>\-  |!i>hop  \\al'on 
.1  in,.-  i". '.  1  ''it!  I  .  \\  ho  d.  in  "'  months  at'iei-\\  ards.  X'o\ .  i".t,  1  >\<\  I  .;(<•:.  '••_'; 
that  ll'-nrv  l'"'-rne  \\-as  consecrated  l-.-l,.  1,  I'M',  |  ;_'.  l,m  dii-d  \,  r\  soon, 
and  iii'\ertook  hi^  seat;  and  thai  <  o-or^e  Hall  \\as  c  in>ecr.ii  ed  the 
jie\i  c|a\\  and  d.  Am_'.  L'.">.  I'i''^. 

\\"ho!ii  hi-  marriedj  or  whi-u,  the   author    ha>    not     lr-en    alii'-    to    lind. 


History  of  tlie  Enylixli  T)wl<jld  Family.  77 

He  must  have  been  married  somewhere  between  the  years  10 (53  and '3. 
His  wife's  first  name  was  Lvdia. 

J  !c  is  sliown  to  have  been  a  man  of  tender  sensibilities,  as  might 
easily  be  suspected  of  one  having  so  much  genius,  in  what  is  said  of  his 
beautiful  and  touching  representation,  in  stone  ware,  of  his  little  de- 
ceased angel-daughter,  who  had  in  her  own  name  Lvdia,  that  of  his 
'wife  also. 

He  died  in  1703,  aet.  probably,  about  15").  She  died  in  1700.  (See 
previous  page.)  The  Henry  I>v.ii:ht  whose  will  was  proved  in  1(570, 
from  [Middlesex,  in  which  shire  Fulham  was,  may  be  safelv  guessed  to 
have  been  one  of  his  ';  several  brothers.  ' 

He  had  at  anv  rate  four  sons  as  students  at  Oxford  I  niversity 
(Christ  Church);  of  two  of  whom  somewhat  of  their  subsequent  his- 
torv  lias  been  ascertained  ;  ami  of  one  of  them,  1  >r.  Philip  1  Kvight,  much, 

I.  George  Jhvight,  b.  in  Ii5i5.">,   P..A.  April  1:0,   1<5S7,  and  M.A.   Feb. 
.">,  1(589. 

II.  Samuel  Dwight,  M.D.,b.  in  16(>9,B.A.  May  23, 1091,  and  31. A. 
Feb.   It.  1(593. 

1(1.  Philip  Dwight,  D.D.,  b.  in  1(571,  T..A.  June  1,  ir,'.)3,  and  D.I). 
Julv  VI.  171l'. 


Second  n'enerat  ion.  | 

II.  Samuel  Dwight, M  .1  >.,  born  in  llifiO  ;   m.  wife  Margaret. 

He  was  for  some  vears  a  practising  phvsieiau  at  Fulham,  and  proba- 
blv  to  the  end  of  his  life;  although  carrving  on,  after  his  father's 
death  (1703-37),  the  manufacture  of  porcelain  which  he  had  estab- 
lished. This  would  seem  quite  certain,  from  the  publication  of  his 
three  medical  works,  the  la>t  as  late  as  17-51  :  "  IV  Yomitione"  (C<IIL- 
cerning  vomiting)  in  17--,  London:  another,  "  1  V  Hvdropibus ''  (con- 
cerning different  forms  of  dropsy),  London,  17  :.'•">;  and  another,  "  I  )e 
Febriinis  '  (concerning  fevers),  London,  17-51.  He  d.  in  1737:  his 
wile  Margaret  did  not  die  until  after  17  Mi. 

Tiny  had  one  child:  1.  Lvdia  Ihvight.  She  married  Thomas  \\'ar- 
land.  After  l>r.  Samuel  J!) wight's  death,  lie  carried  on  wall  his 
mother  in-law  the  Fulham  Pottery.  They,  however,  failed  in  I7I''>5 
and  err  lonu'  he  died.  J-'v  this  marriage  .-Jii-  had  !i\e  children,  four  of 
whom  at  anv  rate  (see  previous  pa  ire),  died  in  e,-;rl\'  childhood.  She 
m.,  fora  second  husband,  a  Mr.  White,  in  I7-">1.  Thi'y  had  one 
son,  William  White,  who  had  a  x>\\  ('liarles  \\  ha.\  and  three  daugh- 
ters. M  rs.  Lydia  White  d.  in  1  7'i-"1. 
[  Second  generation,  j 

III.  Jii_v.  Phili[)    J)wight,   D.D.  (son  of  John  and   Lydia   Pwight.  of 


j  /;/•///'  N/V  fr/t  ,,r' 


/,  /  /,v,v,,/ 


Kulham).  1'.  in  1  77  I,  graduated  ,-it  <  >\i'..i'(l  in  I''1.':1.,  in.  nil..'"  !'''.'7,  Jane 
<  >wi  ii  (  dall.  of  Nathaniel  <>\\clll.  jllrr  lirot  her,  Kduard  '  'v>  <  li.  left 
lo  the  to \\lltif  l-'ulii;illl  !l  l»ei|U"St  of  Cljllin,  ill  ITlH,  f.|  ,-h;.  Vila'.  If 
Use--.  |  ',\  ;t  decree  of  t  lie  (  '.HI  I't  (if  <  'haliccrv,  olil  allied  i'V  I  >!  .  I  'hllip 
1'tti^ht,  L'-Jnn  of  tin-  same  v.cri-  ;i|i]iri)]iriati'il  In  educating  ['<>"r  chil- 
dren i>t'  tin-  parish  i  it'  Flllham.j  Tin-  aiilhur  l  -*  not  alilf  in  add  anv- 
thingtothe  description  gi\cn  uf  I  >r.  I'hi'ip  l>\\ight.  i::  hi-  i-j.iiajiii 
;ihva<ly  [nvM'iitril  (pap-  Till).  !!••  <|.  I  if.-.  L'.'i.  I  7l".l  :  sh.-  .1.  i  7l".». 

Thf\  hail  t\vi»  sous  ;  i.  I'liiii]!  |)\vi^ht  .1  r.,  of  Ilnniilf y.  Mi.J.ih-M-x; 
ami  II.  .lohu  l)\vi-lit,  of  Siraifoi.i.  KSM-X. 

[  Tiiinl  ^f  urrat  imi.  ] 

I.  I'lnlij)    I  >\\  iu'hl,  .1  r..  li\fil    in    15rom]f  v,  .M  i«l'!]f-:-x.  <  'n  liffuiniu^ 
dt    a^f.    lit'   rrcfiNfil  a  laru'c  fortune.      "  I  If  was      (>av>  II.   'i  .    l'\vi'_riit, 
I''.M|..  oi    M c lliou rut- ),  "a   \\~ilil  ami    ili^M.luif    \oiuh,  ainl  ai    1'7   vi  ar>    of 

au'e  ;'  ruim-il  man.  I  haM-  ln-anl  mv  aunt  say,  thai,  whfii  -In-  was  a, 
giil.  tin-  old  folks  sjiokt-  oi'  re im- mlit- rinu  tin-  s.-a]if.;raff .  a>  hf  droM' 
liis  ti\f-iu  hand  alou^  tin-  I-'ulliam  mad.  Mi-  ]nu>t  ha\f  -n  a  sonif- 
"svliat  ri- n:arkali!c  man,  with  a  tin^r  of  tin1  tiiif  lut-tal  in  him;  for, 
•\\ln-n  liiokfii  iu  fortune,  hf  articled  hiniM-'f  and  faithfu!!\  ,»T\ed  his 
time,  to  h-aru  th--  then  mn'el  art  of  lilock-euttin^  (that  i-.  1. locks  iiM-d 

for  the  j.rini  ii!^  of  i-alii s.  pajicr-han^iiiLf^,  etc.  i.  in  \vindr  !;••  .'XCfllfd 

all  ln>  a»ociatfS.  1  ha\c  heard  an  old  1  iloc  k-cut  (e  r  >av,  that,  \\hen  he 
Ava.-^  an  a|i[iren;ic;-.  he  u>ed  to  hear  his  employer  >a\  of  an\  on.-  v,  ho  ex- 
celled others  in  tlie  art  :  '  Ah  !  he  will  never  make  a  '1'liiiip  !*'.\i'j'nt/ 
'J'he  \  ice  of  .h'fp  potations  ue\ei  h-ft  him  and  he  died  at  ,.n  early  aire 
Avith'.iit  is.-ue." 

II.  John    D\vj-ht   (son  of    Rev.   l>r.   I'hilip   hwij;t  an  i    .la;      <)\veii) 
in.   .Mfli.-M-ut  -          -   (.iaii.  of  the  proprietor  ot'  tin-  Uromp;  .n  i ',!••  A  ••  ry ). 
Shf  li.-.-u^lit    him    a    lar^f    propfriy.      Sin-  v-a>    a  w.iman  ..f    u)'1  at   per- 
sonal   liealltv.        lied,    under    I1'.       She    d.    in    17I'_'.       'i'hf_\    h.id     1'iU    one 
child.  John   Dwi-ht.  Jr. 

l''ourt  ii  ( !i- iii- 1  at  ion. 

I.  John  I  >\\  i^ht.  Jr.  (M.!:  of  John  and  .M.-l.—  nt  "I  )\vi-;;t  i,  i>.  al»>ut 
J7:i.">.  m.  June  I.  I77S,  l-lli/iilieth  Kin-,  a!  I'-romley  Chuch.  K-s.-x, 
I,,  prol.al.ly  ahont  1 7.">:l.  lie  d.  Nov.  |n.  I-,IL>.  Tl,e\  h:  d  !J  i-l.il- 
dren. 

i   |-'l  i'l  h      (  ielier.U  inn. 

I.  |-;ii/al)eih    Dwi-hi,  1..  April  7,    I  77'.1,  v.  IM  m.  a    Mr.*1         ..amid. 

\\'it  liollt     1  --lie. 

II.  .lul.l,    .l,)s.-|,Ii     Dui-ht.li.    Ma\      >.     I7^",,|.    M;,y     1  ^L'.",. 
I  I  I.    Mi-annah    hui-hl.  1>.    An-.   -I.    17-1.  d.  yoimir. 


History  of  tlte  lliujlislb  l)wujld  Family.  79 

V.   Melisent  Dwight,  b.  Oct.  7,  178-!-,  d.  Juno,  1780. 

AT.    Richard  Dwight,  b.  May  29,  17Si'>,  d.  July,  1824. 

ATI'.  .Alary  King  Dwight,  b.  Nov.  21,  1787,  in.  Richard  Preston  of 
Norwood,  Surrey. 

AT  1 1.  Jane  Dwight,  b.  June  17,  1789,  ni.  AVilliam  ]3enton,  of  Nor- 
wood. 

IX.  C'clia  ])\vight,  1).  in  1700,  ni.  Thomas:  Lubbock  of  London. 

X.  JaiiH-s  Dwiglit,  b.  March,  31,  1791. 

XL.  Melisent  Dwight,  b.  Dec.  '22,  1793.  ni.  Joseph  Shaw  of  AVux- 
Lall. 

XII.   Joseph  Dwight,  b.  about  1795,  d.  soon. 

11.  .Joliu  Joseph  ].) wight,  b.  May  8,  17SU}  in.  a  Miss  Wilson.  He  d. 
May,  1S23. 

|  Sixth  Generation.]      (Children: 

1.    Susan  Dwight,  who  in.   \Villiani  Etlieridge. 

I'L.  .Joseph  J) wight.  Of  him  says  II.  T.  1  hvight,  Esq.,  of  Melbourne  : 
';  ,AI  r.  \\"hit(;  of  Fulham,  desiring  to  ])iin-ha.se  the  family-vault,  then 
fallen  into  decay,  he  several  times  sought  his  consent  to  buv  it.  lie 
being  of  an  impetuous  spirit,  and,  being  asked  anew  at  a  time  when  he 
had  met  with  some  pecuniary  losses,  assented;  and,  for  the  paltry  sum 
of  1M(>  sterling,  allowed  the  resting  place  of  our  kindred  to  pass  out  of 
our  hands. 

lie  m.  a  Miss  \Valkins,  and  had  3  daughters. 

I  ii.   Charles  Dwight. 

IV.  Ksther  1  hvight, 

V.  .lolin  ]  hvight,  who  m.  and  had  2  sons. 

AT.  -James  .Dwiglit,  who  resided  at  Barking,  Essex,  formerly,  but  of 
late  (since  1  Si '>•!-)  has  removed  to  Plumstead,  Kent. 

A' I  I.   Richard  Dwiglit,  who  was  drowned    in    Barking  Creek,  a  trib- 
utary of  the  Thames,  in  his  childhood. 
j  Fifth  Generation.  | 

IV.  Lucy  Dwight  (dan.  of  John.  Dwiglit,  Jr.,  and  Elixabeth  King), 
b.  Dee.  2S,  17^2^11!.  Thomas  Pea<-nrk,  and  lived  iVn-  manv  years  ai 
Keiinington,  near  .London,  and  died,  full  of  years  and  honor.  She 
had  >ix  children:  .Lucy,  Thomas,  FJi/a,  Marianna,  .)osep]i  and  -lane. 

\T.  Kichard  Dwight  (sou  of  John  Dwiglit,  J  r.,  and  Mlixabeih  King), 
b.  Mav  2'.',  l~Si),  ran  awav  fVoni  home  in  his  \'on'!i,  to  avoid  lieing  ap- 
preiitired  to  a  chemist,  and  druggist,  and  joined  a  man-of-war.  lie  lie- 
came,  after  some  years,  an  ollieer  in  the  eiujiloyment  of  the  Mast  India 
Company,  and,  while  serving  as  purser  on  hoard  one  of  their  ships,  oil" 
Tahh-  P>HV,  Cape  of  Good  llojie,  .\frica,  In.-  Avas  conversing  with  a  fel- 
low-ollicer  one  day,  when  he  was  struck  by  u  sail,  as  it  suddenly  filled 


So  A   llr'i>t'  .s'A  /,•//  ni'  ///,    /',//•,///'/  /,',,-, />/ 

•uith  wind,  an.]  knock,  d  o\erLoard.  A  -hark  caught  him  at  once  and 
(le\oiired  him.  marking  the  waters  with  hi-  Mood.  Tin-  -ad  event  oc- 
niriv.l  in  July.  ISJI. 

II.-    in.,  in    hccemLer,    Is]:.,    widow    Ann     Ford,    n-'cM.ad.  L.    M,,v, 

l(vv.    at     I\e\  ef-liaill,    Somersetshire    (  I  i|'e\  iuii-l  \'    Wife     of    Tliolna-      Ford. 

shipl.uild. -r  of  heptfird.  K'-nt,and  dau.  of  .lames  Mead  of  Soiner-et- 
shire  Lei,,-  direciK  de-ccnded  from  |;id,ard  M.ad  the  releLrated 
physi-'iaiii.  The  Fa-t  India  ( 'o.  allow  ed  M  >  •-.  I  >w  iuht  a  pension  for 
h.-r  hn-liand  s  ser\  ices,  uniil  her  two  sons  came  to  lie  of  au'1'. 

[  Si\t  h    <  Generation.  ]      <  'hihlreti. 

I.  l.'ichard  \\'illiam  hwi-dit.  L.  Sept.  '.).  l>|i',.  ju  |)eptf- ird.  in..  FeL. 
IS.  ISM,  I -;d. d  la  Ann  <  lill.  1>.  A]n  il-1.  1  S  I'.Mdan.  of  .lolin  and  I -a- 
Lella  (Jill  of  I  lack  i  ley,  near  London  i.  lie  was  a  d'-rk  for  several  \  ears 
in  the  Sun  Insurance  (  Mile--.  Loii'lon.  lie  went  to  Australia  in  1V->1, 
and  d.  AIILT.  1s,  lv<'l,at  Fmerald  Jlill.a  suLurL  of  MelLourne.  where 

111-   Widow    still    resides. 

They  had  L1  children  : 

I.  Theodore  llidiard   Dwi-ht.  L.   Dec.   11.   Is.jL 
L'.    IsaLella    M.-lisent    Dwi-rht,  1..    May  S.    1SJ!». 

II.  Heni-y    Tolman       !>wiurht     (son      of     liichard     .1  >wi;_rht     aiid     A),n 
Mead).    L.  Oct.  :',().     ISL'M.  at    Hloomtield     Place,    heptford.    Kent.    aLout 
I     miles    from    l.oniloii,    m..  Sept.     11.    |s."iii_   Marv    Fiix.aLi-rh    Alldis.    L. 
Aii'j;.    I.    1SL'7    (dan.  of   Thomas   and  Ann  Alldis    of   Smithwark,    l!i:_r.). 

No    is-lle. 

lie  t'olli.v,  .-d  the  Look  and  paper  trade  in  Finland,  until  1  x.">  !  ;  wh'-ii 
increas.-il  snt'ieriiiMr  (Vom  asthina.  a  hfe-lot;^  complaint.  Idl  him  to  --o  to 
Australia,  for  Lenetit  to  his  health,  and  where  he  landed  I  »- c.  L"_'.  |  ^. "»."), 
and  \\ln-re.  at  MelLouriie.  he  purai.-d  until  hi-  d'-ath  ilie  liii-ine--  of 
Look-ell  in-'.  lie  h.-ul  the  lai-j'e-:  collection  of  new  and  secondhand 
L.  ioks  in  i  hat  hciiii-phere. 

I  l-'it't  h    <  Jeiierat  !•  in.  ] 

VII.  Mary  Kin-'  hwi-hi  (dan.  of  .lol,n  I  >wi-ht,  .1  r..  ai.d  Kli/al.etli 
l\iir_'>,  L.  Nov.  L' 1 .  I7>7.  in.,  as  hi-  I'd  wife.  |;icl,;,rd  l'rc-t"n  ,,f  Nor- 
wood, a  tea -dealer  ill  London  i  -ee  p,i--e  i',l  i  |.  She  \\  a«  con-idered  "  the 
(lower  of  the  tamilv."  He  \\a.-.  a:  one  time,  an  oliicial  in  the  F,,-r 
In'iia  <  'oinpany.  The\  had  .".  chihovn  :  I  '.-.  ilia,  and  two  that  d.  c; 

VI  I  I.    -lane  Dwi-lit   idan.  of  .lohn    I  >v  i-hi.  Jr..  and  KIi/.al..-t  li    Ki;,.. 
L.  June    17.    !,>'.'.  m.   William   lien;.-!,  of  N'..rwo,.d,  S  ;n,y. 

Tli.-\  had  C,  ,'hildrcn.  Le-ide  i  rttl  thai  d.  ,-.,rl\  :  \\  iilialn.  L'id  .:rd. 
Jane.  Jam'-,  Margaret  and  t'elia.  Th''\  are  -,,me  of  ih-m  now  l:\nr_' 

at     !  he    old     home-lead. 

IX.   i  dia     Dwi-ht,    L.    in    I7'.'ii     1,1.   Thoma-     LnLLock     .f    London 


j  of  tlie  English-  Dwifjld  Family.  SI 

He  kept  ;m  inn,  near  Christ  Church  Hospital,  Xewgate  Street,  Lon- 
don. "  He  was  a  civic  notability  for  more  than  20  years.  Although 
successful  in  business,  he  made  no  provision  for  old  age.  One  of  his 
sons  died  in  early  manhood,  and,  his  wife  dying  soon  afterwards,  the 
old  man.  worn  down  with  grief,  followed  them  quickly  to  the  grave." 

Their  children  were  Thomas,  who  died,  as  above  mentioned,  and  two 
others  that  died  early. 

X.  James  Dwight  (SOIL  of  .John  Dwio-ht,  Jr.,  and  Eli/abeth  King),  b. 
March  :5I,   17'.'!,  m.  Anne  Staines  about  1S]S. 

[Sixth  Generation.]      Children. 

L  -lames  Dwight,  Jr.,  who  m.  Fanny  Thomas,  and  has  a  numerous 
family,  lie  is  a  coach-builder  in  London,  in  Old-Chnrch-Lane,  White 
Chapel. 

II.  Thomas    Dwight,   who    in.    a    .Miss   Smith    and    has   .°>   children: 
Charles,  b.  in    1843;    Thomas,  Jr.,  b.  in   1M.~>;   and   Kmily,  b.  in  IS  HI. 

[This  must  have  been  the  Thomas  Dwight,  whom  Dr.  \Villiam  T. 
Dwight  of  Portland,  Me.,  speaks  on.  a  subsequent  page  of  having  met, 
with  William  and  Thomas  Dwight,  his  brothers,  in  ]S4-">,  in  London.  | 
He  is  a  coach-builder  in  London. 

III.  \\  jlham.  Dwight,  who  is  also  a  coach-builder  in  London,  and  is 
married. 

.IV.    John   Dwight,  who  is  married  and  has  several  children. 

V.  1  lenrv  !  >wight,  who  has  also  s"vral  children.     1  le  and  his  brother 
John  have  been    for   several    years    connected  with    the    stage,  and   are 
prosperous  in  worldly  affairs. 

V I .  Celia    Dwight,    who   m.   a    Mr.   Reid,  and    d.   on   her  passage  to 
Australia,  leaving  several   children,  all    girls,      lie  was  the    first  of  the 
family  to  visit  < 'ceanica. 

VII.  Eliza,  and 

V  I  I  I .    Kmilv  Dwight,  both  married. 

[Fifth  ( Generation.] 

XI.  Meli^-nt  Dwight  (dan.  of  John  Dwighf,  Jr.,  and  Elizabeth  King), 
1).  Dec.  --,  17'.l-),  m.  Joseph  Shaw  of  Vauxhnll,  who  kepi  a  large  bakerv 
at    r.aftersea. 

They  had    three  daughters,  .Mary,   Kli/a  and    Harriet,  and  one  son. 

Said  .Henry  T.  Dwighi  of  Melbourne,  of  his  four  aunts  above  men- 
tioned. Mrs.  lYeston,  .Mrs.  Benton,  Mrs.  Lubbock  and  Mrs.  Sliaw: 
"  TIiex>  old  ladies  (for  such  thev  were,  when  I  knew  them),  were  all 
tall,  handsome  and  noble-looking,  and  splendid  specimens  of  woman- 
kind." 


s-J 


A   JiriifSkiti'liot],,    r<ir<tlll  ]!«'<  nt 


His  moih'T,  Mr-.  Ann  (Mead)  l>\\i;Jit,  siill  li\«-s  in  MI  ll'om  nc. 
'•  A  l>it  of  romance  concerning  her  marriage  to  his  father  i-.  \\orth  re- 

pcat  im'.  Mr.  \\  illiam  Kurd,  her  (irst  liusliiin'i,  took  ;i  sea-\o\a"e  for 
i  .  ~ 

hi-  l,,-:iltli  nn  !,,,;inl  <,f  ;in  V..  India  \  e  —  !,  ..n  \vhi.-li  Mr.  l.'i.-luinl 
|>wi'_di!  \\as  purser,  \\liose  hl'_di  mental  ;tnil  li:i>i:il  ijiiallti's  \\oii  liis 
est  "elll.  I  >\  ilr_C  "||  shipboard.  II  !  1  lie  c;i  rl\  a  LT'  '  of  I1."),  he  |Vc  |lle-  I  IM  |  him 
t  '  >  u'l  >  Mini  see  Ill-  Wife,  i  ill  his  iTt  lini  (  1  1  !•'.  ii^'hi  ni  I,  ;i  ml  1  n'.ir  I  IP'  -;n  I  l,'-\vs 
(if  hi-  ilratli  I"  IHT.  him-rlf.  It  \\;is  on  llii-  crr:in<l  of  Icntln1  s\  \\\\  \-\\\\ 
tii.-it  in-lirsi  s;i\\  her,  wlio  liccamc  in  lhrcinl  his  o\\  n  ln'lo\  i'i  I  :i]i<i  iitlVc- 

t  i'  HIMtc    \\  it'e." 

'I'll--  l::iluc  !  '\\  '  i^l  it  is,  lie  siild,  r;i  re  III  Mli^hll!'!,  Hl|i  I  lie  IM  \  i  r  1  1  1  1  •!  v.  il  1  1 
it  in  anv  [irovnicini  direclnrv. 

1  i  -an  in  1  1  eh  or  this  account  of  I  he  Fu  ilia  m  race  of  1  )\vi^ht  s  so  kiiull  v 
fiirnislied-  -up  to  the  very  hest  ol'  his  means  for  tloin^so  l>\  llenrv 
T.  l)\\'i^lit,  of  Melbourne,  \vithont  ailthnj^  soiue  extracts  from  In-  gen- 
eral ei  irreslK  imlelice. 


He  says:    AU-.  L'L',   lP(Hi  : 

"  I  hiuh!\  a  1 1]  i  reel  at  e  t  lie  sent  i  men  I  of  lnrth  thai  must  neee.--,;ii-il\  an- 
imate \o!l  lo  en^a^e  111  such  a  lalior  oi'  lo\e.  It  is  .MilneV.  ha  I  stfaiiLfe, 

thai  vmi  shoiilil  have  written  tome;  for.  \vi  t  limit  assuiiiin;_f  an  v  -iijieri- 
orit\'  over  n:\'  I'elo\!'d  kinsmen.  I  think  that  I  am  the  on!\  one.  e\- 
cept  m\  dear  lirother  \vho  died  some  vears  since,  that  could  ha\e  ^i\en 
von  an\p  information  worth  the  ha\inLT.  Manx  a  iime  in  m\  voiith  has 
n  i  \  hear!  veal 'lied  to  k  now  soniet  liinur  of  t  he  A  me  ri  can  I  >\\  i-'ht  >.  Had 
m\"  health  allowed  it.  I  should  lom_;  ere  ihis  ha\e  \i~iti'd  \niir  x\..i,der- 
iul  continent.  A  clpird  of  lender  s\mpail:\  \viih  \  on  \va.-  iniiehed 
.stronu'lx,  ulien  I  heard  of  the  sad  lo-ses  that  \ou  >ull"erei'i  during  ihe 
lati  \\ar. 

(  H'  the  few  I  )\\  i-'hts  in  the  dear  ..id  land,  scat  t  ered  here  and  iln-iv, 
m  m  -1 1  ca  n  not  1  ie  said.  .1  oh  n  and  I !  icha  rd  passed  a  \\  a  \  ea  rl\  .  -lames, 
who  1 1  \  ed  (ii  lie  o\er  liii.  was  a  man  ol  line,  earnest.  maid\  'jiiali'ie-  iif 
characler,  a  ur'>od  lather,  and  an  ii|iii^!i'  cili/en;  liut.lieii^  much  en- 
LTrossed  v,  itii  the  cares  of  lilisine.ss,  and  ot'  a  lai'L,'e  I'amih.  In-  had  lillle 
leisure  for  LiatlieriiiL,'  up  anv  record-  i.(  the  pa-i.  I  ren.Mn!1'  r  Minn' 
t'amil\  relies  ni  his  pos-e-sion,  and,  in  par;  icu  ia  r,  t  \\  o  i  jiiaint -look  1111;, 
old-fa-nioneil  copper  \  e.ssels,  wit  h  t  h"  name  .  if  l!e\  .  i  'hiiip  I  >  v  :-!i!  en- 
L:'ra\  en  n  pon  them. 

l''rom  m\  \oiith  up,  I  ha\e  lieeii  proud  of  m\  iriine.  A  \au'^e  id'-a 
ha-  e\  er  ha  ii  nt  ed  me,  that  our  hi-i '  u'V  \\  as  \\  or!  Ii  HP  pi  1 1  MIL:  i  i  ' ' '.  lint 
di  \  i-r-ii  ies  of  i'ei-incj-  aiimnur  our  kindred,  and  the  in.iirfer-uce  of  the 
prospei-oii-  to\\ards  those  less  fa\ored,  and  al  i-orpi  ion  of  nnnd  in  mat- 
ter,- of  immediate  individual  interest^  ha\e  condnned  to  diminidi  ihe 


History  of  tlic  Eixjlisli  Dtriijld  Family.  83 

interest  of  onr  family  generally  in  its  own  history.     Were  I  in  Eng- 
land, I  would  joyfully  aid  yon  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 

My  brother  was  always  strongly  impressed  with  the  idea,  that  the 
family  had  lost  much,  valuable  property  in  Fulham  ;  and  I  myself  fully 
believe,  that  whole  tracts  of  valuable,  suburban  property,  really  belong- 
ing to  onr  family,  have  passed  into  other  hands  without  any  legal  con- 
veyance of  the  same.  31  y  brother  was  urged  to  push  the  matter  to  a 
test  ;  but  it  required  such  a  large  sum  of  money,  to  make  any  effective 
movement  in  the  ease,  that  he  wisely  declined  the  undertaking. 

Among  my  collection,  of  prints,!  have  a  portrait  of  your  illustrious 
grandfather,  Prest.  P wight.  His  works  are  used  here  as  a  text-hook 
for  his  theological  students,  by  a  distinguished  Dr.  of  the  I  .  .P.  Church, 
and  I  have  imported  and  sold  very  many  copies  of  them. 

And  now,  dear  Sir,  1  lovingly  greet  you,  all  you  American  Pwights. 
To  the  aged,  tender  mv  utmost  respect:  to  the  young,  my  best  hopes 
for  their  future  well-doing  and  happiness;  and  to  the  middle-aged,  the 
right  hand  of  good  fellowship.  And  that  you  may,  each  and  all.  enjoy 
God's  best  earthly  gift  to  men,  good  health,  is  the  earnest,  prayer  of 

VOID'S  very  faithfully, 

HKNUY  TOL.MAX  ])WK.:];T." 

L'nder  date  of  January  iM-,  18(58,  he  says  : 

*"  I.  had  heard  recently  of  some  Ihvi^hts  as  living  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Darkhamstead  and  (Ireat  Marlow,  Buckinghamshire,  Hug.  ;  ant1, 
singular  enough,  I  am  able  to  verify  the  statement  as  true,  for  a  short 
time  ago,  a  friend  who  lived  in  JJallaaratt,  one  of  our  principal  provin- 
cial townships,  here,  said,  that  there  was  a  man  named  Kli  Dwight, 
living  within  four  miles  of  that  place.  lieing  in  l'>allaaratt,  a  few  uav> 
afterwards,  \  engaged  a  car  and  went  out  to  see  this  Ihvight,  and  found 
him  at  work  in  his  humble  occupation,  as  a  shoemaker,  .lie  told  me. 
that,  he  came  from  High  Wycombc  and  that  lie  hail  two  brothers  ui  ih.1 
'JUtli  regiment  of  foot  in  India.  He  had  a  sister  residing  near  him. 
the  wife  of  a  miner.  Jie  was  a  quiet,  well-behaved  man.  in  appearance, 
and  had  the  external  characteristics  that  mark  our  stock,  repose  of 
manner,  carefulness  of  speech,  etc.  1  saw  the  sister,  also,  and  a  u'oodlv 
dame  is  she.  Jie  has  an  uncle  living,  he  thinks,  who,  with  his  fat  tier, 
was  a  sub-contractor  on  The  ( •  real  Western  Railway  in  Knu'laml  — 
where  they  lost  what  money  they  had  previously  accumulated.  Hi.s 
parents  dying  and  leaving  no  property  behind  them  —  lie  with  his 
brothers  and  sister  became  chargeable  to  the  parish,  in  their  childhood. 
In  the  course  of  time,  ID'S  brothers  joined  I  lie  army;  while  lie  ami  hi> 
sister,  some  II  years  ago  (1S.V1),  found  their  way  hither,  among  the 
rarlv  emigrants  to  Australia. 


s 


II'        k  1  ,i    \\      l.ot  1:  im_('    ''I      :    li  \     i  •!  In    I'    full    ll\     i  'f      I  >U  l'_  lit.-.          M  \     i  i|  '111  in]  |    is, 
thai.    u  I   en    .1.    I:  li     I  >\\  i-lit    of  <  >\f.,|d    came    In     I.'    IH  !•  .11,    In     li.ll  -t     ha\e    left 

•  .  in.    in  n  1  i  i  -  .  ,f  lii.-  t'.niiih    t  li<  re  ;  ;iinl   hem  -i-  t  hose  i  if  I  I  i--|i  W  \  i  -i  >mlie. 

I     ;iln.    \  olll  s    lillt  lit'lil  I  V, 

II.    T.    |i\vn,iiT." 


The  \\  liter  is  SUIT  v  i"  !•!•  !••  m  pel  led  tn  add  1  1  KM  ,  liv  a  let  to-  si  -m  I'M  mi 
Mellioiirne.  Sept.  '.i.    l>7-">,   and    rccihed     N<.\.   l!1,    l>-7.">,    he  ]earn>  that 

.Ml.  I  >u  i-lit  died  .it  'di-ease  nt'  tin-  lii'Jtl  'I.  .Inn.-  I-"..  l>71.;i«'t.  17.  S;ivs 
(Ii-iiio'i'  M.  ll;tri|i-».  l''.-'|..  Ill--  I'M-rlltur.  in  ci  iliiliilllilr;it  MIL;  the  t';ir|  : 

"  |-'i  <r  iii.i  n\  vciii's  In-  siilVcrcd  t'ruiii  ;i>lli!iiii.  i'Mi  it  ;i|i]>i-;ir>  tliat  hi--  In-art 
\va-  all"'  -i  -ti-il  alMi.  lli^  l'U>il;i---  ha-  ln-cii  ci  nn  jild  r!\  lirnki'li  up.  ninl  lii- 
l.-iro-,-  ciillcctidii  uf  srniiid  hand  linoks,  tin-  hir^c-l  «ni  thi>  sidi-  "t"  tin- 
liin-  (alu'iit  L'H.  (Kill  volumes),  ha-  Keen  sold  ai  auction.  ||e  h-ft  n,> 
children.  1  1  1>  orot  ln-r  s  1  \\  o  children,  and  t  In-ir  IIP  it  In  -r  are  si  ill  a  i  i  \  e. 

'I'liendore  is   ill      M  I'll  lolll'lll  '  I      l.-al:ella     has     LTolii-  oil    a     \  i.-it     loa    tVl'-h'  I    11! 

Iiniia.  'riii'inas  J)\\i-hi.a  cousin  ii.  .Mr.  II.  T.  hui-ht,  li\«-a  t'-u 
ini  !'•-  tV'  'in  M  '  -llii  'ii  rne.  \vho  has  t  \\"n  -ons  and  a  daughter,  who  in.  a  Mr. 
MilhT.  \\lni  \\as  nianaL.'fr  t'nr  .Mr.  II.  T.  hui-ht.  Thei-e  i,>  also  another 
ci  iii-in  hen-.  I  t  hink.  of  t  he  name  of  j-'m  d. 

II'-  lefi  all   hi-  pi  "]ii-rt  \  .  after  hi-  \\  it'e's  ih-atli,  \\  ho  ha.-  a   lit''-  inter,  ---t 

111    it.    tn    Tin-    I     111  \  i-l'.-ll  \     i  it'    .M  ell  ii  ill  I'll  ••.          Ill-    \\  i  t'l1    and     lil\  -'   If  N\  el'e    e\ 

I'lMitur-  lit'    lii-  \\ill.  ami    I    am  now  the  sole  trusi  ......  t'  hi-  [iroperlv.       I 

kne\v  him  fr.  >m  tin-  time  <.f  hi-  coining  ln-n-  to  hi-  deal  h.  s.  .me  1  I  \  ears, 
and  sau  him.  daily.  I  ln-lie\  ,-.  during  that  time.  lie  ha.-  often  men- 

tioned \  oil  In  me.  I  slljiposed.  that  tin'  1  n  -\\  ~]  '.-i  |  M  -r  r.  .|  i  '  a  1  1  1  1  1  1  ^  a  1,1-tici' 
nt  hi-di-ath  had  lieen  sent  !o  \oii.  II'-  thoiiirhl  a  u'l'i-at  o--al  ''1'  'lie1 
I'uiu'nt  race  in  America  :  and  I  lielie\e  that,  thai  ua-  tli-'  caii-i1  lit 
lii-  li  ;.  \iir_  hi-  [iri'jiert  y  in  tin-  end  io  the  M'  IliMurne  1"  ni\  i-r-ii  \  . 

^'1  ,11  I's    IIP  ,-t      1-e-jlel'l  t'llll  \   . 

'  I  !•:•  >ia,i:    M  .    i  I  \  i:  i>i:--. 
M  •  ii  ham,    \  ict«iria.   A  u-t  raiia. 


[lev.  |)r.  William  T.  I  >\\  mi,;  •  >,  I '.  T:  land.  M ,-.  ..-,-,-  |,;.u,-  l'.,i  N,,.  lUl. 
\  II.'.  v.a-  in  l.iilnliili  in  I>I7.  and  sa  u  there  lle|,l\,  Tin'li.a-  and 
\\ "  i!  lia  in  I  >\\  l'_'h  '  •  i  'I'1  'I  her-,  \\  hi  i  S\  el'i1  em|  i!i  i\  i  d  111  1  h' •  Tl  easll  I  \  1  >i  part  - 
n.'-lit  ''f  the  (  ii  ,\  i-rnmeiil ,  at  tnal  liliii  i  i  !•  iiiiii  ie--  iho-c  '•!  tin1  -aim1 
n  .iii«-  in  1 .1  IIP  ion.  Iio\\  ,  >uiis  nt  •lalip  -  I  >\\  i_dil  ami  A  niM-  >!alli''-.  |  -ee 
i ,  .  i  .a_i'-  v  I  j.  ca  ma  ^e.  |,ni  Id'-rs  i.  I  ii'-\  \\  ere  |  >l.n  n  lui-iiii-~--iiii-ii  in  a|  •- 
|.  a-raln-i'.  Tln-\  Inld  him  that  "lh'-\  -i,  i  M  ,,,-.,,  i.  li,,.;  ;(,,•  fali.iK  came 


History  of  tli e  Einjl/xJi  ])wi<jlit  I^unnl ij.  "          85 

that  a  brother  of  their  ancestor  had  gone  to  America,."  [This  is  the  re- 
mains, of  course,  of  the  story  of  the  ( 'ariltbee  emigration.  ]  ''  The  name 
was  somewhat  common,  they  said,  in  the  South  and  west  of  .England, 
and  was  to  be  found  among  plain  but  honest  men/' 

Their  knowledge  in  the  premises  extended  of  course  no  farther,  than 
among  the  T)wights  of  Fulham  ancestrv. 

Before  dismissing  from  mind  this  long  but  very  valuable  account 
of  the  .Dwight  Family-History  in  England,  running  parallel  in  time 
with  that  of  the  IVdham  Dwights  of  America,  it  will  be  worth  the 
while  to  observe,  carefully,  how  a  family  becomes  greatly  exalted  in  its 
tone  and  type, by  high  educational  advantages  well  improved;  and  how 
infallibly  it  becomes  at  once  deteriorated,  when  those  facilities  for  per- 
sonal improvement  are  either  helplessly  lost,  or  wantonly  neglected. 

The  earliest  account  of  the  tradition  at  Fulham  about  the  DeNVitt 
origin  of  the  I 'wight  familv,  which  the  author  has  found,  dates  back 
no  further  than  17'.1").  In  the  Patronymiea  Britannica,  "  Ihvight"  is 
said  to  be  •*  possibly  a  corruption  of  Thwaite."  There  are  no  etymolo- 
gical difficulties  in  such  a  supposition.  !t  is  a  question  of  history  and 
of  fact.  \\  hen  one  remembers  thai  Catlin  is  a  corruption  of  Kirkland 
and  Cotliren  of  Colquhoun  and  Ilattield  of  lleathlield,  it  seems  (juite 
easv  to  admit  the  possibility  of  this  conjectured  derivation  of  our 
familv  name. 

Thwaite  means  an  open  clearing  in  a  forest,  for  the  purposes  of 
pasturage  or  tillage.  It  is  found  as  the  terminal  syllable  in  a  large 
number  of  compound  forms  of  English  names.  Out;  of  these  sounds 
certainlv  so  much  like  our  name  that  it  might  naturally  seem  to  be  a 
fuller  form  of  it,  namely  Dowthwaite  (see  1 1  ist.  and  Antiij.  of  .Dur- 
ham. Eng..  vol.  i\  .  p.  I'-'). 

Another  item  of  separate  interest  can  be  added  to  the  accumulated 
details  alreadv  presented  concerning  the  English  Dwights. 

It  was  discovered  l>v  .Prof  Theodore  NY.  Dwight  of  the  Columbia 
('oil.  I. aw  School  (the  author's  brother),  in  some  searches  fur  other1 
purposes  made  in  the  A.stor  Library  in  New  York. 

The  following  extract  is  found  in  a  book  entitled :  "The  Endow- 
ment of  Charities  of  the  <'ity  of  London,  reprinted  at  large  from  17 
Reports  of  the  Commissioners  for  inquiring  ooncenunu'  Charities. 
\YJth  a  copious  Index.  London,  iSi'lt."1 

"Parish  of  St.   Peter's  ('ornhill. 
Dwidit's  (lift. 


M''      />fi>  l'  llix'nril  nf'   TillKitll  I/    Jhl'it/lit  of'  .}/,  <lj!<  A/,    JA/.s'.v., 

1'eiil  charge  .if  .'ill  shillings.  I"  lie  paid  ;i  li  1 1  ll;i  1 1  \  ,  nut  of  a  IneisMla^e  ill 
I.eadeld.all  Slit,  I.  in  \\hicll  he  (I  U  i -1 1  ,  ;i  H<  I  Id  lie  1 1 1M  I  i  1  ill  1 i  -i  1  Id  tin' 
| '.M  1 1-  nf  I  lie  palish  ill  sea-coal,  a>  directed  iiv  I  he  VeMry. 

'I'iie  Iliill.-e  llillN  charged  i>  Nu.  III?  l.e;nlelili;ill  Street,  l,d\v  decupled 
l.\  Me->r->  NolieiV  I'd.  \\  ho  pav  (lie  relit  charge  I' ';_d  I  la  I  I  \  .  It  i>ap- 
|'i|i  'I  l'\  tin1  |  ari>ll  dtlieer.-,  in  OCCMMolial  L:  I  I  t  ^  of  ed;i],  or  li)d|ie\  i'nr  t  he 
purchase  dt'  fdaK,  ali!o|iur  the  pot.r  of  the  pall>h,  distinct  t'ldln  the 
I  elii  t  L;]  \  '  II  i'l'iHll  the  l';it  es." 

AiK'tiier  record  ua>  t'nii IK!  dt'  ,-i  uift  1'V  him  nf  I"  shillings,  nut  of 
hi--  hinds  ;il  Sudlnirv  (the  cme  prnliiililv  in  Nui'tulk  •'".),  I'liiL'.,  iu  ;i 
Ili>idi\  ,,f  (  'luirii  ie*  iii  l'!imi;md,  t'diind  in  thr  A.stor  l,iin;ir\  li\  the 

Milt  lldT. 


I'.IMKF    IIISTOIIV    OF 
TIMOTHY    hWICIIT  OF   -M  F.l ' !'  I  Ml. I '.    MASS.. 

i;i;oTMKi;,  I'IJOISAIILY,  OK. JOHN  DNVHJHT  OF  DKDMA.M. 

It    is  evident   that   tl  it  •  olil  storv,  wit  li  \vliirh  so  in. -uiv  lineal   traditions 

(  it'  d  !  her    A  Illericii  n    tltlllllle^    lli'J^ill,  (){'  t  \Vt  I    1  ifnt  l|er>  l  -d  1 1  i  i  1 1  L,'    d\  IT    t  d^et  her 

tn  tin-  ne\v   \snrld.  id  I'diind   their  t'urliiiies  here,  nni>i    lie.  fur  Mili>lance, 

t  lie    lie--i!iliill^   df  a    t  rile    aei'dUlit     n  t'     the     |)\\i^'ht     t'alilil\-    111     t  i  1  i  >    Cd  1 :  1 1 1  I'Y  . 

The  him  dt'  this  tact,  \\  hi  eh  had  pa^ed  in'"  nl  ter  nlili\  i.iu  in  the  t';iin- 
iiv.  \\;i-  dl, tallied  Ky  ih"  anthdi-  iVmn  Saxa^-'s  ( i eneald^ical  !li-td|-\-  dt' 
New  Knidand  /\dl.  ii.  pp.  s.">  i',).  in  :l  li-i  here  ^i\en  of  the  early 
P\\  i-ht  -  df  Ma>^achuset  ts,  occurs  the  Icildwi  \,^  .-:  a  t  em. -nt  :  •  •  Tim.  ,t  h  \ 
1  »v.  i-lii  df  I  ledliain  /  perhaps  lirolher  of  .loliii  i.  at  llaiiiptdti.  in  h'.lu, 
in-ide  freeman  . I  une  •_'.  I'll  1,  and  ivpre>enta!  i  \  e  in  II'I.'IL'  I'm-  Meilti.-ld, 
vllere  he  resided  lnali\  \iar>.  and  \\here  he  died  ill  l''77." 

II. 'died  March  '.».  h''7i''  7,  /'//  !>••'/•••  m .  a  fe\\  i!ay-  al';er  ilic  luirnin^ 
dt'  \leiitield,  \\lieii  he  Was  Mire]\  \\diindecl  i.\  the  Indian-. 

I'.v    the  k  indues  df    l;e\.  Charle,    (  '.   S  .well     .,f    M  edli  -Id.    M  a->. .  t  he 

f  •  ill.  >\\  i  1 1 '4'  I'aet  •>  l;a\  e  I  'eel  |  I'll  I'll  lulled  fl'diii  |  he  1 1  i\\  I  i-Tfi-i  it  i  )>  i  if  I  ha  t  place 
(feeelilU  de^tro\ed  tVi'UI  all\  chalice  ii|'  h  |-:]|.T  C"li-.||!ial  lull  l'\  til'c  I. 

Tin.<.tli\  Duiul,t  df  Medlield  had  a  wi('.-  Maria.  \\  1.  ,  d.  I'Vl,.  -.  l.'it^  ; 
and  he  ni.  .lulv  S.  hit'i'.i,  |)d|-e;i^  dau.  df  .Idhn  \\'at -on.  of  l;"\l.ur\. 
.Hi.-,  \\ido\v  111.  for  a  Mvond  hu-'nand  Max  -.  h'.77.  -Idl  Adaii 

\taiiieetin-  of  the  i  i;  1  ia  !  .i  ( ; ;  1 1 1  -  0  f  I  >edhani,  <  'ctdlier  II.  I'M1.1,  to 
,.  i  i -i  i]  1 1 -i  'I'll  I ! ,_;'  -  i  ii'h  t  h  I  n^-  as  rela  l  e  t ,  i  a  \  i . '  <  _-  • .  '  •  •  1  <  •  <  i  .  •  •;  i  -<l  a  :  a 

]    :,,r.-    ea!le,|     r,d--i>|.ie.    \\ere    pl'.--,.-|ll    .l-hl!    and    Till,    , '  !  I  _\       I  >  ".V  i  •..' i ,  I  .        .Idllll 

.,  i  ip'  a  l      '  d  l:a  \  i    lie.  n  .   he  .  ,f  I  he  li  r  - !  .--el'  c'  n.en  ''I'  '  1; :  -  \  i;!a_'    i  M     i !  !:•  Id  i. 
\  i:.   i:   ^  the    I,  a  lin  >   a  i  id    -  i"  na  ;  "i  e,   d]'    I  ),.  ,  -e    i  |i :  .  i.ni     „    I"    i  •  •.•"tiie    1  nha  i  •! 


I$r oilier, probably,  of  Jolui  D wight  of  Dedliam.       87 

tants  of  this  village,  and  to  whom  'grants  of  land  were  made,  was 
Timothy  ~X  Dwight.  John's  name  is  not  recorded,  as  he  staid  in 
Dedliam.  The  village  was  named  Meadfield.  Among  the  first  and 
largest  grants  of  land  in  it  wen:  several,  at  different  times,  to  Timothy 
Dwight,  hut  none  also  to  John  of  Dedham.  Among  later  grants,  we 
find  one  to  John  of  Medfield,  son  of  Timothy  by  his  second  marriage, 
"  being  the  remainder  of  his  father's  si i are  in  a  d.ivision  of  land  granted 
Iry  the  town  in  1074. "  John  of  Dedliam,  the  supposed  uncle  of  John 
of  Med  field,  was  present  at  several  town  meetings  in  lu'49— .")(.).  In 
1  (>•>(.)  he  and  Timothy  were  chosen  surveyors  of  highways  in  Medfield. 

In  the  History  of  Dedliam  we  read,  that,  the  settlement  at  Medfield 
was  made  in  K>49,  and  that  seven  men  from  Dedliam  were  appointed  a 
committee,  of  whom  John  Dwight  was  one,  "  to  have  the  management  of 
affairs  at  Medfield,  until  such  a  company  should  be  associated  together, 
as  the  town  of  .Dedliam  shall  judge  meet  for  that  work  and  trust." 
Three  of  the  committee  removed  to  Medfield — but  not  John  Dwight. 
Among  tlic  forty-three  names  subscribed  to  form  the  society,  occurs 
that  of  Timothy  Dwight. 

In  the  account  of"  Medfifld's  Contribution  to  Harvard  College,  in 
](>7S  "  (see  Savage's  (.leu.  .Hist,.  N.  M,  vol.  x.  p.  •")()),  occurs  the  follow- 
ing fragmentary  notice  of  Timothy  Dwight,  of  Medfield  : 

"Copied  from  the  original   MS.  by  Mr.  John.  Dean. 

This  is  a  true  coppye  of  the  subscription,  of  the  inhabitancy  of  Med- 
Field,  towards  the  building  of  the  new  Collidge  at  Cambridg. 

fi»  Iti-iiii  us.  Ib.         ft.         <>.   1  fin  print  us.  lh.         .v.  <?. 

Mr.  John  Wilson 2      00      00    Mr.  Henry   Smith 0       08       00 

Mr.  Thomas  Wright, 0      0:J      00    Mr.  Timothy  Dwight. ,.  0       10       00 

And  maii\'  others." 

Timothy  Dwight  was  the  largest  contributor  of  them  all  but  our  — 
giving  double  the  amount  of  any  one  else,  except  John  Wilson  and 
Henry  Smith,  one  of  whom  gave  more,  and  the  other  less,  than  him- 
self: the  whole  contribution  of  the  place  being  but  five  pounds. 

The  following  note  is  added  by  (leorge  Barbour,  "in  the  name  and 
by  order  ol  our  pastor  and  selectmen." 

;'  Mueh  Honored  Gentlemen, 

We  judge  it  our  duty  to  declare,  that  in  this  paper  is  Conteyned 
the  \\hole  and  full  Cuift  of  y1'  poore  inhabitant,^  of  M.eadfeild,  i'i  the 
<lav  of  i;  ;  w-'1  what  was  then  pa\M  in  the  specie  gi\  en  and  subseribed  ; 
ami  lia.d  there  been  anv  sueh  solicitous  motion  from  the  oversers.  of 
-that  to  ha.ve  p'scrved  the  gift  in  come,  as  exprestly  Civen,  we  m.ay  say 


NN  ///'/'  /'  llt^tni'tj  f,f'  'ii moll  >J  />//•/,////,  (if  M,  <lt!'  ;</.  JA/.v.-'., 
\\itll  truth,  that  il  lni-_dit  haM-  In-ill  had  ;ilnl  |>a\'d:  lull  .-  i  1 ('.',<]  hath 

s.-i-n  it  i  MI 'i -I  in  i  urn  1  !n'  \\  lu-'-li-  i  it  In-  •_'.  ii  ill  I  ']-i  i\  id>-!ii'>-  1 1 1\\  ,-i  nl  -  u  v.  111 
li-It  in-/  |ii<  i-i-  \  c  I'.arlia  rolls  ill  1 1  h  ills  \  I  ii  ill  \  -,  that  III  I  li'li  of  our  1 1  HI  nc  !i;il  li 
1  ii -ill  (  'nil  -Ill  III  -i  I.  Ilia  )]  V  I  I  \  cs  ,-|  I  u  I  I --tat  i--  |i  i>t  .  Ill  u  I  Mil  l|i'  fi  A\  .  i  \  I  'I  i  -I  111  ;i 

linali1    lii-ri  1"     .\lilil\l.   liv    \'  i-iii-iu\    lii'iiii/ht    In  '_fi'i -at    \\:iiit    and    inal'ilitv 

In     |  i't'i  >rilii-.    -cal-lv    alili-    tn    SUpnrt      t  In  Mll-i'l  \  r-         V"     fnlllt'-t    11      I    U-h'-lhs    lit' 

linli:in  ('unit'  ami  our  lni-ln-11  of  -win-ail-  tln-n  siiliM-riln-d  \M-  huinlilv 
ili'r-nv  tlioM1  p'soii.s  ina\  In-  ( -\ru~-i-il  a  in!  I  inlulu'  il  :  ami  \*<\'  1  In-  !!'•-' 
y<-t  In-hind,  it'  tin'  I  !oiinrlilr  ('mirt  >h;dl  -'•'-  raii>f  In  ;i]'i'"iii'  <>i.i-<>r 
t  \\  o  of  mir  T(i\v  nr  aiid  I  III|K>\\ cr  t  in-ni  In  <  !;tlln-r  il  \  | •.  it  n:a \  and  \v  ill 
In-  had  -M  as  (  )  jilra^'  in  taki-  ran-  and  L.r<  "  it  "l"iuii-  and 

ltrri-i\r  it.  All  \vhii-li  ir>  lm]i,-d  \\iil  Iliarh  till-  Ih-ni.lal'l'  ('mirt's 
sat  ist'act  inn.  \\  l'!l  will  l>r  Accr|i1aldr  to.  I  Inimralil.-  Sir-. 

\  our  \  rrv    1 1  uiul'lr  Si-i  \  ani . 

(;;,,|-i-    Halo  ,iir." 

'I'll.'  tlr>t  minister  of  Mrdtidd.  I!.-\.  .l..hn  \Vilxm.  Jr.  (,-,-n  ,,f  l!,-\. 
Jnliii  of  lio.-lnii),  krjit  so  far.  as  can  In-  found,  no  rliinvli  rci-ni-d-  :  sn 
that  no  li^hl  can  In-  fnund  in  an\'  sr.rh  \\a\-  ronri-rniti^  I'liuolliv 
I  >\\  iurht  of'  that  jilai-r. 

I  f  In-  had  aliV  childr'-n  l'\  Ids  tir>t  Ina  rria'_'i-  In  i  !'rco|-d  i  if  1  in-  tact  has 
IM-.-II  t'niiiid  liv  tin-  ailtlior.  If  tln-r<-  \vrrr  aliV.  tln-\  |'a--i-d  a^a\'  so 
carl  v,  as  imt  to  h  a  \  r  a  t  race  of  I  In-ir  rartld  v  c\  I-MI-IH-I-  ln-hi  lal  t  ln-ii'. 
H--  i>  iirlii-vrt]  tn  ha\i-  1  t-m.  at  tin-  tina-  of  hi-  si-mnd  inai  riaifr.  at 
1,-a-t  .'.'I  yr.-.r>  old. 

Hi-  rliil.livn  I iy   I  h.iras  \Vat-on   wnv  : 

i.    Tiim.iliv.  li.  .Inly  L'.'l.  l'-'7".      Thi-  i- all  t  hat  i-  k  •.  nfhini. 

II-   nia\    |m--il,ly   In-  fnund.  - •  da\  .  ..]•  hi-   Lr-        .T.  I  'aj.l. 

•  Inhn    I  l\\  i-'ht.    to     ha  \i-    l.«  i  li     tin-  am-'  - 

I  I  \\  i  ^h'  -,  \\  hn    ha  \  i-    h  i- 1   all    rarl  \    ai'i-nliiM  -   i  if   i  i  n  •  I !'  a  in  '•  •>!  l'\ 

ill    till-    rolllitl'V.          I'.ll!     pl'i  ilialil  \    In-    dl-'d    -no];. 

!.     ii.    .Inhn    Dv.i_'lit.   I.,  and  d.  .lun.    1  ».    I''.?!1. 

:..    iii.    ('apt.  .Inhn    Dwiirht.  i..   Ma\    :'..   !''7-\      II--  1,1.  al.nnr    I'1.'.   '-7. 
\\  it'.-.    Klixal.rtli.        HIT  fainilv    iiaiii--  i-  tm!   -i\,  :,.      A    - 
o_'i-t    is  iit'ti-n   ri-inindi-d,  \<\   tin-  inditl'i-ivm  r.  i-n|-.l         '  :a)in-d 

i  it'    t  In-    |  .a  r'-l:ta_''-   -  if  t  in-     U  I  V  >•  •>    i  if    !  In-     rafi\      ••  I  '         ^^'IflE'"' 

i-oiin1  r\  ,  of  rlii'ir  want .  u  it  li    tin-    -'•  rm-r    \  ;  •  t  i 

|in>M--i'd,    of     thai     L.'allani     a  |  - 1 .1  •  -.  -;at  i.  -: ;     ••)     \  • 

i-,    oi,i-   nt     tin-    IM--I     mark-    nf   mil'    in--;--    a'i\:. 


JB-r  oilier,  probably,  of  John  T)wi<jld  of  Dedliam.       SO 

where  lie  was  one  of  the  selectmen  in  1738,  and  was  also  town-clerk,  at 
onu  time.      lie  <1.  March  30,  17">1,  act.  -">G  :   she  d.  April  1),  17.38. 

<.'hil(lrcu  : 
f>.    i.      Klixabeth  Dwight,  b.  Feb.  7,  1098,  in.  Dea.  Peter  Balch. 

7.  ii.    Timothy  Dwight,  b.  in  1700.  d.  Nov.  12,  171."),  act.  lf>. 

8.  Jii.  Dorcas  Dwight.  b.  April   ">,  17o3,  m.  .iosiah  Ellis. 

9.  iv.    Kexiah  Dwight,  b.  Sept.   18,  170"),  in.  "William   riympton. 
10.    v.     Sarah   Dwight,  b.   Aug.    .'50,   1  70S,  m.  April   3,  1732,  -Joseph 

Clark. 
1  1.  vi.  Sibyl  Ihvighr,  b.  July  27,  1711,  d.  Aug.  20,  1711. 

12.  \ii.  Hannah   .Dwight.    b.    about    1713.      She    is    recorded    in   the 

church   records  as  being  baptixcd  with    all    the   preceding 
children,  except  Sibyl,  on  -Janv.  30,  171-1. 
l:'..  viii.  Setli  Dwight,  b.  Xov.  .">,  171G. 

G.  i.  Klixabeth  Dwight,  b.  Fel>.  7,  KIDS,  m.  April  22,  172."),  Peter 
Ualch,  made  deacon  in  church  Nov.  2"»,  1 7.'!'.!  :  lived  at 
".Aicdticld.  Children: 

14.      1.   Sarah  Ualdi,  b.  Nov.  25,  17:U. 
M.      2.    .Mary  Balch,  b.  in  17.°)"),  d.  Oct.  2"),  173(). 

8.   iii.     Dorcas    Dwight,  b.  April  .">,  170:),  m.  Dec.  2!>,  1  72<i,  Josiah 

Kilis  Mediield.      Children  : 
HI.      1.    Dorcas  Ellis,  bapt.   Feb.  <s,  1727,  (").  S. 

17.  i'.    Ksther  Kllis,  bapt.  Juny.  24,  J7:'.(». 

18.  :',.    Klizuboth  Mil  is,  bapt.  Sept.  24,   17.".2. 
lit.      4.    Nainim   Kills,  l^a^it.  Sept.  2!>,  17:'»l. 

20.  "».    Kexiah   Kllis,  bapt.  Sept.  18,  17.">7. 

21.  G.    Mercy  Ellis,  bapt.  April  4,  17-12. 

ll.  iv.  Kexiah  Dwiijht,  b.  Sept.  18,  170"),  m.  Xov.  .">.  172").  \\'illiam 
l'lvni]>ton  of  Mcdlidd.  He  d.  Api'il  27,  1770:  slie  d. 
.Nov.  1  1,  177G.  Children  : 

22.  1.    Abigail  I'iympton.  b.  July  2''»,   172ii. 
2.">.      2.    Mary  1'lvmptou,  b.  Oct.  S,   1728. 

24.  :>.  Caroline  1'lympton,  b.   Feb.  L'!,   17:>0. 

2-").  i.  William    1'lympton.  b.  Jany.  20,   1732. 

2>).  .").  C,r!-sliom   I  'I  vmpton,  b.  .Jany.   11,   I7.">4. 

27.  'i.  .\m\'  I'l\  nipton,  1).  .lulv  22,   1  7-">7.  d.  April  2!'.   17G2. 

28.  7.  Kexiah   riynijHoli,  b.    .Maivli   2O,    1710. 
21'.  8.  Frederic  Plympton,  b.   .March    10,   1742. 

13.  viii.  Sc.th    Dwight.    b.    Xo\-.    5,    L71G,    m.    Dec.   I,   1710,  Hannah 

Fisher.      He  d.  of  small-pox,  Nov.   19,   I  77(i,  act.  GO.      ||<. 

WHS  uiodo^toj-    Relcctnuin,  and   treas'.n-cr  of  the   (own   for 


'.><>    />V/'  f  History  <>f  7V /not}/  ij  /'//•/<////,  of' .}/, ,///,  A/,  JA/.v.v., 

ln:ill\     \f;irs,    ;illil     one   lit'     lls    leading   cltl/elis     at      all      Mines, 

Sin-  .1.  .Inn.-    IS,    I7!iL'.       (  'hildren  : 
ill'.       I.     I'atty     Mwi-ht,     I,.     Nov.     L',     17I7.1M.    .liiiialliaii     Metcalfuf 

r.osloll. 

.">  1 .      L'.   Timothy   Mwiijit,  1).  Sept.  7,   I7."'(i. 

.">_.       ."-.     Hannah    Mui-ht,  I..    May  il,    17.").'.,  <l.    Nov..".,    I7i'il. 

The  house,  which  Seth  Mwiuht  Iniilt  in  M ed!i<-ld.  is  still  standing, 
iiu.l  is  larjjv  ami  handsome  ami  in  line  condition,  i>eiii'_'  no\\  occupied 
by  .Nirs.  John  llerliv,  Ljrand-dauirhter  nt'  l!.'\.  .Mr.  'l'i  .\\  'iis.-n  I.  \\liu 
dU'iii'd  ii  MI '•.-(•(  |  ii  rut  I  v  tn  Mr.  |)\\iurlit. 

'•>].  -.  Tiiiidlliy  iKvi-'ln  (si.n  dt'  S.-tli  and  I  launali  I  hvi^lit  ).  )>.  Sept. 
i  .  I  (•'(>,  had  a  \\  it'r  ( 'arolinc  ( faiiiil\'-iiaiiic  in  >i  LTI  ^  .'ii  H"'  d.it  >•  i  it'  mar- 
riiiu'i').  At't.-r  ih«-  date  c.f  I  7s(.t,  lie  is  dcsrril.cil  in  i\\,-  tn\vu  nTurds  as 
Mr.  Tit  i  mil  iy  I  )u  i^lit.  1 1.-  is  said  to  lia\  e  bfcii  dissipated,  am  I  i  >  lia\<- 
led  a  Very  irregular  life.  lie  had  a  second  \\ite.  Mxperienei-.  \\li<>  d. 
Mareh  1'.  IS(I'). 

lie  i^  ihe  Tiiuothv  |)\vi^ht  referred  to  ill  Saliine's  '•  American  |.,.y- 
ali-^ts,  \\lin  in  the  I  !e\  i  >lut  ii  marv  \\  ar  \\'as  .sur^eun  s  male  (,t  the 
A  uiericaii  I  ) ra^uii] i->.  (  'hi  Idren  : 

I>t/  jirsf  /n'j','  ; 

."»•"..      i.      Orion   D\vi-lit.  1,.   Dee.  :',,   177"'.  d.  Au^.  Is,   177''.. 
.'ii.      ii.       Hannah    Dui^lit.  l».    April    1,    1 7SC,. 
/;//  s,;-n,,,1   „•!/,    : 

."'•"'.  ni.  Tiinni  hv  I  >u  i^ht .  Ii.  Nu\.  l'7.  17>'.'.  Me.  the  hist  male  niciii- 
!)••!•  nt'  I  he  descendants  of  Timothy  Mui^ht  "i'  M-dtield, 
tlie  settler,  so  tar  as  is  l\m>\vn.  was  liroii^'ht.  in  a  -.  •  :  \  dis- 
eased and  forlorn  state,  to  t  he  AlniN  Mouse,  ai  Medliehl; 

whereafter     a    few    weeks     he    died      I  )ec.     7.     i>.~>:'>.          Me      had 
lio     le^al      Settlement      illivwhere   else,   and      had      Hone      there, 

except  from  ihe  mere  accident  of  his  l»iitli  in  that  place. 
The  ''Thomas  M\\iL.'lit  of  I'i'dham.  freeman  in  l''>.">'-,  thai  Tanner 
mentions,  can  lie  no  oilier  than  this  Timoth\  l*\\iuht  .>('  Meotl'  Id.  It' 
he  v,  a>  in  Medhalll  111  I  liiiS,  the  t-\  i  del  ice  \\  oidd  lie  made  \  i -i  v  st  I'oliL,' 
hv  -uc-li  fact,  that  he  must  have  come  o\er  hither  \si;h  hi-  iirotlu-r 
.I'Mili,  in-lead  of  [lossllilv  a  fe\V  N'ears  silli^e  jiieilllv. 

\\  e  have  in  I  he  following  record  a  picture  \\orth  pt'e-er\  iii'_'  of  the 
mill-led  io\alt\  and  lo\eot'  personal  tVi'edoiu,  thai  Tituothx  M.\i-ht 
and  hi--  fellov,  -  'owiismen  dei-lan-d  th'-niseh  ,-s  t. ,  p  ,--.,>,  I'MM  \ ..  ,.  -  ;IL.-,,. 

MI,     <),-i.     |'.i,    |i'i'i|,    a     memorial     \\n.s    sent     to    the    Ili-n."'    !   ('..nrl    of 

M  achll-.-ll-.,     si'_M:.(l      1 )  \        1  "'     of     the     inhaliilalil-     of      M  •     it!.'          o|.e     of 

.    \\  ,  -  TiiM"ih\    I  '\\  i-hi,  of  \\hirli   tin-  follow  ii,._'  i-  a  e..; 


]3r  other )  probably )  of  Jolni  D-wiylrf  of  DC  Jit  am.       91 

'•  To  The  Honored  Genl.  Court:  it  p.  Forasmuch  as  we  have  heard, 
that,  there  luive  been  presentations  made  unto  Ids  majesty  concerning 
divisions  amongst  us,  and  dissatisfaction  about  the  present  government 
of  tliis  colony,  wo,  the  inhabitants  and  householders  of  Medfield,  do 
hereby  testify  our  unanimous  satisfaction  in  adhering  to  the  present 
government,  so  long  and  orderly  established,  and  our  earnest  desire  of 
the  continuance  thereof,  and  of  all  the  liberties  pertaining  thereunto, 
which  are  contained  in  the  charter  granted  by  King  .lames  and  King 
Charles,  the  first  of  famous  memory  ;  under  the  encouragement  and 
security  of  which  charter,  we  or  our  fathers  ventured  over  the  ocean 
into  I  his  wilderness,  through  great  ha/ards  charges  and  difficulties. 

A  nd  we  humbly  desire  that  our  honored  General  Court  would  ad- 
dress themselves  by  humble  petition  to  his  majesty,  for  his  roval  favor 
in  the  continuance  of  the  present  establishment,  and  of  all  the  priv- 
ileges thereof,  and  that  we  may  not  be  subjected  to  the  arbitrary  power 
of  any,  who  are  not  chosen  bv  this  people  according  to  their  patent. 

So,  earnestly  begging  the  sweet  presence  and  blessing  of  God  on  all 
your  faithful  endeavors,  we  shall  rest  full  obedience  to  support  the 
present  government,  with  our  persons  and  estates. 

Yours,"  etc. 


T.IIK  HISTORY  OF  THK    I  >KSCFXDAXTS  OF  JOHN  DYVKMIT 
OF   DFDHAM,   MASS. 


John  IKvight,  the  common  ancestor,  it  is  believed,  of  all  who  now 
legit  iniately  bear  his  family- name  upon  this  continent,  came,  in  I  he  latter 
part  of  ICi.'M  or  beginning  of  103."),  from  Dedham,  England,  to  this 
country.  In  "The  History  of  Dedham,  .Mass.,  from  the  beginning  of 
its  settlement  in  September  hi.').")  to  .May  1*1*7,"  by  Krastus  \Vorthinu-- 
ton,  Uoston,  1S27,  occurs  (p.  ol)  the  following  statement  :  "The 
celebrated  John  Rogers  of  Dedham  in  Kngland,  had  been  forliidden  to 
preach,  before  our  first  settlers  came  to  this  country.  Manvof  IMS 
people  emigrated  to  this  countrv.  and  several  to  tins  town.  .lohu 
Dwiu'ht  and  his  son  Timothy  Dwiuht,  and  John  Rogers  and  John  1'age, 
were  of  this  number.  From  this  circumstance  we  mav  suppose,  that 
the  General  Court  gave  to  this  place  the  name  of  .Dedham."' 

l!ow    John    Rogers    of    Dedham,   Kngland,    was    related    to    ihe    cele- 
brated   mart\'r  of    the    same    name,     the   author   pretends    noi     to    sa\". 
The  John   l!og(.'rs  wlio   came  hither  with    our  .ancestor  wa.>,  as   he   sup- 
oses, his   son.      .Rev.  John   Holers  \%a>   one    of  those  lecturer.s,  chiellv 


/xW//   f  >/'////      A.v/v  mil,,!*   n 


till'  rare  ''f  solll-,  ulilv  |irea>-liei]  Ml  tin-  ;il'l  •TIM  «  ill-,  l>el||'_J  I'llii-'1!!  all'l 
maintained  li\  lli.'  people.  Thc-V  were  sine!  <  'a  1  \  1  li  1st  s,  \\;ir;n  and 
alT'i-I  lonat  •'  p.va'-li'Ts.  and  <  1  1  -:  1  lr_ni  i  -her  \  t  iieliisel  \  es  li\  a  P  •!  !  _;  ioii  - 
ciliserv  atii'i-  ci('  tli''  Lord  s  (lav.  l>\  :i  liold  i  >ppn,|l  |i  ill  In  poperv  and  th>- 

new  ci-i  -I'lii'  iiii''-,  and  liv    in    iinei  iinni'  MI    s,  \i'i-jt\-  cif  life.      'I'll'-  li-i-nnvrs 

llll'  I    V  erv    I"  1  1  1  ill:  I  r  tali  -lit  -,   atld  d  IV  W  threat     nn  III'  I-T-    of  people    ;i  t'ti-r    t  ii'-lll. 

I'.i-h.  ip  Laud  would  ofi  en  say  :  "  Th"V  were  tin-  most  (lan:_'ei-oii-  ei,"inies 
(if  tii"  Slat'1,  lieeatise  liv  tlp'ir  |ira\'i-i->  an<l  .-"nimns  tlr-v  a\\a!:'  'ir-il  tli«- 

Jii'djilr's     (ll^atFcct  inn,    .Mini      tllcrcfiirc     nnisl    In-     Sll]i|i|-i's-''(l."         Mah\     l«'c- 

tun-rs  \\viv  ]iut  clown.  "  union'.;  whom  \\viv  tli"  1  1  -\  .  .!•  .liu  K.i_f.-rs  of 
|).-illiain.  liani.'l  HM-.TS  of  \\','t  h.  •!•>!'!'•!.  i.  llookt-i'  of  <  'lirlm-f,,!-.],  an.  I 
niaii\  oilii-i's.  '  Sa\^  N.'al,  of  |{>^i-r->  a_'ain  (\.i|.  11.  |>.  .'I'l'i  ).  "  '  I  i''-al 
nuninfrs  '  if  i  hi>  ni<  ist  iisi't'n]  a  ii.]  laborious  i  ii'i-adnT-;  in  all  part  -  i  if  t  In- 
rminirv  wi-rc1  l.nrii-il  in  silcnc",  an«l  fnrr"ii  tn  ao-i-nni]  iVnin  tli"  t:ii'\  of 
tit.'  Ili_;li  (  'oiiiinis-imi,  aiming  wlmin  WITC  tin1  fainon-  \i  r.  .loiiii  |»ml 
aii'  1  Mr.  .1  oli  n  I  IO^.-TS  ot'  I  )c  -cilia  in,  one-  of  I  li'1  niosf  awak'-iiiiiir  |ir'i'i<'li«-rs 

of     111--     a^.  •,    of     \S'l|o|||     IJlsllnji     I  >ro\\-|iriur_r    HS.'.l    to     sa\',    lisa'     l,i'     (il'l     lliol'i' 

i^.i'i.l  uitli  iii~>  uiM  iiotr-.,  ilian  \\"c-  (tin-  lii-lmp-i  \sith  our  >.-t  inn-ii'."1 
For  inaiiv  int  .'rest  111^  |>ari  icular.s  in  the  history  ot  .lohn  IJo^i'is  ai:«l 
liis  tin,'-.  -,-.•  Ncal. 

Sui-h  u'ri'i'  thi-  c'Vc-nts  t  I'aii^j  iiniiLT  111  Fnulanil.  tVoin  out  of  \\hi'-h 
.1  .  ili  n  !  >\\  i-'ht  rani.'  to  this  count  rv.  ainl  sii,-h  \\  a-  t  he  man.  from  uinl.  r 
\s-lio.-i'  jin-ai-hiii^  hi1  Sri  forth  a>  a  jiil^nin  for  thi-  \\-ihl  ncu  \sor!>l  if  f.,iv 
him  h'T'-.  It  \\a-  Inn  foiirt.--'!!  vi-ars  lit-fi,]-i-  (  |  >.-c.  L'l'.  1  'il'<  '  >  t  hat  tin- 
lir-i  |iilirriiiis  hail  lainli'd  on  I'iyinoiuh  lloi-k.  Hi-  <-aiin-  no',  iik.-  m.niv 
in  lon_'  a  ft.  -i1  vt-ar-.  to  '"•:  '••!•  hi  -  fm-t  IIIH->,  l";r.  !:]<.•  i  hi'  lirst  oi  i^i  :  a'  ors 
ot'  A  in.  rica  n  hi  "as  and  i  n-t  1  1  nt  h  Mis.  to  toim.  i  a  rh  ;  i  ivh  \'.  i:  Imiit  a  i  ..  -h'  '|  ', 
and  a  •_••  i\  i-riin"'ni  without  a  k  in_'.  I  I  >•  an  1  hi-  c-oinji-'iiioiis  tV"!u  !  'i-d- 
liani  -i-t  t  l"d  l'.i'-t  at  \\'ali-rto\\  n,  M  a  -s..  v,  i  '.•:•,•.  ,  \  ,-,•;,•  .lohn  I'a^.'.  [!n-v 
staid  '•'";  a  -hurt  linn1.  <Mi  I  h  .  •  7;  h  of  S,  pi.  in  1.  1  -r.  I  •',  ."i'  i.  i  -I;  -  \\  .•]•,• 
foi-niaii\  ui\'ii  to  \\'ati-i  tov,  n.  I  ).  ii-i-h'  -ti-i-  and  I  '.0-;  on,  \  I..-n 

ln"_'a!i  tlii-ii1  lii-toi'V  a-^  to\\i|s.  iindi'i1  t!i"  -aiii'iinti  of  ia\\.  i'::"  i.i-w- 
coiin-r-  iM'o\\di-d  on  tln-ir  arrival,  t'or  the  tir-;  f-v,  v--ar~.  esj,.-ei:,  '\.  into 

I  Jo-1  on.   \\"at"Mo\\  n   a  lid    I  !<>\1  ill  rv.        In    \\'  i;,:  ],;•-  ,|  ,\  .1  o;i  rnal   i1   i  ••  ed, 

II  nd.  -r  date  of    April.     I  ''.:'.."•.   that    tin.-.-   of    l!..\i.'ii  v    and    \Va'-      !.,«!,    had 
lea\e      to      remove      vvhitil''!1      llP'V      ].l";e-'d      ill      this     1  I  ;  |  1  -d  h  •  ;  1  '  •  \  ,  .  "The 

i  .....  a-ion  of  tiieir  di  -lie  to  remove  v,a-,  th.it.  ail  'h'1  t'.vvi.s  .,('  ;!  .  |!av 
li.._Mn  to  I  !••  in  'i'-h  -t  rail  .'lied  Lv  :  heir  ov,  n  n-  a  i-ii>-  ---  t  o  ,  ,n.-  a  <  .>  •'  ir  i  .  a  n<! 
th"ir  eatile  Ih-ini.'  lnil'-li  in.-iva--d."  I  I  I  i  -I  .  ..f  I  >.  ii;  n:.  p.  |,  .  \'.\<lt 
at  thai  early  clay,  the  .M  a  ,-aeh  11  -e!  I  s  .-ol-.nN  had  taken  th" 

ll'ill"      li'il        illllll"dia!e       I'"]  il'e-  _'||!  at  ]  \  .    s       of'      ['||.-      |ii'ii|i|i-      ||;lj;h'        'li      |i  I'f 

la  ,  jd       •      r.i  i  -'•   iii'  iheV. 


apostle1  of  modern  toleration,"  COY.  AVinthrop,  "the  .Father  of  New 
England,"  the  subtle  and  devout  Cotton,  and  Hooker  of  great  intellect 
and  energy,  had  come  to  this  new  land  just  before  this  time,  and  were 
all  then  resident  in  Boston.  In  the  very  year  of  the  founding  of  Ded- 
hain,  Mass.,  the  people  of  Massachusetts  colony  demanded  a  written 
constitution.;  and  a  Commission  was  appointed  '"to  frame  a  body  of 
grounds  of  laws,  in  resemblance  to  a  Alagna  Charta,"  to  serve  as  a 
bill  of  rights. 

As  every  true  man  both  helps  to  shape  his  times,  and  is  himself 
great! v  shaped  bv  them,  he  can  be  viewed  rightly,  onlv  as  he  is  looked 
at,  amid  his  proper  historical  and  local  surroundings.  .Few  as  the  re- 
cords now  are  of  the  Lf">  years  (l(>.3f>-(>(>),  that  he  spent  in  the  toils 
and  trials  of  pioneer-life,  they  are  suJliciem  to  show  that  they  were  all 
spent  in  honorable,  pious  industry  by  him,  as  one  of  the  conscientious, 
resolute,  self- forgetful  founders  of  our  great  American  republic. 

The  Dedhain  Records,  which  began  Sept.  1,  l(>3-">,  on  the  day  when 
the  lirst  town  meeting  was  held,  are  remarkable  for  their  unbroken 
continuation  to  the  present  hour.  <  )f  the  twelve  persons  assembled 
together  at  Ilia!  lime,  John  I) wight  v\as  one.  The  record  of  the;  settle- 
ment is  as  follows  in  brief:  .In  the  year  1  (>;>">,  the  Ceneral  Court,  then 
sitting  at  Xewtowu,  granted  a  tract  of  land  south  of  Charles  .River  to 
Twelve  men.  The  next  year.  P.'  persons  including  the  iirst  ll'  peti- 
tioned theCeiieral  Court  then  at  Boston,  for  an  additional  grant  of  ail 
the  lands  south  of  Charles  River  and  above  the  falls,  not  before 
granted,  and.  for  a  tract  five  miles  square,  on  the  north  side  of  Charles 
River,  for  the  purpose  of  making  a  settlement.  The  petition  was 
granted,  and  included  the  present  towns  of  l>edham,  Medlield,  Wren 
thain,  .Needham.  Uillingham,  Walpole,  Franklin,  Do\er,  Xatick  and  a 
part  of  Sherburne.  The  original  111  grantees,  of  whom  .John  Jhvight 
was  one,  were  the  sole  owners  of  these  large  tracts  of  land,  until  tliev 
admitted  new  associates,  which  they  did,  at  first,  without  demanding 
any  compensation.  Anyone'  could  ha\e  lots  in  town,  at  the  outset, 
who  \sas  formally  admitted  as  an  inhabitant  and  signed  the  covenant, 
whieh  obliged  him  to  pay  all  sums  imposed  on  him  ratably,  and  sub- 
jected him  to  ''all  orders  and  constitutions  necessar\  fur  the  public 
peace  and  a  loving  society."'  In  lliriii.  re»o!, ving  not  to  make  any 
more  free  grants  of  their  common  lands  to  strangers.  the\  agreed  that. 
each  man's  share  of  what  was  yet  undivided  >hould  be  proportioned  to 
I  he  valuation  of  his  proper!  v,  as  it  had  been  assessed  the  p  re  \  ions  \  ear. 
(AVorthington's  Dedham,  pji.  l-l!7.)  As  we  thus  go  "hack  '2 -id  years  to 
the  hisiorie  point,  xvhere  our  lir^i  Ameriean  ;ini-e>tor  then  stood,  we 
behold  him  mingling  actively  in  the  primitive  beginnings  of  that  pure 
representative  Christian  democracy,  of  which  all  subsequent  American 


!U 


of  tin     /Ax,'    //,/,////.,•   of 


;,rroxsih  Mini  L.'ivalne-^  li;l\i'  been  the  le^l  I  I  mat  e  development.  It  is  <li'- 
li^htful  In  tliink  nf  him,  as  iinc  of  the  faxond  f.-\v  ss  ho  breathed  his 
oss  n  ^j.irii,  |n  as  n  -fully  ami  praisefnllx ,  inin  tin-  pla-tie  elements  of  ihe 
ness  order  nt  tiling-  in  church  ami  stair,  ln-rr  se|  up  then,  in  the  Ji.mir 
of  <  !od,  for  all  coming  I  inirs.  Sax  s  1 1  uieliinsnii,  \\  ho  wun  him-e|  f  a 
strict  ami  Mron^  loyalist  (Mist.  .Ma---..  sol.  i.  p.  !.">;:  '•  Some  of  the 
nohiiits  and  principal  commoners  cit'  tli.it  das  had  xvha1  appear  .  at 

tlll>   ilav.    In     hr     X  rl'\     strange    apprehensions    (i|      ihr    rehilioli    tlh-X     Mioiihl 

stand  in  In  (-rrat  Uritiiin,  after  thrir  i'rmn\al  to  America.  .Manx  nt' 
t  hrir  pnipi  isaU  xvrrr  such  as  imply,  t  hat  t  hry  I  h.m^ht  l  hnn-rlx  c.-,  at  full 
lil><T!\,  without  an\  charter  fiMni  lln-  cruxxn,  in  e^talili>h  such  sort  uf 
i_fc  >x  ei  ninrnt  as  lhr\  thought  proper,  ami  tu  ('.inn  a  iiexv  state  a>  fullv 
In  all  intents  ami  purpose^,  as  if  they  had  l.ci-n  in  a  state  of  nature, 
and  xv  ere  milking  then-  first  rut  ranee  into  n  \  i]  societ  v."  Sax  s  \\  ort  h- 
ington  accordingly  (Ilist.  I  »edham,  pp.  \\'l—.\)\  "John  l)\\i^ht  there- 
fore i-aine  not  hither,  to  eiijoj*  institutions  alreadx  formed,  or  ipiieMiess 
a  1  reads  secured,  1ml  to  plant  xvit  h  others  the  first  germs  of  our  nat  loiial 
prosperity  and  renown.'1 

lie  linmght  xvith  him  I'rom  Kngland  his  wif-  llannah  ('xshose  fainilx 
name  is  unknown)  his  daughter  llannah,  and  hi>  t\\o  sons,  John  and 
Timothx'.  It  is  a  tradition  in  some  brunches  of  the  familv,  that  he 
xva-»,  \\hen  ill  Kiiu'h'iid,  a  xvool-eomher,  or  at  leas!  the  son  of  a  x\nnl- 
comlier.  lie  Ill-might  \\iih  him.  it  is  said,  a  xaluaMe  estate,  and  was  a 
•wealthv  farmer  Jii  l>edham,  Mass.,  ami  eminent  lv  useful  a>  a  ciM/.rn 
and  <  'h  ri-t  lan  in  that  town.  In  \\  inlhrop's  Journal  it  i  -  Mated  ilia! 
"Ji'hn  Dwiiflil  and  others  conxeveil  the  lirM  \\atrr-mill  to  |)edh-im, 
in  Srplemher  hi:!-")."  Me  is  described  in  the  Town  Kecoi-ds  of  1  >t  d- 
ham  as  "haxiicj;  In-en  puMn-lv  Useful,"  and  "a  L'l'eai  peacemaker.' 
Jle  xvas  one  dt'  the  founders  of  the  ('hurch  ,.)'  ('hrisi,  uliid,  u  as 
gathered  t  lien-  in  hi.'iS,  tor  the  lir-t  time.  That  li--  x\  as  the  >.,-,, nd 
man  of  wealth  in  I  >ed!,am,  i^  exideut  from  hi-^  hem^  second  on  ihe 
assessment  roll  for  taxes.  Ih-  was  srle  •!  man  t'>i-  |>i  scars  (  1  ii."i '.!—."•. "i ). 

lied.  Jany.  -j  t.  h;:.fj-i;n. <  >.  s. :  ,,r  [••,-»,.  :;,  i.-.'-.n.  \.  s.     I-\H- his  will  s,-,- 

Slllisei  j  lie  lit     pa'_fe. 

Mis  x\'ife  llamiah.  1>\  \\hoin  he  had  ail  his  children,  d.  Sep:.  .">, 
l'i."ni;  and  he  m.  t'or  ;;  I'd  \\ife,  .Mr-.  K!i/a!.eth  I !  iph-v  *  — x\  id. -s>  of 
\\'illiam  l!ip!e\  ,-ind  pre\i<msl\  of  Thoma-- Thaxtcr  Janx.  L'".  l'i.~>7  v. 

:;;  \\'i!!i;mi  'Kijiley  eani"  in  1 1!:!^  \\  ii  !i  his  wife  l-',':/.-,l,.  t  h.  twu  <<  -  an.l  t'.'.') 
ilaiiLrlil  ITS.  tn  1 1  iii'j'hain.  ^1  a--.  ;  \\-liei-- •  -he  <] . .  am !  In •  in.  >>•;>; .  '.". i.  1  'I,',  |  ;', ,,-  •_',  |  \\-j|'e 
uiilnw  I'ili/.-ili"!  !i  'I'iia  \I  er.  lie  il.  .ln!\-  'JO.  lii'iii.  ainl  >}||.  in..  ,-|~  ;ilmve.  .l.i'nn 
l)\\-iL'lit.  \\'il!i:nii  lli]i!i-_\  had  two  MHI<,  .lulm  a'lil  AI'Taiiani.  Uiih  l.i.ni  in  \'.\\-.a- 
l.-ni'l  and  in-iile  freiMiieii  m  Hin;;!iaiM.  Mas-..  Mas  1  I.  l»'i.V>.  II!-  liaii-i.UT  >....di 
n  .  .'(•!••  miali  V>  all  .  Jli-  otlirj-  liaii-'hti  •]''.-  H.i::e  ..-,  unki.i  .>s\  n. 


John  Dwiylit  of  Dedliam,  J/tf*-s'.  05 

From  such  a  triple  marriage,  it  is  natural  to  suppose,  that  she  must 
have  been  an  attractive  and  accomplished  woman.  She  d.  without 
issue  J  ul  v  17,  1  ()()(). 

Thai  Mrs.  Hannah  Dwight  was  a  woman  of  superior  intelligence  and 
character,  and  both  faithful  and  successful  in  the  right  training  of  her 
household,  is  manifest  from  the  ability  r.ud  thoroughness  with  which 
her  sou  Timothy  executed  the  many  public  trusts  committed  to  him, 
throughout  his  long  life.  Jle  was  but  4,  or  .">  years  old  when  lit.'  left 
England.  As  for  schools — there  were  none  for  several  years  at  Ded- 
ham.  ulu  l('»44the  inhabitants  declared  their  intention,  to  devote 
some  portion  of  their  lands  to  the  support  of  schools  (Worthingtoii's 
Dedham,  p.  .'><>)  ;  and,  not  being  willing  to  wait  for  their  lauds  to  be- 
come productive,  they  raised  'JO  pounds  in  various  ways  to  hire  a 
schoolmaster  ;  which  was.  considering  their  numbers,  by  far  a  greater 
effort  than  has  been  made  by  any  of  I  heir  successors."  The  first  school- 
house  was  not  built  until  in  1'>4S,  when  Timothy  was  1M  years  old. 
Add  to  these  facts  the  statement  made  by  AVorthington  (p.  •">!).  and 
verified  by  the  records  of  the  town  themselves,  that  "the  second  gene- 
ration iu  Dedham  had  hardly  sufficient  education,  even  with  the  help 
of  good  precedents  that  the  first  generation  set  them,  either  to  transact 
the  public  business,  or  to  make  a  proper  record  thereof."  '*  In  10SQ 
Dr.  William  A  very  then  of  Boston,  but  formerly  of  the  Dedham  (  'hureh, 
out  of  his  entire  love  to  that  church  and  town  freely  gave  into  their 
hands  I-')  pounds  (§300.00)  for  a  Latin  school,  to  be  ordered,  by  the 
selectmen  and  elders."  Whatever  education  therefore  Timothy  Dwight 
of  .Dedham  enjoyed  must  have  been  home-education,  and  that  furnish- 
ed wholly  or  chiefly  by  his  mother.  I  low  adequate  it  proved  to  be, 
the  subsequent  sketch  of  his  useful  and  honorable  life  will  plainly  show. 

In  reference  to  John  Jhvight's  first  residence  at  AYatertowu.  .Mass., 
we  find  in  Bond's  .History  of  AYatertown  (vol.  ii.  p.  7-"»  I)  the  follow- 
ing record:  ''John  Dwight,  beside  his  homestead  owned  30  acres  of 
dividend  laud  in  Watertown;"  and  again,  "John  Dwi^ht,  freeman  in 
I'i.'lS,  was  a  grantee  in  the  great  dividends,  and  in  tin1  Beaver  Brook 
J'lo\\  lands,  both  of  which  he  sold  to  David  Fiske  "  (vol.  ii.  p.  1'iDSj. 
On  another  page  ("1 010),  we  read. :  ''The  following  is  a  lisi  of  the  free- 
men of  \\  aiertown,  admitted  previous  to  the  union  of  the  colonies  of 
Plymouth  and  Massachusetts  Bav,  with  the  date  of  their  admission. 
.In  order  to  such  admission,  it  was  necessary  to  he  a  church  member." 
Among  many  others  at  various  dates,  John  Dwight's  name  is  recorded 
March  id.'i'.i  (which  should  be  plainly  lo.">7,  as  compared  with  state- 
ment above  made  of  his  being  freeman  in  lii.'iS),  with  lleurv  Phillips 
of  same  date  under  it.  .In  '*  the  first  ijreat  dividend  "  of  land.  "  hound- 
ed on  the  south  by  the  .Beaver  JJrook  l'lo\\  lands.  Ins  lot  was  .No.  1*1 


(aiiioii'.;  •">  1  I  and  In-  mmilier  "t  IUTO  !>i>.  \\  uli  the-,e  inli-ui  'iits  are 
cm i Hi •! -in I  M-\  iTiil  inaccurate  dates  respect  HILT  •'  "hii  I  >v.  i-.di  i  and  fainil  v. 

I  'ml- -i-  lii  -  i  >\\  n  name  occurs  the  following  n  cord  ;    ••  .1  ohn    I  >v,  i_dii  M-t- 

I 1  .-.I   lir-i    in    \\  alertiiun  ot    \\  liicli  In-  was  a   |>r<>|>riet  >ir.  t  hen   mhaliit  in<j, 
in     l-Vli.    |i'..",n    7.       I  le  was  admitted  freeman   .M  a  \    '_',  h'.I'iS.       In   ii;:',i;|,r 

si^ll'-d    lln-    coli.-ilt  111  li  HI    n|-    CiiN  rliallt     lit'     I  >ei  ||i;illl. 

'I'll''  lir>!  free  school  .supported  li\  a  t  ou  n-ta  \.  I  hai  \\  as  e\  IT  i  Imii^lii 
of  in  Alii'-rica,  \\  as  established  at  1  >edham  in  1  'i  I  I .  (  Si  •••  N.  K.  (  i.-n. 
!,'••-•..  \»l.  I-"',  yi-ar  I  Si  IS,  Art.l>\  l;i-\.  < '.  Slat'tt-r  <.f  I 'riliiain. ) 

'I'lircc  of  tin-  II  IMTSI.IIS  thai  svn-c  a.ssi'iiilili'd  mi  I'YK.  i.  |i'i(l  .">  in 
.1  )rilliain  111  t'iM'll  liirrtlliij.  ali<l  \citrii  Midi  a  lni-a>uri\  \\iildi  Was  tar 
in  ail\aiicr  nf  tlirir  day,  \\crc  l;a]|ili  \\  'lin  •!<  >ck.  .1  nil  n  l>\\i-iii  and 

IJlc'lial'd       Kvrl'i'tt,     ;ilicr>ti  ITS      roprct  1\  r|\     ut'      llll'i-c      Ml!i-i-.|lii-!it      colli^i- 

I  'roiddit  >  ot'  their  o\v  n  several  iiaiiie~>  ;  I  M  .  \\'  In -clock  of  I  'ai  t  ni"ni  li, 
I'n-sidcnl  hwi^lit  ;it'  ^'all^  and  Kduard  Kveretl  of  Harvard.  <  >f  the 
coniliilttcc  ot  live  leullees  (or  lril.^!ee>),  to  \\holii  the  ll.a  I  ia  _;i  Ilielit  of 

the  >chool  \va>  coinniit  I  cd,  t\vn  \\ere  John  l>\\i-i,i  ;;nd  .Michad 
J  'u\\  ell.  \\  hose  daughter  Sarah  ,  <  'a]>l .  Tiniot  h\  I  >\\  i^'iii .  •  .n  .  ,f  .1  oh  n,  a 
feu  vt'urs  at  I  er\\  ard.-i  niarrieii. 

The  reo  'ill  read-i  thus  : 

'•  'I  he  saiil  iiihahit  ants,  taking  into  considerat  i(  in  the  ^r-  al  heci  ->>it  v 
df  |iro\idin-'  soiiH1  means  for  the  eiliication  of  the  ymilh  of  -aid  to\\n, 
did  s\ith  an  nnanuiioiis  con.-enl,  declare  1>\  vole  their  \\  i  lii  n^iiess  io 
jiroiiioie  tliat  wiirk,  1 1  run  n.- 1  n^  to  j  MI  i -i  1 1  lln-;i-  hand-,  to  jin.\ide  i  Main- 
tenance I'm-  a  free  ,-chool  in  ciur  .-aid  to\\  n. 

And  they  further  did  resohe  and  consent,  ratifying  i:  '•;  \"te,  tu 
1'ai.^e  the  ,-nni  ot  JL-(I  per  annuin  touard.-  tiie  mat  nl  ai  ni  nu  of'  a  school, 

and    to    keepa    tree    -ciiool    in    our   .-aid    toNN  11, 

Thc\  a l-o  did  re>ol  \  e  and  coiiseiil  lo  lie)  i  11-1  the  .-;.  id  t!-' '  |  •  i'  an  mini 
an  i  certain  lands  in  .--aid  to\\  n  t'oiii,crl\  >--l  apart  tor  p.,  ii-e.  intu 

the  liand>  ot'  feotlees,  to  einpio\  the  -aid  Jt!l!(i  and  li,'  i.,:  !  aforoaid, 
to  In-  imp|o\ed  for  the  Use  of  .-aid  >ehool." 

[Se,-ii||(i     (   if  Ill-rat  |o||   j.          <'hl  id  re!  I    ot'    .1  ill  III      l>\V|_d'|!. 

:;.  i.  Hannah  Dvvi-ht,  li.  in  Kn-lai:d  in  !  .;•_':..  m.  \a ;!,,-'-  i  \V1,  i '  i!:._ 
df  Deilhaiii,  .1.  Nov.  I.  1711.  aei.  S!i. 

I.  ii.  ('apt.  Tiniothv  l»\\i^lit.  K.  in  I'in-land  in  I''!".1,  d.  -Ian.  .'II. 
1717  -.  ad.  "*. 

:,.    in.    John     Dui-ht,  li.  in    I'ln-land    in     h::;:1.    d.    M  L' I .    ji'.ns  ; 

lo-t    ill    the    \\MiiiU    l,et\\ee]i     |)edha!ll    .'lid     l'o-.T"'ll.     Ti,'  !,•   le    ^flVcU 

i    -     Copied      fro,,,      ••    The     K;,|-l\        |!e,-,l|'(|>       of       |  ', ,  i  ||> 

I'eeo!  .  !-.     he     i  ^    \\  rolled  \'    Spoke)]    of,      a  -     I  he    e!i  ie-!     si  ill    a  lid     a-     ha  \  l'l'_'    1  iee|| 

lo-t,  u  lien    7   \  ear-  old.        lii   SOUP-  p-conU  hi-,  nani'-  a'e.i  r-.  a  -    I  lichard. 


John  Dwiykt  of  Dcdltani,  Mass.  97 


0.  iv.  Mary  Dwight,  1).  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  July  2"),  103."),  and 
spoken  of  in  the  town  records,  as  "'  the  iirst  child  horn  in  Dedkaiu." 
She  in.  Henry  Phillips. 

7.    v.   Sarah  Dwight,  b.    June  17,  1638,  m.  Nathaniel  Reynolds,  and 

d.  Jan.  24.  JGli-i-o,  aet.  27. 


A  copy  of  The  AY  ill  of  John  Dwight  of  Dedham.  See  N.  E.  Oeneal. 
etc.,  Register,  vol.  x.  (1S.">())  p.  2(i->. 

I  flohn  I) \vight  of  Dedham,  yeoman,  being  in  perfect  health,  this 
llith  .June  Il;.">S,  doe  make  this  niy  last  will.  To  my  wife  Elizabeth, 
that  now  is,  .£.">()  sterling,  to  l>e  payd  her  by  my  executors  in  currant 
country  pay,  at  my  now  dwelling  house  in  Dedham,  within  3  monothes 
utter  my  decease,  as  my  Covenant  before  our  marriage  appoareth  ;  also 
all  her  weai  ing  Apparcll  both  linen  and  woollen .;  also  that  my  said 
wife  shall  have  dvet  allowed  her,  at  my  said  dwelling  house  in  \  )ed- 
liain,  during  ve  space  of  -\  monethes  after  my  decease,  li  slice  shall 
desire  it,  thai  sue  she  may  mure  comfortably  provide  for  y°  removeall 
of  her  habitation,  to  some  other  place.  1  give  vnto  my  sonne  Nath- 
aniell  \Yhiieing  20s;  vnto  my  sonne  I  (curie  Phillips,  20s.;  unto  my 
sonnc  Nathaniel  Remolds,  20s.  .My  will  is,  that  my  dwelling-house, 
hind  and  moveables,  in  y1'  towno  of  .Dedham  or  elsewhere,  which  shall, 
be  fouildii  to  my  estate  at  mvdecea.se,  be  equally  divided  into  live  pts.  5 
two  |>is.  wliereof  1  give  vnto  my  sonne  Timothy  Dwight,  and  one,  part, 
vnto  y"  children  of  my  soune  Nathaniel!  YVliiteing  and  of  llannalihis 
wife,  or  soe  many  of  them  as  shall  be  survivciug  at,  my  decease,  to  be 
pavde  by  my  executor,  as  in  his  discretion  will  best,  conduce  for  their 
benetitt.  I  give  vnto  my  Craml  Child,  Eliaxav  Phillips,  sonne  of  my 
sonne  ileiiry  Phillijis  and  of  J\!arv  his  wife,  my  dan.  cue  part  of  ye 
five;  ami  if  ye  said  Kliazar  shall  not  be  survheing  at  my  decease,  then 
my  will  is,  that,  my  executor  at  his  discretion  shall  dispose  of  that  one 
part  of  y'  live,  vnto  ye  rest  of  v"  children  of  my  sonne  Ilenr\  Phillips, 
and  of  m\  dau.  .Mary  his  wife.  The  fifth  part  remayneing  of  y"  five,  I. 
give  vuto  my  daughter  Saiah  lleynolds  or  to  her  child  or  children,  as 
my  executor  shall  see  cans  '  to  dispose  of  it.  A  Isoe  my  \\ill  is,  that  my 
.soune  Timothy  J)\vight  shall  enjoy  all  that  house  and  laud  which  I. 
gave  hiin.ai  his  Jirst  marriage  with  Sarah  Siblev.  Also  thai  my  sonne 
Nathaniel!  \Yhiteiug  shall  enjoy  all.  that  (5  .Acres  of  land,  be  it  more  or 
lesse.  which  lyefh  in  y''  low  jilavne,  and  y"  2  Acres  of  meadow  lyeiug 
in.  foule  meadow,  which  I  bought,  of  Lieut.  .Joshua  Kish'-r.  _M  y  will 
is,  that  it  shall  be  at  my  executor's  liberty  to  pay  said  Legatyes,  either 
j)i  land  or  (_'urrant  Country  pay,  and  to  ]>ay  them  at  y"  same  pri.se,  as 

7 


t  he\     Were    \  allllei  I    ;it     1  i\     \  '    prises   at     III  V     d  crease.         A  Isi  >i  •   1  1  1  \  •    \\  i  '  I   i  -  ,  I  1  1  a  t 

luv  executor   shall    ii"t    In-  iii^a^ed    lo  |>;i\    \      said     le'_'ac\i  ~  ti.  aii\    i.f  \' 

sa  li  1  chl  Idl  ell  V  l:i  1  1  -I'  a^i  ,  \Iltlll  they  ra  !i  1i<  •  le^a  II  V  LJ'  \  ''  !l  d  I  -r  ha  Pj'e  t<  >!' 
\e  receipt  i>|'  v'  salne.  I  appi'int  my  soniie  Tim»thv  l»\\:-_;ht.  In  lie 
executor  of  t  his  m\  last  \\  i  !  1. 


hedham  *ih  of  li'ih  (in,  March  Istli.  I'ii'il.  N.  S.)  h'.r.U.  iiiM'iiii.r 
df  tin1  olalt  —  taki-ii  li\  l-'.lia/ar  I  ,I:-!IIT.  Ti  nn  >t  !i  \  I  )\\  iylil,  S>'ii..  l'itt- 
A\"  .....  1.-U-.1  Am1.  .MnJ  ll,s.  ni'.  ID. 

'I'lli1     IMMI','    S|M   Iliiii;'     ill      lllf     ;tli<i\r    1  1  1  >(  ri  1  1  1  M  •  11  !     Illllst    (  if  c-  >  I  ll'-i  •    I  .1  •    iTril 

itc«l    tu     llii'    l'-ual    hand    that     div\s     il     up    I  pr>  il  >al  •!  \     I'diT    \\'i  M  H  hi  n  1  ) 
'I'hr  'I'iiiiiit  liy    l)\vi^lit,    >''/,/<//•,  one    of   the  aliovr  appraiMTS.  inn-!    ha\ 
lirrn  Timothv  of  .M'-dtifhl.  \\ho  \v:is  \\ith.mt   dmili:   his  l.i'ot  IHT. 


I.  The  story  is  found  in  soun-  l'aiui!\-  rernrds,  that  .Jnhn  !  >v.  in'hi 
\\ent  liark  to  Kn_-laiid  and  died  there.  This  is  set  a-ide  l,v  i!|.«  i-e.-onl 
of  liis  deatli,  as  ha\  iiiLT  occurred  at  I  >edliani  a-,  t  hus  :  '•  1  >'>'i< '.  I  »i-at  hs. 

.lohll      huiuht     deceiiM'd     V'      '_'  1  :      II      HI."        The     Vear     li.-jan    ihell     Mareil 


II.  As  the  si'Li'natnre  John  />//•///•  m-ciir-.  in  th"  list  of  I'1  tV.',-m«-ii. 
petit  ioin-1  s  in  the  (ieiieral  ('oiii't  for  tip-  enlargement  o!'  t  In  ir  t'-i-imT 
ti'rant  I'  if  u  to\\  nship.  il  has  liei-n  con  jert  ured.  t  lial  |,,.  |,  i  ,^,  it'  \v  .  it 
th'T'-.  and  wrote  n  so;  and  thai  ;:ccordin^l\  (his  i'lirm  <•('  '  •  >  aine. 
i  iceiiri  i  n^  so  earl\'  in  the  A  n;i  Mean  recurd^  ol'  ilie  i'.,in:i\.  -iioidd  lie 
re^ardi-d  perhaps,  as  indicative  of  its  true  original  or!  lio^'rii1  ih\ .  lint, 
in  an  appendi  \  to  t  h.-  will  oi  I  !  i  •nrv  I ' ;-.  i>-ki-  i  -f  1  led  ha  in.  -  n  l^enlied 
(I.-;.  I'.'.  I ''.">'..',  his  signature  occurs,  \\ith  ilia'  of  li\e  o;h.'i~ 


and  in  I  In  •  la-t  i  iisi  -i  lire  h'Li'a  I  i/i'd  1,\  1 1 1  ^  i .  \\  1 1  haul,  in  I  IP  •  \>.  .  '  I  |'.  .rnicd 
I  i  n  -i-rt'-d  in  his  signal  lire.  (  )ne,  ae.piain:  ed  \vit  h  t  he  ea  r!  \  i  eo  ird--  ot 
names  in  ihi-  coiiiilr\.  is  prepared  to  liiul  anxsslp  re  in  tii--n;  tip 
^•ro-scst  lilnndi-r-.  !n  the  same  hip',  the  u.ird  tossn  occe,,-,  a-  Imih 
tonne  aiid  to\\  ne.  Inearh  I5o-<ton  record-,  i  he  nani"  l>v,  i-iit  i  I'.und 
in  lip-  -aim-  senl  enee  spelled  rijjfnl  !\  and  \\  1  oii^'U  .  as  I  in;  -  :  "  Na  1  ha  li  lei 
l!e\nold-  \vasmarr\edtoSarah  I  »\\  ii  e.  '  h.  •  da  n-  h  i  e  i-  of  .1 .  >\  •,  \t\\\^\\l 
of  I  led  ha  in  7  :  I  I  .  ."'7.  l>\  .l"hn  Knd  ic,,i  i .  (  i,  ,s  er.  ;  "  u  hieh  n  '  atis  i  'nat 
.li.hn  I'lndicoll,  (lovernor  of  Ma.-s.  ('olon\'  married  then,  .i.ms.  7. 


Jolui  J)wt<jltt  of  Dedliam,  Jfass.  9i> 

10") 7-8.  Tn  both.  England  and  America,  the  name  has  been  uniformly 
written  Dwight  by  those  who  have  borne  it  for  ?>  centuries  past  at 
least.  In  further  proof  of  this  fact  witness  the  records  already  fur- 
nished of  William  Dwight's  Charity  in  1  (>.">/,  at  the  very  time  of  John. 
Dwight's  first  appearance  in  the  new  world,  and  also  those  concerning 
John  Dwight,  the  founder  of  the  china  [lotteries  at  .Fullmin,  etc.,  in 
England. 

1.1.1.  The  idea  has  been  often  repeated  in  England  and  this  country, 
during  the  last  half  century,  that  the  name  .Ihvighl  is  a  corruption  of 
De  Witt  ;  and  that  the  family  stock  was  originally  the  same,  as  that  of 
the  great  J  >e  Witts  of  li.olland.  Jlonored  names  indeed  are  theirs, 
names  of  freedom  and  of  fame  !  The  more  that  grand  moral  ideas  can  be 
shown,  to  have  run  through  the  brains  and  the  blood  of  (.mi1  sires,  ideas 
of  human  liberty  and  progress,  of  hope  for  the  race  and  of  unsparing 
self-sacrifice  for  its  good,  the  better  for  us  all — by  way  of  example  if 
no  more.  I  hit  the  author  regards  anv  such  idea,  as,  at  best,  but  a  poor, 
unsubstantial,  etymological  conceit.  The  influence  of  time  on  words 
is  not  of  such  a  sort,  as  to  lengthen  and  strengthen  them,  but  contra- 
riwise to  abrade  and  contract  them,  and  especially  in  respect  to  vowel- 
sounds  and  diphthongs.  While  the  changes  ot  time  might  perhaps 
shorten  the  long  vowel  of  Dwiglu  into  the  short  one  of  I  >e  Witt,  they 
could  never  possibly  prolong  Dewitt  into  Dwight.  The  long  vowel 
found  in  the  name  is  radical  to  it. 

Of  all  ihe  etymologies,  which  the  author  has  heard  guessed  for  our 
family-name,  none  appears  to  him  so  worthy  of  regard  for  its  possible 
A'alue,  as  that  found  in  "  The  I'atronymica  Britannica,"  to  which  allu- 
sion has  been  already  made. 

.IV.  It  is  stated  in  some  brief  manuscript  notes  prepared  in  IS.17, 
left  by  I  >r.  Benjamin  Woolsey  I ) wight  of  Clinton  (fat  her  of  the  author), 
that  "John  Dwight  of  Dedham  Mass,  was  the  ancestor  of  all  the 
families  in  .Now  Kngland  bearing  the  name  of  Dwight,  e.cccj/t  oi/j'  »r 
tirn  /r/ii,-!/  liiiri'.  <t:<xn  iii<"l  it.  A  similar  intimation  was  incidentally 
met  with,  in  the  records  of  another  branch  of  the  family.  \\  heiher 
this  genealogical  criticism  was  meant  or  not  to  apply  to  the  descend- 
ants of  Sereno  Dwight  of  Ira,  X.  V. ,  who  are  not  historically  entitled 
to  the  family-name,  or  to  SOUK;  other  family,  as  vet  unknown  io  the 
author,  he  has  no  means  of  determining. 

A.s  with  the  old  Jiomaii,  who  said,  '' Diis  immoria.libu.s  SIT,.,  ihe 
great  practical  motto  of  the  family  has  been,  in  the  branch  best  known 
to  the  author,  in  each  generation,  '*  <  'hristo,  domino  mei  carissimo,  sero. 

]  Second  (  u.'iierai  ion.  | 
;>.   i.    Hannah    .Dwight    (dan.    of  John    and     Hannah    Dwight),  b,  in 


IK) 


/.->/"/'  //  "/    tliC    I )<••«'<.  n< l<t n  f*  »? 


Midland  in  ML':..  111.  .March  I.  I'll:1,,  O.  S.,  Nathani.l  \Yhiiiii;,'  of 
I  >edhain.  .Mas.s.  Ill-  had  li:ii|  Hi  hiiiS  a  j/rant  <>t'  d-ii  acres  in  I, \nn, 
\\  liil  lii-f  In-  i>  lieh.-\  i  <  I  In  li;i  \  i-  Ljone,  VA  nil  I >'-\  .  Sal  li  lie]  \\  h  It  llr_'  nt'  I  .viili, 
il,  li'ii'i'i.  Ill-  iit  I  i-i'U  ;il  ds  iiino\iil  tu  I 'edhalii,  uhere  In-  |oiiied  the 
d  i  MI  di  .1  u  1\  iii  i,  l*i  I  I ,  residing  i  lien1  until  iii.s  i  ieat  li, .  I  :u  i.  1  •"',  1  'i  v_!.  Sin- 
li  \  i-ii  I'M]-  .">'_'  vears  a  \vn|i  >\\  .  and  d.  Nov.  1 ,  171  I ,  :n-i .  >! '. 

]  Tlnril  <  ienerat  ion.         (  'liiliircn  : 

>.    i.  Nathaniel    \Vliitinj;,  h.  S«-]»t.   7,    hil-l,  in.  at.    Di-ilhain    .Mar.-li 

L".».    Ii'.i')  I,  Joanna  Cay.  !•.   .March  L1.".,  1  »'•  I-"'  «lau.  (.f  Jolm 

anil  •)  i  lanna  (  -a\  ). 

!'.    ii.         .liihn   \\'hitinuf.  \>.  Sept.  I1;*.    li'i|i'i.  <1.  -nun. 
i".    iii.        .Inlni.  lM.  !•.  (  )<-t.  !*.    I*'.  17.  d.   sunn. 
11.    iv.       Saniiu-1   \\'hit  inu'.  1>.   Nov.  I'"1,    I'll'.1. 
1-2.    v.          Hannah    \Vliitin.u'.  '••    Fd».    17.    l'-"'l. 
l.">.    \i.       'rinmiliy  NYliitiiiL'.   '>.  -Ian.  ."i.    li'i.'i.'!. 
1  1.    \ii.      .Marv  Whiting.  1>.  -lulv  S.    lii.'n'i.  d.  xion. 
If),    viii.    Mary.  lM.  h.  (  >i-t.    1 1'.   l»i")S. 
II'L    ix.       Sarah  WliitiiiL'.  ''•    I'^c.  '.'>,   li'.''iU. 
17.    x.        . Miiirail  NVliitin^.  ''•  •'HIM-  7.   l''i''>.">. 

IS.  xi.  .l"hn  NX'hiiiiiLf  C-'xl}.  l>.  .Inly  l!».  lii'i.">.  in.  1  >.  .-.  !,  1'^S. 
Marv  i'.illin^s  of  \\'n-nt  ham.  Ma-s..  \\Iirrc  h--  rc-i'lnl. 
lie  il.  in  17."'L';  >ln'  d.  .Ian.  !.  17l>s.  l-'(,]-  a  iVa'_:'inrntar\ 
accuunt  nt'  suiiic  nt'  hi>  di-M-i'iiilanls,  set-  (  Ji u H|\\  in'->  (!r- 
lifalit^-ical  Notes.  ]']i.  |ii-7. 

I'.1,    xii.     Jonathan    \Vhitinir.    h.    ()ct.    '.'.     liii'i".    in.     lladiael    'I'li-.r].. 
Thev    had    a     son.     Nalhani'-!.    v  ho    ;n.     Haijiali      I.vons. 
\\hove    son.   Nathanii-1.  Jr..   \va>  a   near  |  'i-i  'ur'''iit  or  >  f"    th'1 
\\hitins.ot"    \\hitins\ille,   .Ma->..  a   llmiri-luiiLT    iiianuiac- 
t  ui'inuf  io\\  ii  founded  !>v   i  In  -m. 
I'd.    xiii.    Judah   \\'hitiiiLf.  1'.   Mardi   ".n.    ir,7ii. 
L'l.    \iv.     Anna    \\'hitinuf.   K    l''eli.   L'">,    I"1'!1. 

TI-'I  ot'  the   \\  hit  inirs  alio\  e    en uii ie rated,   who  \\ -,-r. •    I  >\\  i-'h  i s  a ^  t  rnl  v 

a.-     \\liit  iti'_'-.     li\ed     to     ha\e     t'aiiiilio.        Ir     \\,,u!,|     1,,.    ,.:l>,y    to    ^aiher 

together  a   l"ii'_f  li-t    ot'   them   in    \anmis  'j.\-\:<  ratioi;-,  .^n   \\hieli   many  an 

liuiiore<|    name   \\oiild    a|i|n-ar:    lint    thi-   \\ork    tho-.-  \\ho  hear  tip-  nam-- 

\\  li  i'  im;  must.  and.  \\e  lieln-\  e.  ei-"  Ion--  \\  i  i  1.  undertak'    t'"i- 1  hi-m.-'-l\  t-s. 

S."-   tor  a   t'i-\\    lirief  hints  coiicernii:L.'  :  lie     I  '  v,  i'_rhi-\\  hil  HIL'S.   Sa\  a^e"- 

(l.-ii'-al.     l>i'-t.,   \ol.   i\.    [i.   ."'I'.1.       •'  .Mi-'    nt'    ih"- •-."     he     -a\s.     ••  li^arini.' 

tl,,.    !:;iii,e    \\'  h  i  I  i  1 1 '_'    in     hedhaiii.    NVrenthalii,    1  i  :  !i'_!i;i  m    and     I'Kinouth. 

.•  d-  -d -ill hints  11)'   Nathaniel    \\  hitiiiu  and    llai:i,:d,    I  > \\i-n;. 


Jolin  Dwiglit  of  Dcdliam,  3fctss.^  1.01 


2f>,  103."),  m.  about  1G52,  as  liis  3d  wife,  Henry  Phillips  :  his  first 
having  been  Elizabeth  Brock,  and  his  second,  Ann  Hunting.  There 
must  have  been  a  great  disparity  between  his  age  and  that  of  his  hist 
wife,  who  was  but  16  or  17  at  her  marriage;  while,  as  he  was  a  free- 
man at  Watertown  in  1(137,  he  must  have  been  at  least  36  at  this 
time,  and  was  possiblv  much  older.  Tn  Bond's  Hist.  Watertown 
(vol.  ii.  pp.  872-73),  it  is  stated,  that  he  went  from  Watertown  to 
Dedham,  about  1636,  as  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  teacher  in  the 
church.  He  seems  to  have  returned  to  England  fora  season  in  1(5-1-2 
(Winthrop,  vol.  ii.  p.  38!J).  The  year  of  his  return  to  this  country  is 
unknown  to  the  author.  Tn  16f)f>-G  he  removed  from  Dedham  to 
Boston,  where  he  was  deacon  in  the  first  church,  and  much  esteemed. 

[Third  Generation.]      Children: 
22.   i.  Nathaniel  Phillips,  b.  at  Dedham  in  1G:>3. 

23.   ii.      Eleazer  Phillips,  b.  at  Dedham  Oct.  8,  IGol. 

21.  iii.  Henry  Phillips,  b.  at  Boston  (as  were  all  his  subsequent 
children),  Oct.  1,  16-36. 

2f>.  iv.  Timothy  .Phillips,  b.  Sept.  1  .  \  16.~>8,  m.  April  18,  1(581, 
widow  .Mary  .Smith.  They  had  children:  Mary,  who  d. 
soon;  Timothy;  Ann;  Sarah;  John;  and  Mary  I'd. 

26.  v.       Mary  Phillips,  b.  Xov.  28,  l(i(if). 

27.  vi.     Samuel  Phillips,  b.  Oct.   Ki(i2. 

28.  vii.    Elisha  Phillips,  b.  May  12,   166.1. 
21).   viii.   Jonathan  Phillips,  b.  Sept.  12,  1666. 

50.  ix.     Mehitable  Phillips,  b.  in  1(5(57. 

51.  x.       John   Phillips,  b.  Jan.  22,  1669,  d.  soon. 

52.  xi.     Job]!.  2d.   b.  in  1*571. 

33.   xii.    Elizabeth  Phillips,  b.  in  1672. 

Henry  Phillips,  the  father  of  this  large  family,  left  a  good  estate 
and,  best  of  all,  a  good  name  to  his  children.  In  his  will,  he  names 
his  sons  Eleazer,  Timothy,  Samuel  and  John,  and  his  daughters  Han- 
nah ^"cyim,  Abigail  A\<H(.,  [Mehitable,  and  Elizabeth.  He  speaks  of 
Henry  and  Nathaniel  as  deceased  —  so  that  they  probablv  both  reached 
mature  years.  He  directs  that  his  son  John  shall  be  educated  at  col- 
lege for  the  ministry.  This,  however,  for  some  reason  was  not  done. 

[Second  Generation.] 

7.  v.  Sarah  Dwight  (  dau.  of  John  and  Hannah  Dwight),  b.  at 
Dedham,  June  17,  1(538,  m.  Jan.  7,  1G.">7,  Nathaniel  Pieyuolds  of  Bos- 
ton —  Gov.  Endicott  performing  the  ceremonv.  lie  was  the  son  of 
Robert  Reynolds  of  Knu'land.  and  afterwards  of  \\atertown.  Mass.; 
who  went  in  1(5:56  to  \Vctherslield,  hut  ere  long  returned  to  Boston,  us 
is  supposed.  His  wife's  name  was  Mary.  lie  d.  April  27.  JGol), 


IML?  ///.</,//•//  »i' th>    ]>,  *<;  initial*  n t' 

Nathaniel  III--  --"li  \\ii-.  Ills'-  himself,  :i  shoemaker.  Sa\;iL.fe  tllillk.S  that 
lir  u  as  a  capl  am  i  ii  K  i  HL:'  I'll  1 1 1  ip  s  \\  :i  i ,  ;i  in  I  on  sirs  ice  at  I  'helmsford, 
F'-l..  !'•">.  I  '''7|-'.  Sin-  1 1.  .l;ili.  '2  I,  1  >'>>'>  I,  ill  id  In-  III.  a  second  wife  I  'ri  -ci  i  lit. 

Thin!    (  ieiierai  i'  'ii.         <  'hildrcn  : 
.",  I.    i.      Mar\    iJevnolds,  1..    NIIV.  I'd.    li'ii'i'i. 

:;.\  ii.  Niitl.iini.-l  l!.-vm.l.ls.  1..  March  ."..  I'^l'.  M--  had  a!-.  :.  dan. 
S;,r;ili  l>v  her,  \>.  .!  ulv  I'1'.,  1  »'i.V,i. 

l'\    his  u  ife   I  'riscilla,  lie  IKK!    1   sons,  .loli  n,    I  'i  t  IT.   I 'hi  lip  and  Joseph. 

j   Second     (  .'elierat  ion.  i 

1.  ii.  ('apt.  'I'ini'it  liv  l>\\iuht  (-nil  of  John  mid  Mannah  l>\\i-_dit  of 
1  irdham  >,  1'.  in  Kn-hmd  in  lt'iL".i.  ramr  in  ihi.-  country  \\iili  lii>  l':iilnT 
ii,  lt'i:i|-."i  ;ind  \v;is  niiidc  lVfciii;ui  in  l(i-"'"'.  Mr  \\a>  fur  HI  yi-iii'S 

I  <  >\\  li-rlrfk.     Select  II  lil  11     i'<  ir    I'.i    \  cars    (   I  'ill  1  -  S'.1  ),   :l  III  i     ;i    I  r|  irr-c'iil  :i!l  \  r   '  >f 

tlir    tii\vn    iii    tin-    (.Yiirnil  ('mirt     (  I'i'.'l     i' i,  lirl'i.'fr  tlic  nr\\    cliiird-r  :md 

|"lli:i|is    later.         It      is     recnrdrd     of    Ililll.tliat,     ';  lir     inlirfitrd      tlir     r-t.-itr 

;t  i  nl  \  irt  lies  of  liis  fiitlirr.  ;ind  iidd^d  to  In  .i  ii."  \\<  is  I  luis  d.-sei  ili.-d  in 
tlir  cliiireli  records:  "  'I'linoi  h\  |)\vi;_dit,  l']-'|..;i  Lf<'iitlrin;in  truly  serious 
;;!,d  i:'odi\'.  olir  of  iin  excellent  sjiint.  |>e;icealile.  L;rntToiis.  r!i:i  ri :  ;d  .!.•, 
::l:d  ii  U'l'r::t  Jifoinotrr  of  tlir  true  interests  of  the  dmivli  iilid  lo\\|i,  de- 

e,  .i-.-d  .Jitn.  •"'  1 .  I  7  I  7.  in  llie  SStli  yeiir  of  his  ii^e.''  IJey.  Siinui.-l  I  V\I.T, 
l'i,-tor  of  ill.-  First  Clmrcli  in  I  >edliaiii  for  :'.n  year-  i  May.  I  7l' I  .Fan. 
l". '.  I  7  •"'•">  i.  sa\  s.  in  "A  ('eiitui'y  I  hscoiifse."  |  irr;iclird  \o\.  1'."..  I  7-'v  : 
"  I  -l,all  onlv  jidil  that  lir>id(  those  in  ih  •  ministry,  ihi-  church  ami 
to\yn  h:i\e  l.i'M  favored  \\iih  very  \:tlii;'.lil"  and  v.<>r4h\  nvii  in  tin- 
u,:i'_'istracv.  and  dilid's  in  ;i  inoi-e  |  >ri  \  a  t  e  s]  ilirre.  A  |  .1;-  I,.-:  .  :  I'M.,  r 
;  Mid  :i  I  lu  i'_;ht  ha\  r  lieeii  a  n  i<  .!;•_;'  '  >\ :  r  lii'-li  ot'  relio\\  n.  S:.  \  --  \\  .  .!  •  '  '!!•_;•- 
T  .u  of'  him.  in  his  hi-tory  of  I  >>  >iiia  m  :  "  I  ie  \\  a-  admi;  t  '-d  ii.' . .  t  he 
chnrcli  iii  Hi'il'.  I  Ir  \y,-is  t  hr  To\\-n  Hi'corder.  S:  ].•(•:  i-an.  ahd  ;M;  Au'1'!'! 
i;  in ;,.•];  to\\  n-liiisin.'ss.  dnrinLT  '  hr  h  \  rs  of  Ln-her  and  1  'I-!,.T.  1 1  ••  \\  as 

;i]-o,  ;d'lrr  thrir  decrase.  a  Me]. illy  to  the  (  i  ,•].  r  I  ;,!<'•:;  rt  .  I  I  r  u  a  s  a 
i'-  ithf'il  and  n  ]  iri^lit  inan.  and  Lrrrail\  estrriiM-d  tor  hi-  |ier,son:il  merit 
[•in!  for  hi-  pn lilii-  -m-\  ices." 

II"  u  as  cornet  of  a  t  roop  in  h  i-  \ '  >nm_MT  \  ra  r-.  and  a  It  er\\  ,-ird-  -\  cap- 
la  in  ot'  foot.  I!"  \M-lit  out  I"!  I  tllm  -  ;i:,'ain-t  I  he  Ili'llali^  1,  it  i' -of 
v  hot  1 1  in-  k  1 1  In]  or  t  ook  pi  isomTs  -nc'ii  \\  a-  t  lie  c.  insta  ni  •_;'"  •  r !  I ! ! :  i  -  \\  ;  •  r- 
<';  I'e  tint  t!;e\  !<ept  1 1  p  ;c_':!  i  I  i-l  I  1 1'1  1 1 1\\  1 1 .  T  i:  i  •  I  .  c.  , ,  •,  i  -.  v,  I ,  j  ,•  | ,  ],,.  \\r,,te 
<  i-  '  ea  i  .  I'M  !  !  v  L''  '<  '  \c;irs  au'o.  -I  1  i  1  -  :i  lid  cl-'ar  and  (air  in  hi-  i  in  ii  h"  lid 

V.   !   it  i  !;•_'.    a-    he     |.-t'l      1  1  i"  111. 

.1   .In,  I  >v.  i_hi  and  <  'a  i .' .  Ti  i.  .<  >;  h  \    I  >v.  iuhi  are.  *V  .m  1 ',.  ir  ;.,  ••!!!,•!- 

|       •  i  •  .n   ill   l  lie  lil  s!    rr\  -laili/.in:.;   procr-srs  of  rl  \  ll    -i  ic:.  ;  \     i:|  .,  ,[,  ,  .,i| ,  •-,, 

i, ;  -•  i  .i  i'-    chai  ,ici«  i  -    iii     t  hr  tain ily.  and    -Ic  .nld   !"•  *  •  i .  d   in   it 

i    'i,'  r  tdi:in  in   i  h'  ir  ov\  n  -'  ii:  r;  te  indi  \  idn.-ilit  y. 


Jolin  Dioitjl/t  of  Dtdlunn,  Jlass.  103 

The  land  granted  to  the  first  settlers  of  Dedham  was  subject  to  the 
Indian  Title,  which  they  were  bound  bv  a  law  of  the  colony  to  ex- 
tinguish by  equitable  contract.  In  1  (JOG,  two  agents  were  appointed 
to  treat  with  the  Sagamores  who  owned  \Vollomonopoag  (now  "\Vren- 
tham),  who  were  Richard  .Skills  and  Timothv  .Dwight.  They  reported 
in  Ini'ii',  lliat  they  had  made  a  treatv  with  King  Philip,  for  lands  six 
miles  square,  and  exhibited  his  deed  thereof  under  his  hand  and  seal. 
After  six  days,  the  town  ratified  the  deed,  and  assumed  their  common 
rights,  to  the  amount  of  twenty-four  pounds  ten  shillings,  as  the  stipu- 
lated pri'-e.  to  King  Philip  for  his  deed.  In  November,  IdG'J,  Philip, 
Sagamore  of  Mount  Hope,  offered  a  treaty  for  his  lands  not  yet  pur- 
chased. The  selectmen  appointed  accordingly  Timothy  Dwighfc  and 
four  others,  to  repair  to  him  on  the  morrow,  with  authority  to  treat 
with  him  for  his  remaining  riidit  thereabouts,  "provided  that  lie  can 
show  that  he  has  .any,  and  provided  that  he  will  secure;  tin1  town  against 
future  claims  of  other  Sachems."  In  1<>S1  it  was  voted;,  (.hat  all 
deeds  and  other  writings  relating  to  the  town  rights  should  be  collected, 
for  the  purpose  of  bring  more  careful]  v  preserved.  Afier  the  vote  had 
been  diilv  published,  ('apt.  Fisher  and  (.'apt.  Timothy  Dwight  brought 
to  the  selectmen  seven  Indian  dee, Is — four  from  the  Indians  at  Petum- 
tnck.  one  from  Philip,  one  from  Nehoiden.  and  one  from  Magns  ;  and 
a  receipt  from  King  Philip.  These  writings  were  ordered  to  be  de- 
posited ina  box  kept  by  Deacon  Aldis.  These  deeds  were  not  recorded, 
and  are  n<>t  now  to  be  found.  (See  Worthington's  Dedham.) 

In  !7'rr  Timothy  Dwight  "in  consideration  of  love  and  affection 
conveyed  by  dt  ed  of  gift  several  tracts  of  hind  to  his  son  Michael  and 
his  other  sons,"  and  concluded  the  instrument  by  saying:  ''  I,  the  said 
Tiinothv  Dwight,  do  give  in  charge  and  forbid  mv  son  Michael  D wight 
and  his  heirs  their  giving,  selling  or  alien  a  i  ing  directly  or  indirectly,  any 
of  said  lands  above  expressed  to  any  person  whatever,  except  of  my 
general  i>  MI/' 

On  .May  1 1',  171<>,  he  settled  his  estate  ami  gave  property  to  his  sons 
Seth  ofJiosfou,  ftJi :>/>!.•'"' j><- r  ;  Henry  of  H-ii!idl,  duthier  '  and  i  >  ,\a- 
thaniel,  Josiah  and  Michael.  Seth  and  I  [enrv  arc  pul  into  po^ession 
of  hi;,  estate,  by  an  instrument  under  seal.  A  few  pages  afterwa  'ds,  he 
make.,  a.  change  in  the.  settlement  of  his  estate,  ami  gives  land  lo  his 
son  Nathiiniel,  ''now  of  Northampton,  dotli'n'r.^ 

!n  the  cemetery  at  Dedham,  \\'!iie]i  is  no\\  \\-ell  kept  and  protecteil 
l.iy  a  su'isiant  ial  granite  wall,  is  to  be  found  t  lie  tomb  of  ( 'apt.  Timothy 
Dwight.  .It  is  a.  \auit.  with  an  arched  entrance  and  is  covered  over 
with  in  rf.  Not  diing  appears  above  the  surface  but  Mr-small  -lat)  of 
shite,  on  which  is  the  followin  inscription  : 


!<»(. 


i>t'  tin    1  ><*<',  n'htnt*  of 


-  M,.|v  Ivrs  l!it..inl.i-.|  tin-  Udy  ..f 

Tiinot  li\    I  >  v.  i^hi    K.-i|.. 

wii..  depart.-.!  ti.i>  life  .i:m.  nut, 

.  V  1  1  1  1  "   1  1  M  1  1  1  1  1  1  1    171s, 
Aovd  SS  y.-ars. 

<  '.(  i  >:  <i  I  ii  l'i  Mr  >i  h  \  I  >  wiL,dit  in.  N'i»\  .  11,  I  ii."»  1  .  Sarali  Siiil'-\  fas  namci] 
in  lii>  father's  \\ill,.  In  [lie  lowii-n-ci>i-ds  .-In-  U  railed  Sa-ali  I'erman. 
Sip-  wa>  ]  >pil  i.'d  .1  \  a  \\nlow  li--ai'iii^  the  lail'-r  name.  ai  lie  liim-  "f  li'-r 
ln;i  ITI.IL:''.  Sin1  il.  Hi  cli  1  Id  '  '1  1'l  h.  Max  L1'.1.  I''>->L'.  lie  In.  t'»r  -emnd 
wife.  .May  :'>,  It',:,:1,,  Sarah  I'ow.-ll,  dan.  of  Michael  I'owell.  I.Mirhael 
I'owril  was  a  iv|,  rest-mat  i\  <•  t'ltun  Itcdham  \<>  the  (Jrnci'al  <'"urt,  in 
Mil  and  "1";.  Mr  allfi'\\  ards  I'CIIKIN  cd  to  I  'H  i.-.;(  .n  and  laii-'hi.  \\iili- 
oni  Mi'dinai  ion.  in  tlir  Sri-mid  ('linrrli  of  I'M.-IMH.  |irc\iuiisl\  to  tin-  >••! 
tli'incnt  of  iis  tir>t  niini-i  c-r.  Incri-a^1  MatlnT.  |  l',\  tlii-  mafriau''  li'1 
liad  four  rhildivn.  Shr  d.  .Inn-  L'7.  li'-'.l.  II.  •  in.  f.r  lliird  \vifi-, 
•  Ian.  '.'.  I  •'.''•  I  ."),  Anna  l-'lini  (lli.'ii  s|n-llfd  |-'Ivnt|,  dan.  «•!'  l.'^v. 
ll'-niA  l''hnt.:':  of  I  li'ainl  I'd-.  Ma^s.  /no\\  (  )  n  ni<-\  i,  and  Mai-^.-i-\-  ll'>ar. 

*  A<  all  tlic  di'M-i'iiilants  of  Captain  Timothy  Ihvi'_rht  arc  l-'lintv.  a<  truly  as 
I  )\s'!^'!it  -.  it  i~  ci[iia!!y  a^'rci:alili'  and  rt-liAant  In  tln-ir  f'uinih  lii-t"ry.  ix^ivca 
lifiil'  >k.'ich  ln-ri-  nl'  thi>  pai't  nf  iiicir  cacly  Aiiiffii-an  HIM  a^'i-.  lii-v.  H>-nry 
Flint,  nnlainci]  tt-:n-li<!r  of  tin-  ('huivlinf  llraintn-c  i  IJcv.  .Mr.  Willlaia  'I'linuiii- 
snii.  jia.-tnri.  rani,-  t<>  ilii-  cnuntry  l-'di.  '.'.  P  (:!•">.  <>.  S.  .  ami  was  nnlaiiifil  .Mai-f'i 
1  7.  I'^i'.i.  \vln-n  almut  :',•.'  y«'ur>  nid.  A-  his  lirnt  her.  Itcv.  'l'hnina<  Fiynt.  \vhn 
was  "  a  ni'i'i  nf  t  al-'iit  >.  (  'ln'i-1  i:ni  c'naiM-M  '•'.'.  \vi'a!t  h  and  I  H-ri'-vnli  •;!<•<•."  came  t<> 
Cniicnrd.  .Ma--.,  in  !ii:;?.  t'rmn  Matlm-k  in  DiTl.y-hirc.  ll<-v.  ILnfy  l-'lyiit  i>  Mip- 
j..i^'i]  tn  have  ciuiie  I'r.iin  the  KIIMC  place. 

I  n  t  lie  'j  r-'at  Ant  iiiiii'iian  cunt  rnvcrsv  of  t  Imfic  ilays.  In  •  I'::  v>  •!'<•(!  "  t  },<  \\i-\\  \'ir\\  -." 
au'l'eei'i-'  \varn:l\  with  Cut  t  mi.  a  KM  alijui  ill:  the  iih  :i-  i  if  \\'hei  ',  ,\  r:.  1  •,  "  I'."- 

inn  <  )!il  '1'iiwn   Itecnj-.ls,"  \\  e  reail  thai    "In    had  a  L'l'init  luai1,'-  tn  1;  -.n-rt--  of 

land.  .  -it  the  .M..  n  nt  I  iy  tin-  town  of  I  lost  on.  in  Hi:1,'.!  ;  "  and  t  !iat.  "  •  n  t  In  "IM1;  .lay 
of  tin  •  .")t  !i  iiiniit  Ii  ,lui\  .  Hill.ihe  laiiil  \\  it  hin  llie  cipnininn  fern-.-  of  I'riinlry, 
near  Ki;:"iit'-  \i  eU.  licl.nivin^  t  n  lln>t  nn.  i>  hen  !.y  Mii.l  unto  .Mat  s.  'ii  ,1am.  •>  iVn- 
ni.'nan.  .Mn.-es  I'ayne.  l'ianci>  I'.,  in',,  fur  li\e  --Ini  :  MIL'S  per  acre.  In-  n  n:"ie  i-t  i.  >s. 
tn  lie  |  a  ill  i':  i  -i  i  rn  IT  eat  1  le  \\  i!  '.in  "lie  .....  iiih  in  1  1  >  t  hi-  liaiids  of  Mr.  llei;r_v  1".\  in  . 
i  .f  lJra.nl  i  v.  for  his  own  MM-,  in  cnji>iderat  ion  nf  In-  !ai  >•  uT'-at  1"-  -  .  t  hrniiv.lt  t  !i'1 

lialid    of  I  '•>  ii  i'-   |  ir.  >\  i'  leiiee.    I  .  y  tire.  " 

It   is  re."nr,]e  1  t   i,  'it.    "  dnriiiLj   hi-  mini:-  1  ry  ami   thai  of  l!.-v.  U'illiaia  '!"::- 
t  here  \\  ei  e  in  all  'jo  I  ailu',1     ineiiilier.-  of   t  ln-ir  rliureli  ;  "    and  that    "il-i-ir    p-p'e 
\\ei-'    pni'L'eii  l,y  tiieir    iii'iii-liy  from    the    >,,iir    leaven    of   tho-e   sii.fn     opinions. 
thai    |.i"_|-.-in    to    -jireail    under    Mi.    \\  he.  I  \\  ri'jht  '.-    inllin  lice  ;    and    if   :.  email! 

amoii"'    them     il      i-    \erv     eovert."      i>ee    .loiin-oa'-     ••  \\'.  -K.).  r/.  .  :  I'lnv;. 


II  -  v.  if.-  wa-  M  i  iv  r\  Hoar.  -Me,-  of  |'r,  -~:..\,  -n:  II  -ar 
Hi;-.'  -,  .  who  m.  a  .Ian.  of  Lord  Li.-;.-.  He  ,i.  Apr:!  •>', .  \ 
March  PI.  1U-:.  'I'll,  ir  ehildr.  n  were  : 

I.  llormhy  l'!.\nl.  1.  .lui.s  '.'I.  Kil'.'.  in.  April  :Hl.  Hiiiii 
p  IP,,  "f  I!  '.',,.  y.  Ma-  -.  -.n  01  l;>-v.  Tii'ima  >h.  ]  'pard  of 


Jolm  D wig] tt  of  DeJJiom,  Jfass.  105 

She  was  b.  Sept.  11,  1043,  ajul  <1.  Jsui.  29,  1G85-6,  act.  42.  P.y  her 
ho  had  ten  children,  lie  in.  for  fourth  wife,  Jan.  7,  1080-7,  Mrs. 
Mary  Fdwind  of  Reading,  Mass.,  a  widow.  She  d.  without  issue, 
Aug.  30,  K188.  He  in.  for  fifth  wife,  July  31,  1090,  Esther  Fisher, 
dau.  of  Hon.  Daniel  Fisher.  She  d.  Jan.  30,  Ki90-l.  He  in.  for 
sixth  wife,  Feb.  1,  1091-2,  Bethiah  Moss.  She  d.  Feb.  0,  1717-18, 
without  issue.  He  d.,  full  of  age  and  honors,  Jan.  31,  1717-18,  aet. 
88. 

The  tradition  is  repeated  and  positive  in  diHerent  family  lines,  that 
lie  and  his  sixth  wife  were  buried  together,  on  the  same  day,  in  the 
family  vault.  The  training  of  his  large  family  of  children  was  com- 
mitted almost  equally  to  her  and  to  Anna  Flint,  the  mother  of  ten  of 
them. 

[Third  Generation.]      Children  of  (..'apt.  Timothy  Fhvight. 
(7?y  X<tr<tk  7Vr//,  /,/*  >2,l  tcife.) 

30.  i.  Timothy  J") wight,  b.  Nov.  20,  10f>4  :  A  goldsmith  in  Boston. 
Hem.  wife  Kli/abeth  (name  unknown).  He  d.  Jan.  2, 
1092,  aet.  3S.  lu  his  will  dated  Dec.  9.1091,  and  proven 
Jan.  27,  1092,  he  names  no  child,  but  gives  all  his  prop- 
erty to  his  wife  and  her  heirs,  except  a  "gun,  which  is  a 

IT.  Anna  Flynt.  b.  Sept.  11,  104'].  She  seems  to  have  married  Xov.  15, 
Kill,.  John  Da.ssett,  and  to  have  been  his  widow,  when  married  Jan.  !),  1005. 
to  ('apt.  Timothy  I) wight. 

TIT.  lies-.  Josiah  Flynt.  b.  Aug.  24,  10(5,  grad.  at  Harvard  in  1004,  preached 
at  liraiiitree  after  his  father's  decease,  and  d.  Sept.  10,  HKSO,  aet.  -i5.  Tie 
had  a  son.  Rev.  TTenry  Flyiit,  wlio  was  tutor  at  Harvard  for  55  years  (HiO!)-- 
17.1-1-t,  and  for  ."i:!  years  a  fellow  of  the  corporation  (l?07-(iO).  Ife  was  familiarly 
called  ''  Father  Flynt,"  and  was  never  n  arried.  He  was  noted  for  liis  wit.  and 
published  a  volume  of  sermons,  which  were  well  received.  Dorothy  Flynt,  dau. 
of  licv.  Josiah,  in.  Judge  Edmund  Quincy. 

IV.    .Margaret  Flynt.  b.  June  '20,  1047,  d.  soon. 

A'.  Joanna  Flynt.  b.  Feb.  IS,  104S.  m.  ])ee.  o().  1009,  Xoah  Xewma.ii,  son  of 
Samu  1  Newman  of  Rohoboth,  ^Tas.i. 

VI.    David  Flynt.  b.  Jan.  11.  KM!,  d.  soon. 

V.1F.    Seth  Flynt.  b.  April  2.  105;]. 

III 1.  Ruth  Flynt,  b.  Jan.  :!1.  1054. 

IX.  J.»hn  Flynt 


In  th(!  epitisph  of  Itev.  .Henry  Flint,  it  is  said,  that,  '"he  had  the  character  of 
a  gentleman  remarkable  for  his  piety,  learning,  wisdom  and  fidelity  in  his  office. 
l>y  him  on  his  right  hand,  lies  the  body  of  Margery,  his  beloved  consort,  who  d. 
31arch.  10^0.  Her  maiden  name  was  Hoar.  She  was  a  gentlewoman  of  piety, 
prudence,  and  peculiarly  accomplished  for  instructing  young  gentlewomen — 
many  being  sent  to  her  from  other  towns,  especially  from  Boston.  They  de- 
scended from  ancient  and  goi>d  families  in  England.1' 


IH;  Il/sforif  of  tli<    /><  «'•>  inlitiilx  <>i 

musket      with     :i    (lenilall     lock,"     tllill      In'    IjesloXVs     Upon    his 

In-other  Mieha'l  and  his  hi'irs.      lie  uniit   In'  deemed  there- 

fi  PIT    Ms    wit  IH  ill  I     issue. 

:>7.    ii.       Sarah    D\\i-ht,  l>.    April   -.    Mi.">7.  .1.    K.-l. .  '.',    Mi.V.i    >i  >. 

tl!>.    iii.    .Inhn     Duiidit,    li.    M;iy    ."•  I ,    M'.'il',    111.     Dec.     :i.     I'-'.    1,    Kli/.t- 
lii'ili    ManiiiiLC.      "  NM  issue"  (tlii'  tradition  is),       li  •  !i\."l 
in    M  !•  llield.       A  momj;  the    Siittun    papers    is  tip-    r.-.'i>nl    uf 
M      llred     of    IMIK!     tV.UH     .lulili     I  1,-Mll     nt'     I  )c.lli;illl     I"     .l<.hll 
Il\\iu.'ht      (if     heililMlll,     I  le<-.    7,     iti>S,    \\liirh    SVMs      lief'ure      tile 

t  inie  ni'  his  renin\;il   to   Medti.-ld. 
:')'.).    iv.     Sarah    I  hvi^hi,  I'd.  1>.  ,J  mir  !'.">,    1 '  iii  1 ,  d.   .1  ul\    MI.    I'l'il. 

(/;//  A,,,,,,  /•'/;„?,  /,;,• .-,/, /•;/;.) 

|l>.     \.        .FcsiMh    I  >\\  i','lil,   li.   <  )ct.   Si.h.    ll'ci"),  <1.  sunn. 

II.   \i.     Nathaniel  I  )\\  i-'ht .  Ii.  Nu\ . -jo.  ii;r.i;,d.  Nov.  7,  I  71  I,, let.  !.">. 

il'.     \ii.     SaiMUel     |)\\i-!it,    U.     I  )er.    L1.     1  til'.S,   d.    soon. 

.    .iii.  Ke\ .  .losiali   DwiLrln,  1>.  I'Y1>.  N,  l(',7n    I5d.in    171^.^-1.   77. 
Seih    l>\\  i<_';ht,  I).  July  !l,    I(i7-"..  d.  .Ian.   L'L1.    17:11,  net.  ."i7. 
Anna    Dui^hf.  li.    An-',    ll',    I<i7.\<l.   Oct.    1."),    1 1:7;,. 
)<>.     \\.     Caj.t.    !|einy   D\vi-lit,    li.    Dec.    I  (.l,   |i;7l'»,  d.    .Maivl,     L'i'i,    l7'-^2, 

act.  .")."). 

17.    \ii.    Miehael   D\vi-;lit.  1).  .Jan.    MI.   |r,7;i_si  i,  d.  in   1  7!> ! .  <  •;.: .  >_. 
Is.    xiii.    flaniel    |)\\i-ht,    li.   Sept.  L'.'i,    Misl.d.   soon. 

r.i.   \i\.  .laiie/.  D\\i-i,t,  l,.  Sept.  1.  Mis:;,  d.  -lime  |.\  MI-:.. 


dlTII,    lillt     II     Is    lint    casv    In    llllllk    of  (Hie    liiMt    could    !"•    hhil'i'    -•'. 
"  I  'olicel'liin^    ||i\-    chdd  I'ell    and    CslMte. 

I .  !  nt  1 1  ii  iv  wife  or  am  of  I  lie  children  niarrx  ,  I  lea\  ••  :i '  I  i;.\  e-'ate 
in  the  |io\\er.  and  to  the  \visiluin  and  disei'et  ion,  of  mv  v/if",  for  her 
coinfoi'i  and  1  ii'i  n_;'i  nu'  u|  >  of  the  children. 

I  I.  If  she  should  l.e  called  a  \\  a  \  l,\  death,  l.efnre  the  children  1,C 
LTo\\  li  to  I  ake  some  cafe  of  I  1  ie]| isel  \  es  a  lid  of  one  allot  her,  |  hell  1  le;i\  e 

li    to  her  \visduni,  to  make  choice  i .('  the  ne\i    pel's  'ii   to  \\  i i  mi  -  'i  •    iiiav 
coliiinii    i  he  care  ot'  children  and  esl  ate. 

III.  To  my  son  .Insias,  I  ^i\e  my  duillin^;  house  \\  i  h  i!i..,e  l\vo 
loi>  it  stands  upon,  wliicli  I  1'ou-lit  of  Iliehard  Wri-lit  and  of  Mr. 

Mose-     I'allie    deceased,    together    \\ltll    ail    thai     land    ''f   mill".    1 .  •  '  -\     111     tin' 
o.-cupat  ion    of   \\'illiam    Ve/ie.   after    the   deci  ase   of  his    inot!,. 

I  \".    I    '_'i\e    to    mv  son    Seih,  m\    Ljri§at    h't    and    half  n.\    i       '  -,  i!'  it 

plea    e    (  '..  .1  1    to    lii;,!,e    him    a     -eliola  r. 


J~olin  Dwiglit  of  Dedliam,  j\fass.  107 

V.  If  he  bo  brought  up  to  some  other  course  of  life,  then  his  brother 
Josias  to  have  them  all,  and  to  allow  him  for   half  in  some    pay  suit- 
able to  his  condition. 

VI.  To  my  daughters,  I  appoint  each  of  them  an  hundred  pounds  if 
my  estate  will  reach  it. 

V  1  I.  If  any  of  my  children  marry,  \vhilst  my  wife  doth  live  and 
continuetli  unmarried,  I  leave  it  to  her  wisdom  what  portion  to  give 
at  present,  though  I  intend  that  iiually  all  my  young  children .  should 
be  made  equal. 

VI II.  .For  the  present,  I  know  not  what  portion  of  my  estate  to 
assign  to  mv  wife,  in  case  Clod  call  her  to  marriage,  otherwise  than  as 
the  law  of  the  country  does  provide  in  that  case — accounting  all  that  I 
have  too  little  for  her,  if  I  had  something  else  to  bestow  upon  my 
children."  (Signed  and  sealed,  etc.) 

\\  ho  does  not  rejoice  in  the  memory  of  such  noble  progenitors  as 
these  V 

A  copy  of  the  AVill  of  Timothy  Dwight  of  Boston,  Xo.  30.  I.  (son 
of  ('apt.  Timothy  J) wight  of  Dcdham.) 

''  In  the  name  and  favor  of  God.      Amen. 

.1 ,  Timothy  .! ) wight  of  Boston,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  in  the  colony 
of  the  Massachusetts,  in  New  England,  goldsmith,  being  visited  by 
the  hand  of  the  just  and  Almighty  Clod,  with  a  lonir  and  lamniishinf 

"-'  O          i  o  .~  o 

sickness,  and  not  knowing  how  it  may  please  the  Almighty,  in  his  all- 
wise  providence,  to  dispose  of  me,  and  being  now  of  a  sound  and  dis- 
posing mind,  do  firstly  and  chiefly  give  and  bequeath  my  soul  into  the 
hands  of  its  Almighty  .Maker,  hoping  for  its  salvation  through  the 
merit  and  mediation  of  Jesus  Christ  alone  ;  and,  for  setting  my  house 
in  order  and  bettor  settlement  of  that  temporal  estate  that  Cod  hath 
given  me,  do  dispose  of  it,  in  manner  following:  ordaining,  making 
and  appointing  this  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament,  and  hereby  do 
make  void  and  null  all  former  wills  whatever  by  me  made,  or  ordained 
to  be.  made. 

Titiprimis :.  After  my  just  debts  and  funeral  expenses  are  paid,  \ 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  dear  wife,  Kli/abeth  Dwight,  all  mv  estate 
personal  and  real,  except  OIK.'  gun,  which  I  otherwise  dispose.  All 
the  rest  of  my  estate  I  give  unto  my  dear  wife.  Elizabeth  Ihvight: 
and  her  heirs  forever,  \IY.  :  all  that  my  house  and  land  situate  in 
Boston,  with  all  the  privileges  and  appurtenances  thereto  belong- 
ing: also  sill  my  tools  and  household  siufl",  and  all  other  movables; 
also  two  CONN'S;  and  also  all  mv  land  Iviiiij  m  Hoxbury;  and  also  my 
part  of  the  same  which  lieth  at  Marlborongh.  All  this  my  aforesaid 
estate,  and  any  other  that  shall  appear  to  be  my  estate,  that  is  not 


/x,f>rV  of  tin    Th  xi\- mlnntx  <> 


ins 


nil-Hi  i'  -ii'-d.   I   :_:i\eand    lieipieath    lniiiv    ili-.-ir    \\ife.  Kli/.aln-th    Dui<_dil. 
ami   her  het  r>  f  >iv\  t-r. 

Iti  in  :  I  uiveand  oe.|iieath  unto  inv  lip'ther,  Mirliad  I  »\\  i  _flit .  !  In- 
al>ove-xiid  '_run,  which  is  a  niuskel  \s  it  li  a  (  M-rmaii  lock,  to  li  mi  anil 
hi-  heir,-. 

Ami  I  \\ill  ami  appoint  inv  dear  \\'\f<-.  Kli/.d'eth  D\\i_;l:t.  to  1»-  my 
sulc  r\i-.-iit  ri  x  In  this  mv  la.-t  will  and  lot  aim-lit. 

Wini---  mv   liaml  ami  seal,  tlii-  '.Mli  i|.i\    i.t'  I  »<-c-cinli'-r.    I     '.'I. 
iSi^m-il,  M-alnl,  el.-.)  '^i^i"^l[^     I  >\VH.IIT." 


(  if  the  live  sons  of  (  'apt.  Timothy  Dwi-ht  of  Di-dhaiii,  u  1m  li\  ed  to 
ha  \  e  families,  Nat  haniel,  I  (••% .  •!  osiah .  Set  h.  (  'apt .  I  I  en  rv  ami  M  iehae). 
one.  Seth.  i'ailed.  by  the  early  deal  h  of  h  is  only  sur\  ivini;  child.  I  o  ex- 
tend his  lineage  bevond  the  ^em-rat  ion  ne\t  following  hi-  own.  'I  hi- 
famil  \  -hist  orv  is  1  hen-fore  Driven  here,  IK -cause  of  us  nwn  bi  e\  u  v,  ami 
to  make  the  rest  of  tin-  history  of  tin-  Dwiu'ht  family  more  dear. 
[  Third  (  ienerat  ion.  | 

II.  ix.  Seth  Dwi^'ht  (son  of  ('apt.  Tinmthv  Dui-dit  of  Dediiain. 
and  Anna  l-'lint  i,  1>.  .lulv  '.'.  I>'>7">.  I  fc  was  a  shopkeeper  at  P.o.-toii, 
and  -old  chinaware.  lie  d.  .Ian.  L'l',  17-">  !-*_',  act.  .">S.  leaving  m-it'ner 
•wit>-  nor  childn-n  lidiiml  him.  1 1  i-  \\  ife  A  bipul  (  name  unknown  I  i-  -up- 
po.sed  to  have  liei-n  A  bi^'ail  I  >a  \  is.  as  in  his  will  he  ^i  \  es  an  an  nu  it  v  to  iii- 
si.ster  ill-law.  Dorolhv  Davis.  Mr-.  Abigail  Dwi^ht  d.  May  L'l,  171'.!. 

lie  left  a  \alualile  estate,  which  hi-  dixided  li\-  his  will  aim 'in.'  his 
four  lirothers,  Nathaniel,  .losiah.  llenrx  and  Michad.  except  the  an- 
nuity alluded  to.  to  his  -i-i  'T-in-lau  . 

It  ajip.-ars  liv  some  minuies,  t'oiind  anion-^  tin-  Siiilon  reeord-.  o(  'he 
will  of  Mr-,  llethiaii  D\\idit,  la-t  \sife  of  ('apt.  Tinn>:ii\  Duidn. 
dated  l-'di.  I.  1717.  the  day  after  her  1m-!, ami's  de.-ea-e,  iha!  -he  ap- 
pointed  .lo-eph  Dean  of  Dedham  IH-I-  executor,  ami  on  N'o\.  '.'.  171'.'. 
he  con  veved  land,  as  .such,  to  Set  h  |  )\\  idit .  She  appear.-  a l>o  to  ha\  e 
Lfi  \  '-n  him  land  hi-r-'-lf  1  >v  her  \\  1 1 1  and.  wit  u  ot  her  liene fact  ion-  1  o  oi  her 
par!  ie-,  to  ha\  e  de\  i-ed  l!  1 ' '  !  o  Tinm1  h\  D  \\  i_!i  I  .  1,  i-  -on. 

The  \\  ill  of  Set  h  Du  i-'lii  i.s  dated  (  let.  1  .  1  i  !.'•'>,  u  hicii  \\  a-  sii'i  i-e.'|U'  nt 
to  the  death  of  his  son  Timothv,  \\ho  \\a-  killed  ii\  lieiiiu;  run  user  ~nd- 
deiiU  l.\  a  cari,  I'U!  at  \\hal  time  is  m>t  known. 

Set),  Dwi;_rhi  had  al-o  a  son  .lo-eph.  who  d.  M;,\  -.  171!',  a  f.-n- 
ni  dit  K  -fore  hi-  nioth.-r,  and  \\a-.  a-  i-  -iinpo~,-d,  I.MI  a  me,-,  ii.t'aiii. 


'I'h'-   Mi    toi\-    of   the    |-'amil\'    pan-    iio\\     from    lip-    third 
iwai'<i-   into  tour  -ejiaraie  branches,  as  icj  re-.  nl>  d   i>\ 
I.    .lu-tice    Nailiani-l    I  »\vidi:    of  N'orl  hanip' o,,.    \Ia-,       II 

I  I  I  \  e-     exceed     m     II  U  1 1 1 1  lei'   t  llo-C   di'  a  II  \     o  f   I  i ,  e    ,  ,  I  ) ,  e  |-  ,. 


Jolm  D-wiyJit  of  Dedkam,  Mass.  109 

If.  liev.  Josiah  D  wight  of  Woodstock,  Ct.  His  descendants  and 
those  of  Ids  brother  Michael  have  been  hitherto  little  known  to  the 
other  branches  of  the  family.  It  has  cost  much  long  and  patient 
labor  to  trace  them  to  the  extent  here  reached. 

in.  Capt.  Henry  I) wight  of  Hatfield,  Mass.  His  descendants  have 
been  numerous,  and  many  of  them  conspicuous  for  their  superior  qual- 
ities of  intellect  and  heart. 

IV.  .Michael  .1) wight  of  Dedham,  Mass.  But  none  of  his  living 
representatives  bear  the  family  name;  unless  the  Shirley  D  wights 
may  some  day  be  found  to  bo  his  descendants. 

The  descendants  of  Nathaniel    and    Henry    Dwiglit   have    been    far    -<^- — 
more  given  to  intellectual  and  professional  pursuits,  than   those;  of  Jo- 
siah and  Michael  D  wight.       Such  differences   are  often  greatly   deter- 
mined by  the  greater  or  less  educational   facilities  furnished  by  differ--' 
ent  localities. 

I. 

THE    DESCENDANTS  OF  NATHANIEL    DWI.GHT  OF 
NO .KTJ I A  MJ  TON,    MASS. 


[Third  Generation.]      See  page  l()l>. 

•11.  vi.  Justice  Nathaniel  .Dwiglit  (son  of  Capt.  Timothy  Dwighi 
of  Dedham  and  .Anna  Flint),  b.  Nov.  20,  1GGO,  removed  from  Dedham 
to  Hattield.  Mass.,  at  lirst,  and  afterwards  (about  Id!)."))  to  Northamp- 
ton, where  ho  spent  the  remaining  sixteen  years  of  his  life.  He  was 
a  trader  and  farmer  and  justice  of  the  peace  and  survcvov  of  land  on  a 
large  scale.  Like  his  father  and  grandfather  before  him,  and  like  most 
of  his  many  descendants,  he  was  decidedly  religious.  He  m.  Deo.  9, 
1G9:>,  M.ehitable  Partridge,  b.  Aug.  2<">,  1G7">  (dan.  of  Col.  Samuel 
Partridge  of  Hatiield,  Mass,,  and  Mehitable  Crow).  He  d.  Nov.  7, 
1711,  aet.  I-"),  at  West  Springfield,  Mass..  when  there  on  business,  as 
is  believed,  and  was  buried  there.  It  is  the  oldest  grave  in  the  old. 
burying  ground  of  that  place.  She  lived  in  widowhood  for  4">  years 
at  Northampton,  from  her  37th  to  her  82d  vein1,  where  she  d.  O<jt.  l!j, 
17"'!'  a'.'t.  SI,  and  where  her  grave  may  be  readily  found,  She  did  not 
join  tin;  church,  until  1  7-'!G,  J  [is  real  estate  was  appraised  at  J^S.").") 
(his  house,  barn,  store  and  homestead  being  >£s  1.  of  same).  II  is  son, 
Timothy  had  a  double  portion,  or  ,£11  1  ;  and  each  of  his  S  other  sur- 
viving children  (Samuel,  Daniel,  Elihu,  Jonathan,  Nathaniel,  Abiah, 
Mehitable  and  Anna),  Jl-">7  apiece. 

lie  had  1'5  horses,  mares  and  colts.,  which  were  appraised  at  .£42, 
and  1  cows  at  ;")Us.  and  -1 -fi.it,  oxen  at  £.':>S. 

His  goods  in  his  store  were  appraised,  over    his  debts,  at  JC'.K'L!  (with 


Ill)  ///*/"/•//  »/ tJ»    I  >•*<•'  n'1<litf«  -;/' 

drills     dllr    tVi.Ill      thr    rstatr    of     !ji:>.~>    and    Id     il    (if    .ty>.">'.'.) 

I  !•'.  MM  I  li   (  Iriirrat  inn.  |       ( 'hildivu  : 

."in.   i.       r,,l.    TiindiliN     huidit,   I',   at     Ilatiidd.    Ori.    I1.',    h'i'.'!,    .1. 

A|nil   .'In.   1771,  art.    TI'I,  at    Ndil  ham|it  <  HI. 
.">!.     ii.        <  ':i|il  .    Saiilll.-l     1  >\\  ii;lit,   dl'    Klllidd,   <  'I.,    U    •)  Hlir     L'N    I  I'.'.'i'i.   (1. 

<  >n.  :'>.  I7ii:>.  an.  f.7. 
:>•_'.   iii.     .Mi-liitiil.il-   :   ui-ht.il.   Nov.   II,   I  •'.'.. 7.  ,1.  I  w.  L'L'.   l''.!>7. 

.">:>.     iv.      l!'-\  .    I  'a  11  id  I  »\\  i'Jit,  ci'  <  "mirh'Mdn,  S.    I  '.,    li.   A  pril   l'>.    1  i '•'.''.  I. 
(I.    Marrh   L'S,    17  IS.  ad.    I'.l. 

:>!.  \.     s.-tli  hwiidit.  IP.  Maivh  :;.  I7<i_'  :'..  <l.  s.-j.i.  IL'.  I7'i:i. 

.").').     \  i.      Kliliu     !  >\\  'iijlit .  !>.    I'd).    17,    I7nl,il.   unniai-rii-il     at     I'liil.nld- 

] iliia,  •!  inn-   <S    I7l'7,  ai-;.  i'."i.    '"  a  cdnluainiT. 
."nl.    \ii.    Al'iali    l»\\i^!it     (t\\in    \\itli    MHlmi.    \>.   l-'d>.     17.    17'H.    in. 

Saiutid    K.'iit  df   Sutlidd,  (.'t.  :    <1.    I'di.   1'."..    171^. 
."•7.    viii.   Mrliitalilr    Dwi-lit,  L',1,1,.    N,,\-.  L'.    17n."i.  in.  'apt.  Al.raliai.i 

I'.iirliank  df  Sullidd    I'i.,  and   d.    Nuv.    L'n.    1  7'">7.  act .    ''•:'. 
."iS.    i\.     .Idnailiaii  !  'wi^lii.  li.   .Mar. -ii    It.    I  7l»7-s,  d.  in  I  lalit'ax.  N.  S. 
.")!».    \.      Anna     I  >\\  i-ht .  1-.    -Inly  L\   171d,  in.   Al»d    Cadudl    nt'     Mari- 

fdi-d.  <  't. 
lin.    \i.     C;i|>t.    Na'lianid    l>\\ii;lit   c.\'    [5ddirrtdV.ii,  Mass.,  1..   ,Inin'  L'", 

J71L',  d.   Mard.    ill!,    17S4,  art.   71. 

|  1  'art  i  idu'r  and  <  Yd\\    Linra^r. 

\Villia:n  I'art  rid,",  t'ltlr-r  df  ( 'dl.  Sainnd  I'artrid^'  "f  Ha;(i-!d, 
Ciinif  tVdin  r>'-r\\  1<-1<  u  jidii  T\\  rrd.  Kiiidaiid,  and  \vas  diir  df  liir  cailii-st 
Srt'lr]^  df  llartfdl'd,  Ci.  Mr  HI.  ill. -IV.  I  >rr.  I  l'.  K,  I  1 .  MarySlnilll. 
In  li'i.'i'.l  lir  rrnid\rd  In  lladlry.  Ma--.,  svln-rc  ],.-  \\  a  -  a  ll'adrr.  and 
\\  liriv  hr  d.  .llllir  L'~.  I'i'iS.  II"  SVl'dtr  1,1-  nalllr  I 'a  f!  I' 1  _  _;'.  \\lilrn  lias 

lirrn  i  lidiiirl!  I  l.\  sdinr  to  in'  a  i'i»rni|it  imi  df  i  'at  ri.  k.  II!-  \\  ifr  d.  .1  nlv 
I'd,  liiXI.  art.  .">.").  Tliry  had  t  \vn  rliildrm.  I.  < 'dl.  Sainiirl  I'aririd-v 
II.  M;ii-V  I'arll'id-v,  L.  ali-ni  II'.  I'l  7.  u  In.  in.  NdV.  I  L1.  Im;:).  .l,,|,u 
Smith,  \\lid  d.  Ma\  .'Hi.  II'KI'I  (-M.II  nf  I.I.  Sand.  Smith)  :  and.  fur  a  I'd 
lillsliaiid.  Sr|.!.,  I  i'i7'.',  I'rlrr  MdlitaiMlr.  Shr  d.  Ma\  L'1 '.  i  I'^ll.  Shr  had 
a  dan.  M  a  r  \  Smith.  1  > .  a  I  I  !  a  d  I  r  \  HI  I  ' '.  7  7 .  u  1 1  n  in.  in  1 1  i '. ' '  i  M  a  j  d  i  •  .  I . .  i  1 1 1 
l»a\  df  S]irin_;iidd,  li.  in  |ii7.".  and  d.  in  17."':.'  (-"it  "t'  Tlinmas  l».i\  nt' 
SjH-iniTlirld  and  Sarah  (  'i»i|icr  ),  "a  man  nf  rl.  \  a  :>  d  rha  ran  rr  a  ml  .  ;•• -al 
inlliiriirr."  Tiii  ir  dan.  Thankful  I>::\.1>.  in  I  7  L' I  and  d.  in  l^i'i.  in. 
lldii.  |-;id:id  Tayldr  df  \\','-ltidd.  Ma-.,  f  M  r  U|M,M'  dr-rmda  n  t  ,.  I .  \  I  If 
inarriai;-!'  df  iii  -  .-"ii  I  ,'r\  .  .li.hn  'l':!\  Ji.r  id  \-'.\  j/a  1  i.  •!  h  TriTY  (dan.  .  •!  (',,]. 
Nat  hani'-l  Trrr\  and  Aliiah  I  >\\  i^ht  I.  >n-  Mil.-ri|ii''iit  |'a_'r. 

I.     <  '•  -I.   Samnd     I'.iri  ridi;.  .    (-'Hi   d|'    \\'illiamand    Mar\     I 'a  r!  i  idu>   I.  1 .. 

!:!     I  lal'lfdld.    (  '|.}    Ort.     |.i,     I  li  |.")}    in.    Srj.l.    '_'  I.     I  'LI  s,     \|,    h  il.,!,;,:   I     r,.\\.    il. 


Joint  l)iri<jl,t  of  Dedliam,  3f(tt*.  Ill 

about  It  ML'  (dau.  of  John  Crow  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  and  Kiixabeth  Good- 
win). I!'.1  was  a  merchant,  anil,  for  .">.')  years  nearly  (1G92— 1740), 
judge  of  the  Court  of  Com.  Pleas  —  bjin •;•  for  .'50  years  (  1  7<H>-:>0)  its 
Chir-f  .Justice.  The  best  men  in  tin1  land  sold  liquor  in  those  days; 
and  he  was  often  ''licensed  (107S— !)2),  to  sell  liquor  to  the  neighbors 
and  to  retail  wine  and  strong  drink."'  "  Retailers  were  required  to  sell 
it  on  iircrxfirn'i/  occasions,  and  at  moderate  juices — not  to  sell  to  child- 
ren, servants  and  extravagant  persons,  or  to  have  customers  sit  tip- 
pling in  their  houses."  He  was  also  probate-judge,  and  in  li>So-G 
represented  the  town,  and  was  colonel  of  a  regiment,  and  one  of  his 
.Majesty's  ( 'ouneil.  After  Col.  .I'vnehoiTs  deal  h,  he  was  ui  the  most  im- 
portant Mian  in  ;dl  the  western  part  of  the  province."  lie  had  ample 
wealth,  find  was  one  of  u  the  three  Connecticut  river-gods,"  as  they 
were  commonly  denominated — the,  other  two  being  John  Pynchon  of 
Springfield,  and  Col.  John  Sloddard  of  Northampton.  Savs  Dr.  J .  ( >. 
Holland,  in  his  .History  of  Western  Massachusetts:  ''In  the  civil  and 
military  affairs  of  his  native  town  and  county,  ('ol.  .John  Stoddard 
stood  at  ilie  head — forming  one  of  thai  great  trio,  which  had  .John 
Pvnchon  of  Springfield  for  its  first  member,  and  Col.  Samuel  Partridge. 
of  Hat!:,  id,  for  its  second,  and  which  ruled  or  led  Western  Massachu- 
setts through  an  entire  centurv  of  its  history." 

Col.  Partridge  removed  fVoin  lladlevto  Hatfield,  in  10*7  and  d. 
there  Dec.  iTi,  17-1-0,  act.  I).").  His  wife  Mehitable  d.  Dec.  8.  1730,  act. 
7S.  Tlieii1  children  were  : 

I.  William  .Partridge,  h.  'Nov.  K'»,  Lr.il'.i,  grad.  at  1  Jarviird  in  10S9: 
a  pi-each er  :  d.  at  Wallingfonl,  (.(t.,  Sept.  hi'.).'!,  act.  -'•'>. 

\\.  S.-uauel  i 'art  ridge,  -h-..  b.  -Tan.  -  1 ,  l^Tl',  m.  in  li'>'X>  widow 
Mary  Atsvater  (dau.  of  l!e\.  Seaborn  (/otton),  b.  in  I'i"".  who  d.  act. 
•"ill.  fJune  •_'.•).  17L"-1.  He  d.  about  17-">ii-7.  Tiny  hail  S  eliiidivn. 

Ml.    M  'hit-able  Partridge,  b.  May  1,  K',74,  d.  May   Hi,   |C,74. 

1\'.  Mehitable,  2d,  b.  Aug.  -Jii,  1 07-"',  m.  Dec.  ',»,  Lii'.i:;,  Nathaniel 
Ihvigh;  of  Hatliehl. 

\'.  Mary  Parti-idgi-,  b.  in  1C>7S,  m.  Dec.  -I,  1  <'>'.i.">,  .1  lev.  .1  osiah  Dwight 
of  Woodstock,  Ct.,  brother  of  Nathaniel  Dwight. 

VI.  .Jonathan  Partridge,  b.  April."),  K>S],  d.  Sept.    11.    h'.sk 

VII.  Kdward    Partridge,  b.  April  1^'),  l«»s:l,  d.  Dec.  I'll.   1 7") 7.      Ho 
m.   May    1  !,   !7i»7,  Martha  Williams,  dan.  of   liev.  William  Williams  of 
Hatfield.      They  had  :'.  children. 

\'ili.    -Jonathan,  L.M,  b.   Sept.    IS,    1  (iS-'i,  d.  Jan.  :!  1 ,   li''S''(. 

IX.  .Irhu    .Partridge,    b.   in    Lfi^li,  grad.    at,     liarxard    in     L7U">,  d.in 
Springfield,  May  1(.»,   1717. 

X.  !•'. 'i/abeih     Partridge,    b.    Oct.     7.   UiSS,    in.    May   I,     170'.),    .John 
llamlii!,  Jr.,  b.  .July   lii,    1M87  (son  of  Judgr:  John   Hamlin  of    Middle- 


7//.s7/y/'//  ///'////     [hxi'i  inlitnfx  of' 


I  o\\  n.  (  '! .       Sin1  afterwards  in.  annl  her    I  1  anil  in.  ami  t  li'-n  a   Mi.  .'  <  >hi:-.i  >n 

of    \\' l-to.-k,  Ci.,  and  1  i-t   of  all   a    Mr.    I 'avion   of  Middle,   >wn.  C|. 

('  >l.  S.i-nii  -1  I '.in  rid_;e  i •»'  il  i-;i  •!,!.  in.  !>  •<•,  J-\  17.1.  for  a  :M  wife 
I  if  it  j  a-  S  i  \  a-"  •  lia  -  l!  ,  u  idow  A  '  \s  .1!  •!'.  \\  m  >m  In--  -on  Sam  n. -I,  .1  i'..  mar- 
ried >  wido\s  llaiinali  Ki\\ard-.  She  wa-  prohaMv  tie-  u  i  1  i\\  of  Na- 
thaniel Kduard^  o|  Nortliainpi  >n.  and  ill-  Illi  wife.  ha\oi_;  l>e,  n  her- 
self |>iv\  loll-l\  tin-  widow  of  .lohn  (  oiodiiiali.  \\lio  il.  Jan.  7.  I7J-", 
and  has  in-;  married  Nat  hanie]  Kd\\  ard-.  <  >.-t.  I  L'.  I  7l'x.  i  1  ••  >  i.  <  >«-t .  '.'•, 
17.".!.  Tl.i-  Mr-.  Hannah  Kd\\  ar.U  wa.s  l.y  l.irth  Hannah  NO'-. h-.  ami 
wa>  I..  K.-li.  I'l.  I'M  t,  ami  ilau.  of  'I'ln.ma-  N..lili-  of  \Vt-.M  li.-!.|  Mass. 


,1  oh  n  (  'row.  tli.'  fa  I  her  of  M  r>.  M  .•hiial-h'  I'arl  ri.  L'e.  \\  a-  on  of  tl,.' 
rarlii-.-l  and  !"•-!  of  the  set  tiers  of  I  I  art  ford,  <  'i ..  l»-inur  I  here  a>  early  as 
in  l';o7-S  lii>  \\i!'e,  l^ii/.a'oeih  (looduin,  \\a-  ihi-  oni\  child  of  Kid>-r 
\\'i  Ilia  i  n  (  iood  win.  one  of  the  first  set  th-rs  of  I  lart  ford.  <  '[..  from  K--i'\, 

I'liiU'laiid.  and  a     lar^'e    landholder.       \\'i  lliam   <  I iv.in    and  .1  ohn   ( 'm\v 

\vent  \\iih  other.-  from  Hartford.  \\"ether>tield  and  Wind-or.  and  .-  i - 
tied  in  lo.V.)  the  town  of  lladlcy.  Mas.  •»,,  ,Mr.  Coods\in\  d-aih, 
Alarc'n  I  1  .  1 1'>7-">.  hi-  lar^c  c-iate  fell  into  t  he  hand>  of  Mr.  I  'i  <  >\\  ,  \s  ho 
\\  a-  hiiii-cif  a  man  of  ^reat  u  ealt  li  for  i  ho-e  time.-..  John  <  'i'o\\  had  11 
chiidien.  !  of  them  .-on>  \VJKI  l.eeaine  di>-ij  ated  and  squandered  th.-:r 
jiroji -riN .  'I'm'  d  ia j.'iiti.-r.>  m.  >oni''  of  ihe  tir-t  men  in  the  land. 
The  soli->  \\e;e  Jojni.  Salnm-1.  l>alii''i  and  Nathan;  •!.  Th'-  o.Mi^hlers 
were  /:'-'/'•  /•.  ii.  a  in  mt  I ' '.  !  .">.  \\  ho  n..  (  ,  i ';,  •-,  1  i  ;,inl  iii  of  M  iddieo  >\\  n.  <  'i.  ; 
\ti-it/,,  i..  in  h)l7.  v\ho  m.  Daniel  \\'hi;e  of  Haiti-Id,  M,.--.  -ee 
>-  llad;e\  (  ienealo^ie.-,  "  ;  //'/,///'//..  li.  in  1 ''•  I '.',  \vh,  i  m.  Th'.n.a.-  Dii'kin- 
son,  afi  ei  \\  ard.s  of  \\"et  iier-tield .  ('i.;  /:" :  :•''••:'/••.  Ii.  in  i1--""1,  A  ho  m. 
William  Warren,  and.  for  a  L'd  hn-'oand.  1'iiinea-  \\il-on.  a  u.althy 
iiiej-eliaiii  Irom  Dunlin.  He  d.  in  i'i'.'l.  and  -he  kepi  nji  in-  i»n-ine-s 
and  liet-ame  l  he  nn/-l  e\ten.-i\e  !>anki  r  in  l  he  -late,  and  nvd  to  loan 
lnolii-v  \\iili-lv  on  luiiid  and  ni'  >r!  u'i  _fe  ;  M-  /'/''''•''',  ii.  alioii:  1 '>•>'_'.  \\'no 
in.  <  'ol.  Samuel  I'ariri.L'c  of  llallield;  M"  ';/.  Ii.  aln.ul  !  '  '•• '  1 .  u  ho  m. 
Noah  l  '  -;.  maii  of  Haiti. -1.1,  and.  in  !•>".  f,.r  I'd  hu-i-aml.  I'der.Mon- 
la-iie  of  lladles  ;  and  /,'"'/'.  i..  a'non  I  .'.."•.;.  A!,,,  m.  \\illiam  Ca\ioid 
of  I  Iadie\  .  and,  lor  a  Jd  hilsli.in  i,  J  oim  I  laic \  of  -alii"  ]  >!aee.  j 

\  fe\v  fact  -.  \\  i  1 1  .  ],( ,\\  tila  i  i  i  !\  'lie  111011!  d  and  n  ie:  IP  .  !  .  if  ;  i  o  .  •  i  nn-  -. 
'I'll'  i  e  \\  .-re  no  \\  a  _"•  i  is  or  plea  -u  iv  -!'•;_!,,  tor  !  (  H  i  \  eai  -  :. ! :  •  r  I  he  town 
v.  a  -  -e-  :  Jed.  The  ii)  -I  1 1  lie  ]'.\  N  or!  iia  n  pi  •  .|i  to  1 ,  a  '.  i  i  -  :  _'n.  \\  a  - 
Nal  iiani'-i  Dui^'ht;  and  thai  had  plank  r.ini.'!-.  lint  l'e'.\  kamlle^ 
vs  .-I'.-  n  -e.|  a-  lale  a-  i  7711  :  all  u"!  !"•'  1-  f'-r  !  h-  m-  !  v  e,  of  cam!!--  \\ood. 
I'M  '.  I'..  !\s ;:  rd-  rode  -e\eral  tilne,  to  1'io-ton  on  a  pi  !li"ii  IM  h  ind  a 


Jolui  Dwiylit  of  D&lliain,  3Ia$s.  1 10 

[Fourth  Generation.] 

50.  I.  (A>1.  Timothy  Dwight  (son  of  Justice  .Nathaniel  Dwiglit  ami 
Mehitable  Partridge),  b.  at  J  fatlield,  .Muss.,  ( >ct.  1U,  1GU4,  in.  Aug.  ]<5, 
1716,  Experience  Xing,  b.  April  17,  1<  >',.).">  (dan.  of  Lt.  John  King,  Jr., 
of  Northampton  and  Mebitable  Pomeroy).  He  lived  and  died  at 
Northampton,  where  he  was  a  lawyer  of  g"eat  respectability,  and  was 
hold  in  high  esteem  for  his  talents,  and  ins  worth.  He  was  a  man  of 
ample  means,  and  much  engaged  in  matters  of  business  private  and 
public.  He  was  specially  remarkable  for  his  great  energy  and  decision 
of  character,  possessing  a  nature  the  currents  of  whose  vitality  were  full 
and  strong.  There  was  lire  in  his  very  blood.  He.  had  a  heart  so  full 
of  flash  and  ilame  in  action,  that  his  manners  were  sometimes  quite 
overborne  bv  the  ardor  of  his  feelings.  Of  all  those  engaged  in  public 
life  at  Northampton,  he  stood  next  in  power  and  influence  to  Col.  John 
Stoddard  while  he  lived,  and  alter  his  death  in  174S  occupied  his  lii^li 
place  in  the  regards  of  the  community.  C.'ol.  John  Stoddard  was  one 
who  ''shone  especially  in  great  allair.s,"  and  was  a  man  "remarkable 
for  the  largeness  of  his  understanding  and  disposition,'"  "'the  son  of 
nobles."  So  speaks  Gov.  H.utchinson  of  him  in  his  Historv  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  so,  Prest.  I)  wight  in  his  Tra.vels  in  New  England  (see  vol. 
i.  p.  -i^'J,  et c. ).  Col.  Dwight  discouraged  litigation  in  everv  wav,  and 
persuaded  those  who  came  to  him  with  such  matters,  to  settle  them 
before  referees,  as  is  the  growing  custom  in  our  day.  So  great  was  his 
influence  in  this  direction,  that,  at  the  end  of  his  lite,  it  was  a  pleasant 
remembrance  to  him,  that,  during  the  years  of  his  legal  praet  ice,  m  >t  one 
inhabitant  of  the  town  had  sued  another  at  law.  He  was  at,  all  times 
an  active  and  earnest  discourager  of  evil  men  and  evil  things  in  the 
community,  and  an  ardent  promoter  of  everything  good. 

Ho  was  for  several  years  continuously  a  selectman  in  the  town,  judyo 
of  probate  and  judge  (17-'>7-41  and  1  74 ?-'—."> 7)  of  the  countv  court  of 
Hampshire  County,  then  including  in  it  also  what  is  now  Berkshire. 
being  some  of  the  time  its  Chief  Justice.  lie  was  also  for  manv  vears 
a  representat  i  \  e  of  the  town  10  the  General  Court.  Peini;-  the  colo- 
nel of  a  regiment,  he  was  ordinarily  designated  as  "  Colonel  .i  >v.  i^ht." 
although,  often  also  as  "  Surveyor  Dwight, :'  and  "  Esquire  |)wight." 

In  the  old  French  war  he  was  captain  of  a  company,  and  was  stationeil 
for  a  time  at  No.  4  (now  Charlestown,  N.  II.).  To  understand  aright  the 
history  of  those  living  K»U  vt'ars  ago  in  Northampton,  it  is  necessiirv  to 
recall  somewhat  the  general  condition  of  a  I  lairs  at  the  time.  <  >ne  house. 
at  least  in  everv  small  neighborhood  in  the  town,  must  be  kepi  thorough  I  v 
fortified,  all  the  time,  against  the  Indians,  as  a  place  of  adequate  refuge 
lor  the  people  from  a  sudden  irruption,  at  any  moment,  ot  savage  vio- 
lence upon  them.  In  IG'JU  a.  fortification  was  run  <niite  around  the 


Tin    1  ><  */•/  n  .It  nits  nf 

\   \    \  >'"//    (if   \ilfJllllliil     />"•/',//,/.    /in///    at'   \nrtJltlllljlfun, 

tnwii,  inii'i'1  of  irenclio  uitli  earl  ]twork>  and  |i;ilis;ulrs.  A-  hit'-  ;ts 
e\eh  171-''  till'  place  \\a>,  forlilied  all'-\v.  Sa\-  I'l'e-t.  l>ui_dit  ivul  i. 
1 1.  !i  1  >  of  hi-  Tra\  els,  etc. )  :  "  M  \  i;randmot  hei  i  nf,  ,|  med  me  that  in  t  he 
\ear  1  7"  I .  -In',  i  hen  II  \ear-  <  -h  i.  \\  a-  in  a  fort  itiei  i  Imii.-i',  *t.unlin_i; 
near  t  he  church,  itM'lf  also  for!  ilicd.  and  t'nat  -In-  sav,  throii'/n  tlifjinrt- 
liole-,  iiii-  French  ainl  Indians  as.-emliled  In  the  mnnlier  of  .'Hilt,  a>  was 
compuied.  in  tin'  lut  around  tin-  house,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  it." 

Vcrmm  «a-  tin1  tir>t  >|nit  in  \'«'i-i!inht  M-ttli'il  liv  l'!ii'_fli^li  inlialiitaiits 
(Tr;i\i  U  in  \i-\\  I'ln^l.ui'l.  \nl.  ii.  p.  L".'l  i.  lliTr  t'  irni'TK  ^tiiml  l-'m-t 
I  MliniiH  |-.  limit  far  till'  [Ull'jMiSf  u}'  cljci-kiii'4  sax'iiLT'1  Hi  \  a>|i  >\\  aliil  (iiii-<- 
'.t  cunsiiliTabli'  inijKirtaiii'i1  \<>  tin-  cnl(iiii>t>  iii  i;>  uri^lilMii-lniii'i.  it 
\viih  luiili  iii  ihc  year  17- J,  umlrr  llir  ilii'rct  inn  of  (',,].  I)s\i^iit.ny 
(ii-ilcr  of  tlir  I'-^'i-iat  urr  of  Ma-^ai-lin-i't  t^  l!a\,  \\iihin  tin-  houiuls  of 
v,  lio-c  cliarti-r  it  wa^  Mi]i|>o>nl  to  lir.  Tlir  (ii'ii'-ral  ('ourt  ri-~o|\  .^l. 
I  'i-f.  1'7.  1  7l'-"i.  "  I  liat  it  \\  ill  In-  of  ^'I'l-ai  si-]'\  icr  to  all  t  In-  \Vi->ti-rn  tV'  >ll- 
ti'-r>.  Imtli  in  tln>  and  tin-  iH-iLrlilioring  L.'' >\ '•rnini-nt  of  (  'oinit-ctirut,  to 
Knild  a  lilm-k  Ilou>(-  aliovc  Nortliiirld,  and  to  jio>i  in  it  (n  aKL-  tiu-n, 
Knirli^li  and  \\'i  ^ii-]-n  Indian-,  to  lie  cni|ilo\  ,-d  in  x-oinin^  a  1:00  d  dis 
taiii-c  ii] i  (  'mi in -ct lent  !  Ii  \  IT,  \\'ot  1  ti\  i-r.  ( tttcr  (  'reck,  etc.,  for  tin-  dis- 
ro\ci-\  of  t  he  ei  a -my  eouiin^  toward-  any  of  tin-  fn  in  tier  town.-."  Tin- 
vote  having  received  tin-  -auction  of  I.!,  (niv.  I  );iiiiiner.  (',•!.  .!..hn 
Stoddai'd  ot  Nort  hainjii  on  \va-  directed  to  -U|M  rintend  tin-  erection  of' 
tin-  Iliock  llou>e.  Tin-  iniiiiediate  o\  i-r.-i-'hi  ofihe  uork  wa.-  commit- 
ted liv  him  to  l.t.  Timotiiv  I'u'iuht  i  ai'terwai'd.-  ('olmiel). 

I. i.  I  >\viv,ht  Ke-aii  ojieratioiis  there  1-Yli.  '.'..  17L'l  (act.  li'ti,  with  a 
force  of  "  toil r  car) iciiters  and  t  \\  i-l\  e  .->  /Idii-r-.  u  it  h  narro\v  a  \e-  and 
t  \\  o  team-."  I'--!'.  H-e  Mimiuer  had  \\--H  -,-i  in,  the  ii.rt  \\a-  -o  tar  coin 
jilet.  ii  as  in  In-  lialiiialile.  It  \\a-  located  in  the  s.  K.  corner  of  I'.rat- 

tlelioro.     St.,    oil    ihe    \Vf-I      1  .a  I;  k      of    til'-     <  'o  11  lied  i  c\  1 1  .    on    U  I !  a  !      are     llo\V 

called  "  I'ummer  Meado\\->.     and  wa-  nai 1  "  l-'or'   Mnmnier.     in  honor 

of  tin-  l.t.  (  Joveriior.  The  t'oi-i.  \\lih-ii  ua-  from  1'J  to  i  (  feet  hi-'li. 
wa.-  in-arlv  -i|iiare,  tin-  >ides  lnin_'  i-acii  ahoiit  1  vn  t'-et  loii-_'.  \\  was 
liiiilt  of  \ellow  pine,  iln-n  aliiindant  there,  after  i  he  u-uai  t'-i-hi-n  of 

io-_'    iioll-.  •-.    llie    i,  ,---,      1  iflliLj      illti-rloeked     \\  it  ll      each    o!  he!'    at      t  lie      roniel> 

and  anu'le,-  of  t  he  >i  ruct  un-.  The  hou>e>  ,,n  i  he  in-ide  of  t  he  fort  \\  •  i  e 
-o  e,  in-t  rucied.  that  the  Itad-c  \\all  of  each  limi-e  coii-i-te.|  ot'  the  \\;ljl 
of  the  fort,  the  roof  lieinu'  a  single  one  in  it-,  slope.  The  hou-e> 
fioiited  on  a  ho!!,i"  -i|iiareand  were  -o  arranged,  that,  if  the  enem\ 
-hoiild  _ain  a«-ce^>  to  the  Mjiiare.  tii.-\  could  1  »•  at  onci-  rendered  de- 
feti-ilile  1  \  l.arrieadinu  the  door-  and  \\iinio\\>.  I.'.  Tilnoth\  l>ui_'ht 
\\  a  -  ihe  lir-t  commander  of  the  t'ort  \\hieh  he  thu.-  Imilt.  and  nccujiieil 

I  iia'     ]  io-il  loll,    |  il'olialll  V,      Hilt  ll     t  lie      cl    l-e    of     t  he      \  ,   ;i|-       1  7  !_'  i  i .  There     hi- 


Col.  Timothy  Diriyht, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jo////,  loth  of  Dedham,  J/^x*.   115 

sou.  Major  Timothy  D wight  was  born  in  May,  17-') — so  that  he  had  for 
a  portion  of  the  time,  at  least,  his  family  with  him.  In  I7l_'4,  lie 
superintended  also  the  erection  of  another  fort  at  Northfield,  and  was 
busy  considerably  during  171'")  in  surveying  land,  whether  for  individ- 
uals or  tlie  government  is  not  known. 

In  a  letter  which  (Japt.  Timothy  Dwight  (as  he  was  then  called,  and 
until  1741)  wrote  to  Col.  John  Stoddard,  dated  Fort  Hummer,  July 
29,  171'!,  he  says:  "  1 1  is  impossible  for  me  to  account  for  the  afflic- 
tions that  I  meet  with  from  these  Indians  '  (who  were.'  friendly).  '"  I 
have  given  them  a  dram  this  morning,  and  they  have  b--en  here  this 
hour  begging  for  more,  and  they  daily  call  upon  me  for  shirts,  pipes, 
bullets  and  powder,  flints  and  many  other  things;  and  the  Court  have 
grained  all  bur  powder,  and  they  don't  send  it,  and  I  can  n't  discourse 
with  1  hem,  and  they  are  mud  with  me  for  that ;  and.  unless  the  country 
will  provide  stores  and  inform  me  1  may  dispose  thereof  to  them,  J 
cann't  live  here,  if  it  be  possible  to  avoid  it.''  Col.  Stoddard  replied; 

••  XoiiTiiAMi'Tox.  Au<r.  <>.  1724. 

Sii!  : —  1  am  sensible  of  the  trouble  you  meet  wirh  from  the  humors  of 
the  natives.  Your  best  way  is,  when  vou  have  a  supply  of  liipior,  to 
give  them  ordinarily  a  good  dram  each,  in  a  day.  And  you  may  tell 
them  from  me,  that  we  give  them  drink  for  their  coml'oi-t,  not  to  unman 
them,  or  make  beasts  of  them  ;  and  that,  if  they  will  not  be  content 
with  what  we  give  them,  they  shall  have  none  at  all. 

The  following  letter,  written  bv  him  also,  when  at  .Fort  Hummer, 
on  the  financial  difficulties  of  the  day,  is  worthy  of  record  here. 

Capt.    Dwight  to  Dr.  Hastings. 

"FouT  DTM.MKI:.  Jan.  0.  1724  f-5). 

SIR  : — You  sometime  since  inquired  of  me,  whether  I.  had  ever 
spent  niv  thoughts  on  the  circumstances  of  our  government,  respect- 
ing their  medium  of  trade,  vi/ :  how  they  might  be  restored  to  their 
original.  I  should  esteem  it  a  risque  to  show  myself  to  you  on  that 
weighty  point,  were  it  not  for  your  undoubted  candor  to  all.  My 
opinion  is;  that,  as  much,  as  po^ible,  to  a\oid  emitting  Mich  vast 
quantities  of  bills  would  be  a  very  likely  expedient  ;  and.  to  prevent 
that,  I  would  propose  that  the  tax  on  all  imported  liquors  should  be 
double  what  it  is  now,  and  on  all  other  imported  goods,  thai  we  may 
be  suffered  to  lav  a  tax  upon,  in  that  proportion.  The  advantages  1 
propose  b\  liiis  are: — 1.  All  the  money  we  get  this  way  will  help 
to  answer  ihe  charge  of  the  government,  and  that  by  the  persons  most 
able  to  bear  it;  for  it  is  they,  that  drink"  and  wear  these  imported 
goods,  that  draw  all  the  effects  of  this  country.  '2.  This  would  tend 


/  //<     I ><  AVV  llJil  )lf*   of 

\  \(\          Snn  nf'  .\iit!i(in!<f  /tiriiht,  Imfji  nt'  A  <>rtli<i  in  lion. 


manufactories  which  \\ould  produce  'he  most  needful  commodities 
aninU'j,'  ourselves.  (  Mir  government,  I  know,  has  done  considerable  to 
encourage  the  raising  ot  hemp,  and  'he  making  "f  duck,  :_;•>  MM|  linen 
doth.  etc.  :  and.  if  they  had.  at  the  same  time,  oMi^ed  sudi  commodi- 
ties and  many  others  to  pay  custom,  when  imported,  thai  do  not,  it 
would  have  done  well.  This  would  not  onlv  help  to  pav  our  charge, 
lint  it  would  also  "Teallv  encourage  the  making  of  sudi  things  in  this 
country:  for  what  is  made  here  is  as  vjmd  i(s  that  which  is  inijiorted, 
and  would  command  as  much  as  thai,  when  the  merchant  has  paid  the 
du  t  v  and  ad  v  a  need  his  :'>.>(  l  per  cent,  upon  it .  And  most  certain!  v  when 
anv  com  mod  it  v  is  in  such  circumstances,  that  two  men  and  a  LV  >v  eminent 
;_<vt  in  their  several  capacities  a  living  l'\"  it,  another  man.  that  ran 
procure  the  same  commodity  without  the  two  latter  encumliranccs, 
must  lie  ^reatlv  inclined  to  do  it.  It'  votir  patience  last<.  I  would 
cut  ert  am  v  oil  with  one  1)1  under  more  ( t.i-.,  ot'  t  he  ^  >v  eminent  ).  "  w  h  idi 
is  ;  1  shoeld  think  it  verv  proper,  when  the  charge  is  so  Li'rrat.  that 
tin-  countv-tax  should  lie  in  proportion.  This  ha.s  lieen  onn,ied  so 
loiiu'.  that  1  think  it  hi-h  time  to  he^in ;  for  this  also  would  L'nv.tlv 

tend    In   prevent    the    passage    of    stldl    Vast     tpialltUles   of    Kills    al:p'li_r     Us 

w  hid  i  are  n<  >w  1  suppose,  purel  v  li\"  t  heir  limit  i  pi  icit  v,  lieconie  ]  list  half 
so  enod  as  our  i  i  inner  nmnev.  1 1 's  verv  st  ranyj-,  if  t  he  v\  auvs  ot'  such  as 
e-o  to  war  cann't  lie  so  proportioned  to  other  men's  ad  v  a  n  t  •!•_'•-.  as 
thai  L'11  or  .'i11,  or  possiMv  the  proportion  mav  he  titi  or  IDII.  ihat  stav 
at  home  catiii  t  maintain  one  to  <_;-o  to  war.  and  pav  him  down.  i  am 
sellsilile  l!  Would  lie  i  la  1 1  u'eroii --.  at  once  tn  make  ;m  ;iet  that  should  1  >e 
so  extensive  as  to  make  ii  appear  Kv  what  tim--  the  whole  ot'  the  hills 
now  extanl  should  he  liron^ht  in:  for  hv  that,  i  idi  fop-seeing  mi-n 

will  moliopoll/e  their  coli'ers  lull,  and  llierehv  eXtorl  UpnH  po,,j-  pi-ople 
that  mi's!  paV  th'-ir  rates.  Thi  Tef'>ro,  let  Us  now  kejlli  to  p;,V  p-\e|'V 

vear's  tax  within  the  vear,  and  involve  ours.  Ives  no  turthi  r;  l--r  we 
have  as  manv  hills  out  now  as  all  this  cnimtrv  e,;n  find  out  how  to 
e-ili  in.  and  not  rum  a  considerahle  part  o|  the  people.  \\  hen  hills 
wen-  lir.-t  made,  it  should  have  heeii  s  i  ordered,  that  thi-v  \\niihl  have 

heell    e.  i  ua  1     to    sil  V  el'.         <   'r.    11     si  loll  Id    ha  V  e    lit -ell    enacted,    that     a  !l  V     ptlhl  1C 

lax  whatsoever  miuhi  lie  discharged  hv  an\  of  i  he  et.untrv  produ.-e,  af 
reasonable  rail's  or  prices.  I  know  that  it  is  objected,  that  this  is  to 
inak'-  evi'i'\  sa  la  rv -man  a  merchant,  v\hieh  i~  \erv  iniieh  hi'-id.-  thi  ir 
pi-oper  liiisiness;  hut  there  is  not  one  salarv -luan  in  this  coun'v  hut 
liiai  hv  himself  or  others  does  much  more  than  to  dispose  o|  his 
sal.i'rv,  when  paid  in  such  things,  he-ide  the  lui^iness  (it  his  oliicc. 


Col.  T'nnotlnj  Dwightj 
Sonof  Timotluj,  Son  of  Joint,  lot//  of  Dedl tarn,  Mass.  1.17 

And  besides  I  think,  that,  that  man  is  more  likely  to  be  a  trader,  Avho 
has  none  of  the  necessaries  of  life,  and  must  take  money  and  convert 
it  to  them  all,  than  he  that  has  all  these  things  and  but  little  money. 

TIMOTHY"  PWKUIT." 

Such  were  the  clear  and  just  views  of  onr  honored  ancestor  loO 
years  ago,  on  matters  of  finance  and  a  protective  tariff,  etc. 

Early  in  I?!*?,  he  must  have  returned  to  his  home  in  Northampton  to 
remain  there.  In  "  J)oolittle's  Sketches  of  P>elehertown,  .Mass.,"  occurs 
the  following  notice,  of  him:  "  In  October  and  November,  17 '27,  the 
territory"  (i.e.,  of  Belehertown)  "was  surveyed,  delineated  and  plotted 
on  a  chart  by  Col.  Timothy  .1) wight  of  Northampton.  This  chart  is 
now  (IS.")!')  in  my  possession:  it  is  evidently  drawn  with  great  accu- 
racy, by  the  hand  of  a  master.  ( 'ol.  .Dwight  was  much  employed,  in 
his  dav,  in  surveying  and  plotting  towns  in  this  section  of  the  coun- 
try.'' There  are  many  proofs  in  existing  documents  that  he  was  a  very 
active,  public-spirited,  progressive  man. 

Jle  was  a  most  open  and  active  friend  of  J.Vest.  Edwards,  in  his 
inanv  great  troubles.  Jle  was  ''grieved  even  to  anger'  at  the  treat- 
ment that,  that  great  man  received  at  Northampton,  where  he  had 
taught  so  earnestly  and  so  long  the  wav  of  life.  .He  was  very  desirous 
that  lie  Miould  still  remain  in  town,  and  form  another  religious  society, 
and  offered,  if  he  would  do  so,  to  divide  equally  with  him  his  own 
yearly  income,  which  would  have  reali/ed  more  to  Edwards  than  his 
previous  salary.  This  generous  proposal  the  great  preacher  did  not 
accept.  Fu  a  letter  to  Erskine,  Nov.  !•">,  17.~><),  he  himself  thus  speaks 
of  this  same  matter:  "There  is  a  number  whoso  hearts  are  broken  at 
what  has  come  to  pass,  and  I  believe  are  more  deeply  affected  lhan 
ever  thev  were  at  anv  temporal  bereavement.  It  is  thus  with  one  of 
the  principal  men  in  the  parish,  Col.  Dwight.*  Such  is  the  state  of 
things  among  us,  that  a  person  can  not  appear  on  mv  side  without 
greatly  exposing  himself  to  the  resentments  of  his  friends  and  neigh- 
bors, and  being  the  object  of  much  odium."' 

lie.  was  of  medium  sixe,  but  possessed  of  u'reaf  personal  strength. 
liev.  Dr.  \Vm.  T.  .Dwight  of  .Portland,  Me.,  told  the  author,  who 
wrote  it  carefully  down  from  his  lips,  a!  the  time,  that  his  fat].,  r,  Prest. 

*  Hon.  Timothy  Edwards  of  Stockbrid^e,  Mass.,  eldest  son  of  Pro.-t.  I'/l  wards, 
once  said  T.o  I)v.  Benjamin  W.  DwiVht  of  ('atskiil.  X.  Y. ,  from  who>o  record  of 
tin;  fact  hi  1S17  it  is  here  copied,  that  "  the  three  ureatest  men  tliat  he  ever 
knew  werfl  his  own  father.  (,'oi.  'I'imothy  Dwiu'ht  and  .Major  .!o>eph  Ilawley.  When 
a  yoiniu'  man  he  used  often  to  hear  them  converse  at  his  father's  house,  and.  as 
the  conversation  was  ordinarily  of  a  very  interesting  and  di^nilied  cast.  he.  had 
a  sense  of  a.  we  towards  them  that  he  never  felt  towards  anv  others." 


/   lit       /  ><  Sfi   ///A////.V    Of 

1  IN  S»n   nf'  XdfJnl nil  I    /'"'/,////.  In, tli   <it'  \<>i'fliit/ii]>/o/i, 

l*\\i_;lit,  told  linn,  that  ('n|.  Il\\i'_'ht  once  thrett  ;i  stone  nut  on!\  across 
t  In-  (  '•  'lined  lent  ;U  Ni'l't  i;;ilii|i!i  in,  \\liirli  \v;is  some  III  rods  iVolii  the 
|H.ii,i  \\here  In'  stimil,  luit  ."id  rods  iiini-f  lic\(iii.l.  or  !,|i'.~>  f.  ei  in  'ill. 

Ill--  house,  \\liii-h  uas  in  Market  Street  *  ion  the  corner  of  Market 
and  \\";ilnill  Streets)  is  s:iid  to  ha\e  lieeii  tin'  ha  I  H  l-<  .|m  --1  li'iU.-e.  ;il  the 
linn-,  in  tin'  laru'e  coiiiitv  nf  I  [amp.-liire.  It  i.-  ilms  i|<  -nil"  <i  l.\  one 
who  sau  ii  (Mr.-.  M.  \).  Kiiklaiid.  n.,\v  <,t'  Hartford.  (';.  :  "it  was 

paill'  i'il     lillH'   nil    the    outside,    aild    till'    Walls     nil     till'     ili>iili'    \\tTr    i'n\i'l'i  (1 

\\  it  li  I'lnliossi'd  ]  i;i  i  ic  r.  lia  \  inu;  \cl\ci  iin'ui'o  »iu  It,  so  me  six  or  ci^li !  i  in  lies 
ii:  iliaincti'i1.  'I  IHTC  \\i-i'c  imkcii  |iancl>  armiiid  and  o\<  i  ;lic  ti)'  -place 
cuMTin^  tliat  side  of  the  I-IMHII.  \\liicli  \\crc  |ji>lislicd  like  nialin^an  v. 
(  )n  ciitcritii,'  tlie  house,  one  had  to  step  il<i\\n  u\er  the  si!!,  \\hich  uas 
in  lull  \ic\v  and  was  also  polished  and  !>ri:_fht,  almut  six  inche.-  to  the 
lloor." 

The  lihi\v  which  removed  Kdwards  from  hi-  pulpit  ai.d  ere  h.;i^  tVniu 
the  ti  AVI;,  al>o  fell  wit  h  a  ln-a\  \  weight  on  C»\.  I  >\s  i_'ht  >  hea  rt .  and  he 
iie\i-r  rei-overed  his  i'ormer  spirit.-  au'ain.  'I'iii-  like-  and  di-iikes  of  a 
nature  so  full  of  ardor  were  of  the  strongest  kind.  He  d.  Apiil  '•'>(>. 
1771.  act.  ~ii.  Ivxperieiice  Kint:.  his  \\ife.d.  1  >cc.  )."'.  1  7'i.'l.  a-  i.  7". 
I  ler  urave  is  to  he  found  at  N'orthumptoii,  luit  in-;  hi-;  and  it  i-  )>v 
the  side  ct'  Mrs.  Mehitalile  liui-ht.  hi.-  nintlicr.  'I'lm-  Had-  t  he 

epitaph    :     "    Sacred    tu    the    Im'Itl'  irv    iif     M  r>.     l'!\p"l'M  lici-     |l\\l'_!i!.    \\lt'e    nf 

'rimoihv  |i\\iLdit,  KM|.,  1).  April  17.  I  »'•'.'.">,  and  d.  I  lee.  I  .'i,  17''."'.  .Me- 
nu n'ia  jn-t  i  ln-ata." 

(  'nl.  I  >u  i-lii  left,  at  hi>  death,  an  estate  Wl, i-th  L''.1.""".  l!-La\ 
Ills  son  Timoiliv  ill  1  Ins  real  e.-tat  e  aiid  liiiildiii^s  in  NI  M  : !  a  ii:  p;  •  in  a  in  I 
Si  nit  ha  mpt'  'ii.  a IM i  In.-  sil  \  er  ta  nka: d  ('<  >u  \\  hn  h  t  h'-  I  '•'•,_  i. ;  •  •  -af  of 
a^ln-  1-  '  -iiLri'a  \  eil  ;  a  I  id  \s  h  ich  !•>  no\\  .  lii'lliL.'  I  -'  '  \  ear.T  old  i  >r  in- -re.  Ill 
po--e.--ii  n  li\  ilihel  itam-e  .'t'  Tin.othx  |:\\i;_'ht  of  (  liica-'o,  II.  I  laid' 
the  armorial  -\ndiols  arc  the  letter.-  T.  |i  1...  or  Tiiuoti  \  atui  l'.\j  ••  ri- 
eiict  I  >\\  i_h  i  i  ;  and  hi-  s',1  \  i  r  porringer.  '  >  la  i  •_<•  sil  \  -T  -  j  o,  ,|.-.  ' '<  -i!  \  cj- 
tea-poi.l:-  and  hi-  pep-onal  apparel.  '['.  •  h;-  i  ia  UL;!  \  (•  -r  l.i'.i;.'  ,  Mi-. 
|,\  man  ),  he  i_'a\e  v-  all  hi.-  real  e>tate  and  1  r. ,  ildiu;;-  \\  l,)i  h  v.  e|  •  ;,ut  in 
Nort  hainp:  on  and  Southampton,  and  hi-  pei.-ona!  e-ta'e. 

!!••    had     Keen    a    \e|-\     i-\  I  i-lisl  M-     land'lo'ld'   I'.         l''or     I  ho-p     i;..'     ei. _.,._',  d 

*  'I'lii-.  hi.-   In. mi  -I.  ail.  came  t"  him   fp.in  < '•  >!     I'.u't  !'i  !•_;-'•.  a-  hi-   '  ii   !:iH'l." 

u  iiich  iii-  •_•:-.  \  e  In  hi.-  ilairjlit  i  i'  M'  'h  it  a  Me.       1 1   !"  !"i:  j.  d  i.ri^inal'.y  ;  '  <   '•  :';  •  '  •  'pli-T 

Mil:!':.   iui''!i     t..  (',,!.    !  'ar'  rii  iL:'e.    \\!m   ha'!    a    hnil-e  a::'i   hi.n'c   !nt    a  •  -  cf 

in. •:,.!.. xv  '.vi.icii    In-   aL'-ri'-il.    .Ian.    l'^v.    >h..u!.i    I,.  !,,):-.    M.    inueli    .  n.'.iM 

r-.-ii,-,:!|    a!     Ih.at     tMiie    Mt;e\|.ei:'li  •!     ill    in-    liel'll'!'.     In    C..1.     ! ';[  1  t  !':, !  -.  .  .. -IlLl 


Col.  Tiniotlnj  Dwiglit, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Xoa-  of  Jolm,  I  oil  of  Ded^am,  .J/^.v.y.   1 1 0 

in  trade  Teal  estate  was  in  those  days,  almost  the  only  feasible  form  of 
investment.  On  records  to  lie  found  at  Northampton,  it  is  expressly 
stated  that  "  Col.  Timothy  Dwight  purchased  large  tracts  of  land  in 
Northampton,  and  in  Cold  Spring,"  \vhcre  he  twice  purchased  3CO  acres. 
It  is  also  recorded  that  '' Timothv  Dwi^ht  began  to  purchase  in 
17-S''  (aet.  31'),  '"'the  rights  of  persons  in  the  Long  Mountain  and 
Lovefield  Divisions  ''  (parts  of  Northampton  in  old  times),  "and  con- 
tinued to  do  so  for  nianv  vcars,  until  he  o\vnrd  a  large  share,  especially 
of  the  Long  Division."  The  records  of  deeds  sho\v  for  many  years 
that  he  was  verv  active  as  a  surveyor,  ami  also  as  a  purchaser  of  lands, 
in  various  places.  IJefore  he  was  Col.  he  went  by  the  name  of  '•  Sur- 
veyor .Dwight."'  3lrs.  .lemima  Warner  (wife  of  I  >aniel  Warner),  b.  in 
\~'1'1.  who  lived  for  some  vcars  at  Col.  Dwiu'ht's  house  previously  to 
her  marriage  in  17-1-1).  used  to  tell  her  grandchildren  that  "the  first  tea, 
ever  had  in  Northampton  was  sent  to  Col.  Dwight  by  a  friend  in  Bos- 
ton, and  was  called  not  tea  but  "  bohea/'  She  said  that  they,  in  their 
ignorance  of  the  article,  steeped  it  (a  quarter  of  a  pound)  all  up  at 
once,  as  they  would  make  an  herb-drink  ;  and  that  it  was  so  bitter  that 
they  could  not  drink  it,  and  threw  it  away  in  disgust." 

[  Experience  King  was  the  dan.  of  l,t.  John  King,  who  was  b.  .July 
10r>7.  and  d.  March  I'd,  17l'()  aet.  (>2  (son  of  Capt.  John.  King  of  North- 
ampton, b.  in  England  in  liil'l.t,  who  came  to  this  country  in  llil."),  and 
Nov.  IS,  l(i.">r>,  m.  Sai'ali  llolton,  dan.  of  Dea.  William  Jlolton  of 
Northampton,  bv  whom  he  had  1  ~1  children,  lie  d.  1  )ec.  .">,  17".");  and 
she.  May  S,  1(>S3;.  The  wife  of  1.!.  John  King  was  Mehitable  L'ome- 
roy,  b.  July  .">,  Ih'iiii,  whom  he  m.  Nov.  !.  ItiSii,  and  who  d.  Nov.  S, 
17  •">•">,  aet.  Si).  She  was  dan.  of  Medad  L'omerov  (.if  Northampton  and 
Experience  Woodward.  l,t.  John  King,  Jr.,  had  S  children,  three  of 
whom  d.  in  childhood.  The  other  live  were  1.  Mehitable,  b.  March 
13,  1090,  who  m.  Aug.  13,  1  7  1  _,  Eliakim  Strong  of  Northampton.  -. 
Experience,  .Mrs.  Timothy  Dwight.  3.  Medad  King.  b.  March  Jii, 
lii'Jlt,  who  m.  Oct.  31,  17-2-2,  Llebecca  Strong,  b.  Dec.  7,  I7<»1  (dan.  of 
Nathaniel  and  Ltebecea  Strong  of  Northampton).  4.  Catharine  King, 
1).  Any.  17,  1701,  who  m.  Nov.  17,  17l'l,  Jame.-,  lleacock  of  Durham, 
(.'t..  and,  for  I'd  husband.  Mav  !'•">,  1730.  Natiianiel  I'helps  of  Northamp 
fon.  ">.  John  King,  b.  April  1.  17«1,  whom.  April  17.  1  7 •"••"',  Abigail 
Hoot,  dau.  of  Jonathan  Hoot.  lied.  A  pril  ">,  I  74."),  act.  1  1 ,  \\  it  hout  issue 
and  intestate.  His  estate  was  apprai>ed  at  Cl.('-i'i  old  tenor,  and  was 
divided  between  his  wife,  mother,  brother  and  three  sisters.  In  this 
wav.  '  'ol.  I  hvi^h t  came  into  possession  of  the  K  ing  hoinesli^id  as  his  o\\  n 
on  King  Street.  (See  1 1  i^tory  of  The  Si  rong  Family,  vol.  ii.  pp.  l',Vp-7. ) 


'/'//'     I ><  .NVV  inl<t /it*  of' 
l'Ji>  .V, ,/,    <>t'  \iltjnlitiil    /<*'/•/.////.    A/;///    ///'  \<>rf}iiliiij>tnn, 

|).-:i.  M. -.1:1.1  I'ulinM'uy,  father  of  .Mr-.  M  .-li  i  t  :il  .1  •  (I'ulm-ruy)  Kill;:, 
\\  a-  1  h"  -.  ,||  t,f  Klt\\f'-d  I'.illHMMV  tit  I  >.  ,r.-h.--ti-r.  Ma.--..  :ili.i  l.;i|.t  .  A  ii'_'. 
I  '. '.  1  t'i.".  •-.  MI-  \\  ;jS  .Hi.-  i  >t'  I  lj>-  li  r-l  hl'-M  111  N"lt  li:l  In  |  •'  mi.  a  M-lrrt  mall, 
t.  .\\  n  i-li-i  1%  and  t".  ir  in;iii\  vrars  a  ivpri'M-ni  at  i\  !•  tu  t  In-  (  u-m-ral  <  'mill ,  and 
a  I  inn  i  i't'  la  r--.-  r.-tatr.  ll«-  il.  !).•(•.  .".H,  I  7  !''>,  at -t.  7V.  II'-  111.  Nuv.  1'  1  , 
li'n',1,  I-:..,-  ;•/.;/.--  Woodward  (.Ian.  t.flli-nry  Wooduardof  Noj-thamp- 
inii  ..  'I'!..-  . '!  In-r  i-hildivn  nf  I  1  t-nrv  \V<  ><  >dv.  an  1  u  . •]-.-  /•'/•«•/"///,  u  li.  >  in. 
Nov.  1  v.  1  ''.'''I',  .li'dt-diah  Si  i  on:,'  .-.-.•  Ili.-t.  i.f  Sir. >!>•_:  |-'ainii\  f.  .[•  tin  ir 
<i.'-i'!-m!ani>)  ;  '/'/<"  nf.  /'"'.  \\  li"  m.  I  '.  -.-.  1  v.  1  (i''c'.  .lulin  Tavl"r;  ami 
./••>,„  \\  hvar.l. 

A  .lailirlitiT  .it'  Mi'.ia-l  I'uiiK-n.y.  7V/'/;//;/'///.  1».  in  177'.'.  in.  l>,-i.  i'7. 
1  • ''.'>.  1 .1 .  I  H -n  jam  11 1  I  .vinaii.  1>.  A  HL;.  1 (l.  I '  >7  1  (>nii  (if  l']nsi'_rn  .1  "lin  I  .v  man 
.-('  N.  .i-i  liaiii|.t(Hi  '.  Tln-ir  dan.,  llannah  1.  \rnan.  li.  .lui\  I  !.  171!1.'.  m. 
N:i'  liaiiit-1  I'uiu'li!  "!'  lii'Ifli'-i'i'iv^n.  Ma---.,  luMllit-r  In  <''•!.  'I'i  lii-  it  li  \ 
1  )\\  i-'lit  i  if  N.  irt  liain]  >t  i  MI  I  In-ir  wives  l.i-i  ni,r  lir.-t  f.  iii.-i  n>  t .  i  i -a  fh  i  it  In  M-. 

Mr-.  lv\]"-rii-hi-<-  i  \\"(.(id\\  anl  )  I'nm.'niy  .li.-.i.  an.l  IM-  in.  t'. -r  M-c'niid 
v.  it'i-  u  i.l.i\\-  A  liin'ail  (  'li.-uilifi'V.  ii.'c.  Strung.  \\  ill' )\v  (if  lit- v.  Nat  hi.  (  iiaiili- 
cc\  . .t'  !  I atli'- U.  Ma->.  Mau.  of  1'lldrr  .lulm  S-  n  m^  .  ,f  N.  .n  !iam).i  -i,.  an.l 
A!.i-_-:iil  Ktmli.  S.-c  Mi-;.  ,,f  Sn-,,,,--.  [..  li'xi.  Tln-y  l,a.l  a  >.,!..  l!.-v. 
Saiiiilfl  1'niiifl-iiv.  li.  iii  hi>7.  u'l'atl.  al  \;(\<-  in  1711"',  whu  \va-  -.-i;l.-il 
at  N'-'A  t- 1\\  n.  I..  I ..  Nuv.  ."n>.  I  i  n: i,  ami  whu  d.  .In;,.-  :i<  >.  1  7  i  !. 


<  'lul.ln-ii  : 
•'•  1 .       i.    Kli-amn-  I  )\\  i-'lit.  1 1.  A  ML'.  -"-  1717.  m.  <  :•  n.  I'liim-lia-  l.yman. 

and    .1.    April    1777.  act.  .Mi. 
i'. I1,    ii.      Camalii-1    Dv.i^ht.  IL    !).••-.    I!'.    17!-.  tl.  Jan.   7.    I7!'.1. 

''."..     iii.    f'alnaii.-l    M\\i:;iil.   I'd.   \>.    \ '"••••.    -".    171'.'.  d.    -.mil. 

i'.!.  i\.  Maj.ir  r|'im,ii!iy  l>ui-!r.  !•.  May  L'7.  I7l'''.,  d.  .Inr,.-  r<'. 
1777.  ;n-l.  .">!.  Tin-  datf  •-!'  hi-  d'-ath  i-  \\l-n-l\  i.'i\iMi 
iii  -HIM-  IV.-. in!-,  a-  177'i.  hi  a  li-tti-i  .'t'  limi.  Thi-. ..  i.  n1.' 
I  i\\  i-'lii  nf  l!;,i  tt'ur.l.  <  'i..  hi-  -..n.  :«.  1  i-  ii.-ph.'\\.  K,-\. 
hi'.  S.-rt  IM  .  I-!.  I  U\  i-h! .  riii-i-i-i-i  in-'  Miii,'-  d:it.  -  '  ha;  In-  had, 
it  i-  -al.-d  that  it  -h..uM  »..-  1777.  |  Tin-  ;.l.;h-.r  -,,-. 
in-i-t-  that  N.I-.  ''>'_'.  n..  and  ''•">.  111.,  t'liind  |-i -. -urd.'i  1  in  ihi- 
N  ui-j  ha  mi  it  uii  rt'.-ui  d-.  a-  IP-I  .-  L'i\  <  n.  a  r.-  1 .11  r  t  \\  .  i  i  i  i  li".  •,-!  .|,i 


i',|.    i.    Ki.-ainr    hui_h:,    I,.    An-.   _".    1717.    m.    <>,-:.   ,.    I7!l'.    M;.;..i 
(  i,-],, -ral      I'liim-ha-     I  ,\  mall,   liapt.     \l   i|-.-ii    •'.,    171"'     '•    i 
|-;;!/;,n,-'h      I. Maali.  ,,f     I  hi.-lr.m.     <  ''.        II"     v>    .  ^     , 

,.  !,,-  w;,-  ;,.!.,.-  !'..,-  th,-,.,.  %,-ar-  i  I7:::1    IL'I.      II 

r    in     I7i:'..  an  I    -  •:•'!     1    .-••     >ii:ii    11.''.     ' 
\        .nim     I  Im-liaiiU     hi-     liui,|.-~t.-ad     aM  i     l'-:i:.ii:,_  -     '•!'     iii: 

.i\.    .  M..I-.  i  7  !_'   :'i  .     II-    had  _ 


Col.  Timothy  Divifflit, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolt  n,  l>oili  of  Dedliam,  J/r/.s-x.    ]  21 

lie  the  head  of  the  bar  in  old  Hampshire  County.  Col.  John  Worth- 
ing! on  of  Springfield,  and  Major  Joseph  llawley  of  Northampton,  the 
leading  lawyers  of  their  day,  were  his  pupils.  He  was  a  representa- 
tive of  Sutlield  in  17-")d,  and.  for  several  \ears  successively  (17").'$— 59) , 
a  nieiiilier  of  the  Council  of  Connecticut.  In  17f>5  he  was  appointed 
3Iajor-(  reneral  and  Commander-in-(1hief  of  the  State  forces,  until  the 
Canada  war  was  ended.  At  the  liatrle  of  Lake  (leorge,  Sir  William 
Johnson,  having  Leen  early  wounded  and  obliged  to  retire  from  the 
field,  Cen.  Lyman  took  the  command.  P>v  five  hours' liard  fighting 
at  the  head  of  his  troops,  in  the  thickest  of  the  t'rav,  he  won  a  splendid 
victory,  the  rewards  of  which  were  all  bestowed  on  Johnson  by  the 
]>ritish  Government.  Ife  was  made  a  baronet,  and  received  £5,000 
with  his  new  and  undeserved  honor,  and  hail  the  meanness  not.  even  to 
allude  in  any  way  in  his  report  of  the  battle,  to  the  great,  services  of 
him  \vho  reallv  won  it.  (See  I") wight's  Travels,  vol.  iii.,  p.  .">d9.) 
Cen.  Lvman  was  also  with  Lord  Amherst  at  the  capture  of  Crown. 
Point,  and  in  1 7">S5  with  Abercrombio,  and  also  with  Lord  Howe 
when  he  was  killed.  "  Few  Americans,"  says  I'rest.  .Dwight  (Travels, 
etc.,  vol.  ii.  p.  -}0(i),  '*  have  a  better  claim  to  the  remembrance  of  pos- 
teriiv  than  this  gentleman.  '  \\  hat  a  brave  he  was,  the  following  e\- 
trai-t  from  a  letter  to  his  wife,  dated  Lake  Ceorge,  Sept.  11,  17.")."),  will 
show  : 

"  MY  I  )r..M!KST  : — The  enemv  came  close  to  our  men  and  drew  up 
near,  their  arms  glistening  like  the  sun,  with  their  bavonets  fixed,  and 
as  confident,  I  suppose,  of  carrying  all  before  them,  as  ever  anv  armv 
was.  My  great  concern  was  for  fear  the  retreating  party  "  (a  pairv  of 
skirmishers  sent  out  from  .Fort  Lyman  to  cut  oil'  the  retreat  of  some 
.French  troops  within  a  few  miles  of  the  fort,  who  found  that  tiiev  had 
undertaken  too  great  a  job)  '-would  by  their  dejection  frighten  our 
men;  and  therefore  1  spent  mv  time  in  encouraging  them  bvail  arts 
1  was  master  of,  for  there  was  no  other  oilicer  by,  to  help  do  the 
same.  J>ut,  in  sjiite  of  all  that  I  could  do,  when  our  men  came  in  in 
a  bodv,  lhev  all  sank  dejected,  tired  and  clicked  alnmsl  to  death  with 
thirst.  Some  had  shot  awav  all  their  powder  :  others,  then-  liullets.  1 
was  about  four  rods  east  of  where  tliev  came  in.,  encouraging  and  en- 
ua^iiiL;'  the  men.  I  saw  them  jiress  riLjht  through  our  men,  and  they 
bewail  to  run  after  them.  i.  called  to  some  otlicers  to  stop  them.  1bi-  I 
sa\\  that  the  French  would  be  in  i  he  camp  in  I  en  minutes,  if  they  were 
not  stopped.  But  the  officers'1  commands  did  not  influence  them  anv 
niori  than  the  trees.  I  ran  about  ten  rods  to  the  foremost,  and  told 
him  to  '"face  to  the  front  and  march  up  and  defend  it,  or  I.  would  kill 


Tin  i >i  .sw  tnhtiitx  <>f 

llf'J  \o//    of  \iltlnl n'nl    ft"'/',//,/,    l.ntli    of  \nftlnl  in  I'ton. 

liim  in  mil1  minutr/  Thrv  lull]  mi'  that  tli.  v  wn-r  rh"k'-d  ami  tirrd 
to  d'-atli  no  |"i\Mlrr.  tin  -hot,  etc.  :  !  told  them  lliat  I  \Mnild  >t-inl  I'm' 
|m\\drr.  shut,  \\atfi',  rti-..  Kut.  that  it'  tli'-v  <li<l  n»t  march  Kack  ami  dr- 
frml  tin'  tY'ini  I  wmild  kill  thmi  ill  a  limiiiriit.  Thrv  all  man-hid 
liark.  and  ihr  tiidit  ''aiiir  nn  fiu'lil  In-fniv  inr.  Tic  rr  \\a-  MI  inn-  ininntr 
imthiiiL,'  ''iil  mi'1  rnnt  I  niial  cla  m_rnr  nf  cannnii  ami  -mall  arm-,  which  hrhl 
II  IiillLT  I  llilr  ;  Hi  \\  hlrh  t  llnr  I  -a  \\ '  <  HI  r  1 1  ir  1 1  .-hunt  -i  i  I  a  -  I  .  a  1 1 '  1  *i  ilur  •  if  t  lii'in 
sn  carrlrs>ly.  that  I  was  at'raiil  that  thr  cin-inv  inlrinlnl  to  dr.iw  mir 
shut  and  1 1  ii-ii  and  lin'ak  iii  ii|  >  >n  u>  :  \'nr  I  sa\v,  t  hat  t  hri  r  a  nn  v  u  a  -  \  i-rv 
u'ri'at.  and  that  thrv  liad  a  '_'ciucl  ci iiiilnandn1.  I  \va>  f'nicrd  tn  run  iVnin 
our  mil  of  thr  liritiL'  to  tin-  otlirr,  and  hallm.  as  l,,tid  ns  I  rmild  -prak, 

to  makr  thrin   save  tln-ir  tirr.   and    m>t   to    si t    unlrs-    thry    had  a  fair 

shut.  All  rradilv  olir\'rd.  and  I  lir!ir\r  that  in-\rr  ni'-n  nor  nmnals 
t'ou.jht  hi'ttrr  in  tin-  u-di-ld.  'I'hr  ti'_fht  conlinurd  as  hut  a-  lirr  till  pa-,1 

ti\  r.    \\  iirii    thr   rliriny    shirk  rlird   a  lid    I'rt  M'a  1 1 'd.        (  !nr   mm     -j.l'al   •_'    i  .\  n- 

thr  hrrast  \\urks  and  tullnwrd  thnu  likr  linns,  and  mad"  ii-rrililr  ha\or 
and  simn  lnmi^lit  in  arinfiils  of  ^uns.  larrd  liats,  cart  nd'_r|'-'>n\i  ^.  i-ti\, 
and  liriiu^'hi  i:i  thr  (J.-nrral  nf  tin-  armv  and  inanv  nihrr  jiri^'iin-rs. 
I  Ir  is  a  S\\  i>s  cducatrd  in  [''ranrr,  and  had  t  hr  ruiiiiiKind  i  >f  a  1 1  i  hr 
f'nrr..-,  in  <  'anada.  'I  hu-,.  m\  drar.  <  !od  ha-  covcrt-il  mir  hrad-  in  ihr 
dav  nt'  liattlr.  in  thr  hnttr.-t  and  nmst  oli>tinalr  hattlr  that  Was  (  \,-\- 
l'nU'_flit  in  N'irtli  Amriira.  \\lin  \\niild  nut  iru-t  siirii  a  <  lod '/  1'i'ai-r 
and  lilos  in-  nainr.  and  t'iirr\rr  rrm^nd "T  thr  >t||  da\  nf  Sr] it rinlirr. 
I  7  •'•"'.  'Ihr  I''l'rnr]|  1 1 1 1 1  •  1 1 1  li  •(  I  tn  attack  II-  lii'M  1 1  p  il'l  i  i  li^T  a-  -nnii  as 
it  was  iiuh';  Kin  lm\v  ha]i|iv  \\a-  it,  that  (!nd  ln-nii^hi  nn  thr  iiattlr  in 
oji.-n  da\  liidit . 

1    v.a-  MTV   lirrd    and   faint    fm1  want   nf  rat  inir  and  dri  !ik  iii'_r.       \\"li'-n 

thr  Kattlr  \'.a-  n\rr%  |  lia  I  ln>!  m\  \iili-c,  -n  that  \'nll  mnld  lint  i..  ;ir  lur 
nnr  |-nd.  Kilt  \\a-  t'nrcrd  In  Kr  Up  ail  ni^hl.  lint  ln\  \nicr  i>  allilii-t 

Cnlllr     tn.     and      I      am     a-     Wrli     a-    r\rf.  Nr\rr      "Hr      -lint       tnlidp-d       ?!,''     hrl|| 

of  inv  L'ill'liii  III  .  li;ll,  or  ;inyl  liiliLj  aKmil  mr  ;  Kill  t  ii'-\  k  iii.-d  ln\  -addlr- 
lini->r.  (  ;.-:d.  .1  n|i  ti-'  in  wa-  wniind'-d  n^a  i  t  in-  Kr-inmn^  nf  thr  i  an  Ir, 
and  iv|iairrd  to  hi-  'rut  at  thr  nihrr  i-n  ;  nf  thr  ,  iH-anipmrii  i .  Thr 
l-'i-rncli  an-  ii-rrilil  v  di''->M-il  oli'.and  I  Impr  ;ha!  t  hr  i-.-cm  it  •>  u  ii  I  .-.,,,11 
Kr  liri-r.  and  that  ur-ha!l  -nnn  K-  n, a-:  i  i-  nf  I'mv,],  I'.iini.  I  kimw 
that  MMI  must  think  it  trrriKlr,  to  apprar  Krf,,|v  ihr  i ith-  nf  L-Mn- 

-hntr,  -n  |i|r!it\  alld  illick.  Tl"'ll  -n  li.ll-'ll  |.lail,rr  dm--  (i,,,|'.  |.[-.  „  |-\- 
I  niT  lnri  c\  a  | .]  "'a  r. 


Colonel  Tiinotliij  Dwight, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  loth  of  Dtdham,  3f<.(*s.  12'> 

read  of  battles  ever  get  such  a  thoroughly  inside  view  of  what  such  a 
mortal  conflict  really  is,  as  is  here  presented. 

Jn  17(5-  Genl.  Lynuin  commanded  the  provincial  troops,  in  the  ex- 
pedition against  Havana,  which  humbled  so  greatly  the  military 
prestige  and  power  of  Spain  in  the  western  hemisphere. 

Early  in  17(>3,  he  went  to  England,  as  the  agent  of  a  proposed 
colony  of  ':  Military  Adventurers,"  desiring  to  obtain  and  improve  a 
large  tract  of  land  between  the  Mississippi  and  Ya/.oo  llivers,  as  a 
proper  reward  for  their  services  as  soldiers  in  behalf  of  the  ISritish 
Crown.  He  had  been  himself  often  solicited  bv  those  high  in  ofiice  in 
the  realm,  to  present  himself  in  person  to  the  Governmental  home,  as 
being  sure  of  high  recognition  there,  for  his  great  services  and  abilities 
as  a  military  commander.  Xearly  eleven  of  the  best  years  of  his  life 
(1703—73)  he  spent  in  England,  in  vainly  cherishing  expectations  of 
real  advantage  from  court  promises,  which  were  continually  renewed 
but  never  kept.  Hope  and  faith  and  courage  and  purpose  and  manli- 
ness all  shrank  together  in  his  heart  to  littleness,  under  such  withering 
experiences  :  so  that  he  even  seems  to  have  lost  the  very  idea  of  return- 
ing a^ain  to  his  countrv  and  his  home.  Mrs.  Lymaii,  who  is  described 
as  ''a  lady  of  superior  natural  endowments  and  education  and  of  strong 
social  ijualities,"  and  as  ''having  begun  her  married  life,  with  the  most 
Haltering  prospects,"  is  said  to  have  succumbed,  almost  equally  with 
her  husband,  in  mind  and  body,  to  the  long  solicitude  of  her  heart 
respecting  him  and  his  prospects,  and  the  pecuniary  trials  that  had 
come  upon  herself  and  children  bv  Ins  protracted  absence.  A  t  last,  in 
1773,  she  sent  her  son  Gamaliel,  then  L'^  years  old.  to  beg  him  to 
return  to  his  family.  The  sight  of  his  son  rallied  his  thoughts  again 
homewards,  and  having  finally  secured  the  long  expected  grant  of  ter- 
ritory desired,  he  came  back  to  SnHield,  himself  broken  in  spirits,  to 
find  his  wife  equally  depressed,  and  his  eldest  son,  IMiinehas,  broken- 
hearted and  delirious.  After  a  .short  delav  at  Suflield,  he  started  in 
1  >ec.  177->  with  but.  the  remnant  now  left  of  the  original  companv  of 
"adventurers,"  who  could  undertake  the  new  colonial  enterpri/e,  to 
West  Florida,  designing  to  settle  in  the  neighborhood  of  Xatchex,  as  it 
now  is,  where  the  bounds  of  their  grant  for  I'O  miles  square  lay.  lie 
took  with  him  his  unfortunate  son,  hoping  to  improve  Ins  health  and 
spirits  by  a  change;  of  scene  and  of  occupation.  1'ut  both  the  son  and 
the  father  speedily  fell  victims  to  the  malarious  influences  engendered 
by  summer  heats  in  the  wild  huid.s  of  the  south.  The  fate  of  the  other 
members  of  that  ill-starred  expedition  mav  be  read  bv  anv  who  are 
curious  to  know  it,  in  D wight's  Travels.  The  date  of  his  death  has 
been  pur  on  the  Sullield  liecords,  as  Sept.  ]<>,  1771. 


77/' 


I  l'  I  .S',//,   of  Xiitjiitittt  1    /'//'A////',   l'i>t!i   <>t'  \<>rfjt<tiit]ifoit, 

Tlia<  Id-  -Us  I  .  \  I  nail,  li  !->  >"  ill,  is  ivmrdrd  a-  lillvillLf.  Si']it  .  ."''  ',  1  i  "•'.  <>f 
r.c-|i]li.  r>Mlirn>ll  ,  '.'  arivs  nt'  land;  *'  \\lnrli  \\rrr  ill-1  salnr  lii;;l  lil.- 
fatln-r  li.-iil  i  n-i'li|>ii'<|  wln-n  li\iiiij,  mi  \\lildi  tli"1  >|>nl  \\ln-rr  hi-  liniisr 
.si  .....  1  i-  .-till  rMsih  (li>ru\cl!ll'lc,  liV  ill"1  i-l"l  \\.-ll  \\iii.-h  IIM-  nul!a>1r<| 
K.  I  In-  tiMinrs  o|  Mr-.  Mli-Mimr  l.viiiaii  Mini  nt'  lii-r  sni;  <  >1;\'  r  an- 
signed  M.S  \\  ii  in-.ssrs  In  lln-  ili-i-d  ;  Mini  Tliaddi-us  LvniMii  i->  n-i-i  in  !i'"i  M> 
li  \  ur_f  in  \\"t->i  l-'lurida. 

Tli'  ii-  \\rri1  S!M\I-S  in  ihr  hnusrlinlil,  ipiii-  of  uliii-li,  "  (  t'i'1  Ti'-,"  \\l:i» 
lisi-il  i"  J'r  Ion  VCMI-S  of  a-r.  Mini  ilinl  in  SuHi"  -Id,  i>  .-till  n-iin-inliiTfil 
in  tin-  taiuilv.  A  f'-inal"1  slave  isals'i  rcn  illrrti-il,  ilia!  H.M-I!  r>  -_\\  larly 

C\l-r\  CXi'lllllL,'  t'l  sll  ll\  lirr  llllsl  rrss'.^  liriU|<|r,  lliillllll^  til"1  IJi'lil.1  ill  "'111.- 
llMliil  all"!  a  iMlHili-  ill  tin1  ntlnT.  fur  lirr  In  ri'Mil  it>  |ia^"---. 

In  .May,  177''>,  .M  r>.  l.yinaii.  \\iih  ln-r  il.-uiL'litci-s  Kli-Mimr  ami  lv\- 
]irri"-iiri-.  Mini  her  suns  <  iMinalifl.  (  )li\  rr  aii'i  Tin  nn|i>  >n,  »-t  -:.ll  \\ith 
li"T  limthri-,  .Majnr  Tinmtiiy  I  )\\  i^hl  ,  t'nr  NYr-i  !-'lnri"la.  l.v  ill--  ua\  nf 
SM\';I  iiiiali.  llrj-r  lirr  t  \\  n  i  laii^l  1  1  r  rs  din|.  lict'nri-  arri\"iiiLj  at  tlirir 

dr-i  iliMl  inli.  Sin-  dinl  llfl'M'lt'.  a  t'r\V  lnnllt!l>  at'lr!'  l,i-r  ;,ni\;'!.  at  V.  liMt 
is  lm\\  Nati-li'-/,  111  A[iril  1777,  as  did.  LI!  thr  >llri-ri-illliL.f  silliilli'-l',  li'  T 
lil'nt  lirr  'I'iliint  hy,  alx). 

!•'•  T  tlir  [irdi^rrr  of  (  !rlil,  I'll  i  In  -lias  I  .Vluall,  srr  "  I  .vinali  <  ••  :  -  a  I  '_'\".  ' 
l'\  1  '''.  I  .\  1UM  II  <  ''  ilrliiMll. 


171'-"'.  li:td  a  ['iinmii»i"n  M:  tin-  lli-Ui-n  arin\.  -Muhi-d 
la\\,  in-1-Miii"1  drjri-trd  and  in>atn-.  Mini  dir«i  in  \\  >->t 

I'    ln|'|(  |a      ill       111     !        •'. 

•  .     11.          (  •  a  1  1  ;  a  1  1  r  1     I  >  \\  1  L:  n  I      1  .  v  li  i  a  n  .  I  '  .    .  \  ]  I'll      I  .    1  7  1  •"'  .    u  ,  •  ->      "a     1  1  1  a  1  1 
1  1  \-    1  1  a  II  i  i  -i  •   1  1  1  i  1  1  i  a  1  1  1  ,   •_'  a  v   a  1  1  '  1     i  n  •_  '  •  n  i  "  i  ll  -  .  I  I  •      I  •  i  •'  •  I  \  •  -i  1  , 

\\  In-li  ill  K.n^'l'i  in  1  nn  hi-  \  i-i  i  In  hi  -  tat  In  -r,  a  >••  'l!ilni->inll 
as  l.ii-nt.  in  tin-  I'-iitli  r>i-i:i-li  1  >'-uinn-ni  ,  air  i  V.MS  i  r- 

illlirrd      In      jiilli      hi-      If^Ulli    111     Ml        i'.<>-:<.ll      jlisl       liffnlr    thr 

1  M-_dn  ni  n--  nt'  tin-  l'r\  •  .1  ir  n  i  n  a  ''\  \\ar,  and  I1"  I:...;  In  d  111 
tin-  I'liti-li  »-r\  in-  nniii  17VJ.  II.-  n  inn.  d  !•  .  Suf- 
li.-ld,  uhi-n-  att'-r  a  Ilinr  In-  ln-natin1  iiltrilv  d  i-i«iriit-i| 
and  -ld!:lr--.  and  a;  !a-t  |,  nnil,  --.  Mr  la;;J,'  -.-Imnl 
t'ni-  a  s'-a-nii.  inn  in-ul.-r!  "-d  :.•  cniirri  hi-  I.  ill-,  and  -jn-nt 
u  ha!  lln  ill"-\  In-  did  l  •"•  i  -i-l  \  ••  in  t  n  '!••>.  Mr  u  ,i  :  K'  d  a  I  mil  I 

I  i  i  \\  n     Hi     -  1  1  a  I  '  1  '  \      l  '  1  n  I  1  M     -  ,     \\  1  I  I  ,     1  ;  !  .    }  .  -  ,  II  -  i  |  i  •    i    \  i  •  -  _     |  ;     -  •  •  n  -  I  i  1  1  r 

In  I  In-  "-liarin-  nf  nat  ill  .-  and   "  't'  ill'.  .   Mt.d   in  ,  im-  "f 

ll.iil     and     Inall     11111'!!     lil>     -Il'rn^lli    Mini    lilin'         '{.•      \iriitll 

,_,['   a  -in\\    l.ii!     -i||-r    nn-nial    n  .n-i;ii:|  "t  i".].-     ait'l   -.-ink,  in 


CoL  Timoiliy  I)wi<jlit, 
Son  of  Tunotlnj,  Son  of  J oli a,  l>ot]t.  of  Dedliam,  J/^.s-x.  1:?5 

the  end,  forgotten,  nobody  knows  when,  into  an  un- 
timely grave.  See  D \vigl it's  Travels,  vol.  i.  pp.  .'UO-7. 

r>7.    iii.      Thaddeus  Lyman,  1).  March  111,  17-11),  d.  Sept.  lSli>,  aet.  00. 

OS.   iv.       Thompson  .Lyman,  b.  ]S~ov.   10,   17")-,  d,  Aug.  i).   17 •"'•"). 

O'J.  A".  Oliver  Lyman,  It.  Jan.  -'I',  1  7  •">.">.  He  was  unmarried 
and  d.  insane,  but  when  or  where  is  not  im\v  known. 
There  is  a  hitter  from  him  still  in  existence,  dated 
Boston,  Her.  S,  ISO."),  directed  to  Mrs.  Apphia  Lvman 
of  Suffield,  concerning  '"  t/n>*<>  //"y  »•/•.--'." 

70.  vi.      Eleanor    Lyman,  \).   Dec.   1  :>,   17">ii,  d.  at  Savannah,    Oa.,  in 

1770-7. 

71.  vii.    Experience     Lyman.    b.    Nov.    S,    17-">S,    d.    in     Savannah, 

( -a.,  in  1  770—7. 

7l'.  vii.i.  Thompson  Lvman,  b.  J  >ec.  '2 '2,  1700.  I  Fe  went  to  New 
Providence,  \V.  1.  This  is  all  that  is  known  of  him. 

07.  iii.  Thaddeus  Lyman,  b.  March  10,  17-1').  went  to  Mississippi, 
and  m.,  but  whom  or  when  or  with  what:  issue,  if  anv,  no  one  of  his 
descendants  now  knows.  On  (lie  death,  of  his  first  wife,  he  returned  to 
Sullield.  \\here  he  m.  about  1  7S  I  Apphia  Olds,  b.  Mav  '2  1 .  17')H  (dau, 
of  I  >r.  Josiah  <*Ids  of  Suilield  and  Trvplieim  Kent).  Here  ]ie  remained 
some  s  vcai's  after  Ins  marriage,  engaged  in  tradt.1  (  1  7S4— lil'j.  Me  then, 
suddenly  deserted  his  family,  going  to  parts  unknown,  and  leaving  them 
withoiu  any  \isiljle  means  of  support.  These  her  brother  Joseph  Olds, 
Esq.,  living  in  the  same  place,  and  a  man  of  wealth,  generously  sup- 
plied to  the  full.  Twice,  between  171.'-  and  I.MO  or  1  1,  he  appeared 
in  Suflield  again  —  the  last  time  staving  some  three  weeks  wnh  his  fam- 
ily,— saving,  meanwhile  that  he  came  to  get  "l  ho  papers '"  (or  tin.1  deeds 
to  the  original  Lyman  estate  in  ^XaU-hc/  and  its  vicinity),  which  hi.s 
wii'c.  kept,  locked  up  in  her  trunk.  These  she  refused  to  jjve  np  to 
him,  ;ind,  in  lier  absence  one  dav  from  home-,  he  forced  the  trunk  lhat. 
contained  them,  and  carrving  them  off  said  to  his  daughter  Mrs.  (Ira- 
ham  :  v>  .Now  1  have  got  all  that  1  want,  i  bid  von  a'ood  b_\  e  for  lliu 
last  time.  You  will  see  me  no  more  !  "'  The  long  and  deeplv  ab'used 
Avife  learned,  on  her  return  to  her  house,  of  thi^  last  act  of  riithlessiiess 
towards  her  by  her  faithless  husband,  and  wept  and  moaned  inconsola- 
bl v  for  man\  da\'s,  until  she  too  lost  lier  reason,  and  became  a  raving 
maniae.  She  was  a  ladv  of  strong  personal  attractions  aiid  o!  tender, 
expressive  eyes,  and  was  herself  gentle  and  loving.  "  Hundreds  of 
times."  says  Mrs.  James  B.  l\o.se  of  Suffield,  her  granddaughter,  "have 
J  bee: i  asvaked  at  the  dead  hour  of  nighi  by  her  screams  of  madness, 
Thaddeus!  Thaddeus  !  "  .1 1  e  d.  at  Nt:w  Vork,  Sept.,  181 1'.  He  sent. 


yy/r     /A  .sYV  mid)!?*    (>f 

1  ;V>          Xo//   c//'    \itflttliiiil    />//'/<////,  //,,///   nf  Xorflntrtijtfoil, 

for  his  daughter  Mi's,  (.rahaiii,  in  hi>  last  sickness,  I  o  romi-  ainl  sec  liiin 
and  di -I  i  \  --I  ril  ii  1 1  ti  i  IHT  i  In-  (  n  ]e -deeds  1 1>  llii-  Lvinan  < !  rant  at  \  at  die/, 
which  hi-  li.nl  -ii  unfeelingly  carried  i.tl",  lillt  a  -holt  time  pre\iolislv. 
'I'liat  !_rrant.  inaili-  l'\  the  Uritish  (  ',<  ,\  erii  ini-nt  In  <o-nl.  I, \in.ni  for  his 
dist  ilii;n  Ish.  d  >er\  ices,  cdVereil  a  Mart  lit'  twenty  thousand  acri-s.  The 
famil  \ -'-la  mi  t'i  this  pn  .jicrt  \  -,  i.|'  such  immense  \;tliie  now.  -l«-pt  in 
niter  neglect  in  tln-ir  hands.  The  account  '_ri\en  of  i;>  final  di-positnm 
i>  tin-,  i  hat  1 1 1  m.  (  •  idi -i  in  ('•  ranker  of  New  ^'orl•;  |>ro|n  i-ei  I  t . ,  j  |-o-,ecutf 
their  claims  to  it .  on  i  ondii ion  nf  recei  \  m-  jor  hi-  ser\  ices  and  (  \jieiiiii- 
t  ure-  one  half  of  the  net  results  olit  a  in  "i  I.  !o  u  liidi  t  he\  ;e_'i  e<  d  :  and  that . 
on  a  second  \i-it  to  t  hem  at  Siilliehl,  lie  jpersiiailcd  them  to  t  ran-f'-r  t  h« -ir 
entire  ri^'l  it  and  tit  K*  to  it  t  <>  him,  tor  t  lie  |  M-M  \  sum  of  one  t  hoi  i -and  dol- 
lars. 'I' wo  ^ent  lei  net  i  afterwards  came  to  i  lulu,  on  a  similar  errand,  tVoni 
the  region  of  Natcliex  itselt',  and.  <>n  tindin^  that  th-  puip--ha--e  \\a> 
lit-yoiid  their  reach,  told  tliem  franklv.  thai  the  jiro|Pert\  \\a-,  in  their 
A  Jew.  ih. MI  worth  two  millions  ul' dollars. 

Mr-.  A  [ij-hia  !  .vi  nan  d.  Sent .,  1  Si.'  1,  net .  (i  I .  Tin-  unfortunate  coin  i]e( 
-o  \vretchedly  <li\ided  in  life,  have  lon^  slept  (jiiietly  side  li\-  -id-  in 
the  same  Ljravevartl.  lie.  S\ho  \\alidered  crilellv  \vlllle  Ininv;  t'rolil  his 
di-arc-i  iVi.-iid-  on  earth,  was  ^!ad  to  he  l>r<iiiidit  hack-  aniniii^  th'-m 
when  dead. 

'  Se\  i  -nth  ( leiierat  ion.        (  'hildren  : 

~."i.    i.      M\  perieiice    I  .\  m  a  1 1 ,   !>.    Nov.   -  •> .    17s-"'.  !u.  <!ad    II  "••.   and.  fir 
I'd     hn-hamh     l-saac    K .    Craham.       SI,.-     d.     Fd,.     1 .",.    |s.-)l; 

7  I.     ii.    Thaddeus    l.yman.  .Ir..   1..    Fel).   .").    I  7'.'J. 

7-"i.    i.      K\|perieiii-e    I. \maii.   Ii.    Nov.   I.'."'.    17X"'.   iii.   N'i\.    i  !.    1S|H.  <  Jad 

Jlo-e,    Jr..    of   S 11  111  eld.    <  't..    h.    .lll!\     L'  I,     I  7  Ml    I  sol  I    of  <  I  ad     Ijo-e    ;,|,d    I  'am 

line  Mall).  lie  was  "a  diivwd  \'a  nk«-e  |ie,hller  ot'  cot '.  .n  \  arn.  f'-at  h- 
ers  and  indigo."  Me  ,1.  | ),-,-.  .",1 1,  IMII^  ;,,•!.  J'i.  She  m.  f, ,]  I'd  hus- 
l.and.  |)ec,  ||,  |s|n,  U.(ar  KJn._r  (iridiam.  h.  Sept.  1  '_',  17>"(-on  of 
Ifev .  John  (  '•  i  'a  han  i  of  Sullieid  and  I!  nth  Smith.  !•'•  <r  full  account  ,,['  ;!,,• 
jiediu'ree  i,f  l;.-\.  .Inhii  tirahiim.  a-  •  i.-.-c.-ni  ie,  I  |V.,in  lie-  |h;ki-  of  Moii- 
t  ro.-e.  -ei-  ('otiiren's  Ancient  \\  oodliur\  .  and  Spra--i;,\  Ann.,!-»f  the 
A  lie  iii -an  I'ulpl! ,  \  ol.  i.  pj).  :'.  1  I  i  »  ).  I  1 1-  \v  a-  a  earp.-:  •  -r  aii  i  j.  liin-r, 
and  at'i-  rv.  ani-  a  fa  rim-r.  at  Sn  llielil.  u  h.-re  h.-  d.  Sepi .  i_'."i.  1  -.">!.  I  )|- 
S\'l  \  e-t  er  <  i  raha  m,  ol  '•  I  I  rah  a  m  I  'read  not  oriel  \  .  \\  i  -  ii  i-  I  >  rot  lie  r. 
Shi-  d.  I'  ••!  i.  I  .'I.  I  v.>  I .  She  \\  as  a  u  oniaii  of  nia-cii!ini-  in''.;  l,',-i  ;ind  ol' 

a      i  |  l|i -i -111  \       p  re-el  ice,     a  lid      hopeful ,      pat  1'   lit      alal      el  it-l-^i  •(  ].  -.    a  In  '.'  I     ll  t'e  .1 

~"\  ere-l  i  \  I  H-riences. 


Col.  Timothy  I)>r!yltt, 
Son  of  Timothy )  Son ofJolm,  l>otjt  of  Dedliam,  J.A/.v.y.  127 

[Eighth  Generation.]   Children: 

(/>'//  In'*'  first,  hi(sbf(n<L} 

7-3.    i.     Lyman  Dwight  Rose,  b.  ]S*ov.  2-'),   ISO."). 

~(>.  ii.  Henry  (lad  .Rose,  b.  Jan.  IS.  ISO?,  in.  Doe.  10,  1S4.">;  Car- 
oline Flo'Wer,  1).  April  '2,  1.812  (dan.  of  Ilarvey  Flower  of 
Feeding  Hills,  Mass.,  and  Lydia,  Horton  of  Agawain, 
Mass.).  He  kept  for  many  years  the  billiard  rooms  of 
Tammany  Jlall,  New  York  (.'ivy;  and  lives  now,  retired 
from  business,  at  SJullield,  and  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Methodist  ehureh  :  no  children. 

(]>i/  In' i'  Si'ruiiil  husband). 

77.  iii.    Louisa  Matilda  Graham,  b.  Dec.   11,   1811. 

78.  iv.   Edward  Sylvester  ('raham,  b.  April  1*7,  181'). 

79.  v.     Matilda  .Louisa  Crahani,  1>.  Feb.   Ill,  1818,  m.  May  I-"),  18G1, 

James  ]>artow  Hose,  1).  April  •">,  18 16  (son  of  Uartow  Kose 
of  Sullielii  and  Clarissa  King).  Xo  children.  He  is  a 
trauei',  manufacturer  and  small  farmer  at  Snilield.  She 
teaches  music  and  drawing.  To  her  this  account,  here 
furnished  of  the  descendants  of  Cenl,  1'hinelias  Lynum 
and  Fleanor  Dwight,  is  chieily  due. 

8d.  vi.  Charles  Titus  Graham,  b.  Aug.  1*7,  1824,  was  murdered  in 
San  Antonia,  Texas,  by  Mexicans,  July  10,  J8.V.I:  un- 
married. 

7").  i.  Lyman  .Dwiglit  Hose,  b.  Nov.  23,  180"),  m.  Dec.  oO,  1841, 
Mary  Kgg]t.>stoii,  b.  A  (>ril  22,  1S1U  (dan.  of  Da\id  Kggles- 
ton  of  Agawam,  Mass.,  and  Mary  Allen  of  SODKTS,  Ct.)  :  a 
farmer  at  Suffield. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 

81.  i.      Hubert  Graham   Kose,  b.   Dec,  2">,   1^42.      .A  farmer  in   Snf- 

h'eld. 

82.  ii.    Matilda  Louisa  Hose,  b.  Nov.  2n.  1S-H,  d.  Se(,i.  7.   18  18. 
8:5.    iii.    Louisa  Maltihla   Uose,  b.    Aug.  7.   1  S  1-8. 

84.    iv.   .Amelia:  MUIT  Jtose,  b.  July  JO,    IS."):!. 

|  Eighth    ( Generation.  | 

77.  iii.  Louisa  Matilda  (! raham  (dan.  of  Isaac  I\.  («' raham  and  Ex- 
perience Lyman ),  b.  I  )ec.  11,  lSj|,m.  Dee.  i,  J  Slls,  Jackson  Tandy 
Quesenberrv,  b.  Sept.  :5,  is  It),  in  \\arren  ((o.,  l\y.  (son  of  Aaron 
(.t)nesenberry  and  l^li/abcih  Tilford).  Me  jmblished  in  1S.">7  "The 
Democrat,1"  at  Fayet  (»-,  Mo.;  in  IS)."),  "The  Pilot,"  ai  Glasgow,  Mo.; 
in  IS  I."),  '•  The  Telegraph,'1  at.  Lexington  ;  in  JSl().  "'•  The,  Commercial 


'/'In    hi  *'•'  nilii  n!  ••<  i  >i 

1 '_>>>  S,,n   »t'  \,iflitlni<  1   ]>irl,/Iif,  l,i, tl,   of'  \orfjnttnjitoii, 

1  ill  Hi 'til  I."  at  I!" Mm-\  lih-  ;  ami  in  I  >  1  7.  ''  Tin-  l!i -purl  IT,  at  i  ">i  un^- 
u  ii-k,  M  M.  In  i  >  I  i  ,  In-  u  a^  appf  mini  rli-rk  iiith.-  Ti-'-a-ui-\  I  *V|  >a  i  1  - 
nirnt  at  Wa-liii>i:iMn,  l>.  ('..ami  hrhl  thi.-.  pl,-ti-r  umliT  I  'flk,  Ta\  i..r, 
|-'illnii  MI-.  I'I.TI-'-  ami  I  iili-liaiian.  In  !>.">>  IK-  \\t-nt  to  Ti-\a-,  ainl 
rilii.-il  t'.ir  a  shf ft  timr  "  Tin-  I  l.T.-ilil."  at  Sun  Antfiiio.  Sinn-  \^:-\> 
)ir  ha-  lit-i-n  i-n^a^fil  in  rai-inuf  stm-k  mi  a  plantation,  m-ar  San  A;itu- 

ni<  >.  ft'  L',  1 i  ">    arn |irn|i(Tt  \  ,   \\  hidi.  ai'liT    lln-     iiiiil'i'.iT    ft'    *'lialli'>    T. 

(  i  raliam.  t'-li  liy  inlnTitanci'  in  hi^  Mir\  i\'in^  >i^tiT.-^  anil  Krf  1 1 1' T. 
[  Ninth  ( icm Tat  i<  in,  j      <  'h  i  N 1 1'i-n  : 

SJ.    i.          ll.iriiri    I-],  (^iif.sriilicrrv,  1>.  in   Fiivrttf.   MM.,  I  if.-.  I'L'.   I--.",'.1. 

•V(i.    11.        Isaac  ( !  rahain  'Jui'M'iiliriTV,  1).  in    l-'a  \  >  i  tr.  <  >Vt .  L'  I .     i  v  1  I . 

>X7.     111.       .)  ark»  ill   Tllt'i  in  I    <lftlr->rlilirlTV,  1).    in    I'";!  Vrt  t  r,  .1  lllif   L'  I .    !  v  !  .">, 

•  1.  iii  \V.  Sull'n-lil.  (  't.,  l-'.-l..   17.   |s-ts. 

•vs.    i\.      I  .mi  i--  •    M .    (t»urM'iil)(Ti-v,    li.    iii    L'-xin-tf  n.  M"..  .l>il\     iJ, 
IS}."),  ,1.  in   Washington,   I ).  (  '.,   Mar.-li    17.    !-/'!. 

S'.'.      V.  Alll'-lia     -I.     (lM|i--rl|lnTr\-,      1).      (>rt.      L'.       1M7.       in       l!mil|r\  iilr, 

MM.,  il.  in   \Va.-hiiiiM.>n,  Man-li    II'.    lv.">|. 

!">.    \  i.      .Marv  Ann  (JurM-nliriTv.  IP.   her.  I'P.    !>!'.'.  in   \\'a>hinu;tMii. 
91.    \ii.     •  'harli -.-,  .1.  (.Ju.-x •nl.riT\  .  IP.  -Ian.     I.    |S."il'. 
'.'L'.    \  iii.    A  lie.-   (Jm-M-iiliriTy,  L.   I-'. -IP.    I  I,   l>.">  I. 

i   |-'.i_'ht  ll    <  IrlKTilt  ifll. 

7V-.  i\.  l-iii  \\an  I  Syh  i-MiT  (  .'niliatii  (.-MM  f  f  |>a:n-  K  .  (  •  raliali:  M)'  >•  t- 
ii-'M  ami  lv\]MTi,-ia'i'  l.ynian).  !•.  April  L'7.  ivl:'.  in.  <  i.-t.  L' ! .  lv-">7, 
( 'atharim-  < '.  (Mahaln,  hi-  i-nu^iii.  li.  Mar.-h  ."i",  iv||1.(  niaU.  ot'  <'l.  i  !«•> 
l>aar  Criihiini  ft'  N  >  -\\  a  rk .  N.  .1.,  ami  ( '..  t  in  rii  ,.•  I'MnH-tlVr  ft'  v-  '•'• 
N'f  rk.  U  In  H  n  in-  III.  .1  nl\  I  .  I  v|  |V.  II.-.  a  IP  I'M.  f  I'  I  -a. -M-  !\  .  <  i  raham,  \\  as 
i'l.r  inaii\p  \'i-ar^  i-a-^hiiTft'  tin-  Stall  l'p;i,k  ft'  Ni-uar'k  .  !!••  iia^  ln'i-it 
SMI-!  i-iarv,  t'fi1  nif|-i-  than  -P'I  \i-ar--,  <'t'  tin-  M  n-hi'ii  M1^  l-'iri-  In-ufani-r 
CM.  ft'  Nrwai-k,  N.  -I.  Sin-  M.  April  I  I.  l>."-7. 

|  Ninth  <  1. -ni  rat  if  n.  ]      <  "nihir.-n  : 

',1.").    i.        |-!ii\\aril     AU_;I,~;H-    <  I  rriliam.    I'.     Srpr.     'J.    1  x.".x.    in.     I-'-IP.    L'v. 
1^-':..    Th.-r.--a     Ali.-.-    (  'r.-,ini.-r.    I..    <  >,-:.    '.'.     1^11    l-Iaii. 
\Villiam    <'.    ami     Marv    ( 'i-.-a:mT  f  t'    NVuark,   N.  .1    i.-i 

]-;:;  T.-ll,-,-  in  tl,.-  MU.U..I,  < '...  Nat.  I'.at.k  i:i  .1.  r-  %  f\-.\-. 
!'  !.    ii.      William  <  Iraham.  '-.    April    I:1-.    !  -  t  !.  ,|.    I  >,-,-.   1  I.    I  -  i'J. 
',p;,.    iii.    Mary     U-li...  li'.T   tiraham,    IP.    On.    1 '.'.    1  -  !  J.    ,1.    M;,.-,.],    i  i1, 

l>  I."-. 

'...;.    ]\.     i:ii/ai..-tli   <  ii'aham,   I,.    Man-],    !.    i-  !•>.  .i.    Maivh    17.    I  -  I -\ 
'.'7.    \.      ('atharim-    l']l  i/:i  1  n  t  h   (Iraham,   IP.    M  a  \    7.    lxii'i. 


Col.  Timothy  Dun  glut, 
Sou  of  Timothy,  Kon  of  Jolt  n,  loth  of 'Defiant ,  J/<7*.y.   120 

Olds),b.  Feb.  5,  1702,111.  Sept.  5,  1820,  Dianthe  Hose,  b.  July  31,  1793 
(dan.  of  Gad  Rose  and  Caroline  Hale).   .He  was  a  merchant  at  Suffield, 
where  lie  cl.  Aug.  13,  1840,  and  "where  his  widow  still  resides. 
[Eighth  Generation.]      Children  : 

98.  i.     William  Henry  Lyman,  1>.   Jan.  28,  1821,   d.    Jan.  20,   1856, 

aet.  35. 

99.  ii.   Emmeline  Diantho  L\man,  b.  March,  3,  1828,  in.  Alexander, 

0.    Rose. 

98.  i.     William   J  lenry  Lyman,  b.  Jan.  28,  1821,  in.  Juno  28,  1842, 

Mercy  Ann  Freeman,  b.   June   22,   1822    (dau.    of   Calvin 
Freeman    of  .New  .Marlboro,  .Mass.,   and   lanthe    Cole),  a 
merchant  in  Sullield,  where  he  d.  Jan.  20,  1850. 
[Xinlh  Generation.]      Child: 

10(1.  i.  Eli/abeth  Freeman  Lyman,  b.  Oct.  31,  1843,  111.  April  8, 
1800,  Jiuncs  Henry  Rryan  of  Hartford,  Ct,,  b.  in  1844  (of 
Irish  extraction,  and  desert!  d,  when  two  years  of  age, 
bv  his  parents  who  are  unknown  to  him  and  to  the  kind 
friends  that  cared  for  him).  He  is  a  farmer  in  SufKeld, 
Ct.  He  was  a  sutler  of  a  regiment,  and  afterwards  of  a 
division,  in  the  late  war,  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  Va. 

[Eighth  ( lonoration.] 

99.  ii.   Emmeline    Diantho   Lyman    (dau.    of  Thaddeus  Lyman,  ."Jr., 
and    Diantho    Rose),  b.  March  3,    1828,  m.    Sept,   12,  1849,  Alexander 
Carlton  Rose,  b.  Julv   If),    1828  (son    of  Rartow    Rose   of  Suiiield  and 
Clarissa  King).      He  was  a  wholesale    dealer    in    cigars,   and    manufac- 
turer of  them,  in  Suffield,  where  he  d.  Dec.  25,  1802. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 

101.  i.       Emma    Clara   .Rose,    b.   -July    Id,    1850,   m.   July  K>,    18G7, 

•John  Dexter  Loomis  of  Sullield  (son  of  Aaron  Looinis 
and  Sarah  Root),  a  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  cigars  at 
Sullield.  They  have  a  child  : 

102.  1.       Rose  Sheldon.  Loomis,  b.  April  20,  1808. 
J03.  ii.       Nelly  Dianthe  Hose,  b.   Feb.  19,  1853. 
104.   iii.      Mini  Marv  Rose,  b.  Mav  3d,  1855. 


\\  as  ever  the  ruin  of  a  largo  and  honorable  family,  from  causes 
quite  witliin  their  own  moral  keeping,  more  rapid  and  complete  than 
that  of  Geul.  I'liinehas  Lyman.  Additional  acquisitions  of  worldly 
good  were  rated  at  too  high  a  value.  Continual  disappointment  in 
seeking  for  them  was  allowed  to  prev,  too  long  and  too  deeply,  upon 
natures  over-sensitive  to  their  own  rights  and  merits.  Thev,  like  all 

9 


Tin    I*'  .sw  n<I(iiitx  of 
1  .".0         ,^i»)  <>f'  .\<it//<t  ii  !<  1  Jtn'iijlif,  LofJi  of  .\  orllxt  in  jiftni, 

others,  were  bidden  of  (iod  to  '*  cast  nl1  their  cares  ;ui<l  burdens  iijion 
him,"  of  rvcrv  kind,  and  at  whatever  time.  Instead  oi'  tin-  elastic, 
valorous  rinT<_'v,  \\lnch  they  mi^ht  tlius  liase  cadi  and  all  posse.-st-d, 
in  meeting  life's  duties  and  trials,  to  then-  own  <^realer  happiness  and 
uset'iilness,  tliev  yielded  ssith  strain;'1  uniformit  V,  one  after  the  other, 
1o  despondency  and  melancholy  and  derangement,  or  earlv  death. 
The  spirit  of  historical  justice  is  free  from  deceit,  open  or  co\ert  ;  and 
the  i^'ood  of  the  living  sometimes  demands,  that  the  errors  of  the  dead 
should  lie  fully  exposed.  Items  of  eyen  sadder  interest  mi^ht  have 
lieen  addeil  to  the  painful  picture  of  misfortune  here  presented,  had  it 
seemed  meet  to  listen  to  some  floating  traditions  and  failles,  still  to  lie 
found  at  Sutlield  concerning  some  memliers  of  the  family  in  other  days. 
As  liirds  of  esil  omen  gather  around  the  ruins  of  old  palaces  and  cas- 
tles, so,  all  sorts  of  unpleasant  reminiscences  real  or  pretended  cluster 
sometimes  around  names  that  have  been  overborne  in  other  days  by 
disaster.  Says  I  Vest.  I)  wight  of  the  family-history  of  this,  his  only 
uncle  and  aunt  on  the  paternal  side  :  '•  '["his  family  may  lie  call'  d,  by 
•\yay  of  distinction,  the  unhappy  family."1  It  is  pleasant  to  know, 
that,  "while  the  family-name  has  perished  amon^  its  present  represen- 
tatises.  and  while  they,  some  of  them,  feel  that  hereditary  tendencies 
ha\e  been  left  in  their  yery  blood  which  they  lament,  they  are  them- 
selves highly  respectable  in  their  characters  and  successful  iu  th'-ir 
et torts  tbr  an  honorable  subsistence. 

|  Fifth  (  lenerat  ion.  | 

til.  iy.  Major  Timothy  hwight  (son  of  Col.  Timothy  l>\\ight  of 
Northampton,  and  K.xperietice  l\in^),  b.  at  Fort  l>ummer,  \  i.,  Ma\' 
l!7,  17'_'o,  grad.  at  \"ale  in  171  !,  1>.  away  from  home,  d.  also  auav  from 
home.  lie  \\as  destined  by  Ins  father  to  the  study  and  practice  nf 
la\\  ;  but  "had  such  extreme  seiisibilit  \  to  the  beaut\  and  sweetness  of 
always  doing  right,  and  such  a  |o\c  o|'  peace,  and  regarded  the  le^al 
profession  as  so  lull  of  temptations  to  doin^  \\roi IL'.  in  u'i'cat  degrees  or 
small,  that  he  v/as  unwilling  to  become  a  lawyer.  lie  was,  unlike  his 
father,  a  man  of  a  lar^e  bodily  frame,  six  feet  and  four  indies  hi'jh,  of 
<_Teat  physical  strength  and  of  tine  proportions.  Mis  hair  wa>  nt'  a 
liu'lil  colur,  as  \\-as  aKo  Ins  complexion  ;  his  eves  were  ha/el  and  his 
features  rather  large.  (MIS',  ('aleb  Sin. ML;  said  of  him  in  a  letter  io 
lies.  I  >r.  Sereno  K.  hsvight,  March  •_'"'..  \~^\7.  that  "he  possessed  ihe 
good  ouabties  of  his  father,  with  a  milder  disposition  and  more 
eir_ra'_ri  nur  ma  nners. 

lie  was  a  merchant  at  Northampton,  and  was,  for  many  \ear>  in 
succe.x.-ioii,  selectman  (17'iU-7l),  to\\n  recorder  ( 1  7'il  i-7."> ),  register  of 


Col.  Tlmotlnj  I)>ri<jltt, 
Son  of  Timotlnj,  Son  of  Jolt  n,  lotJt  of  Dedliam,  3f(tx$.  131 


probate,  and  judge  of  tlio  court  of  common  pleas  for  16  years  (17~>^-71 
— succeeding  his  father  in  the  same  position,  who  resigned  it  in  17">7. 
The  following  statement  appears  in  the  .Records  of  Northampton  : 
"  First  warrant  recorder!  17">1:  no  more  until  some  years  after — very 
few  until.  1700,  when  Timothy  I) wight,  Jr.,  was  chosen  town  clerk. 
He  was  more  particular  and  systematic  than  his  predecessors:  he 
recorded  the  warrants.1'  He  was  also,  fur  many  years,  a  representative 
of  the  town  to  the  (General  Court  of  the  colony.  He  was  eminently 
hospitable  in  private  life,  and  one  of  those  persons  whom  it  is  easy 
for  all  that  know  them  to  trust  and  to  love. 

Two  stories  are  told  of  him  in  the  family,  illustrative  of  his  great 
muscular  strength,  and  quite  characteristic  of  the  humorous  spirit  of  the 
times.  He  saw  a  farmer  once  driving  his  oxen  through  the  town,  in  an 
absent-minded  mood,  saying  monotonously,  "  Whoa  !  haw  !  gee  !  "  as 
he  swung  his  goad  indifferently  from  one  side  to  the  other.  Stepping 
quietlv  up  behind  the  cart,  he  caught  hold  of  the  end  of  it,  and  bracing 
himself  against  the  wheels,  held  the  oxen  still.  The  farmer  kept 
trudging  moodilv  on  as  before,  still  saying  "  Whoa  !  haw  !  gee  !  "  until 
he  had  gone  far  enough  on  alone  to  make  the  joke  not  endurable  any 
longer,  when  a  by-stander  bawled  out,  to  the  great  merriment  of  those 
who  had  witnessed  the  scene,  "Halloo!  countryman!  where  are  your 
oxen?"  A  man  from  a  neighboring  town,  Inning  heard  often  of  his 
great  muscular  strength,  came  to  Northampton  one  day  to  see  him, 
and  to  try  his  hand  upon  him,  boasting  that  no  one  whom  he  had  ever 
yet  seen  had  proved  to  bo  a  match  for  him.  He;  found  the  Major  hoe- 
ing an  alley  in  his  garden,  and,  coming  up  to  the  picket  fence  near 
him,  said:  "  Major  1)  \vigl  it,  they  say  that  you  are  the  strongest  man  in 
Northampton.  I  have  come  here  on  purpose  to  try  my  hand  with 
you."  Casting  but  a  glance  at  him  ami  working  quietly  on  with  his 
hoe,  Major  1  hvight  replied  that  ''  he  would  not  like  to  hurt  him." 
The  Worthington  braggart  then  stepped  inside  of  the  fence,  and  they 
kept  bantering  with  one  another  forwards  and  backwards  until  the 
Major  had  hoed  out  the  alley  to  the  end,  when,  dropping  his  hoe, 
he  suddenly  caught  up  the  ranter,  and,  whirling  him  horixontally 
several  times  over  his  head,  pitched  him  out  over  the  fence,  and  with 
such  a  sense  of  complete  discomfiture  on  his  part  that  he  was  glad  to 
skulk  away  as  fast  as  lie  could  from  his  presence. 

Another  tale  a  centurv  old  has  come  down  to  us  of  him,  exhibiting 
his  wonderful  conscientiousness.  A  lottery  had  been  given  to  Prince- 
ton College  by  the  colony  of  New  Jersey,  as  was  afterwards  done  by 
the  legislature  of  New  York  to  Tnion,  Hamilton  and  other  colleges. 
Pres.  I!urr,  his  brother-in-law,  forwarded  to  him  20  tickets  for  sale. 


No//    ill'  \llfjnlllifl    Itll'iifllt,    luitli    of'   .\<>rt!i<llliji!<>/l. 


aco'i'dm^ls    put   them  one  side,  intending    to  return  tin  in  to  the  source 

\\hi'ln-e  thi-V  came,  sshlch  ImSSeSer,  lie  failed  to  do  in  sea-oli,  a-  oppor- 
tunities foi'  I  ran-mi.-sion  lietsseen  point-  so  di-tant  were  then  \erv 

ill)  I  '•>  jllelll  .         All      llll-old      tickets     Were     required     hv     the      l.oltel'V     ('oln- 

pans  to  !>.•  returned  l>v  a  <_ri\eii  date,  or  kept  l>s  the  holder  at  Id--  oss  n 
ri.-k  and  charge.-.  in  laving  the  tickets  hv.  he  M-leeted  one  in  his  ov.  n 
mind  that  he  meant  to  ke--p  Inm-.'lf  \sh'  n  returning  th-'  lest.  'I  hat 
ticket  dr-'ss  a  lilank;  hut  one  of  tin-  remaining  I  I1  divsv  the  highest 
pri/.e  of  all,  amounting  to  .<J  ),< 'HI  i  (  xi'i  i,(  il.n  i ,,  sshih-  several  of  tin-  others 
ah-o  drew  jinxes  of  .-nine  magnitude.  According  to  tin-  rule.-,  ot'  the 
company,  clearly  stated  and  everywhere  puhli-hed,  those  L'U  tickets 
were  all  his  to  lie  paid  for,  and  his  ah-o,  fm-  ans  protit  that  mi^ht  p^r- 
chance  accrue  from  tln-m;  hut,  in  settling  with  them  in  th"<-nd.  In- 
paid  for  the  ticket  that  dress  a  lilank  and  resigned  tin-  1'.)  others  v.itli 
thi  ir  laru'o  pecuniary  adsantau[es  to  the  eompanv.  And  the  companv 
\va.-  morally  mean  enough  to  allow  Mich  a  final  disposition  of  the  ca,-e. 
It  was  on  his  part  plainlv  a  matter  of  mistaken  conscientiousness,  hut 
une  si-rv  strongs'  evineise  ot'  the  ah.-olute  incuiTiiptihleness  ot  his 
character. 

In  accepting  his  oliice  a>  /imi-'e.  he  had  sworn  fealty  to  the  I'.riti-h 
(  Io\  ernnii-nt  ;  and,  ssln-n  tin-  >torm  of  the  resolulion  came.  In-  did  imt 
feel  that  he  could  lii'eak  hi-  oath,  nor  ssoiild  !u-  take  up  arm-  au'ain-t 
llie  ( 'olonial  L;OS  eminent  tor  tin-  (  Yosvu.  lie  ssa.-^  accordin^ls  a  !o\al- 
1.-;  on  (  'hri-t  lan  principle,  am1  set  thoroii^hU1  pat  riot  ;c  in  h;-  l'eelini;<. 
lie  undertook  to  solve  hi-  political  lioulile-,  and  to  ^raiifs-  at  the  -aim- 
time  ln>  lose  of  ads'i-nture  and  ac  |Ui-iMi  >n.  li\'  purcha-itiu'  la  rife  is  of 
t  he  I  'ross  n  <  '  r.i  nt  made  to  (Jen.  I  .s  ma  n  a  I  Natehe/,  and  taking  com- 
mand of  it  in  per>oii  for  him-elf  and  hi-  now  ssidossed  -:-;•  r.  It  was 
hi-  plan  to  found  theie  an  i  i  niii.-t  ria  1  and  religious  colons ,  and  to  trans- 
plant N'-sv  Mn^laiid  to  th  •  ness  Soi|ihs\e-t.  I  loss  ditl'-rent  might  hase 
liei-n  the  t'ate  ot'  hi.-  de-i  •-  •  I  nla  1 1 !  ,-  had  he  succeeded!  ll  Was  in  the 
spriliu:  of  I771'.  that  In-  M-t  out  for  Natehe/,  ss  i  t  h  hi-  son-  Serein,  and 
Jonathan  and  Mr-.  Khaiior  I. sinan  and  childr'-n.  lie  -eeins  io  have 
iioii^ht  nearls'  tin-  sshole  L;I  ant ,  -i  re  i  chi  n_r  '_' ( i  iiiih--  or  more  t'roin  the 

Jiiollth    of    the     hl^     I'.iack      riser     through     tin-     present      ells     ot'     Natehe/.-  — 

p,is  i m,'  do\s  n  t  he  purchase  uioiics    for  il   at    t  In-  out  -et.       I  le  carried  with 

hile  al-o,  it  i.-  said,  a  harrel  of  -llser  coin.  Mans  ajid  L'l'-at  ss'ere  ihe 
hardddps  svhich  he  had  io  endure  of  trasel  thither  and  of  Litter  e.xpc- 
ri'-nce  there.  Ill-  healih.  In- tore  hi_di  and  stroiiLT.  L'aVe  fatallv  assav 
\sithin  a  se.u's  time  to  tin-  se \ei-e  -train  put  upon  it  ;  and  on  June  J'lj 


Col  Timothy  Dwijlit, 
Son  of  Timotlnj,  Son  of  'Tolu^  l>oilt  of  Dedliam,  J/^.s'.?.  lo.°> 

1777,  lie  died,  as  had  also  two  months  previously  his  sister  Eleanor. 
There,  in  what  was  then  a  wilderness,  their  now  unknown  graves  were 
made.  The  new  colony — made  in  the  neighborhood  of  a  British  fort- 
was  soon  broken  np  by  its  capture  by  a  sudden  irruption  of  Spaniards 
upon  it  and  them.  Such  of  the  new  settlers  as  remained  tied  from  both 
Spaniards  and  Indians,  through  a,  long  forest-wild  of  500  miles  into 
Georgia.  For  an  account  of  their  perilous  passage,  see  subsequent 
history  of  .Dr.  Sereno  Dwight  and  wife,  two  of  them. 

Major  Timothy  Dwight  left  some  3,000  acres  of  land  in  Northampton, 
beside  other  valuable  property,  to  his  family.  Jlis  title-papers  con- 
cerning the  Lynian  (Jrant  were  destroyed  by  the  Spaniards.  The  ear- 
lier ones  in  the  Lyman  family  fell,  as  lias  been  shown,  into  the  hands 
of  strangei  s. 

His  real  estate  at  Northampton  was  appraised  at  £4,433,  and  his 
personal  estate  at  £134.  To  his  widow  he  gave  ,111,410;  and  to  each 
of  his  13  children — the  intention  of  the  will  was  to  give  £233  5s. — • 
nine  of  whom  it  is  said  in  the  will  have  had  that  sum  (Sereno  E.  lack- 
ing £78  l-r>s.  ;  Theodore,  £14  Is.;  Maurice  William,  £18  10s.;  and 
Mary.  £1.8  Ids.). 

"The  onlv  handsome  houses  in  town  even  in  1781,"  sav  records  at 
Northampton,  "were  the  Dwight  House,  John  Hunt's,  ( 'aleb  Strong's, 
Timotliv  Mather's  and  J  )ea.  Ebenezer  limit's,  all  gambrel  roofs;  no 
other  houses  in  town  were  painted.''  It  is  a  dispute,  whether  Dr. 
Hunt's  wife  or  .Mrs.  Tappan  was  the  first  one  in  town  that  had  a  carpet 
on  her  iloor. 

The  house  that  .Major  Dwight  built  in  175  1  was  in  King  Street.,  on 
the  east  side  of  it,  and  next  on  the  south  to  .Jonathan  Edwards'  house, 
the  site  of  which  is  still  marked  in  front  by  ''The  Edwards1  Trees,"" 
planted  bv  himself,  that  overhang  the  roadwav  with  their  broad 
shadow.  It  is  still  standing,  and  is  kept  in  tine  repair,  and  is  an  orna- 
ment to  that  handsome  village,  even  in  comparison  with  those  of  the 
better  class  of  more  modern  date.  It  faces  westward,  standing  back 
100  feet  ()]•  more  from  the  street,  which  runs  north  and  souih.  with  a 
tine  door-yard  in  front  and  around  it.  and  branching  elms,  planted 
probably  bv  his  own  hand,  spreading  widelv  over  ii  from  the  sidewalk. 
The  house  is  a  wooden  one,  of  two  stories  and  a  hall'  in  hi'i^lii.  having 
a  gambrel  roof  and  dormer  windows,  and  standing  lengthwise  to  the 
street,  being  some  40  feet  lon^  bv  I'D  feet  hi^h  to  the  eaves  in  front. 
The  house  is  now,  except  that  it  has  been  kept  in  repair  and  painted 
aii'-w  from  time  to  time,  as  it  was  at  tir^t.  The  front  door  is  in  ihe 
middle  of  the  house,  with  a  large  room  on  each  side  —tin?  dining-room 
as  originally  used  on  the  north,  side,  and  on  the  south  side  the  parlor. 


7  In  J)^$ccnt1(intx  of 

\'\[          Son   <>('  A  fitliiiii'h  /   />tr/</l/f,  lioll/  <>t'  \n/-l]i<in/j>f<ni, 

Tin'  \\imlu\vs  ;ill  ha\e  handsome  caps  mi  tin-  outside,  while  on  tin'  in- 
side the\  are  deep  and  contain  scats  in  tin-in.  Handsome  \\oodeu 
cornices  painted  \\hite  run  iiroiin<l  the  ceiling  of  each  i-ooni.  'I  he 
whole  cast  or  rear  end  of  each  of  th'-se  rooms,  u  here  tlic  cliiinncvs 
also  stand,  is  co\eivd  with  a  mass  of  solid.  raised  paii'-l  work  in  wood  : 
tin-  panels  liein^  each  of  one  solid  piece,  three  feel  or  so  in  length  and 
a  foot  and  a  half  1.  road.  Th"  hall  Let  wee  n  the  t  wo  sets  of  rooms  north 
and  sonih  is  ample;  and  in  it  is  a  staircase  with  a  l>alu>trade  running 
up  to  the  to],  of  the  hou.se.  through  each  story,  •_'.',  stories  hi^h—  that 
for  taste  is  seldom  surpassed  in  anv  Init  the  most  costly  city-houses  — 
having  lieen  manifest  Iv  ordered  in  Kmrland.  Thu.-  tastefully  and  even 
luxuriously  lived  our  educated,  pious  forefathers  in  their  homes.  The 
roi.ni  in  \\hich  I'rot.  huiirht  was  liorn  in  that  noldc  old  man-don,  as 
well  as  all  Ins  Ill-others  and  sisters  and  his  son  llenjamin  \\oolsey 
I'uiu'ht,  .M.I).,  still  appear^  as  it  was  in  davs  hm^  u"  '"e.  In  this  h^iis,; 
lioth  Major  Dwin'ht  and  J'rest.  Timothv  J  )wi^'ht  commenced  house 
keeping. 

Maior  Timothy  I  )wiii,dit  m.  Nov.  >.  1  1-^  I  (his  father,  (  '.=1.  1  >wi:di;,  per- 
forming the  ceremonv),  Marv  Iviwards.  1».  April  1.  1  7.">  !  (dan.  of  l!ev. 
.lonaihaii  Kdwai'dsof  \orthanijilon  and  Sarah  i'ierpont).  So  early 
a  marriage  on  her  part  is  said  to  have  lieeii  allo\\cd  liv  her  parents,  on 
account  of'  the  approaching  remo\  al  of  t  h>'  familv  to  Stockliridi,re,  M  ass. 
'J  hesi'  two  places,  now  so  near,  were  then  practically  tar  apart,  and  th'1 
ill  si  -on  i  fort  ot'  passing  tedious  !\-  to  at  id  fro  l>et  wi  'en  1  hem.  through  lonif. 
dark  ainl  damp  woods.  th>-v  \vt-ri1  oiiite  \\  i  \\\\-.^  to  spa!''  the  \oun^ 
i-oiiple  especial!\\  as  well  as  al-o  them>el\es.  Tin-  ^ival  I'lduards  was 
i,o\\  too  \\iihoiit  anv  p'cuniar\  means  of  support.  In  .lu!\  o|  this 
same  vear  he  had  \\ritteii  to  Mrskine;  ••  I  ha\e  now  nothing  visilile  to 
depi-nd  upon  for  mv  future  nsel'ulness.  or  th>-  sul»isti-nce  of  mv  numer- 
ous famiU."  \\  ithin  two  montli.s  at'ter  his  daughter's  marriage,  he  ha'l 
j_n,ne  to  Stockhriduf|>,  "  to  preach  to  the  !-'.ir_'li-h  and  the  Indians." 

Marx  Ivl  wards-  was  as  much  ln-lo\\  meiiium  si/e  as  Tim^thx  I  hviirht 
was  iiliuvc  it.  Shi'  uas  tic1  moth'-r  of  \'.\  children,  ei-'ht  ot'  th'-m  sons 


np"ii     paiu,       i-        out      at    arms     eii'_'t.  r    ciren    were    \\iev 

iiote  i  tor  th'-ir  til!'-  jih\'si.-al  t'  rin-  and  feaniri  >.  Th>-  tradition  i--^ 
thai  thi-  S]iecia!  lieaiilv  ot'this  L,'eni-rat  nui  of  th>'  tamd\  rani'1  from  their 
|-',d\\ards'  line;e_'e.  as  a  similar  characteristic  of1  that  fami!\  in  the  pn-- 
,.,.,'mr_r  ._<-,.  ii.-r  i'  ion  had  descended  upon  till-in,  it  is  said,  Irom  th'1  Stod- 
d-ii-ds.  Their  lar^e  and  commandiiiL,'  fi'i'in-  lh'-\  inherited  trom  ih''ir 


Col.  Timothy  Dw'ujld, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John.,  hoth  of  Dedharn,  'Mass.   135 

father,  but  their  fine,  clear,  expressive  features  from  their  mother.  He 
had  an  English  face  with  a  light  complexion  and  light  brown  hair, 
which  is  said  to  have  been  the  original  type  of  the  Pwight  family  in 
this  country,  and  as  is  found  now  extensively  in  some  branches  of  the 
family.  She  had  a  long  oval  face,  like  her  father's,  with  black  eyes 
and  dark  hair — reminding  one  strongly  in  these  latter  respects  of  her 
Hooker  parentage,  of  which  these  are  characteristic  marks.  Her  fore- 
head was  high,  and  sin;  is  uniformly  described  as  a  iady  of  uncommon 
beauty,  intelligence  and  excellence.  She  was  remarkable  for  her  devo- 
tion to  her  children  ;  and  nothing  was  allowed  to  come  in  the  way  of 
her  discharging  her  duties  as  a  mother.  "Her  sons,"  said  Madam 
lihoda  Jhvight  of  Northampton  to  me,  at  her  house  in  ISdl* — who 
knew  her  and  them  well,  being  herself  at  the  time  8")  years  old — "were 
among  the  noblest  specimens  of  physical  beauty  ever  to  be  seen.  She 
was  a  very  strong-minded  woman,  and  had  (|uite  superior  instincts  and 
habits  of  analytic  thought.  Her  most  striking  mental  traits  were  her 
quick  habits  of  observation,  and  her  thorough  and  keen  analysis  of 
men  and  tilings.  She  had  strong  prepossessions  and  prejudices,  as  was 
quite  natural  to  one  of  such  an  energetic  impulsive  nature,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Edwardses  of  that  generation.  And  she  was  not  as  su- 
perior in  complete  self-control  at  all  times,  as  in  other  things.  She  was 
a  most  devoted  wife  and  remarkable  for  the  intensity  of  her  consecra- 
tion to  the  management  and  welfare  of  her  household.  She  was  also  a 
most  prudent  economist  in  her  family/' 

The  descendants  of  Brest.  Edwards  of  whatever  name  have  none  of 
them,  as  such,  any  sacred  memories,  which  they  love  to  cherish,  of  the 
town  for  which  he  did  so  much  in  every  way,  that  yet  weakly  and 
wickedly  cast  him  and  his,  a  century  ago,  out  of  its  bosom.  The  union 
of  three  such  names  in  succession  in  one  lineage,  and  all  of  Xorlhamp- 
ton  fame,  as  Solomon  Stoddard,  Jonathan  Edwards  and  Timothy 
Pwight,  might  sutiice,  one  would  naturally  suppose,  to  make  the  very 
mention  of  the  place  at  any  time  seem  beautiful  to  those  having  such 
historical  reasons  for  special  interest  in  it.  But  never  has  the  author 
heard  a  single  one  inheriting  Edwards1  blood  speak  of  Northampton, 
as  having  any  hallowed  or  cherished  interest  to  him.  The  name  has 
been  It.- ft  in  unstoried  silence  in  the  family. 

The  only  one  of  Edwards'  large  family  that  remained  at  Northamp. 
ton,  after  the  withdrawal  of  the  rest,  was  Mrs.  .Mary  Dwight;  and  she 
felt  in  many  ways  the  scorching  heat  of  the  long  continued  grudge,  of 
that  generation  against  her  great  and  godly  father.  The  fact  of  her 
husbands  death  at  .Natchez  did  not  become  known  to  her  and  her  child- 
ren at  home,  until  a  whole  year  after  its  occurrence.  From  his  known 


l.'il'i  Son  at'  .\  <ifl/ii/i  it  /   /^ //'/'////,  ///>///   o/'  \ni'tJi(l iiijifon ^ 

InVilliV  In  hU  oath  ;ili'i  his  sn\  ei'ei'j-n.  In1  li:i'l  '  ice.  i|m  •  nlilinxinllS  to 
iiianv  nf  the  lia^-r  sun,  :it  tin-  lnviikiiii;  nut  «it'  the  n-\  nlut  in.iai  \  w;ir; 
ami  IM>\\,  :li:it  In-  \\.-is  dead  anil  L.'niie,  thev  wreaked  their  inah'-e  <  n  Ins 
lime  widnw  and  fatherless  lines,  in  manv  firin->  nf  liittiT  auimvaMce; 
lini1  were  thev  niisu|i|inrtril  alwavs  hv  snine  ulm  shntild  have  neeii 
heartilv  ashamed  In  lit-  fniind  in  Mich  cnmpanv.  AMIOML;  ntln-r  things 
nf  a  dr\i!i>li  sni't.  thev  Imrued  up  her  (ii-lds  nf  ^r;iiu,  and  dr<>\,'  asvay 

ln'l-  DXdl.  and  ill  r\(TV  \va\-  |m>^ililr  did  lit-r  ]n-cuniarv  dalna^1'.  <''•<•!! 
l>\\i'_'lit  (1).  .hilir  III.  1771)  nil!1  nf  ll-T  Vnllll^1'!'  Sn]i>.  li-rd  In  tt-'il  Ills 

rliildrcn.  that  In1  \\  a-^  a  f  raid  tn  ^o  nut  al^nc  in  in  ill.'  st  rci-t  unii!  li>-  was 
1"  \rai'>  I'M.  at  wliirli  tiini'.  1'nr  that  I'lMSdii.  lie  fif.-t  ln-^aii  I"  L,'"  to 
sclh  ml  t  n  an  v  mil'  li,->idi'  Ins  nm!  lii  i1. 

( i  real  v.'nc  t  hr  changes  in  nian\'  \\  a\  >  whirli  i  hr  f'.u  In'i-  ^  di-at  li  ncca- 
siniird  ill  tlir  lili-tnrv  ot  liis  \  niinur  alid  laf^'i-  fainlh'.  lv\]  n-li-i--  nf  ;ill 
snrls  nii!>t  In-  nai  m\\  cd-i  n  tn  their  ^ri-ailv  ini].ain-(l  ni<  ;in-  aiid  tht: 
altered  asjirct  S  nf  the  t  lines. 

It  W;IN  true  \vhat  Mr.  \\  in.  \\.  Sprauf'ie  >aid  nf  Madam  I'uiuli  in  liis 
sket'-h  nf  Pre.-t.  |)\\i^ht.  In-i'Min.  that  >he  was  "mir,  wlm  inheriieil 
inueii  nf  .Iniiathan  l'!d\\ards'  intellectual  superiority."  She  ha>  in-eu 
e  |iiai!ed  l:v  luit  i'e\\'  nf  her  se\,  at  anv  tune,  in  the  \a;'i'-tv  a::d  extent 
ni' hei1  i  n'  -lie  •(  ua!  at ';c  ii'iien;  s.  She  wa^a  widow  fi  >r  .">]  years  and  lefr 
su i-h  at  the  early  a ur''  nf  1 1'  u  it  li  1  .">  clii Idren.  flr-\'en  nf  wlmiu  \\'ei-e  under 
a'_'e.  'I  he  L.'1'i'atne^s  of  her  \\nrl;.  as  then-  nmthi-r  and  hnme-edueatnr? 
she  full  v  apprecialed.  I  »u  rni'_r  certain  re^uhi  r  hniirs  i  if  e\  er\  n  \  .  her 
nnr^er\-  was  an  nr^ani/ed  sehn.-d-rnnia.  \\'i;h  its  detimte  app..ii  -n.'-ms 
and  rei|ui>ii  inn>  ;  and  t lr  irmi^h  wa>  the  svm-k  perfnrmed  i :\  \>  >i  h  ' ••  . cher 
and  the  taught.  P'r^iu  the  \erv  mil  •••:  «.f  her  cndea\nr>  in  -!i'-',  a  v.  av 
\\i'h  each  niie  nt'  them.  J,e  -.nu^ht  In  inipl.-'ii:  lirmiv  in  their  i.,h.  i  •-  ilie 
clciin-iits  nf  \  ital  pi'-ty. 

She  ea  rl  v  sa\\'  and  al\\  a\  s  chcri^ln-d    the    >•  :-.  >n_'    prnini--  •  <  >\'   sup'-rior 

excellence    111    Iiel'  cldesl    si  ill,   and    1 1'eated    h  lln.    lV"!ll     t  h'  •    \  el'\    111  -I      \  i -ill's 

nf  his  1 1|  lenini:'  iiiaiihnnd,  \\ith  ijinte  nli~er\  iiliir  reaped.  \\  i,.  n  in 
Octnliei1  177s.  he  heard  nf  his  t'at  i:er'>  d  -c,  a^  -.  h--  r.-i-u-d  iiiseh.tp- 
lainc\  in  MM-  arinv.  \\hleh  he  had  lie!d  fur  little  ini.re  t'uan  a  \ear.  and 
reninv  ed  \\  it  h  lii-~  v  i  MI  ML;  \\  1 1'  •  in  Nnrt  h;  nipt  "ii.  in  nrder  in  aid  ;  he  i..  i- 

|c|-      hi^      lie|'ea\ei|       l|lnt!ie|'      In      meet       sll ' 'd'-- fu  1  1  \       her      1  .  e  \\        Ca  l'i       .  >he 

ill  wa  VS.  1M  1  n  it  h  her  nwn  1 1  nine  a  lid  h  l  -.  : .  d  •  i  ','<•-•  -i-d  al.d  a  i  -.'A  i  ;  •  d  hi  in 
\SJlh  ill''  I'e-j  ii-ci  i'l  I  I  title  n  t'  "  S I  T.  'ill"  1 1'  [  •  1 .  I  .  •  !  -  •'!  t'l.a*  i'..\  UelV 

inni-e    cuurtlv  than    imv.adav-.      The     !0!.\..id--    ind'id    "f    ih..-e    d.i\s 

-celiied    In    ha\e    a    -nrl     nf     -i\th      SCII-e         ,,e,       innfe      than    Ml"-'    !      •  •    p,i-- 

-..-,      In     a  !    \       ll  I'Jll      de^l'ee          the      -.   -||  •-'•     "I      L'1  ''  '    I      1 1  I   M  I  :  ,  i  '  I  -  .    '  •  I       I  !    •      ti      I  e  •  .  I  a  I 

\a!'i"  al.d   their  limral   !M  ;ui!v.        It    \\a>  a  a   rule   in   the    K  lv.  .0       '   idii-e- 


Col.  Thnotlnj  ]~)>ri<jld, 
Sun  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolui,  lot!/  of  Dedliam,  J/f/.y*.    107 

hold,  that,"  when  the  father  or  mother  entered  a  room  to  remain  there, 
any  of  the  children  sitting  in  it,  should  at  once  arise,  and,  beside  oiler- 
ing  them  a  seat,  should  continue  standing  until  they  were  first  seated. 

The  story  u.ied  often  to  be  told  with  high  relish  by  the  older  mem- 
bers of  the  family,  that  the  mother  and  eldest  son  were  much  addicted  to 
controversial  skirmishes  in  theology,  and  that  they  both  used  snuff — a 
habit  which  lie  had  adopted  by  medical  advice  for  the  benefit  of  his 
sorely  weak  eyes.  AVhile  each  frank  and  earnest  in  the  expression  of 
their  personal  opinions,  they  were  also  punctiliously  polite  one  to  the 
other,  and  would  by  no  means  interrupt  each  other  when  speaking; 
but,  just  as  soon  as  either  one  stopped  to  take  snuff,  the  other  would 
seixe  the  advantage  offered  and  begin  his  part  of  the  discussion,  in 
which  his  right  of  way  was  likewise  held  sacred  to  the  full,  until  a 
similar  opportunity  was  involuntarily  afforded  for  the  same  kind  of 
interruption. 

So  strongly  did  Madam  Dwight  sympathize  with  her  father,  in  his 
views  of  the  evil  influence  of  the  half-way  covenant  form  of  church- 
membership,  and  so  keenly  did  she  feel  the  weight  of  the  blow  dealt  so 
unkindly  to  him,  by  the  people  whom  he  had  served  lovingly  for  23 
years  (  !  71'7-oOj,  that  on  communion-days  she  always  went  to  Norwich 
(now  .( I  untinu'ion),  \'2  miles  distant,  on  horseback,  on  a  pillion  behind 
her  son  (  Veil,  in  order  to  partake  of  the  Lord's  Supper  there  with  those 
whose  views  were  more  congenial  with  her  own.  So  also,  each  Sab- 
bath, it  was  her  custom  to  take  her  seat  within  the  vestibule  of  the 
church,  which  was  on  the  first  floor  in  sight  of  the  pulpit  and  opposite 
to  it,  but  not  within  the  proper  audience-chamber  of  the  church.  The 
edifice  stood  lengthwise  to  the  street,  and  the  vestibule  or  belfry  as  it 
was  called,  was  the  open  recess  within  the  doors  where  the  bell-ringer 
stood,  to  ring  the  people  to  church.  Strong  natures  are  not  unapt  to 
have  strong  faults,  when  they  are  developed  from  early  childhood  in 
communities  where  constant  provocatives  to  ill  feeling  are  unceasingly 
active  against  them. 

John  Tappan,  Ks<[.,  of  Boston,  then  SO  years  of  age,  wrote,  in  answer 
to  a  request  for  any  personal  reminiscences  that  he  might  have  of 
Madam  -Mary  Dwight,  on  Jan.  '.',  ISUH,  as  follows  :  '' Once,  on  hearing 
me  cry  for  a  long  time  with  all  mv  mudif,  when  an  infant  of  less  than 
two  years  of  age,  she  ran  over  from  her  house  \\hich  was  direct  1\  oppo- 
site mv  father's,  and.  j^oing  up  to  mv  chamber,  took  me  out  of  bed  and 
carrying  me  down,  to  my  mother,  said  to  her;  '  Mrs.  Tappan,  what  in. 
the  world  is  the  matter  with  this  child':''  ;  Nothing.  Madam.*  she 
(|uietly  replied.  '  1  am  only  weaning  him,  and  he  is  resisting  my 
authority.'  Mv  fright,  in  being  thus  hurried  out  of  bed  by  a  stranger, 


Tin-    I><  -svv  H<l<(nix  of 

1,'»8         SIHI  of'  I\<tfli<fnt<J  I>i/'t'/l/t,  liotl/  <>f  .\  oi'tlitiui  I'l'tn. 

was  aii  eifect  u;il  cure  of  my  crying.  In  after  years  I  made  her  house 
my  fivipieiit  resort,  \\liero  she  1 X -^'u i It •(  1  inaiiv  an  hour  in  idling  me 
stories  from  her  \\ell-fiirnished  mind,  ami  inexhaii-1  ililc  powers  of 
imagination  anil  memory.'1  'I'lns  story  of  her  hasty  assault,  oiice  for 
all,  upon  youiiL,' 'lolm'.s  noisy  retreat  for  the  ni^ht,  is  undersii  mil  to 
have  lieeii  designed  to  lie  an  impressixe  if  odd  way  of  teaching  .Mis. 
Tappan  Mime  of  the  lirst  principles  of  family-goyeriunent,  in  \\lneh  she 
regarded  her  as  strikingly  deficient. 

Said  Lewis  Tappan,  Ks.j.,  of  llrooklyn,  N.  Y.  (lirother  to  .lohn), 
concerning  her,  under  date  of  Jan.  '.'.  iMiil:  ".Madam  jKsi^ht  \\as 
;i  small  woman  of  mercurial  make  with  a  piercing  voice,  and  very 
particular  in  L;I\HI^  orders  as  well  as  in  M  ein^  thai  they  were  olieve(l. 
<  Mice  when  1  was  playing  in  ln-r  \  ard  with  otliei-  ehihlren,  a  .M  rs.  l.\  man 
came  into  it,  when  suddenly  a  chamber-window  was  thrown  up,  and 
..Madam  I'ui^ht  called  out:  '.Mrs  I. vman!  Your  lioys  tread  down 
the  urra^s  in  our  lot.'  Mrs.  I, vman,  always  of  me.'k,  and  soin'-t  imes 
even  of  meechinL.',  manners,  looked  up  and  said  respectfully  :  '  .Madam 
hwi-'ht,  if  tliey  ha\e  done  it,  they  have  done  very  wronu.'  *  //'  they 
have  done  it  ?'  .M  ,  s.  !)\vi^ht  exclaim  '  1.  '  1  >id  I  not  tell  you  that  tii'-y 
had  done  i  t  '.'  :  .Mrs  l.vman  walked  calmly  away  and  I  lied  to  *  l.il,' 
who  always,  like  a  hen  covering  her  chickens  wip-n  afraid,  hid  u->  in  a 
cloM-t  or  thi-ew  her  apron  around  u>.  .Madam  I  )wi-'ht  had  a  uli'eat 
terror  of  t  h under  and  li  j.'ht  ninir.  and,  in  a  st  i  inn  of  Midi  a  sort,  would 
!_'o  and  lie  down  with  her  children  upon  a  feather-lied  in  the  daytime. 
I  l,a\e  often  M-eii  Ip-r  oil  the  Saliliath  seated  in  a  chair  in  one  of  the 
ai-!e~,  of'  the  meetili^-hollse.  It  \\a>  thought  that  >he  did  Imt  like  I  he 
j).'nple  of  tije  place,  on  account  of  their  treatment  of  her  taili<T.  which 
^vas  sham-ful  enough.  \\"hen  I  ii\ed  there,  they  alwa\s  >|.oke  of  the 
course  pursued  liy  their  predecosors,  as  \  cry  di graceful  to  t  he  church." 
The  children  of  I're>t.  l'id\\  anl>  were  ^t  ron^-t'eat  un-d  in  t  heir  m.  ntal 
and  moral  characten>Hcs,  and  none  more  MI,  yes!  none  a-i  mucn  so, 
as  she.  Her  li  del  it  v,  skill  and  power  as  a  home-educator  were  not  only 
effect  i\  elv  exhiliited  in  ihe  ^iijierior  charact.-i  i>:  ic>  ot'  her  children, 
Imt  al>o  in  tlio>e  of'  t  \\  o  of  In-r  grandchildren,  Imth  noii'e  woim-ii  in 
the  end.  u'liom  she  recei\cd  into  her  alivadx  larLT'1  hoii-.  -hold  in  their 
earl v  childhood,  and  trained  as  IPT  o\\  n.  Tln'V  \\ere  !,oin>a  .Maria 
Morri-.  the  child  of  her  daughter  Mar\.  af'icr\\  ariU  that  superior, 
('hri>tian  ladv,  Mr-.  M  out  Coiners  of  \  «\\  H_'-M  .\\  n.  <  H,  i,  < ;  and  Margaret 
I  >wi<_; lit,  daughter  of  her  deceased  son  I  »i  .  Maurice  I  >\\  i_;ht ,  aftei'\\  ards 
Mr-.  l!ell  of  I'it  !.-liur:_'h,  who  \\as  greatly  respected  for  h-r  exceeding 
excel  leiiee  i  if  eharacter. 

Madam    I  >\\  idit    d.    at    Northampton,   Fell.    i'S,    I^n7,  ad.    7:1.       Her 


Col.  Timothy  Dwi<jht, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John-,  loth  of  Dedham,  Jfas*.   139 

children  always  spoke  of  her  with  reverence  and  tender  affection. 
There  are  several  good  portraits  of  her  in  existence.  Prest.  Dwight 
did  not  hear  of  her  last  sickness  until  the  day  of  her  death  itself  had 
come.  Starting  at  once  from  New  Ilavjn  for  Northampton,  he  did 
not  arrive  there  until  the  very  hour  of  her  funeral.  On  returning 
from  the  grave  he  said  to  his  sister,  Mrs.  Porter:  "All  that  1  am 
and  all  that  I  shall  be,  I  owe  to  my  mother."  A  letter  written  to  her 
by  her  father,  and  well  worth  reading,  may  be  seen  in  The  Memoirs 
of  Prest.  Edwards.  She  did  not  join  the  church  until  1771  and  trans- 
ferred her  membership  to  the  church  in  Norwich,  Mass.,  Oct.  f>, 
1783. 


There  was  a  slave  woman,  "  Lil,"  as  she  was  called,  or  Sylvia 
Church  (her  true  name),  who  was  too  important  a  character  in  the 
household  of  Major  Jhvight  and  of  his  widow,  not  to  deserve  at  least 
a  brief  remembrance.  Sin.'  was  bought  on  Long  Island,  when  but  9 
years  old,  and  lived  to  advanced  years,  dying  April  12,  1822,  being, 
as  is  supposed,  at  that  time,  (it!  years  old.  The  last  !•">  years  of  her 
life  she  spent  with  Mrs.  Storrs,  dau.  of  Major  Dwight.  She  was 
pious,  faithful,  industrious  and  economical.  She  had  "all  the  pride  of 
the  family"  in  her  heart.  She  ruled  the  children  of  the  house  and  in- 
deed the  whole  street.  She  was  in  fact  a  strong- minded  woman  and 
"a  character''  in  the  most  striking  sense  of  the  word.  Says  John 
Tappan,  Esq.,  in  the  letter  already  alluded  to:  "  In  addition  to  the 
fascination  of  the  parlor,  there  was  the  faithful  African  in  the  kitchen. 
by  the  name  of  '  Lilly,'  who  ever  welcomed  me  and  svas  not  a  whit 
behind  her  mistress  in  fascinating  my  young  heart."  At  more  than  -10 
years  of  age,  slit:  was  hopefully  made  a  member  of  Christ's  kingdom, 
when  she  iirst  learned  to  read  her  Jiible,  which  had  before  no  attrac- 
tions to  her.  On  her  tombstone  at  Northampton,  is  the  following 
epitaph  :  'Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Sylvia  Church,  A  colored  woman, 
who  for  many  years  lived  in  the  family  of  N — .  Storrs.  Died  April 
1.2,  1S22,  act.  <)().  Very  few  possessed  more  good  qualities  than  she 
did.  She  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  \\iliiams  Church, 
and  we  trust  lived  agreeably  to  her  profession,  and  is  now  inheriting 
the  promises." 

(Sre  Flecta  Jones'  Hist,  of  Stuekbridge,  pp.  2:>S-4.">,  for  sketches  of" 
various  interesting  slaves  in  leading  N.  K,  families.) 

The  Dwight  farm  at  Northampton  was  some  two  miles  out  of  town, 
on  the  Williamsburgh  road,  a  little  beyond  what  is  now  .Florence. 


Tin    I >'  ••>•'•'  iK/iinf*  <>l' 

1     H>  Soil     of    Xll'lulll!,  I     I>/t>i,/l,t,    l,,ll     <>f    X<»'fll<llllj> foil. 


in.'i.    i.          1'ivst.  Timothy   I  >u  L'ht ,  S.T. ! )..  I..  .May    M,   I  7  ."'I',  <1.  -Ian. 

1  I.   IS17,  art.   i;|. 
in.;,    ii.        S,  Trim    Ivl  wards  Dwi-ht,   .M.I ).,!..    Drc.  lu,    17-".  1,  d.  <>rt. 

In,  17s:;,  iu-t.  i's. 
In7.   iii.      KiMstiisDwi-htJ).  S'-|.t.  1 :'.,  17.V,,  ,].  l-Yli.  11.  ISl'l.art    ill. 

l«s.    is.      .li.iiailian     KdwanU   DwLdit,  '>.  -Ian.   L".',    I  7"O.  d.   in    ls||<>, 

act.    II. 
JO'.i.    v.      Sarali     I  )\vi^ht ,  li.     .May    ;'.,     17''I.    in.    Naihan     SHUTS,    of 

Niprihnin|.l(iii.  ;ind  d.    Maivli   7,    I  >'  '">,  a>  -t .    II. 
lid.    vi.       Maiy    1  >wiurlit,  1).   .Ian.'.1.    1  7('>.">.  in.  (  M-II.    L>-\\  U   I,'.    Mt.rris, 

and  1'or  I'd  Imshand   \\  in.    1 1  all,  and  d.  in    1  >  1  '.\-  I  I . 
111.    vii.      M.OII.    Thrudoiv    l)\vi-ht.  M. ('.,!..   Dec-.   K>.   1 7'1.  I.  d.  .1  mi,-- 

ll».    IS  Hi,  art.  Sl>. 
Ill',    viii.    .Manrirr     \Villiani    Dwi-ln.    M.D..    1,.     Deo.    I-"',    i7''.f'i,    d. 

\\\£.    1  1,    17'.l''>,   art.    L".l. 
11-'.    i\.       |-'idr]ia    Dwi^'ht.  !>.  AIIL.'.  7.  17'>s.  in.  .Innatlian   M.   l'i>r;rr. 

of  Hadlry,    Mii.>s..  and  d.   Jan.  L'l'.    1>!7,  art.   7'.». 
111.   x.       Ut-v.     N'iithani.-l      Dwi-jlit,    .M.D..    1).    .Jan.    ."•!,    177n.    d. 

June    1  I.    ls:',l,  art.  HI. 
ll.'i.    xi.        Klixaln-tli     D\\i^hi.  1..  Jan.  l".»,     1  77  J.  d.    1  )i-c.  S.    !  >  1 .",,  a--t . 

lL',  111.  William   W.   Wi.uls.-y  of  N    \v   V.-rk. 
11''..    xii.      Col.    Crril    Dwi-jln,  1,.   .Innr    In.    1771,   ,j.  Nov.  iV..   I  «•:;!! 

art.    I'l.'i. 

J17.    xiii.    lluny    I-M  v,  in    Dui-in.    1..  Si-j.t.  l'u,   177''.,  d.    Ma\    I>1'1, 
art.   17. 

HI.'I.  i.  1'rrst.  Timothy  Dui-lii.  S.T.!)..  I. !..!>..  1,.  af  N..i'th:im]i- 
t'.n,  .M  a-->..  Mav  I  I.  17-''J.  \va>  l^1;'  17  \r;ir>  voiin^ri1  than  ld^  m-'iin-r. 
I  If  Mil'1 1  n  I  MM  l  in -s  i.t'  \' i  .lit  h  fill  tah-nt .  and  .  •('  c:ir!\  r\i'r|l"iir  •  i  >f  rlia  far  :.•!•_ 
Hat  lli'ail  V  I'rrur  \V1!  Ii  |  il'M-MIl'*'  to  t  ]|o-~r  V.  ]|,  i  >.-  •  r\  idi'lirr-,  .  ,)'  u'l'ral  |i"l'- 

sonal    sii|><Tiont  v    MI    at't'-i'   y.-ars.       An    ai;nt    tau^lii     him    li;-   alpiia'o'-i , 
•_'•  ii  ir_r  ^-"\  rral    t  imr-;  o\  cr  t  lir  let ;  ••)•-,  s\  it  h   him:    and.  \\  h-'ii  i  hr  nr\  t   d4.i\- 

,-hr    r:.dinl      him      to     h'-l'.    r\  I  irrl  I  1 1  _'    to    |-i'||r\\-    ]]|.-     l;i-\      m      tip-     sallir    \\aV 


-urr.-  ~io;i  at  onrr  ;  jmd  lir  (,  ,|,|  )|,T  t  hat  •'  I,,  did  no!  \\  an!  to  - 1 1. -nd  any 
T  i  so  r.  •  t  irnr  i  n  Irarm  ii'^  t  lirin  ;  hut  t  hat  ot  ivr  1  >  >\  -  r^ad  I'ni't  hrj-  <  ui  I  n  '  'm- 
! i  .  and  thai  !;••  \\alilrd  t"  Trad  uh'Tr  tiir\  did." 


Col.  Timothy  Dwiyht, 
Son  of  Timothy )  Son-  of  Joint,  botJt  ofDedham,  Jfa*s.  141 

IFis  mother  liaving  taught  him  tho  catechism  one  day  when  lie  was 
al)out  four  vears  old,  ended  with  saving,  that  ''hcou"'ht  to  he  very 

i  I     J  O  */ 

grateful  that  he  had  a  mother  to  give  him  such  instructions."  He  at 
once  asked,  "Have  not  all  persons  got  su.-h  instructions;''"  She  say- 
ing, no!  he  asked,  "Who  has  not ''.  '"  She  answered,  "The  poor 
Indians  are  not  instructed  in  any  of  these  tilings."  A  few  days  after- 
wards he  was  found  sitting,  after  .school  hours,  under  an  apple-tree  in 
an  orchard,  talking  to  a  company  of  .Indians  gathered  about  him, 
repeating  to  them  earnestly  the  same  things,  that  he  had  heard  a  short 
time  before  from  his  mother. 

Some  older  schoolmates  proposed  to  him,  while  yet  a  little  bov,  to 
go  with  them  and  get  some  pears  out  of  a  neighbor's  vard.  Thev 
went,  and  he  took  a  few  of  his  home  to  his  mother,  who  told  him 
that  "it  was  wrong,  and  that  he  broke  thereby  the  eighth  command- 
ment." 1  le  Imrst  into  tears,  and,  taking  the  pears  back  to  their 
rightful  owner,  told  the  lady  of  the  house  what  he  had  done,  and  that 
here  were  the  proofs  of  it.  Sin-  tried  in  vain  to  pacify  him  and  make 
him  keep  the  pears,  but  he  steadfastly  refused  to  do  so — "it  was  con- 
trarv  to  (he  eighth  commandment.'  The  next  dav  a  basket  of  pears 
was  sent  to  his  mother  by  the  lady,  but,  learning  whence  they  came, 
lie  could  not  be  persuaded  to  touch  one  of  them. 

(!ov.  Caleb  Strong,  his  schoolmate,  described  in  a  letter  to  Dr. 
Sereuo  K.  .1.) wight,  March  L'<>,  1817,  his  character  when  a  bov,  in  this 
wise:  "lie  appeared  to  have  a  mild  and  placid  temper,  and  to  be  but 
little  inclined  to  the  noisy  sports  of  children,  but  fond  of  reading  and 
verv  sociable,  inquisitive  and  intelligent;  and  he  had  an  uncommonly 
tenacious  memory." 

He  used  to  sav  that  almost  all  his  knowledge  of  geography  and  his- 
torv,  which  was  by  no  means  small,  he  got  from  his  mother.  \\  'ith 
her  he  read  with  great  thoroughness  and  relish  Josephus,  .Rollin,  1'ri- 
deaux  and  other  such  books.  lie  spent  one  year  at  Middletown,  (  '(., 
under  .Rev.  Enoch  ttuntington  in  preparation  for  college.  See,  for  ac- 
count of  his  collegiate  course,  the  Memoirs  prefixed  to  his  "  Theolo^v.'1 

He  was  grad.  at  Yale  at  the  age  of  17  ;  when  his  father  gave  him  17 
guineas,  and  he  ever  afterwards  supported  himself.  lie  taught  school 
for  two  years  at  New  Haven  (The  Hopkins  Crammar  School),  and  was 
tutor  in  Vale  for  six  (1771-7).  While  yet  but  I'J  years  old,  he  wrote 
his  Conquest  of  Canaan.*  Notwithstanding  its  faults  of  style,  under 


'1  In    I  *<  .vv  nJittifx  of 
l-li*         N"//  of  \<tfh<tni<l  I>n't</Iif,  Ixifji  <>f  \oi'11t<(iitj>t»n, 

tin-  spell  nt'  1'ope's  influence,  whose  star  was  then  in  tlic-  ascendant  in 
tin-  poetic  \\orld.  il  is  after  all  tin-  l>est  epic  ever  vet  written  in  this 
count  r\  .  It  ci  Mitains  at  least  some  ivallv  line  ami  spirited  passages 
anil  i-  iii'i'1'1'!  a  literarv  marvel,  coming  from  tip-  hands  of  such  a  m>-re 
\(»inh.  It  was  reprinted  in  London  Lv  . I.  .Johnson  in  17SS.  While 
tutor  :it  Yah-  he  went  thoroughly  throu'_'li,  for  his  ov,  n  pleasure  and 
pn  lit.  I  lie  1'rincipia  <  if  Newton  ;  :i:id  lie  also  pursued  t  lie  st  nd  v  of  la\v, 

\Vllh    the    e.Xpeetat  loll    of  lliak  1  !!!_'    it    Ills    eliosell    profession    for    life. 

II--  was  a  man  through  all  his  life  of  indomitable  energy  nf  \\ill. 
His  praetieal  rule  was,  "totus  in  illis^"  in  \\hat.-oe\er  he  was  em- 
ploveil  ;  and  his  xeal  for  more  knowledge  wa>  in-atial'le.  \\"hil'-  tutor 
at  ^'a!e.  lie  lost  his  health,  and  almost  >eeiiiiii'_d v  lii-yond  recovers.  In 
seeking  its  re-estal>lishmeiit.  lie  walked  liuriiiLT  a  sin:.'!'-  vtar  L'J'OO 
miles  (some  <i  miles  dailv ),  Reside  liaviii'j;  nddi'ii  in  the  same  t  inp-  '.\.< "  " » 
miles,  or  more  than  S  miles  each  day.  Despondency  was  nevei1  tui'-  uf  tin- 
phases  of  his  mental  experience,  nor  idle  indifference  t,>  his  diit\.  Ke- 

eoN'erillLC   his    health    t'l    the    full,    lie    knew   Well    how    to    keep    it    eve)'   aftej- 

\\aids;    and  iri'eat   \vas  the  po\\cr  that   it    <_fa\'e  him  through  all  his    lon^ 

••  (icul.  rarsuns  to  (inil.  Was'iintrtini.  (.'ninp  West  I'nint.  .March  7.  17?s. 

])i.\i:  <;I;NI:K\L:  Th'1  wrii'-r  of  the  letter,  lierewitii  t ransuiitt'-'l  ymi.  is 
cliaplfiiii  "f  i!n'  liri^aile  mi'ler  my  ciiiiuiiJinil.  He  is  a  JMTSUU  of  exteu-ive  li;rr- 
atuiv  aiiil  an  ainiaMo  |H'i\'at|/  character,  and  ha<  happily  united  that  virtue  and 
]iietv  \\liicli  onu'ht  ever  to  fonu  tin;  character  of  a  clergyman,  uith  the  lihi  i-al 
^•encnuis  sent  ii  net  us  and  airrei-aM''  uiai.ners  of  a  ^TI -nt  lea:  an.  'I'lie  m>  i  it  of  the 
performance  he  mentions  I  am  not  a  competent  iud-j-e  of;  many  Lrentlemeii  of 
li-aniinir.  and  ta~te  for  jmetical  writ  in;j-~.  who  have  examined  i:  with  can-  and 
attention,  esteem  this  work  in  the-  da--  of  th'-  lies',  writ  iirj-s  <  ,f  the  kind.  He 
will  he  particularly  ol,!i-ed  liyyour  Kxcellciicy's  consent,  that  this  work  should 
make  its  public  app^araiice-  under  your  patronage. 

I  am.  \\'i!.h  ;rreat  esteem,  etc. . 

SAM;  1.1.  H.  r.vusdN-." 

"  lli-v.  'I'imotliy  I)\\i;.:ht  fi  Genl.  Washington. 
May  it  plea-e  your  llxerllcucy  ; 

The     ai'plieal  ioll.    whiell    is     the    Slll'jert     of    this    letter     i>,     I      lielieve.    Hot    eom- 

nion  in  the-.'  American  n-u'ioii-;  \d  !  caniio]  Imthnpe  i;  will  not  on  that  ac- 
eonni  lie  d«''-m'-d  imjtertinent  or  jire-nmp:  iioii-.  ]'«r  -evcral  vears.  1  iia\-c 
liei-n  empio\  i  d  in  writ  inu'  a  ]io'-m  on  t  hi-  ( 'unimc-;  of  Canaan  by  .Io-hiia.  '1'lu's 
po'-m.  ii]ion  tin-  tii'st  knowledge  of  your  F.xerHi  ncy's  cliarai-ti-r,  I  di-termii.«  d 
with  leave  to  in-i-ril'i-  to  you.  If  it  \\ill  not  In-  too --n  ;.t  a  f;;\or.  it  will  ccr- 
la'niy  1-e  reiai-mtii  red  with  L;  rat  it  udi-. 

I  am  not  in-i  tisilile.  that  the  subject  of  llii-  ri'ijue-t  i-  indelicate;  a-  eon- 
-••!;!  on  thejiart  of  your  Kxeelleiicy  cannot  ]>o--ilily  a. id  to  your  rejiiitat  ion.  it 
n.ay  in-  foiio'A  i-d  by  coii-cipiences  of  a  di-aL'-ri  .  ab'.i-  nature.  <•;';',.  i;.,r;t  or  d-- 
inerit  of  the  work,  your  Excellency  cannot  form  a  v;ue.~~.  but.  from  the  c  iiarao- 


Col  Ti motley  Dwiyltt, 
Son  of  Timotli  v,  Son  of'Jo/t  //.  loth  of  Dedltam.  J/rts.y.    148 

«/  tJ  '  t/  t. 

life  of  manifold  effort,  as  a  teacher,  preacher  and  author,  especially  for 
the  benefit  of  the  young. 

In  1774  he  made  an  open  profession  of  religion,  and  turned  away  his 
thoughts  from  the  many  brilliant  indue, 'merits  offered  him  to  enter 
upon  legal  practice  and  political  life,  to  the  religious  needs  of  the 
church  and  the  age.  A  case  of  great  injustice  done  by  legal  trickery, 
happening  when,  his  mind  was  yet  xindecided,  helped  greatly,  it  is  said, 
to  fix  his  purpose. 

lie  was  among  the  earliest  advocates  of  the  independence  of  the 
Amer  can  colonies  when  multitudes  of  thinking  men  around  him  were 
indifferent,  or,  fearful,  or  opposed  to  so  great  and  radical  a  style  of  so- 
cial change.  He  was  in  his  whole  mental  make  a  man  of  progress  and 
a  patriot,  and  was  swayed  by  his  ideas  of  what  was  right  and  best,  in- 
stead of  by  his  fears  of  what  might  come  out  of  the  effort  to  put  them 
into  effect.  (See  Travels  in  New  Kngland,  vol.  i.  p.  lf)0.)  J  Tear  his 
eloquent  outbreathings  of  patriotic  feeling  :  "  Tn  July  177.")  I  urged  the 
necessity  of  a  declaration  of  independence  on  the  part  of  the  Colonies 
— using  the  verv  same  arguments  which  afterwards  were  generally  con- 
sidered decisive  ;  but  I  found  those  to  whom  1  spoke,  gentlemen  of 

ter  of  the  writer ;  with  which  you.  will  be  made  acquainted  by  Gcnl.  Parsons, 
who  docs  me  the  honor  to  inclose  this  in  one  from  himself.  All  that  I  can  say 
upon  the  subject  (and  I  hope  that  I  may  nsser:  it  with  propriety;,  is — that  I  am 
so  independent  a  republican  and  so  honest  a  man,  as  to  be  incapable  of  a  wish 
to  palm  myself  upon  the  world,  under  the  patronage  of  another,  and  as  to  be 
remote  from  every  sinister  will  in  this  application,  and  to  disdain  making'  the 
proffer,  slight  as  it  is.  to  the  most  splendid  personage,  for  whose  character  I 
have  not  a,  particular  esteem. 

I  am  etc., 
March  8,  1778.  TIMOTHY  DWIGIIT.  JK." 

'•Geul.  "Washington  to  Rev.   Timothy  Dwight,  Headquarters,  Valley  Forge,  18 

March,  1778. 

Sni : — I  yesterday  rcc1  your  favor  of  the  8th  instant,  accompanied  by  so 
warm  a  recommendation  from  Genl.  Parsons,  that  I  cannot  but  form  favorable 
presages  of  the  merit  of  the  work  you  propose  to  honor  me  with  the  dedication 
of.  Nothing  can  give  me  more  pleasure  than  to  patronize  the  essays  of  genius 
and  a  laudable  cultivation  of  the  arts  and  sciences,  which  had  begun  to  flourish 
in  so  eminent  a  degree  before  the  hand  of  oppression,  was  stretched  over  onr  de- 
voted country;  and  I  shall  esteem  myself  happy,  if  a  poem  which  has  employed 
the  labor  of  years  will  derive  any  advantage,  or  bear  more  weight  in  the  world, 
by  making  its  appearance  under  a  dedication  to  me. 

1  am,  very  respectfully,  yours,  etc1. 

G.  WASIIINCTOX." 

See  "  P>ooks  Dedicated  to  Washington."  vol.  iv.  pp.  57-1)0.  and  also  "  Histo- 
rical Magazine,1'  New  York,  vol.  iv.  p.  l'2'->. 


I  In     I  }<*<•<  iunt  ntx  of 
111  Son   at'  .\  <il/nl  it  /<  I    /''/'A////,  Imf/i   »/'  .\  urtlin  nt  ['tint, 

threat  iv-piTtaliilitv,  linn  uh^and  intimate  friends,  di.-poNed  to  ^i\i- 
Hit-  and  ni\  ;ii  u'unn  n!  s  -.(  hostile  and  ci  iiilcin|  't  HI  ills,  instead  of  ;i  coidial 
rece]  .I  inn.  >>  rt  at  this  time  all  tin'  re.-.eiii  incut  ami  enthusiasm,  awak- 
ened \>\  tin'  odious  measures  of  |  .a  i  1  iainent  ,  li\  the  peculiarly  <  >\>\i>  >\  i<  >us 
conduct  ni'  I  hi'  I  !ni  ish  agents  111  i  1  1  1>  i  -i  MI  ill  r\  .  a  IK!  l>v  t  In-  1  •i-n-n!  l>a!  I  le.s 
of  Le\ili!_'tdii  ami  Preed's  Hill,  \\CIT  at  tin-  highest  pilch.  Tln-se  ;_'e||- 
tlcinen  max  lir  ednsidcred  ;;s  ivpre.-.eiitat  i\  es  »\'  iln-  ^n-at  lmd\  df  liuiik- 
inn  iiit'ii  in  t  his  I'diint  rv.  A  t'i-\v  ma\  jicrhaj)s  In-  (•.\<-cjilctl  ;  IMII  iiMiir 
df  t  In  -sr  dur>(,  at  that  t  inn-,  djit-nlv  di-clai'i-  t  In-ir  n|  <\  nidii:-.  ti»  tin-  j'lii'iii-. 
l-'dr  m\  >i  It'  I  rc^ardcil  t  In-  die  ;is  cast  and  tin-  hd|n-s  nf  r'-cnnciliai  imi 
as  \aiii>lnd  :  and  l)flic\cd  that  tli  •  fidcuii.sls  in-vi-r  \\diiM  lie  ali'n-  tn 
dt'1'i-nd  thrinsclvt-s,  unless  lln-\  rcnounci  d  tln-ir  dcjicndi-ncc  on  (ircat 
I'.riiain."  W.-ll  therefore  says  L.issiiu,'  (  Fi.-ld  I'.ddk  etc.,  v..l.  i.  |.. 
ti~):  >v  A  fe\v  men.  aim.  in,'  \\hdin.  \\ere  1  )r.  l-'ranklin.  Sainm-1  Adani.^. 
Patrick  ili-niy,  Kichard  lienrv  I.ee,  'I'iindthy  |)\vi^ht  and  Thomas 
Paine  si  em  td  lia\'e  had  an  eal'i\  ]|ii]irt-»ldli  that  |>dii!|cal  llid>  ]  'cinl- 
riice  wa>  tin-  only  cure  fm-  the  eviU  undi-r  which  tin-  ei>l»ni>-^  Lji-dancd; 
vet  tln-^e  ideas  when  expressed  met  with  little  t'avdi-,  e\en  aiiidiiu  (he 

llln>t    ardent    Jiatridts.  Hr.    dlir    dt'    tin-    \nunu'e-l     ot'     llie.->e    lidlile     lii'-llj 

lieM:i.r  iln-n  luit  L'.'i  vears  nt'au'i',  was  lii-lmiid  iniin-  of  them  jn  ln.>  la-dad 
\  ieV,  S  of  t  he  dllt  ies  and  (laurel's  of  t  lie  lidlir. 

II.-  111.  March  3,  1777.  Mary  WOO!M-V.*  1,.  April  Jl.  1  7-'i  1  (dan.  of 
IJ.-njamin  Wnolx-y  of  l)osoris.  I,.  1.,  and  I'^iln-r  Isaac-,  of  Noruaik, 
<'t.)  (  )n  the  tUli  of  .Iniif  following  hi-  was  lic.-iiM-d  to  preach.  ^\\ 
n-t  irinu'  from  liis  t  u  idr-hip  >lnn-i  1\  after\vard.-,  the  >t  udciit>  of  tin  i  '.  •!- 
l"i;-i-  dri-w  up  a  I'drmal  i-e.jiie>i.  thai  he  miuiii  l»-  app  ante  |  Pi-e.-id'-iit. 
(in  Sept  .  1  1  h.  1777,  he  \\  a.s  appointed  chaplain  in  t  In-  arm\  in  (  lein-ni] 
Par.-  'in-*  i'ri^ade.  |i  was  v.ln-n  Matioiied  in  iln-  hi^lii  HcU  !i  -ar  N\  ••->; 
Point  .  t  hat  he  \\Toie  hi  ->  nat  i<  MI,:  I  h\  mn.  "  <  'dluinlna  !  (  '.  iluin!  >:.\  '.  to 
p;ldr\  ari-e  !  "  etc.  <  'm-  nf  lii>  M-niion>,  intended  to  rai-e  tin-  lii'ddj.in^ 
cdiiraLTe  of  the  cditnt  rv,  \\  hen  Piui'u'i  viie  had  cume  t  ruin  t  aiiai  ia  \\  n  h 
hi>  a  i  'in  \  .  and  u  a--  carr\  i  n-_r  all  In-  fore  liin,,  \\  a--  u  1  ill.  --lied  ;  and  a  cniv 


'  'I'in-v  wi-n-  in.  at  tin-  h"Use  i.f  I*ii-rn-|iniit  IM  A  ar^l-  in  NVw  Ifa\c!i.  'ny  Kcv. 
Jonathan  Klwanls,  .Jr.,  1).  I).  The  v,  it  in  s-  •-  were  .Mr.-.  IvKvar,!-.  .Mr.  A  iaiu 
Han.-uek.  .Mr  Ifeatlicui,.  M,irri-on.  .Mr-.  Sinitli.  Mr-.  I'.r-uM.e.  M  >-  Al.i-ail  I  '  ..yd 
:n,,l  Mi-  Sarah  L!.-y.l  all  hut  ua.-  ..r  t  w.i  of  t  hem  Wu.'.-ey  relative-.  Thesc 
fact-  are  l.-anie.I  fruiiian  iitl'nlavit  tiled  in  tin-  1'eii-ion  <  Ml'iec  at  \\'a-hi;...i  »ii. 
\>.  ('..  made  i'V  Ma.  lam  Mary  I  >\vi-j-li1  .  ami  dated  New  llav.  n.  .ianuaiy  s  l-:|s_ 
at  \\hieh  linn-  all  th<-  jiart  ii-s  were  drail  tuit  lier>c!f.  A  pen-i.  .n  ,  .('  S'J^i  i.  on  per 
a::iium  was  i_Tatited  ln-r.  fur  her  lri-:rnid's  ,-i-rvic'  -  during  t  he  rev  .'in'.  :  eiary 
war.  mi  the  'na-i-  nf  thi-  and  utinT  allidavils  iife-eiited;  whi'-h  \\  a-  iin-rea-e  1 
in  1M.;  tn  s:;.-|ii.nu  a  vear. 


Col.  Timotlnj  Thncjlit, 
Ron  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Join/,  lx>tJi  of  DedJicim^  3f((ss.   145 

of  it  was  read  to  the  garrison  in  Fort  Stanwix  when  Johnson  liad  cut 
off  their  communication  with  Albany  and  threatened  them  with  de- 
struction. The  venerable  Col.  Platt  said  many  years  afterwards,  that 
this  sermon  it  was,  which  inspired  the  garrison  to  hold  out  to  the  last 
extremity,  and  to  make  a  sally  upon  their  besiegers,  which  effectually 
drove  them  off  and  contributed  materially  to  the  loss  of  the  campaign 
of  1777  by  the  British.  (See  Goodrich's  Recollections  of  a  Life  Time, 
vol.  i.  p.  3-">l.) 

J.n  March  1779  he  resigned  his  chaplaincy,  on  account  of  his  father's 
death,  and  hastened  to  Northampton  to  comfort  and  aid  his  mother,  in 
her  great  bereavement.  Hen1,  beside  carrying  on  personally  the  patri- 
monial farms — there  were  two  of  them  and  each  larg<'— he  kept  a  day- 
school  for  youths  of  both  sexes,  in  which  he  taught  two  hours  daily 
himself,  having  two  ushers  in  it,  one  of  whom  was  Joel  .Barlow,  the 
poet.  Gen.  /echariah  Huntington  and  Judge  llosmer  were  among 
his  pupils  at  this  time.  Afier  the  capture  of  New  .Haven  by  the  Brit- 
ish, a  number  of  the  Vale  students  went  and  put  themselves  under  his 
care.  He  preached  also  regularly  each  Sabbath  during  at  least  three  of 
the  five  years  spent  then  in  Northampton,  in  neighboring  towns,  as  at 
.Deertield  ('.Muddy  Brook),  Williamsburgh,  lladley  and  Westiield.  It 
was  only  in  these  combined  forms  of  labor,  that  he  could  adequately 
provide  for  the  maintenance  of  the  large  family  cast  upon  his  care.  In. 
]7^'2  he  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts.  ])urin^ 
its  session  he  was  urged  by  a  committee  of  representatives  from  his 
own  county,  to  accept,  a  nomination  for  Congress,  to  which  Gov.  Bhil- 
lips  added  also  the  force  of  his  own  personal  plea  ;  but  hi-  refused  to 
be  drawn,  away  permanently  from  the  direct  service  of  the  church. 
AVhile  in  the  legislature,  he  advocated  a  grant  to  Harvard  College 
which  was  secured.  He  was  afterwards  inviled  to  settle  in  the  minis- 
try at  Charlestowii,  Mass.,  and  at  Beverley,  Mass.,  and  was  promised  in 
connection  with  this  latter  call  a  professorship  in  Harvard  College,  if 
he  would  accept  it.  \\c  preferred,  however  to  accept  a  call  to  Green- 
field Hill,  in  Fairlield,  Ct.  .It  was  nearer  to  his  beloved  Yale,  to  the 
early  home  of  his  wife,  and  to  that  metropolitan  city  whose  currents 
of  life  filled  the  whole  land  then  as  now.  with  their  light  and  heat. 
In  November  17S.'5  at  the  age  of  .'51,  lie  entered  upon  (Ins  rural  pastor- 
ate, whose  duties  he  discharged  for  twehe  succeeding  years  laboriously 
and  happily.  lie  conducted,  at  the  same  time,  a  large  and  prosperous 
school  of  his  own  for  both  sexes,  during  the  whole  period;  into  which 
he  gathered  in  all  more  than  a  thousand  pupils  from  all  parts  of  the 
land.  Not  honor,  but  usefulness,  was  the  pole-star  of  his  being. 
There  seemed  to  him  to  be  no  higher  way  of  promoting  the  best  good 

10 


77"     I ><  >•'-,  //7/////.V   nf 

1  !•'.          .S'/i//  .;/'  \<ith<ini'l  />//•/.////,  Ao.'/,  „/'  \,.rfl,<(iitj,f<>i,, 

uf  mai.kiml    than    t"  In-  :ni  h"ii---t,  eani"st.  skilful,  arti-tic  educator  of 

! ;    \\  mi  Id  ]»•  hard  to  find  a  n  10 iv  i|i liet   place  t  lian  <  Irecntield  1 1  ill  now 

1-.  :i  ml  \\  hat  mti-1  It  l:;i  \  e  lu-en  one  hlllidl  ed  \  <  a  r-  ML;U.  Tin1  scln  ."1- hmi- (• 
ami  chuich.  the  two  pule-  (if  hi-,  liiisv  lit''-  tin-re,  have  1'uth  li.-i-n  l"ii'4 
since  i-xcliau^t  d  for  lietterones  1,11  ill'1  same  site.-.  llu\v  h.-  spent 
t  h"-e  -.t  rum,'  L'rand  years  of  hi.s  earl\  manhood  i>  plain  em>uji.  >ix 
li.  Mir-  ilnily  In'  lull  ^fl  it  his  cj-vr  [ill  pil-  \\  it  h  .-ill  hi-  ini.'ht  .  <  M,  hi-  \v;tv 
1"  ;iinl  tVuin  -i-h.inl.  Mini  MI  uihl  IIIM||.-:M-  ;it  MIIV  (inir.  he  t!ii.u_'hi  ,,ut 
!ii-  -'Tniuii.-  fur  tin'  S;il>liMt  h.  ur  runi]'u.-i-il  pui'irv.  Ili-tui-f  Mini  Mt'i.-r 
M'ln  H  il-lnnirs,  hr  \\MS  lni-\-  in  hi-  luth'  IIIMII-I-  uf  -i\  ;-.'•]•'-.  \\hich  he 
lnaiiii^cil  Mlinu-t  \\hullv  iiluiir.  Mini  hii'iflv  M-  M  ^.\r<\  -n  "t'  tVnit-  Mini 
lluwrrs.  As  he  <-uiihl  timl  lini".  he  >:illieil  t'Tlh  "ii  \i.-;:-,  to  hi-j.;i- 
rishiuiHTs,  N\  hilc  his  liosjiiial)]c  'iresidt- \v;i>  e\  cr  <_M  Meed  \\ith  il.e  ei.ni- 

]  Ml  IV   'if   t  he  111".-!    elllt  i  Vitteil    guests,      lie  i .-  SMJi]    tu  llMM1   !  •'  "    II   the   til  -'    "M; 

in  m;r  country,  \\hu  ciilli\  Mted  si  rmylx-ri'ics  in  hi-  ^Mi'den. 

In  January  1  7>  I  or.")  he  \\ent  ID  Northampton  IM  ln>  u\\-n  -l'-i_rh. 
'lin-  -in  iv/  \\  MS  dee;  i  ;  Mini,  un  In-  ret  urn,  t lii-rc  was  a  IV-  '-h  fall  of  it  upun 
the  LiT»!!;id.  Stariin-.'  fur  \\"e-ttieid.  MM--.,  at  a  late  hour  in  the  after- 
noon, uhile  the  snow  v.'M-  -till  l;:!lin'_f,  h;'  ere  l<.n_'  fuMlnl  IliMi  IP-  lull-t 
nii-t  t'ilii>  tMithfui  Inir-e  iu  kee],  ihe  rua<l.  \\ithuiit  anv  lielp  fr»m 
liiiM-"!f.  >h"rt!\-  afti-r  lea\inu'  town  In-  ha.l  noiiceil  a  hii1^1'.  dark,  vel- 

](  ;\\"   di  '_'.    \'.  h  ii'll    lie    had    -eel  |    I  he    UM  V    lieful'e    Ml       111-    111'  't  her  -     ]|.  ills'-     M-    M 

st  raiii^'e  \  i-.ii or  t InTe.  t'ulh  i\\  inu'  at't  er  him.  A  ft'-r  -e\ .  TM!  I  iine>  st  ri s  in^ 
i:,  \.-:in  tu  drive  him  liMek  \\iih  l.i-  uhip  tu\\Mrd-  the  iu\\!i.  In-  a;  ht-t 
:  ii.  ilc  him  into  hi-  -!'-i_:h  f  T  c  imp.iny.  N  :_rlr  >uun  -•  -t  in  n  j  n  >n  t  r  .  \  ••!- 
le|-.  hur-e  Miid  d''_'.  'Mi  M  I'UMI|  \\ithutii  anv  fence.-.,  stretching  O\M-  a 
loirj,  soli  tar\".  dark  "  pirn-- plain.  'Jin-  hur-e  Mi  la-t  !•  •-:  !  IM-  nnc-  •rtain 
ruad.  ami  ealne  lo  a  deacl  stand  ni'iiin-!  M  tree.  The  ,!,,_•-,  si  ••!;,_•  lln' 
sitilMtiuli,  jumped  iVum  hi-  I  e- Ulrj-phiee  alnl  -CM  In] " -red  utf  llitu  l  in- 
siirru  i  mdin^  da  rknc»,  and.  M-  tin-  !uin-  i  ra\  eller  ,-:ipp.  >-.  d.  to  l.e  ,-een 
i,u  inure.  I  !ut  ere  lui,^'  he  rdiii'iied  a^'Miii  u  it  h  iin-k  -;; '  i-iact  n  in.  Mi.d, 
ai't  er  j  limping  11] i  -<  \  eral  I  m.e.-  t"\\  M  I'd-  l  he  Iiur-e  •.  hi  ad.  ami  running  , i 
little  v.  a\  un  liefure  him.  '_'a  \  e  hi-  l..-\\  i!d'  r--d  dri\  cr  the  hiir  :.i  fulluw 
al't'T  him.  and  In  uii^hl  him  safei\  lia'-k  !  "  ;  In-  ruad  v.  hieli  In-  had  I  '-t. 
A  similar  experience,  v.  n  h  tin-  -a  me  kind  uf  d'-li  \  eranee  in  eaeh  ea-e, 
wa-  -e\eral  time-  repeated  during  iha'  lun_'.  d;-m;d  i  id  •  thruii^h  lln1 
\er\  i'i  _'iuii  and  -hadu-.\  ui'd--alh.  T"  "  l.iuii."  fur  -uch  \\a-  tin-  d"_'"- 
name  in  the  tami  1\  .  I  >r.  I  >\\  i  Jit  e\  er  M!'I  eru  ard-  a-eril  "•' i  I  he  pre-i  r\  a- 
li'.n  uf  hi-  life,  and  t  Imii  Jit  ,,f  him  always  as  a  special  m'---em,'er  uf 
pr.  i\  i  l--li'---  t  u  him  f'T  hi  •  •_:•>  >  1.  1  t  l  -  I  n  •<  -d  n  ---  t  u  -,;•  \  i  ha'  I  .i"li  u  a- 
i  |"-t  in  tin-  '  •  reei.ti.-h  i  hui.'ie  -umeuha!  •imilar  lur  fuinlin--.-  to 


Col.  limotluj  Dtciijht, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  noih  of  Dedliam,  J/^'x*.   147 

what  ';  Lil"  was  in  the  Northampton  one.  When  the  family  removed 
in  171'-">  to  New  .Haven,  Lion  could  not  be  persuaded  in  any  way  to 
go  with  them.  He  staved  resolvedly  by  the  old  house  to  take  care  of 
that,  though  shut  up,  and  was  fed  bv  some  of  the  neighbors  until  he 
died.  L't  was  a  rule  to  shut.  Lion  down  cellar  on  Sunday.  If  any  one 
however,  carelessly  left  the  cellar-door  open,  he  would  rush  out,  leap 
the  fence  in  front  of  the  house,  and  make  all  haste  for  the  church. 
There  he  couched  himself  always  on  the  broad  step  of  the  pulpit  stairs, 
at  the  turn,  so  that  his  master  had  to  step  over  him  in  entering  the 
pulpit.  Once  in  a  while1  during  the  service  he  woidd  lift  up  his  head, 
as  if  to  see  that  all  was  right,  and  then  settle  back  into  his  former 
quiet.  When  he  heard  '•  Amen  !  "  at  the  end  of  the  service,  he  started 
at  once  for  the  front  door  and  hurried  home. 

A  bird's-eye  view  of  his  home  at  Greenfield  Hill,  just  as  it  looked  to 
an  intelligent  visitor  at  the  lime,  the  writer  has  incidentally  discovered 
within  a  recent  date.  .It  occurs  in  a  manuscript-journal  of  a  tour  from 
I'lym.euth,  Mass.,  to  Fairiield,  ('t.,  in  !7S'.),by  Samuel  Davis,  published 
in  '•  The  Proceedings  of  tin.-  Mass.  .Hist.  Society,"  1809— 70,  p.  IS. 

'•  Monday,  Sept.  7,  1 7S',I.  Make  an  excursion  with  Mrs.  IJurr  to 
Greenfield  1 1  ill.  Dr.  Dwight  resides  there,  and  commands  a  beautiful 
and  extensive  view  of  Long  Island.  Ills  mansion  is  all  neat,  and  his 
gardens  are  well  cultivated.  lie  is  very  social:  his  presence  is  com- 
manding. A  habit  of  winking  denotes  a  weakness  of  the  eves.  His 
rooms  are  ornamented  with  paintings  from  the  pencil  of  M.r.  Dunlap, 
his  brother-in-law.  Some  of  the  subjects  are  from  his  '  Conquest  of 
Canaan.'  One  represents  Enid  and  Selima,  from  the  third  book,  line 
135: 

'O'er  northern  plains  serene  the  lovers  stray. 
And  various  converse  charms  their  easy  way.' 

The  figure  of  Irad  is  well  delineated ;   Selima    not    so   well." 

are,    these    pictures    now'.-'      Who   can    tell;'       If  anv.  speak.] 

are    portraits   also    of    Dr.    and    Mrs.    Dwight — who    treated    us    very 

civilly." 

He  afterwards  speaks  (p.  l'.'>)  of  calling  on  Mr.  Dunlap  in  New 
York,  "  where  we  meet  Dr.  Dwight  a^'aiii,  and  see;  some  fine  drawings 
in  India-ink,  and  paint  ings  from  Orlando  Furioso,  an  '..  a  sketch  of  the 
Inauguration  of  the  .President,  on  a  scale  of  1  -  bv  S  feel.  The  ( 'hoice 
of  Hercules,  and  The  Youth  Rescued  from  a  Shark.  Meet  with  a 
Air.  \\  oolx-y  here"  (another  brother-in-law). 

The  call  to  Greenfield  Jlill,  by  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  parish, 
Ma\  P.',  17's.">,  was  accepted  July  '2\*\  following.  Its  terms  were: 
salary  JC  1  •")(),  settlement  ,£.">(>(>,  a  parish-lot  of  six  acres,  and  twenty 


curds     "f    \\cinil      alinilallv.        Till-     \VaS     tlif     la  !••_'. --I      salai'V    !_'!\f|i     in    tip- 

Slut.-  ;ii   tli:ii   tiiiif.it   i.s  said.       l!c\.    .laim-.-    rifi-p-mi     nf    N'-\v    HaM-n, 
\vas  -ftlli'il  ..ii  tlif  -nin  nf  til-11  in  Li'iain  ai:'l   lli-.-h   in    li\<d   pri'-i  •-,  \\ith 

hi-  tii-f  \v I.  ;mimnl!v. 

!•')• <  iivfiilif Id  Hill  In-  was  rallfd.  in  17'.'-\  at  tip-  :i!_'f  uf  fnrfv- 
llnvf.  tn  tin-  |>i-i  -sidfiifv  nf  Yalf.  a^  .-npf  •--.  <v  tn  I  »r.  K/ra  Still-;..  \'i^- 
ornii-  in  In  alt  li,  I'll.  i\  aiit  in  spirits,  and  animated  li\-  mn-t  i  n-pi  ri  m_r 
IIP  ral  aims.  In-  \\eiit  in  iliis  new  pn-t  nf  <|iit\  ami  hnm.r  \vith  In-  head 
ami  lii-art  full  <>\'  plan-  <>f  ^ivat  ad\am-fiip-nt  i'<  >r  t  in-  c.  .11. '_ri'.  in  tlif 
-~i\li-  i'f  its  iiut\vanl  furnishings,  and  i,|'  it>  in'.vard  c.nir>c>  of  1 1,  -;  i'ii.-- 
tinii  and  str.dv.  \'«r  t  \vcnt  \'-i  \\  i  >  vi-ars  <.|'  ln-j-h  inti-Hf  rt  ual  ain!  -j.irit- 
ual  arii\il\'.  In-  filled  <>ut  tlifn-  tip-  full  nifasurf  "f  l:i>  i-ajialiilii  ic-  nf 
iisff'uhifss.  Karli  Miniiiiff.  in  liis  annual  \ai-at;. in.  }\<-  i-".k  a  l-in--  iniir 
on  Imrsi-liafk  tlinm^'li  v;irious  parts  df  N>-v,  |-'.;i_'land  and  N-  \\  ^. •:•!;. 
'1'hf  n--iilts  df  t  In-  informal  i"ii  \\liidi  In-  tliiis  ^aim-d  im-idi-nt:1  llv  and 
purp<i>flv,  in  iiianx'  sucff.ssivc  vcai's,  ar--  tn  In-  f'nnnd  in  liu  "  'l'ra\i-ls 
in  NI-W  |-'.n-_dand  a.nd  Ni-v,  York,  in  t'nnr  vnl<." 

Hi-  iri'fal  lifi-li.n^  t  n  HI  Mi-.  Imtli  at  (  '•  n-c  nti-  Id  and  N'f  \v  I  la\ .  n,  cam." 
tV"in  tlif  inciiralilf  iniurv  \\-liich  Ic-  had  d'.iif  tn  l.i-  cyi-s  \sln-n  a  tntm- 
a.t  1-1  illi-^f .  1 1\  us]  IILT  1 1  if  in  t  ".  i  iiiUch  ai.d  ! '  M  i  Si  i'iii  at; '  r  li;  -  <•.  •• ,  \ .  i  v 
iVfin  -mall-]  n\.  I''rniii  similar  Ciii-flr-siif-s  in  aiii.tlur  fnrni,  at  :!"• 
sainf  liiiif  in  In-  lil'f.  i-anif  t!n-  dix-ax-  \\~l.ii-li  tfrminati-d  lii.-  «-art!i!v 
car'-fi1.  \\  li'-n  in  tip-  pii>x->-iMii  utlif  ru  i-i-  .it'  IM-  i'ull  ImMiK'  -!  ri- ni/t  11  — 
-.,  l,fi  dlf>-  was  la-  t!,fli.  in  his  x.-al  f.ir  hi-  !„„.]<>.  .-f  thf  i:.-  dfn!  !a\\- 
nfl.falth.  1'nal.lf  In  iv;..d  :ind  \vrit,-  f,,r  hi;ns,  1 1'.  h--  a.- ,-.  m:i  -1  i-i:.-i  1  a 
niiifh  in  li'ith  dirfct  ii'ii-j  t  hru'.iL.fh  il,f  na-.iiiit  mn  ft'  '•:!:-  ;•-.  .. 
\\  In  i  ha\  f  di  'lie  t  hf  In- •-!  in  siirh  v.  a\  s  \\  h'- ii  ha.  vi: :-,'  !.•  <  r<  -•  ra  :  n1  i  ••  -n 
th'-ir  fni-r-'v.  Hi-  c.>n-fspipndf  :iff  wa-  ininifii-f.  T'.  -•  i]i.-':ta:  :••!.- 
tV'iin  all  '  iMa  rt  ••'.'-  t'cir  ai'l\lff.  di  i'f  f !  n 'li ,  and  f  <-'  >[  •<  -ra!  a  •!  i .  IP-  tnr:,fd  a 
>\  In]  iat  In- 1  if  far.  I'.f-iiv  indfi-d  nin\f.l  all  his  \\akin^  h..nr-  tn\\aids 
t)if  (in'-  '-ml  and  aim  i.f'  hc-t  x-r\it.i,'  (Iml  and  man.  1!.-  r«x-  i-arlv, 
1 . ,.  ik  !'  'i)'_r  nh  0  iii  HIT  a  nd  f  \  -  ii  i  n_f  v  a  !k  -.  a  ia  I  a  ! .]  ;-!:  rid.-  «\i  h.  M  -i- 1  .,-n- k. 
and  in  siininifi'  \\.irkfd  \  i-'"rmi-I\ .  a-  a  .'ail;  rnh-,  in  hi-  u'ard  n.  In 
tfi-in-titiif,  1  f-idf  l.H.kini!;  after  tin-  u,,;,1-  a..d  ;1  .-  v, .  li'  iv  nt'  hi-  hn^f 
famii  v.  rtitf  rtainni'4  inaii\  L;'m--t-.  ma  i  nia;;  :'.'.;  a  la  r^'f  ci  .rri- -p>  'tp.i'  nf, 
i  n-t  rm-t  im,r  hi-  f  >l  P-  _ff  >•  la--<- -  M-\  f  r:d  ;  ;  i-:  -  da  ; !  .  .  a  \  ••]  i  -r.  'p..  •;: ._ •  <  \\-~- 
fi.Mr-'  -  i'"i'  tin-  Sahha. !  h.  IP-  lalijh'  pi  i\ :  '  -  f'. 

hi-  "\\  n    hmi-f.        Add    In   t  hf-f   \  arifd    .• :  -_a_'.  !:.•  :,'  -.   t  l..,p  ,\\  _;],   hai  ;'  -    ..f 
i-i  .nil'  ft  '-d     dail\     IfadiliL',  and     It    \\lll     \><-     r-adll\    ,-'fli,     tha*    In-    \\a-    1," 
idl'-i-  ni"  .n  far:  h.         I  >••••  p,  t'n  1 1  and  L'rand   \\  a-  tip-  t  i'!"  <.f   hi-  dai!\    «•<  ! 
.•i..iiMi'---    i.f  i"V.         Hi-    puMi-hfd     \vmk-    annmni     \<\    thirtf-n    !ai_"' 
'.   ;,i»"-.  and  IP-  !•  f't  1"  hind  him  iinjiii'ili-hfil  nncs  in  i-ijiial    n!;ml»T. 


Col.  Tiinotli'ij  Dtriyltt, 
Son  of  Timotliv,  Souof  J~oli)i,  Itoflt  of  Dedhcini.  J/^**.  140 

fc  «_/     1  c.  f/ 

ILis  in-ught  int  j  auv  subj  vt  of  tliou^.it  was  cle.ir  ;  liis  intuitions 
were  quick;  his  povver  of  concentration  under  full  command;  his 
memory  exceedingly  retentive;  s>  that  he  handled  every  topic  that  he 
took  in  hand,  as  a  plaything  that  he  picked  up  or  dropped  at  anv  time, 
at  his  will,  The  following  description  of  him  in  his  working  moods, 
by  Rev.  Dr.  \\~ni.  '\\  \ hvight,  of  Portland,  Me.,  his  son,  brings  him 
clearly  into  the  field  of  view  before  us:  ''  Mental  labor  never  fatigued 
him:  his  mind  \vas  always  ready  for  action.  Jle  enjoyed  the  same 
kind  of  animation  from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  the  week  which 
others  possess  in  onlv  their  happier  moments,  lit-  w<.>uld  dictate  all 
day  io  an  amanuensis  without  anv  exhaustion,  and  tins  for  three 
months  together,  and  was  alwuv.s  iv;tdv  to  dictate  whenever  an  amanu- 
ensis was  readv  to  write.  J  I.e  rarelv  corrected  what  he  had  dictated, 
but  his  writings  were  published  as  they  issued  from  his  lips.  1  wrote 
lor  him  one  year  as  an  amanuensis.  Ahhough  I  wrote  unusually  fast, 
he  always  dictated  as  last  as  i  could  write.  \Ve  usually  began  a  ser- 
mon on  Monday  morning,  after  9  A.M.  in  winter,  and  wrote  until  11 
(when  his  college  recitation  began),  and  then  began  at  '1  r.M.,  and 
wrote  until  I.1,  o'clock.  We  commonly  finished  a  sermon,  of  from 
fortv-!i\e  to  fifty-five  minutes  of  a  pretty  rapid  delivery,  in  the  course 
of  Tuesday.  \\  e  were  exposed  to  frequent  interruptions,  but,  on  re- 
suming our  work  a^ain,  I  needed  onlv  to  141  ve  him  the  last  word  writ- 
t  -n,  and  he  would  at  once  i;'o  on  as  it  no  break  in  the  train  of  thought 
had  occurred;  and  this  sometimes  after  an  int  'rrupt'.on  of  even  two 
(lavs."  .He  never  shunned  work  as  such,  but  his  nature  demanded  it 
in  perpetual  abundance. 

"  The  professorship  of  theology  '  in  the  college  he  accepted  at  first 
from  year  to  year  (  1  7'.'"'- 1  <s< >•""')•  but  in  lSi».~i  entered  upon  it  perma- 
nently, at  the  urgent  request  of  the  corporation.  He  had  up  t,j  that 
tini"  1'ullilled  its  duties  for  s:>.'>4.l)()  pel- annum,  and  would  now  accept, 
of  the  full  salary  of  the  position  which  was  urged  upon  him.  but 
xTion.oO,  t  he  greater  parr  of  which  he  gave  to  the  two  amanuenses  that 
he  henceforth  employed,  at  the  price  of  •••'•  1  .">(>. HM  each  per  year.  In 
November  IStl't,  he  Itegan  to  write  out  his  "System  of  Theology,  the 
mould  of  which  he  had  cast  carefully  in  his  mind,  while  at  (Jreeniield 
Mill.  One  sermon  each  week,  during  the  coll'-giate  year  of  -Id  weeks, 
it  was  his  rule  to  write,  which  he  continued  until  Keb.  l^lo.  when 
the  work  was  completed.  \\\~>  "  Theology  '  beinj;  finished,  he  wrote 
out  anew  his  "  Tra\  eis  "  into  (heir  present  form.  Tiiese  ha\e  never 
ifone  ;hrini_;li  but  one  edition,  and  novel1  will  ijo  through  another,  but 
thev  are  held  in  continually  increasing  i'a\or,  for  the  interesting  light 
that  they  throw  upon  the  early  history  ;".id  stale  of  our  country. 


lie  \\M-M  man  of  \erytinc  pliysiijiic,  IMI'L'''  and  stiom_'.  and  of  full 

liodllx  proportion-,  and  ot  M  coniinaiidinLr  nin-n.  Me  si 1  alioiit  five 

feel  de\en  inches  hi'.'h.  |  H  •]•!'( -c)  1  Y  str.ai'dit  ami  had  a  hroad  op.  n  fore- 
head, laru'c  piercinu'  Mack  .ye-,  l.eantifill  leeth,  M  full  diest  and  -i  r.niu' 
llllij.-.  Tin-  expression  of  his  f,,ce  u  MS  t  hat  ot'  mingled  earnest  nes>  Mini 
1  PCI  ML' in  '  N  •  I  I  1^  1 10 1 -l  rail  s,  line  MS  t  ln-\  MIV,  do  not  do  him  fn  II  pi  -I  ice. 
lie  had  \.-rv  impre--i\e  oratorh al  .jiialities.  and  a  .!'•  -p.  strong,  riddv 
melodious  voice.  Says  !  >r.  A  ndei'soii  of  him.  in  hi-  M  emorml  \  "hi me 
of  l  In-  A.  r>.  <  '.  !•'.  M  :  '•  [Vest.  I  )wi  •jit  ha -I  a  nio>t  at  t  rart  i  vc  and  im- 
pre--i\e  exterior;  his  form  was  err. -I  and  -t.at.jv;  hi-  face  lim-lY 
foi'ined.  and  hi-  CYC  and  \\ho|e  cxpi'es-ion  kindling  with  aiiiiaat  ion  and 
i  ill  .-I  licence  ;  and  his  im  i  YC  incuts  were  tin-  verv  cxpi'e.-sion  ol'  -'race  and 
diunii  Y."  i  I-'ii  -t  edit  ion.  p.  1  <  '•"'.  i 

Me  had  a  superior  command  of  lan^ua^e.  and  -tiid'.-d  v.ord-  \\iih 
LTi-eat  care,  thai  In-  mi-;li!  u-.-  tln-m  uj'h  Mr-  IM--I  e|]'-ei.  I;  \\oi;!d  !»• 
dillicidi  to  find  one.  \vln>.  \\lr-n  in  his  prime,  was  more  tlm-n'  and  -m- 
ce--!'nl  in  ext'  mpor-'  speech  t  ha, n  he.  lint.  when,  on  lca\  in-j;  coll.  _'.-  ],,. 
told  hi-  father  tin'  intentions  which  in-  then  liad  of  stud\inu'  la'-v.  he 
cndeaxoivd  tu  dissuade  him  from  sndi  a  purpose,  on  the  ground  that 
h  -  c  nild  m-\'-r,  in  his  vi"W,  speak  with  sullicidil  facility.  I!--  had  at 
that  tiiin-  a  haoit  of  licsitaiicY  in  spcak'iiiL.'.  v.'hich  calm-  lni\\.-\e|-  not 
from  the  paiicuv  of'  hi-  ideas,  liat  from  tin-  sii|  "-raliiim  lain-e  of  \\ords: 
that  occur  ivil  to  In  ni  f  >r  expn--  -iiiLT  lln-m.  t  In'  sclec!  ion  oj'  \s  Inch  dc- 

ht\ed      hilll      ill      hi-    II?  t'-l'Mliec.         This      lie      t''   I?      that      time     Mini     experience 

wnidd     soon    cure.       Tin-     -ore    ;r  ndilc     t'n.-ii    !n-  had    in   hi-  e\  .-   .  ainl    tin- 
natural    frc.    Inn    and    fiiln  ---  of   hi-  i  In  .:i  dc  -.  alike  -i;-;  je-i-.l   \  i,.-  ,-;,  r'y 

Mini     co'i-'aiit      pra-'lic,     ,,f    ext'-mpore     ]  H'eadli  ln_T.         NX'iii!"     Ml      <  i  reei.e-'id 

i  nil.  he    did    not    v,  rile    mil     L'u    sermon-.       At     Yah'    In-    .--•: 

SMllle    hal  ii  I  .  except     i  i,    reference    to    the    -erinoll--    d   --lu'ln-d    f  .1'   I  •  ",  '  • ,  r  -a  •  ]•  .'I. 

I  !  .•   was    rat  her  M  ra  pnl    i  liaii    a  d eiil >:•)•;, i  e  -pecker,   1 1,1'    al  \\  a  \  -  di-_;'ni!i<-d. 

Hi-    m  <  i  •  of    preparing    hi-    S;di'  >ai  h    d  i-  -on  r----.  \\  ln-n  a'    '  i  i  .  •  -n  i  iehl 

I  1  i  11.    \'.  a-    as     follow  >;        |  |  r-    nn-ditat   -d     on     i  he    sn'oj'-cts    \\  hi-  h     he     had 
dio-i-n   for  the   m-xl     Lord's  da  \  .  i  hr.  IM-J-'H   a,  II  :  In-   \\ .-  -k.  at    an\    <»\  \    in'.-r- 
\al-     whidi     In-     had.     liowcY.'i'     iVa^nn   lilal'V.     a-     in     ",'  '!l,i_r     t'>     :   !nl     tVojn 
school  and   w!n-n    \\orkin,'    in    hi-    garden,  oi-  t  ,-:k  IIIL;'    a    rid--    o|    \\all- in^ 
.Hit.       Th  •  ihoM-lit-  thus  -atln  red  h"    re\o'\e,|     t  h  o  ro  i  -  -  -  i ,  i  \    in   his  mind 
ami  di_'  •-'   'd   into  si  uric.   I,  MI    pm     l  In-m   f.  >r  tin-  I'M  -t    t  i  m.-   upon   paj     r  on 
;  in-  S.d'lia:  !i.  IP  -t  w   -.-!i   th"  lir-t   and   -C.MH  I    rin-'in  ^  of  '       i-  !'•  -r  - 

II  -i  I  !•_'     111!  !       a       slil.d  1       piece      of      p    I  p,-|'       t'o  r      til'1       p  I  I  I' ,  "  '  -e  .     ;  i  :  '  .  i     Co  V  .    |    |;     __     '  i  ,  ; ,  I 

uith    a M-r.  N  iated    k.m.'ii  !-.•:    tin-  v  a-  hi-  l.ri--f.      "  t  :••,    -^ti--!.!    llj.i  "  he 
in    hi-   v.  alii-,    lo    and    trom    ,-chool,  and   at     r.-ce-   .  -   m    IT.        |;    \\;i- 


Col.  Timothy  Dwiylit, 
Son  of  Timothy,  SonofJolin,  !><>th  of  Dedharn,  Jltts*.  151 

also  in  tliat  rural  retreat,  that  lie  planned  and  wrote  out,  in  an  ab- 
breviated manner,  his  ;'  System  of  Theology."  There  too  he  prepared 
his  lectures  on  "The  Evidences  of  .Divine  Revelation,"  and  his  dis- 
courses on  '''  The  Keturn  of  the,  Jews."  and  a  larue  part  of  his  oeca- 

o          J_ 

sional  sermons. 

I  To  was  in  his  moral  habitudes,  as  marked  a.  man,  as  in  his  physical 
and  intellectual  characteristics.  He  was  addicted  to  serious  and  soar- 
ing tlioughtfulness  of  mind,  independent  in  his  opinions,  scrupulously 
honest  and  honorable  in  all  his  conduct,  Denial,  yenerous  and  dignified 
in  his  intercourse  with  others,  thinking  it  the  glory  of  life  to  be  as 
useful  as  possible  to  all  around  him.  So  thoroughly  sincere  was  he  in 
his  feelings,  and  so  transparent  and  frank  in  revealing  them  to  others, 
that  he  instinctively  coniided  in  those  against  whom  lie  had  nothing  in 
evidence.  li  Confidence,"  he  used  to  say,  ''is  a  delightful  emotion.  I 
would  rather  be  sometimes  cheated  ihan  not  to  tru.-u  in  tho>e  around 
me." 

.11  is  sensibilities  \vero  <puck  and  tender  to  both  the  influences  of  na- 
ture, and  tht-  ever-varying  facts  of  human  life.  While  his  will  was  full 
and  stri  nig  in  its  action,  it  was  ruled  throughout  by  an  exact  and  imperial 
eonsciem  e.  .In  all  his  administrative  relations,  and,  as  a  public  teacher 
and  speaker,  he  abounded  in  the  power  of  great  personal  magnetism 
over  others.  Everything  th:it  he  undertook  to  accomplish  soon  took 
upon  n  the  momentum  of  his  own  strongly  onward-moving  nature. 
No  name  is  still  cherished  universally  "\\ith  such  reverent  afieclion  as 
his.  in  Connecticut  ;  and  no  human  spirit  that  ever  once  dwelt  within 
its  bounds  is  more  felt  by  its  grateful  inhabitants  to  be  still  a  living 
presence  among  them  for  then'  u'ood  than  his.  Savs  i>r.  Unfits  Ander- 
son, in  ''  The  .Memorial,"  etc. ,  already  <  put  ted  :  "'  There  are  not  a  few  si  ill 
living  who  will  show  the  estimation  in  which  they  hold  him.  by  saying 
— Take  him  all  in  all,  we  do  not  expert  ever  to  look  upon  his  like  again." 

His  services  to  his  n.uive  land  and  to  the  age  were  manifold.  More 
by  far  than  any  othei  one  person  hitherto,  he  set  for  the  American 
pulpit  its  [.resent  high,  ideal  of  intellectual  culture  and  effectiveness. 
llelfamv,  Smallev,  Strong  and  Hopkins  am]  the  great  Kdwards  were 
clear,  argumentative  and  direct,  but  abounded  more  in  rhetorically  un- 
cultivated force  of  thought,  than  in  accomplished  ease  and  grace  <<f 
speech..  To  their  substantial  excellencies  of  discourse  he  added,  for 
the  lirM  time  in  any  manner  which  was  influential  upon  the  land  at 
lar  -;e.  the  high  effects  of  a  refill  'd  taste  and  of  a  sanct' lied  imagination. 
The  influence  of  his  ideas  and  ideals  of  true  pulpit  eii'ort  has  been 
verv  u'reat  aUo  in  England  ;  where  his  writings  ha\e  had  a  very  large 
and  welcome  reception,  for  half  a  century  past.  Next  to  Edwards  at 


1  .VJ  X////    "/     .\  (l/luf  it  !<  1    I>tl'i<f}it,    /in/It    <>i  \  off  li<l  in  I'll  >// ^ 

:\\\\  raif,  ami  l"-vond  linn  l>v  far,  it  i.>  l>elieve<l.  In-  Las  lorn.;  Id-en  Let- 
ter k  nou  n  t  here.  1 1 1:1  u  an  v  nt  In  T  A  HUT  lean  author. 

No  (Mir  iike\\i>e,  of  all  tin-  leaders  of  religions  llioii'_'lit  ainoni,'  n-, 
ha--  iloni-  a^  niufii  as  he,  to  liriir_r  real  persona!  religion  into  fa\or  \\itli 
|].«-  educated  classes.  With  what  hiji  ami  I. mad  k  now],  •,!-,-.  -,„„! 
M-IIX-.  si  roller  l"i:ic  and  joyou.s  cut Inisi.'isin  did  In-  detennim-dlv  smite, 
liatli-r  down,  ami  ln-at  to  |.ii-r-,.s  th<-  nr-an  fancies  of  tiiat  lio artful, 
l-'rencli  skepticism,  ulih-li,  \\li!-n  In-  ai-i-i-|it  i-il  lli>-  pn-sidencv  of  '^  'ale, 
\\  a^  i  il'r  o\  IT  all  the  land,  ami  i  :-|M-riall\  in  ii>  liiuln>t  plan  .>  i  >f  i  nlln- 
ciici-  a  IK!  |  ii  i u  IT. 

II'-  illt  roilllcrd  alxi  a  ln-\\  .^t\]c  of  i-dllcat  ional  id--a->  alid  i-li"oii>  inlo 
inn1  lii.;iii-i-  in>t  it  in  ion>  ot'  lea  riling  and  ciiiir>i->  of  >'  ml\ .  l'.\  1;  i>  o\\  n 
|nT.-onal  cnt  lni.-ia-m.  in  sii^'^t  ii.i:  ami  ti>iiiiL.f  m-\\  id- a-.  id>  al>.  pro- 
i  •(•»!•>  and  ri  >ult  s  in  tin-  In --In ->t  t'orin>  of  niriit  al  cult  u  i  •<•  to  i  ,i-  I'oi;  nd  in 
lln-  land,  lit-  \it;di/.!'d  tin-in  \\itli  i  n>|iirinur  inli-rot  in  tin-  tiiou'_dit>  ot' 
h i>  a>M Ji-iati-s,  and  of  t li inking  ni'-n  at  lar_ri-  in  tin-  conininiiit  \  :  \\  iiili- 
I,  i-  _;,'.  i-  t .  i  t  lie  caiiM-  of  coll'-^iate  education  thrdii^liini!  t  he  eoiint  ry  an 
lijiiilt  and  oli\\'ard  lno\  cinelit ,  \\ineli  lia\e  hi-ViT  lieeli  lo-t.  MO|-,-  ll.ali 
;.ll.  lr-  -pirn  Kali/.i-d  tin-  \\ork  of  intellectual  trainin;.'.  e\er  [luttiii:; 
liioral  and  i-eliLfi"U.s  ideas  in  tin-  \an  of. all  ln>  educational  eli'o|-]>. 
TluTe  i>  indeed  no  >iie!i  tnic  >t  a  IK  1  -]  M,  i  n  i .  for  an  adequate  e^nmate  of 
edlliat  iol.al  elenu  lit  >.  lull  \lelice>  am  I  i>Mles,  i(s  that  to  In-  found  in  I  he 
;,  i  n,o--i'iie|-e  0}  exalted,  n  i  i  1 1 1st  eria  1  ;:iiu>  and  eiidea\or>.  and  as  are  >uij- 

ee,I.  d  I  '\  a  t  I'Ue  >en>e  of  the  el  a  Mils  of  (  iod"---  1\  1 1 1  U'dol  1 1  1 1 1  io]|  ca  1'i  ll. 
li  I  ion  ill  1  n.i  iid>  li.aile  i -a  j. a  Lie  l.\  ]  ii  o]  er  t  :  a  ll . !  i  ,'j'  ot  e.  n!  ;  ma  i  i  h  ;i:h 
j , !-oi in,-'  i  \ , 'lie--  i .(  i  hoiiu'lil.  1 1 1^  intiii'-nee  also,  in  [ironio;  mi;  '  }>>•  |  'i''--'-nt 

t- 1  \  1 1  •    "  t     s  \  .-- 1  e  1 1 1  a  t  1  e.   t  1 1 .  'o  1  o^i  i  -a  1    e  d  1 '  i  •:  1 1  1 1  '  1 1 .    \\  a  -  1 1 1    - 1'  I  \  ' '    Hi     1 1 : :  i ' .  \     \\ ; :  \  s, 

aiihoii^h  no!  exactly  capal'le  of  lull,  ln>ioric  pi-.  --  niatioii.  !!•-  \\  as 
aUo.  ii  i-  !iehe\ed,  the  tir-!  Hi  tlil^  coiilitrv  to  advance  iln-  >Ialidard  ot' 
f  iirde  ediical  inn  to  n>  jii-e.-i-nt ,  LTreatU  ini]'ro\ed  poviijiiii.  ||,.  laii-lit 
lii^  f'-male  pupiU  the  lii^'li'-r  lirancln->  ot  lea  rniiiLT.  iii  ela-^'-^  \\i'h  tiiu«.e 
of  i  he  oi  her  >e\  u  }., ,  u  ,.,.,.  pr,- paring  f,  n-  pi  ol'i--.-!.  .nal  -'  ndi-  -•  :  and  \\  it  h 
liiin  l»-'_an  eti'ec!  1  \  el\  that  st\le  nt'  educational  treatnu-nl  of  femal'--, 
v,  hieh  !->  lia-'-d  as  no\\  on  liii-  ld'-a  ot'  llie  .  ---e.'itial  e'ji;ali'\  "f  lip-  tuu 
-  \'-  in  iiii-ntal  ca|iaciiv.  I  !e\  .  1  >r.  \\' m.  .1 .-! ;  1,  - v  ,  ,f  I ',  .,M  , ,!;.  -Tad.  at 


M  •,    i>K\i:    Siu  :      AltliuiiLrli    my  IriN-  l-i'iu  ',;  •   i  t'ri i    y,.ir     ::>•'•.    \>r.   ^.  T' ;M 

i .  I  >-.-.  i-j'iit .  ha-  •_'  i  \  i  M  !  c '  I  In-  puli!  ii-  an  ace.  .111  it  el'  1,  j  -  r.--|  H-I  ; ,  <\  i'a!  in  r  ;  \  ,•;  I 
i''  ;,,:i-'-  l  iiii!  (!H-  ( .!'  hi-  .].  -i-i-niiaii!  -  ha-  n:i>'.'  r\  -i  k'-n  a  PA  '.<  ,\  <•(  i  ''.••  \\  in  •'•  IIIK-- 
li.  •  ;  '  -I  e  i  'I  -•  •  I  !p-  v<T\-  i  a!  e;-|i]-;-i'  !  i  ;|i|  -  | ,  i  li  .ll-t  I'a' ' '  "II  r  N  <  \  I  .:.-_•  .:< '  i  •.'•:.•  ai'  i- 

-.  :r  •!  I  'i  ii.e.  i  'i -e  eiir  iut  'Te«t  in    the   I'tirit  an  charae;.  r.  \\  i,i<-h  .;   in  ->•  man  v 


Sun  of  Timotfi.y,  Son  of  Joli  n,  loili  of  D^Jhani,  J/'/.^.v.    1  ,>> 

Harvard  in  1707,  who  d.  at  Boston  Xov.  !•">,  I8<>o,  act.  87,  author  of 
"The  Comprehensive  Commentary,"  once  said  to  the  author,  that, 
"the  time  would  conic  when  the  women  of  this  country  would,  out 
of  gratitude  to  .Dr.  Jhvight  for  his  scr\  ices  in  improving  the  edu- 
cation of  their  sex:  erect  u  monument  to  his  memory."  The  mother  of 
John  Quincy  Adams,  in  describing  her  rarlv  history,  writes  thus  of  the 
style  of  education  that  was  the  best  obtainable  for  girLs  at  Boston,  in 
her  day  :  "Education,  was  limited  for  girls  in  the  best  families  to 
writing  and  arithmetic,  and,  in  rare  instances,  music  also  and  dancing; 
and  ii  was  fashionable  to  ridicule  female  learning." 

Says  Dr.  Holland  (Hist.  West.  31  ass.,  vol.  i.  pp.  481-2,  pub.  in 
18.">.">]:  "  Boston,  with  its  Latin  and  ilnglish  High  Schools  for  boys, 

instances  happily  exhibits.  Puritan.  1  say,  because  this  is  no  small  part  of  its 
distinction  ;  but  enterprise,  courage,  inventive  industry  and  skill  distinguish  it 
besides,  and  require,  investigation  in  biographic  history,  and  well  reward  it. 

I  was  never  in  the  company  of  your  honored  grandfather  but  twice  ;  yet  they 
have,  been  to  me  quite  memorable  instances  of  enjoyment.  The  iirst  was  in 
this  city,  at  the  house  of  Jie.v.  Dr.  Channhig's  mother,  previous  to  her  son's 
adoption  of  those  theological  speculations  which  have  given  him  his  sectarian 
eminence — the  company  consisting,  beside  the  President,  of  Dr.  IMorse  ami  -Mr. 
Huntir.gton.  Pa-lor  of  The  01,1  South  Chureh.  The  next  time  was  at  Andover, 
where  the  President  had  been  invited  to  a  conference,  in  reference  to  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  He  like  myself  lodged  at  the  house  of  Prof.  I.Varson.  hi  the 
murning  lie  complained  of  having  had  a  restless  night,  saying  :  '  This  is  110 
country  for  a  man  to  sleep  in.'  ]  answered  him  with  a  line  from  Homer: 

Or   y,//,   -ci'i  i  \'i»r  trJfvr    ]<n'/ i/ji'ijHiv  in'tl/ia. 
I  might  liave  added  the  next  line;   but  it  was  not  necessary. 

His  exertions  for  the  better  ;  ducat  ion  of  females  ,-ei  an  important  example  in 
such  a  way  to  the  country.  I-'m-  myself  ]  know,  that,  as  to  our  public  schools 
in  P.ostoii  -I  can  remember  when  females  were  iir.-t  permitted  to  attend  them, 
which  was  about  1?S7. 

I  have  long  thought  that  his  stirring  ode.  'Columbia!  Columbia!  to  glory 
arise  !  '  had  a  great  inllnence  in  animating  national  hopi;  and  spirit  in  the  revo- 
lutionary war.  and  to  a  degree  which  lias  not  been  adequately  acknowledged. 
Once,  when  visiting  on  the  Hudson.  I  made  a  similar  remark  to  an  historical 
friend,  who  fully  agreed  with  me.  That  ode.  so  enthusiastically  patriotic,  ex- 
hibits a  high  and  just  view  of  female  worth  and  of  woman's  proper  position  and 
work,  as  man's  purifying  companion,  and  the  intellect  ual  sharer  in  his  scientific 
and  literary  pursuits  as  well  as  in  the  ordinary  joys  and  sorrows  of  human  life. 

Ii  has  done,  I  think,  and  is  doing  much,  in  civili/ing.  humanizing,  and 
christianizing  our  countrv.  31neh  mi<_;ht  be  said  also  of  his  'Travels,'  which 
ha\e  for  many  years  furnished  instruction  to  others,  and  shown  what  talent  and 
observation  can  accomplish  in  sm.h  a  form.  His  volumes  of  Theology  need  no 
commendation  from  me. 

Yours  cordially. 

W.\t.  JKXKS." 


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Tin     />/>'/•/  ifltntx   (if' 

nt'    \illfill  It  /•  I     />tl-i,/!if,    />»///     of   \<>rt]i<l  III  ntnll, 


M"\  IT  lint  d  u  1  1  li  i  n  live    \  cars  atTunled  lln-  same  |in\  ilf.rcs  to  <_'irls.       In 

lli-alll'  II     natl'ill-*.    nil    o\rr    tin1    idnlii-    Hi    ;i!l    a_'"-.    lnah   ^   aluli"     lia\"     l>""ll 

drriii.  (1  \\  ,  ri  !i    t  1  1  in-;  1  1  MIL.'.      A  dili'i-i  i  nt  phih»dph\   i.s  IK  •<_'!  lining  to   pic 

\:ill.         I'lVUoll^     In     ill.'     rrvolni  Inn.     mal"     ti-ai-liiTs    \\i-n-     allilnst     i-\rlll- 

si\  rl\  i-mpl'  i\"d  :  and  it  I-*  '  iii!  \  \\  1  1  Inn  t  lie  last  i|iiart<-r  of  a  ivnt  iirv,  that 
f"lnal"s  ha  \  "  hi't-n  cmpl'  ivcd  to  take  <'har'_fr  of  winter  si  -In  mis.  A  \  niin^ 
l:i'l  v  u  as  o  insidfivd  sntlirii'lit  Iv  cil  iii  -a  1  1  1  1  \\  In  •!!  --In1  hail  h-a  Hii-d  In  )'•  ail. 
'I'd  K  •  aM"  tn  wri'i-.  nr  ni:d"i  ••-!  ami  th"  sri.-mv  df  nnmlirrs.  v.as  d--i-in"d 
nnmvi-ssai'v.  It  is  said,  thai  f-\\  dt'  mir  I'urilan  ni"!  h'Ts.  w.'iv  anl"  to 
UTiti'  ilifir  naii!!'<.  a:;:l.  that  l!r'  \\i\rs  nf  maii\  di>l  in^ni>hcil  lin'ii. 
v.hi'ii  rr.iiii'-trd  In  >i^ii  il^i'ds  nr  otli'T  l-'^'al  (lin".iiiii':it>;.  fuiild  onlv 
l'-a  \  i'  t  li-'i  r  inark  ii[n  HI  I  lii'in." 

II"  Was  iiMH.ll.u'  til.-  fi-\V  arli\"  i'uu.drrs  nf  lia'  A.  I).  ('.  I''.  M..  ;:!,d 
W;i>  one  df  tli"  nil:"  lirst  nil-nil  ii'i's  uf  11>  (  'i  ']'|nii'a  i  !•  l.'nard.  II"  v.'as 
aNn  din1  df  thi'  I'diindcrs  nt'  th"  Ani"nran  lldini'  .Mi—.  Sncii  t\.  and 
lia.d  a  si  TV  di-fidrd  inline]  iri>  in  m-i^inat  inu'  ;h"  Aiin-i-iran  Uihli-  Snrif!  v. 
I!"  it  s\as  alsn.  \\lin  I'nxl  |>i'd],d-,r,|  and  liriiii_dit  al'inn  "tin-  jiiaii  <>f 
nnidii  l.i  •!  \\  I'l-ii  tin-  cnn^rc^at  iunal  and  [ircsiis  trrian  chiiripIn'-~  df  thr 
land.  Th"  |irn|insitidii  first  cainc  t<i  tli"  untici-  nt'  ill"  jUllillc.  I'r.'lii  tli" 
\\,,i,..-ii  A»di-iat  imi  df  Kairlii-ld  ('(>.,(  't..  of  \\hii-h  In1  was  a  nn-inlicr, 
and  as  d"\  i-i-d  l>\  him  :  wliriicr  it  \\  a-^  i-a  r:  i"d  tn  The  <  't'licral  As-dria- 
tidii  i-f  (  'diiiji-i't  ii-nt.  l!n\v  inni'h  tli"  I'ri-sliyti-fian  ('hinvh  nf  thi> 
cdimtry  i-  ind"l>t;'d  fm'  its  proi-iit  lai'LC"  LTrnwlli  in  nuinlii'i-s  and  ]m\MT 
In  ihi-,  plan  df  unidii.  and  sn  in  I';-.--'.  l>\vi--hr.  i;-  fdimdcr.  Vfir-  nf 
thdi'dii-h  in\  i-st  iu'al  i"ii  inld  tl.T  farls  nf  th"  ca-r  i-niild  alnnc  i-\,-n  ap- 
]  :l'd\  i;,,a',-]\  -1|..\\.  ]|"  \\a>  apl'iiinlcd  liv  tin-  l!"id.  A  --d,-ia'  iny  nf 
(  'dii!!"i-r  ii-ut  .  .1  nil",  l.'i.  17'."1.  :'~.  a  cniiiniit  t"".  with  I  >i'.  <  M.ndrirh  and 
.M"--ls.  I'jKdt'  aiid  I  I  lint  iiiL.'l"ii.  In  (•••ri'c-pni.d  with  ill"  M  :.-  -:i"h  •  ;  -"t  !  > 
(  'i>n  \  *  ni  inn  and  t  h"  (  ."ii";  a  1  A  —  "r.iMv  df  I  h"  1  '  i'"-n\  1  1  ria  n  (  'Imi-.'h. 
This  A-M'iiil.ly.  in  Ma_\  I  7.  'I.  an  !.  in  •!;  .....  I  7'.'  I.  ih"  C.-ii"!-al  A-  .d.-ia- 
1  1  Hi  i  i>f  (  'diinrrtirnt  ,  rai-h.  appd'nti'd  a  <  '<  iiniiiiM  ••"  t  n  nii-rt  ,  Si-pi.  II. 

17'.'!.  ill  ill"  rhap.-l  nf  \;;\>-  ('..i!"'.'".  f'T  a.'.'.  Unpl  i-li  illu'  I  h"  d"Mlvd 
p'-nlt.  Tli"  (  'nliiinit  !""  dt'  tli"  <•"!!'  i';d  A  —  m1"1,  \-  \\"i-.'  I  ir~.  .Idhn 

Kdd.'-!-..  .Idhn  \Viili.  ••>!  .....  n  and  Ai"\and"f  .M.-\Vli..i  r.  r.  at..|  al-n 
\\"  i  !  1  i  a  n  i  T"  n  n  i  •  n  t  a  n  d  •  1  1  -d  >  -d  i  a  1  1  '  '  1  1  a  p  1  1  1  a  1  1  .  '  I  '  h  a  :  d  )'  1  1  1  >  •  <"  !  .  •  1  1  1  .  A.  -  •  i  •  i  a 

ti.-n     \\:i-    rnaipn-.-.l    nf     l'lV>t.     !  >U  i-ll'.    I  >l'x.    .  I  ,  ,  !  ,  ;  i  '  1  ,  a  !  ,     Kd  \\  ;  •  I'd  -.    -ll'..    a  lid 

K!i,<ur  Cnndri.-h.  and  aKn  I',,  niamin  Trnml.rdl  and  I  .-  \  i  Mart.  I  >r. 
1,'dd^.'--  \\a-  nindfia'nr.  and  l>r.  l'\\i:;li'  --ni'". 

T  ,  |'n.,T.    Hwi._'li!  a!-,  -hdidd  I."  a-.-ril..  -I.  i'    i,  l.-li-M  d.  .!,-  ,-i-.I.]i,li- 

i  ,  a-;.-    i,f  Tip-ill-  i'_d<-al   S.  'in  i  nail"-   i  ii   t  h  i-  "'  m  i:  '  r\  .       S-  -  •   :  IH     N--1  iiunn  \   df 

i;    \.    I  >r.    N.    \\  .    Tax!    r.   in    Snra_-nr'~    An;.aU    Am.     1'nlpii.   \--l.    ii.  p. 

''.•_'.        I  I  i  -    M,i>  d   v\  a  -  f'dl    df  n|-._'a  ni/ii"_;-   !n-!  !!,!•'  -   ali-1    i:          '  -  ••('  '•  \r  •  :  _l  i  !   : 


Col.  Tun  oil i  ij  DidyJtt, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJoiui,  l>oCu  of  Dedham,  IMas*.    1 55 

and  lie  was  over  busy  in  contriving  some  new  form  of  advancement  for 
Bible-truth  in  the  world,  or  in  erecting  ;i  new  barrier  somewhere 
against  wanton  attacks  upon  its  majestv  and  its  strength. 

Thousands  upon  thousands  have  read,  witli  great  pleasure  and  profit, 
edition  after  edition  of  his  "  Theology  "  in  this  country,  and  in  England 
and  Scotland.  Tn  what  secondurv  forms  of  reflected  good,  beyond  all 
possibility  of  finite  appreciation,  lie  has  benefited  multitudes  indi- 
rectly, through  the  bettered  thoughts  and  lives  of  those  whose  aims  and 
endeavors  he  directly  elevated  to  new  points  of  moral  excellence  by  his 
instructions  ami  personnl  influence,  none  but  (rod  himseli  can  know. 
.His  baccalaureate  sermons,  which  attracted  always  great  crowds  of 
listeners  were  regarded  at  the  time  as  his  most  eloquent  discourses. 
But  in  his  case,  as  in  that  of  John  .M .  .Mason  and  of  Itobert  Hall,  the 
two  unrivalled  preachers  of  their  dav  for  immediate  effectiveness  in  the 
pulpit ,  the  world  has  plainly  shown  how  much  in  its  estimation,  rhetoric 
stands  in  abiding  worth  below  logic;  or.  in  other  words,  how  much 
more  precious  is  truth  in  the  mass  to  mankind  than  any  of  its  mere 
superficial  ornaments  however  glittering.  Never  more  than  one  edition 
of  1m;  "  popular "  miscellaneous  and  baccalaureate  sermons  has  been 
sold  in  this  country,  and  of  the  first  and  only  edition  of  them  ever 
published  in  I'll  inland  but  a  mere  fraction  could  be  "worked  oil" — the 
remainder  being  brought  to  this  country,  after  many  years  and  sold 
here.  Hut  his  "  Theology,"  full  of  solid  thought  and  argument,  has 
Lfone  through  a  score  of  editions  in  this  countrv,  and  through  at  least 
a  hundred  abroad. 

But  his  chief  services  to  mankind  were  not  so  much  those  of  a 
preacher,  as  of  a  teacher.  For  J(>  vears  continnouslv,  excepting  the 
one  year  and  a  little  more  of  his  chaplaincy  in  the  army,  he  spent  the 
united  force  of  his  great  intellect  and  heart,  in  girding  up  Midi  of  the 
youth  of  Ins  generation,  as  he  could  reach  with  his  influence,  to  the 
best  possible  use  of  their  time  and  talents,  for  their  own  »'ood  and  the 
glory  of  (lod.  And,  in  what  an  ever- widen  inn;  si  ream  of  benefits  re- 
produced in  unending  succession,  one  upon  the  other,  does  such  a  course 
of  wise  efforts  in  one's  own  brief  dav  exiend  its  blessings  far  and  near 
amoirj;  mankind.  Those  Id  vears  «{'  earnest  and  delighted  didactic 
toil  were  distributed,  as  follows — nineteen  of  them  being  spent  in  giv- 
ing academic  Instruction:  two  were  spent  at  New  llaven  as  ihe 
head  of  the  1 1  opk  ins  <  '•  raminar  School  (  I  7:i!> --7  I  ),  as  were  si.\  after- 
wards ;is  tutor  at  Yale  (I77l— 7):  live  he  spent  at  Northampton  in 
teaching  a  private  school  there  (  I  77^— <""-•"> ),  as  al>o  twelve  subsequently 
(  I  7'^'' --'.'">)  at  Greenfield  Hill,  in  a  similar  vvav.  For  ("wentv-ono  vears 
after  this  period,  until  his  death,  he  abounded,  in  every  wa v  ,  in  the 


T  Ii>     1  ><  .svv  itJitnfx  of 
l.H>  .S',///    nt'  Xilt/nl it!<  I    I  ><!'/, f'/t,   l>uf!i    nl'  Xtirtfii/iiij'foii, 

ino.-t  mai:nanini<  iiis  ;n,i  1  untiring  interest  111  tlir  duties  and  ]  .1  i  \  i  1>  ijes 
of  the  presidency  of  Yale  (  1  7'.'."'  1M7). 

Tin'  academy,  \\liii-li  In-  occupied  ill  (Ireenliehl  Ilill,  wa-  liiiij  foi- 
lum  \<\  subscription  .'Hi;!  ua-  plain  enoiiidi  111  appearance,  \\llli  a  small 
cupola  "ii  top,  lull  no  hell,  three  windows  oil  r;('-|l  side  and  H  i ''  'o!  1 1 1 1  |o- 

dalion-   tor  ."HI  ,,r  (il)  pupil-.       It   .-lood  mi   the  puMic  square, and   was  ."i  1 

teet     loi;_r   !j\     L'l'    t'rc-t    \\IMC.         Ai'li'f    some    7<  '    "f    Inorr    \t-;ir.>    of    Colil  1  II  IH'il 

n>",  il  \vas  iv]>l;in-i!.  ;i  |'i'\v  yciii-M  ;i'_fo,  li\  :iii"iln-r  I  H  1  il'  i  i  IIL'  of  nni'-li  ilu- 
same  sort  upon  tlir  smu"  r-jmi.  'I'ln-  >chon!  jiiinihiT-d,  s\hi-n  ;it  its 

1).  iu'lll.    >onir    ">'l    ]ili]iik   of    liotli    M'.VS lllo>t    of  )li<'!ll    frolil    olll    of    town, 

a  do/en  or  more  of  \\honi  Inmi-.l..!  in  hi.-  own  funiilv.  Th"  in:i>-  of 
llicin  were  from  ]<i  to  1.".  ycni^  of  a^v,  uitli  n  f.-v.  at  linic>  tiial  \\d'r 
older.  Mime  of  \\hoin  came  from  \'ale  io  >|ieml  iheir  t'.nrtli  \ear  \\iili 
hi  in  rather  than  in  that  in-t  il  in  ion.  lie  Inn  I  no  a.-.- i^i  ant,  e  \eejii  a-,  on 
the  L;inea>tei1ian  jilan.  he  eii:]i!o\  eil  to  Mime  extent  lii-  more  mi\  ane.-d 
pupil-  io  hear  the  reeitat  ion-  of  those  who  were  voiinur|ir.  'I'i.e  -nnlii  s 
pursued  \\~ei-( — he>ide  sj lei  1 1 n u".  reading,  pennianslnp.  comjio-it'.on  and 
ileclamatioii-  |-'.n^:i-.h  ( Irammar,  Aritiimetic.  ( Jcn^rapliy,  Latin,  ( in-i-k, 
AiL'-'ora.  Snr\  e\  MIL;'.  Na\ii_raiion  and  Natural  I'lnio.-opliv. 

II'-  u-i'd  the  roil  in  punishment  hut  little  nt  m'.-i  -reiving  inore  on 
earnest  and  aii'eetionate  reproof,  as  a  elierk  to  wronir  eonduet.  !!,- 
^a-  tuli  of  tli.'  lo\e  of  Iiis  woi  k  in  e\erv  form.  an<l.  wjiile  'k- .'pin^ 
school  m  pan  to  augment  hi-  means  of  plea.-nral'le  .-nli-i.-ten,-,',  !,,-  did 
it  .-nil  more  fii-  the  charms  of  a'jor.ndii;^  n-efuIne->  \\hi.-h  i;  pie-enled 
to  him.  in  unfadinu'  repet  it  ioii.-ne»,  i  if  i  ijiport  unit  \\ 

III-  ialiors  as  a  teacher  a!  \  ale  u , -re  in  nil  i  form,  and  !.••  \\  a  -  i  \  •  r 
spoi,taiieon-!\  rc'ady  to  im-n-a-e  nMla-r  than  c..ntrac:  them.  I. '•-;,;,• 
li'-ini:'.  in  Ooi  h  form  and  spirit .  I  'i  i-.-id'  ii  of  the  ( 'oil  ;•_''•.  and  enti  ;  tain- 
HILT  a:  hi-  house  an  almost  continuous  proc.'.--[on  o)'  ^ut-  t-  :'r  m  ali 
pan-  ot'  ihe  land,  and  ho!di:;_'  a  \\--lii  i^ii  peipi-;ual  \<  \e"  :'.i  -re  of 
pei--<in;d  Iriend.s  •  ;:ch  ex'einn^  ;  h'-  wa-  prac;ifa!!\'  the  Pro). --or  o{ 
l>l\init\"  —  teaching  lnan\'  pllpl!-  iheolo^s.  ('haplalli  of  tin-  ('olle^e. 
I'rof.-s.-or  of  1,'h-toric.  I'i-ol'es-or  of  Lo^h-  and  M.-iap'n  \  -i.--,  and  1'r.i 
fe.--or  of  .\jorai  I'hilo-ophy. 

!!••  v.  as  relnarkalile  at  all  lime.-  for  id-  -iroi,--  ii,t.-re.-!  in  the  lies! 
d'-\  ••iopni'-iil  and  [il'o^i'es-,  of  lii.'  ihoii-alid-  ot  \oim^  imn  coininltted 
told-  i',  i  re.  a  nd  in  1  h'1  personal  slice.---  afo-n\  ai  d-  of  t  he  di  •-•  -i  \  tnu'- 
|-'«  -.'.  in  a  M  t  he  u  orld  an\  \\  here  ha  \  i-  act  i\  i-|\  Ic-lp'-'  I  a-  man\  |  •  ;--on.s 
i  o  po-i;  io!.-  of  !!.-•  -i'n  Ines-  and  honor  a-  h'-.  and  none  \\  i ;  h  in  ore  e\i  ivme 

deii^lll.  He      li\ed       Io      see      11  1  II  i  I  i  i  1 1  d  i  '.-     01 'C 1 1  p  \  i  11 -'      the      hl_ll       places      ot' 

p  o  u  i  i  -   in    the   1  a  I ,  d ,  I  n  t  o    \\  h  1  c  h    h '  •   had    1 1 1 1 1 1  se !  t     1 1 .  d  i :  •  • '  •  -  d    them,   and   <j.  \  <  a ! 


numbers  rejoicing  to  belong  to  the  household  of  faith,  as  the  fruits  of 
his  /eal  for  their  conversion. 

In  "Peter  Parley's  Kecollections  of  a  Lifetime"  quite  an  easy, 
running  sketch  occurs  of  President  ])wight,  as  lie  appeared  to  the  eyes 
of  its  author;  from  which  the  following  disconnected  extracts  are 
made  (vol.  i.  pp.  347-GO  )  :  "  In  the  summer  of  ISO'!,  he  visited  Xew 
Haven,  then  a  sort  of  Jerusalem  in  his  imagination,  a  holy  place  con- 
taining 5tTale  College,  of  which  Dr.  J)wight  was  President."  "On 
Sunday  he  went  to  hear  him  preach.  Jle  was  then  at  the  zenith  of 
his  fame — a  popular  poet,  an  eloquent  divine,  a  learned  author,  and 
President  of  the  College,  lie  was,  unquestionably,  at  that  time  the 
most  conspicuous  man.  in  New  England,  filling  a  larger  space  in  the 
public  eye,  and  exerting  a  greater  influence  than  any  other  individual. 
Xo  man  since  his  time  has  held  an  equal  aseendemi'V,  during  Iris  day 
and  generation  in.  Xew  England,  except  perhaps  Daniel  Webster.  In 
allusion  to  his  authority  in  matters  ecclesiastical  as  well  as  civil — for 
he  was  a  statesman  and  exercised  his  influence  in  politics — he  was 
familiarly  called  by  political  adversaries,  Old  Pope  ])wight."' 

''  He  was  of  a  full,  round,  manly  form.  I  have  never  seen  a  smoother, 
rounder  head  than  his,  which  was  slightly  bald  and  close  shorn.  J  le 
had  a  noble  aspect,  a  full  forehead,  and  piercing,  black  eves,  though 
partl\'  covered  up  with  large  spectacles  in  a  tortoise-shell  frame.  His 
voice  was  one  of  the,  finest  that  I  ever  heard  from  the  pulpit — clear, 
hearty,  sympathetic,  and  entering  into  the  soul  like  the  middle  notes 
of  the  organ.  Trained  as  ]  had  been  from  childhood  to  regard  him,  as 
second  only  to  St.  Paul,  I  discovered  in  his  discourse  full  justification 
of  his  great  fame." 

'•  He  was  perhaps  even  more  distinguished  in  conversation  than  in 
the  pulpit  :  his  knowledge  was  extensive  and  various,  and  his  language 
eloquent,  rich  and  flowing.  His  smile  was  irresistible." 

"The  pupils  of  the  college  under  his  presidential  charge  almost 
adored  him.  Those  who  had  the  good  fortune  to  receive  their  educa- 
tion under  his  auspices,  look  back  upon  it  as  a  great  era  in  their  lives. 
V\"ith  all  his  greatness  in  other  respects,  he  seems  to  have1  been  more 
particularly  felicitous  as  the  teacher,  the  counsellor  and  the  guide  of 
educated  young  men.  In  the  lecture-room,  all  his  high  and  noble 
qualities  seemed  to  lind  iheir  full  scope.  ilere  h.'  taught,  not  scientific 
instruction  onlv,  but  lessons  also  in  moral;,  and  manners,  and  the  wis- 
dom which  experience  and  common  sense  onlv  could  furnish.  And, 
more  than  this: — he  sought  to  infuse  into  the  bosom  of  all  that  high 
principle,  which  served  to  inspire  his  own  soul --to  lie  alwavs  a  gentle- 
man, taking  St.  1'aul  as  a.  model.  Kvry  kind  of  meanness  he  despised. 


7  In     I  )<  xc(  mitt  lit*  of 

1  .~>S  S»ii   of'  Xitflnlnitl   /''/'A////,  />nf//   nf  .\<>rtli<liiij>!»ii, 

l.o\e    i  if  cull  III  I  \     \\as    the    d  'II-  I  Mill     llll'llle     (if     111.-,     ell|o;_'\.  IIe||-_lM||     \\;is 

I  1111     Solll     .     I'    lli--     S\   stelH    I.I'    thillh  MIL'-" 

A  III  lef  ill  1(1  compact  Minima  l'\  Ilia  V  lie  made  also  of  si  >|i|e  of  I  he  Ilia  111 
(>Ut  lilies  of  I  !n-  Mcrulllli  -l\rll  ill'  I'i'e^t.  |>\\i<_d|l  ill  Spark's"  Alll.  I'.io^- 

raph\ .  in  i  li is  \\  ise : 

III-    intellectual    po\\e|-S    Were    IVinarkalilv    U  ell    pl'oport  lolled     111    th'-in- 

,-M-l\i  ••>,  Mini  symmetrical  in  tln-ir  d  '\clopnient.  'I'lii-  solid  ,-inil  tin-  \i-r 
sal  ile  \\i-ri1  ei|iial'\  !••  n  i>| 'iriii  nis  in  In  in  ;  ;n  i.l  |;!.x  inui  filial  ion  Mini  mom- 
or\  In -!il  i  in-  |IM  si  inn  I  I  lir  I'm  u  iv  iii  I'u  II  si  ivim'i  h.  like  t  In-  |  in '-'hi  i;  <-\\\ 
v.nliih  Ins  \ision  .-mil  under  Ins  vjrasp.  HI-  hail  at  n implrt i-  ('tiiniiiMliil 
\\  IIMI  i-\  IT  lir  l\  ii"v. ,  ;;  ml  \\  i  in  U  MIH]  ill-  Mini  lit  l'i  >r  r\  ]  iivssi  ii^  u  in  i  ill  p -rs. 
Ills  k  in  i\v  li'il^r  V.MS,  llkr  his  \,T\  mriilMl  ri  >1  Isl  i  t  U  t  i(  >H,  'if'iMil  Mini  iiim- 
]  iivln'ii^i  \  r.  lir  |ni  i'sii'-il  mat  lii'iiiiit  ics  1'ni-  jili'Msinv  i  hn 'iiu'li  NcvNinii  s 
l'iim-i]ilM  :  nl'  tin'  fhissii-al  hnr.'iiM -j.'1-s  In-  uas  rvrr  very  I'mnl  :  \\liih-  in 
inli'ilrrl  iiai  ami  iinira!  |i|ii!nso|ili  v,  1 1  n  •<  il<  >^\  .  K>_;i''.  I'licl  i  H'if  ;i  in  I  |i-n-!i-y 

111'    \\'MS    ^iv'al'lX     al     liollh'.         M  llslf     In-     ivllsill-ll      lilllcll,    ami     slllillr:!    Imtll 

as  MM  a  rl    Mini  a  sen  ni-r. 

1 1 1'  can  u'  ;I|MI|I   t  he  siM'_v  nl'  ad  ii  m.  a  I    i  he  em  I  of   I  he  h>m_:  ami  si  !•,  m_j 

s\\ell  of  IV\  olll!  lollMTV  exellemeul  ,  \\hell  i;Teal  i  j  Kesl  U  H  is  Were  a^l  I  a  ',  1 1  r_( 
all  hearts;  \\hen  men's  immls  \sere  e\  er\  \\  in-re  at  a  uliile  In-ai  \\illi 
intei'i  si  iii  i  a-sin^  e\  ei;!s  ;  ami  v,  In  MI  t  here  \\  MS  u  Miuml  in  t  lie  air  it  self 
nl  ei'iiiiiiL,'  ehaii^is  nl  hi_;h  iiii|iort  in  ehni'eli  ami  state.  Ills  soul  \\as 
charge. 1  In  the  full  \\ith  tin-  s|.iril  of  the  hour.  lie  nnist  speak  ami 
\\lile  ill-  o\\  li  earne.s!  llniiiuhls  to  oihers.  (ifeat  men  \\  ere  all  ai'oiunl 
him:  ami  lie  \\as  toreinn>l  aiiioiiu;  li,e  Lji'ealest. 

I  I  is  I  en  1 1  ii  i  an  lei  1 1  v>  as  a  nle  n  I  :  I,  is  \\  1 1 1  s:  i 'i  im_;  :  h  is  o  mseiousm1-^  u| 
in\\arii  |iov.er  continual  :  ami  his  as]ii  ra  i  imis  I'.ir  iiseiulm->s  \\ ,  iv  li.^ii 
alnl  Inasl  i'l  llr_;'.  'illese  elements  of  Inllnl  ami  e!  1:1  raet  •  -r,  ^lll'leii  li\ 
haliiis  nf  I'inloiiml  reileeiinii  ami  diligent  oliser\  at  ion,  ami  acconi|'ami  il 
1 1\  al  ion  m  1 1  n  ii  i  ml  list  i' \  ami  a  sj  iin  i  of  | '1'ot'onml  |ira\  erl  illness  maile  hint 
a  man  of  VMS!  inllueiiee  for  L;.HM|.  'IVm  It  i  uiness  of  fe.'lin:;',  |uirm  of 

|||oti\e,    fMllhfulliess    o!'s|iirit,    ei  i|il|irehen     1  \  eliess    o|      \le\\     alnl    lal_i'liesS 

of  liln-ralil  \    const  n  uteil   the  moving  forces  ol   his  hear!   ami   iite. 

Mi--  ilisllliets  \\ere  Li'eiicroUS  ami  Ills  s\  In] 'Ml  hli 's  \\ere  \er\  lelnler. 
I  !  \\  a  s  |  lie  jo\  n|'  in.-  heart  to  help  ot  hers  \\  1 1  o  ile.M  I  \  i  .1  rel:;i  ml  •!  a  nee 
ami  an  I. 

Ill  ,  r.  \e|ei:ee  for  (im|  ami  his  \\ord  and  ordinaliees  \\as  most  |iro- 
fiiiiml.  ('liar  and  n  in  [  m  •  -I  n  >i  1 1  IIL:  \\:is  hi-  laiih  in  tin-  \eiii\  o|  things 

llllsei    li,    as    |i-\eaied     111     ihe    Sc  I'l  ]  1 1  1 1 1'e.s. 

lie  s\as  eccentric  in  nothim,'.  Inn  stroiiLT  in  all  diiei-iions  of  im  ntal 
and  moral  force.  II'-  was  coiiser\  at  1\  e  alike  in  his  i  i  i -] .. . -i  I  i' -i  i  and 
lad  1 1  -a  I  i  '  'i  i  -e,  \  a  M  \  e  ol  v.  ha  t  \\  Ms.  v;ood,  and  rail  leal  in  his  n,  .,  K  i  1 1| 


Col  Tin  toll i  if  Di 
Sou  of  Tunofutj,  Xoii  of  Jolt  n,  1'otli  of  DedJiaui)  Jfa**.  159 

miucl  toward  everylliiiig  evil.  His  halits  of  thought  and  action  were 
executive  and  practical.  To  a  young  minister  who,  in  speaking  of  a 
given  community,  as  morally  well-conditioned,  v>  because  the  doctrines 
of  the  gospel  were  faithfully  preached  there,"  he  replied:  "That  is 
well  :  but  are  the  duties  of  the  gospel  preached  also  ?  " 

.lie  was  a  great  reformer  of  the  previously  established  forms  and 
modes  of  education  in  tin;  land.  lie  used  to  deiine  genius,  to  be 
"  nothing  more  nor  less  than  the  power  of  making  successful  efforts/' 
While  teaching  his  pupils  thoroughly  in  abstract  science  and  the  art  of 
reasoning,  he  paid  special  attention  ro  rhetoric  and  oratory,  which 
had  previously  been  much  neglected.  The  best  historv  that  could  be 

written  of  Ins  presidency  would  be  a  list   ri^htlv    prepared   of  the  dis- 
i  .  * 

tinguished  individuals,  who  were  lilted  by  his  instrumentality  for 
various  stations  of  dignity,  responsibility  and  usefulness. 

In  Ins  later  years,  he  read  in-,  sermons  more  generally  than  at  an 
earlier  date.  and,  as  a  consequence,  ho  had  less  variety  of  inflection 
then  than  previously;  but  his  reading,  speaking  and  gesticulation 
were  alway.s  simple  and  earnest,  and  without  any  seeming  conscious- 
ness of  desire  to  be  deemed  impressive.  II  is  earnestness  not  onlv  pos- 
sessed him,  but  also  his  audience.  il.is  chapel-prayers,  so  well  re- 
niemliered  by  his  admiring  pupils,  were  generally  of  one  mould  inform, 
though  somevihat  varied  in  expression,  from  time  to  time.  When  any 
special  feature  of  the  times,  or  any  great  public  e\  cut ,  particularly 
awakened  his  sensibilities,  he  was  quite  disposed  to  freedom  in  the  con- 
struction of  his  praver.  lie  was  alwavs  re\eivnt,  humble  and  sincere' 
in  his  public  approaches  to  (u>d. 

In  IN  I"),  he  wrote  an  article  called,  '•  Arguments  for  an  American 
Bible  Society  and  Objections  to  it  Considered, v  several  copies  of  which 
he  directed  his  amanuensis  to  prepare,  and  send  to  various  leading  in- 
dividuals in  different  parts  of  the  land.  •'The  lirst  exclusively  re- 
ligious newspaper  in  this  country  was  undertaken,  at  his  earnest  recom- 
mendation, at  New  Ilaveii.  The  publisher  soon  called  on  him  for 
advice,  and  expressed  doubts  about  sufficiency  of  matter  frnm  time  to 
time  for  sustaining  it.  '  '*  .Matter  ?  "  exclaimed  he  :  "  \\  liv  do  v  on  not 
know  that  the  millennium  is  coming;'  Omv  begin;  and  the  Spirit 
and  providence  of  (MM!  will  suppl\  you  with  mailer  until  your  limits 
will  be  too  narrow  to  sustain  it. 

lie  was  a  decided  Federalist  of  the  Hamilton  school,  and  was 
especially  jealous  of  French  influence  in  education,  literature  and  poli- 
tics. 

lie  had  great  llexibilny  of  power  ami  purpose;  and  adapted  himself 
easily  to  all  circumstances  and  circles,  in  which  he  happened  to  move. 


ll'.ll  SKI  nl'  \,<lji  in'"'     hir',,11!1.  Lot!,   ni  \<>i''lKi  ni  ['ton, 

Mi-  literarv.  praciic.il  ami  social  characteristics  \vciv    al!    iviuarkalilr 

f  >!'  i  heir  \  !•„',  'r. 

II:-  i  ii  MI  i  -i; ;  \  i  h'  -  i  *\'  |  icrsi  >\\  -.  in  all  pos-iKle  \  arii-t  ies  of  po-it  ion  ami 
occupat  i,  'ii,  coiicenii  ni^  :m  vt  liiiiLT  «'in<l  e\  ervt  Iiin^  \\  <  ,  i  i  \\\  \  <>  he  km,\vn, 
\\  a-  "icf  i  't'  i  h"  nn '-(  not  jceit l>li*  fea'  lire-  <  ,f  Ins  cha  racier. 

II:  manners  \\ere  polished  ami  ivtim-d.  ami  I'u  1 1  of  l>,.th  ai'fal,ili;y 
ai  '  I  ili'/ml  v,  \vithout  an  v  ai  r  <  <\'  a  ii'ect  a  I  \<  >\  i,  ami  lieaitt  iful  fur  I  lid  r  ili-- 
r] v  !  |>ri  ]  irirl  \ . 

\'<'\\  |i  •r^niis  in  aii\'  a'.:'i'  or  land  !ia\>'  llif  "pj"  'Tt  uni!  v.  if  tlir\"  i-milil 
|:n->i!-ly  i;n  ft  it  in  a  victorious  wav.  nf  |ia>>in^  nnsc.-i!  In-il,  ;i>  }i<-  did, 
I  liri  iii'_']i  a  l"]r_'  cunt  iniicd  mural  of  li;_'h  and  \vidr-sjuvad,  jii'.lilic 
f.i  \  or. 

lii-  L,ri':itcful  ri'ini'inliraiici'  of  carlv  IVii'iul-.  ami  fa\ors  \va>  uni  (]-•- 
s' roved  liy  tii-p-.  ||,.  ii-vrr  forgot  to  lilies  liis  coll--^.  tutor  and  l-:ii>- 
nnn.  S;c|.l|..n  M  i  \  Mi;  -Ipdl.  j'n-  lii-,  \v:itcli  fulness  ov<-r  Inni  in  tip.  ,•:  i  iy 
j-av!  of  lii^  college-course.  \\li"ii  h"  had  lieUMin  to  \i'-ld  to  de\j.,us 
teiiili'iicies  ;  a  lid  always  n  .'ard,  d  hi  in.  :i>  l:;i\  :  i  j;  r.  i:d<  r  <  '•<  d  .-;:  \ ,  d  l,.m 
lV'.;ii  ruin  111  that  part  ofliis  ln^torv. 

II;-;  -'lireriii'.f  tV.iin  I  h  •  d:>"as  •  of  \vliicli  li"  di"d  \v;\s  e\cruc;ai  inu' : 
and.  in  liis  la--!  hours,  lie  alieruated  \vitli  frei|iiene\-  {V-iin  drov.  •.-;  ir  --  to 
;r_foi;\  tor  >,  ver,:l  ila\  >.  I  i ,  •  di.'il  in  .laiiuarv  1  x  1  7  :  in  the  prec,-i|iii^ 
May,  a  Musical  opera1  ion  had  L'i\'en  him  ti-mporary  ieli,.f  tVom  his 
L'reni  i,o.lil\  an-j-iii-h.  lint  1 1 1  is  \va  -  a  las  of  I  ,ri,'f  con!  iiniaiire  :  il;,-,.;-,- 
ea--"  \va ->  too  rni'_dit  v  for  linnian  -kill  to  I ia tile  it  in  it  s  pi'o^re-s  ;  and 
li"  died,  umier  ;li,.  cojii  ihuull  v  e\]iai:-t  in^  po\\er  "f  e\er  accuini.lateil 
pain. 

Slh'll      I-     a     I'l'l'f    \ie\V     of    M     Series     of    p   ,  I  !  i  '.  •*     of  I  ,ji  i^'ra  ph  i ' '  I  I    Hit''!-''.-! 

pre-en''-d  li\'  I  'r.  \\in.  I'.  Spr;r_'ii"  in  "  >parl-;>  AIM.  I  li-  .._rra ,  'h\  c  ni- 
ceriiiii1^  l'r'--t.  l>.vi'_:'ht  in  a  iniii-h  inor-1  -ca;;,'i'id  \\a\  than  li,-re.  as 
\\vll  a  -  more  i  iili'u-...  Thi  \'  are  grouper  |  i .  .^  ;  her  ny  ,r,  •  \«r  i  h,-i  r  intrin- 
sic t  rurlifulijes>  and  th  'ir  point,  than  I'or  ih.-ii'  original  t'.,rm  of  e\pr">- 

sl'  ,11.     V\  llli'll     \V  a  s    1  01  I     \oluiMlllolls     t'i|'    1  he    a  II'  )|,  ,r    -     K~e. 

M  i  !i\    a  i1"    still      li  \  i  n_f    i  1  V7  I  )    \\  ho    \\  ere    hi-    pupils;    and    f,  >m  I    a  re 

!  1|,-V    a  !\\  'a  \  -   of  1'ecMMlil  iliif   to    hi-   d- '-e,  •]  ida  lit  -   !ii-     p.   r-,  ,|ia!     app'-.il'al   c,  •  ; 

and  charai-teri-t  ic  point  -  of  viiriou-  hind-,  in   hi-    -t  \  !e  ,  ,f   teaehiiMj    a:,  1 

j  )• '  in.'.      'i'h"  d'-.-rript  ioii  here  _d\  ,-n  ot'  him  l,\    I  '•-.  <  'hild  of  (  'i ,  ,v.  n 

I'.  '!  '.  N.  1|i  ..  u,i-  found  ri-cenil\  ll'iatin^  alniii!  in  ihe  m--.\ -paper-,  and 
i  -  l.i  ••!•'•  i.i  ide  t ' ,  do  IIP  '  re  I  p.  rn  i  a  m  -iii  s,-r\  lee  than  it-  \'.  r: :  •  r  had  i  IP  <\\  -\\  i 


Col.  Tirnoiliy  Dwiglit, 
Son  of  Timotliy,  Son  ofJolui,  lotli  of  Dedliam,  J/^w.   101 

liK.MIMSCKX/KS    OF    I'lJESIDKNT     DwHJHT. T>Y    AVlLLAIi!)    ClIILD,    P.D. 

CLASS  OF   IS]  7. 

From  Sept.  1S1!)  to  Pec.  1815,  I  saw  Dr.  "J)  wight  almost:  daily  dur- 
ing college;  terms.  JSut  my  recollections  of  him  are  chiefly  connected 
with  the  chapel,  as  lie  oidv  met  our  class  a  few  times  in  our  first  senior 
term,  after  his  partial  recovery  from  the  disease  which  finally  termina- 
ted his  life  during  our  winter  vacation. 

He  was  accustomed  to  attend  and  conduct  the  evening  worship  of 
tlit'  chapel,  and  his  image  is  vividlv  before  UK;  after  the  lapse  of  more 
than  iifty  years,  as  he  entered  the  door,  with  stately  tread,  grasping 
with  both  hands  his  broad-brimmed  heaver  upon  his  breast,  and  bow- 
ing, alternately  to  the  right  and  left,  as  he  passed  up  the  aisle  through  the 
ranks  of  students,  as  they  stood  and  made  reverent  answering  obeisance. 

])r.  Dwight  had  great  delight  in  "  the  service  of  song,"  and  his  own 
voice  often  joined  with  that  of  the  college  choir.  Occasionally,  if  the 
pitch  did  not  suit  him  (we  had  no  organ  or  other  musical  instrument 
in  those  old  days)  another  kev-note  would  come  booming  out  of  the 
pulpir,  at  the  close  of  the  first  stanxa  startling  to  all,  but  especially  dis- 
comfiting to  those  who  were  responsible  for  the  conduct  of  this  part  of 
the  woiship.  Indeed,  I  used  to  think  the  music  was  never  much  im- 
proved by  such  a  nerve-shaking  shock. 

The  great  and  good  President  had  occasionally  what  is  called  a 
"tone,  '  but  it  was  never  offensive  to  mv  ear.  .It  was  most  marked  at 
evening  [travel's  in  the  chapel.  It  was  a  kind  of  chanting;  <'.//.,  in  a 
sentence  of  three  clauses,  the  first  would  be  closed  with  a  strong  rising 
slide,  ilie  second  would  perhaps  follow  the  example  of  the  first,  or 
sometimes  more  as  a  monotone,  while  the  third  terminated  with  a  falling 
inflect  ion.  .It  might  be  indicated  on  the  musical  staff.  J5ut  the  few 
(eheu  !  how  few.j  surviving  who  heard  it  will  well  recall  the  notes 
which  chanted  the  oft-repeated  supplication  : 

31  ay  the  inhabitants  of  tins  place, 
Like  the  happy  inhabitants  of  Lvdda  and  Saron, 
Turn  to  tin;  Lord. 

(>r  that  other  favorite;  Scriptural  supplication: 

May  it  bo  unto  them  a  place  of  broad  rivers  and  streams. 
Wherein  shall  yo  no  "-alloy  with  oars. 
Neither  shall  gallant  ship  pass  thereby. 

lint   tins  eanlillatiou  was  rarely  noticeable   in    the    Dr.  s    prayers   on 

the  Sabbath,  nor  did   it,   characterixe    the  utterance   of   the   stately  and 

ornate  periods  of  his  admirable  sermons.       In  preaching  he  never  made 

a   gesture,  nor   lifted   a  hand,  except   to    turn    the   leaves    of  his    AISS 

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'I'  If     I  '>>  .sY1/  !lJ(/nf*   of 


Hill    his  elocution    was   |inri\    adapted    |o   liis  sl\|e  of    wrilinn,  and     llicrc 
\\as  MM  lameness  l>iil    nvn<'i'a'l  v   «,frc;it    ml'Test   and    often    deep  aiiil    cnm- 

malldinn    1  Illpressi  \  eliess    111    II  . 

I  i-i  iin'iidier  particularly  t  \vo  sermons  \\liicli  \vriv  heard  \<\  the  cul- 
len'e  a  Hi  I  Iclirr  \\  it  li  lireathless  and  c\  <-\\  (  <-.\  rfu  1  interest  .  Tin-  lil  -I  v.  as 
iVoin  tin'  lex  I  "  The  harvest  is  past,"  it.-.,  etc.  I  .|o  not  think  I  have 
c\er  seen  anv  assembly  more  completed  (loininatnl  1>\  the  profound 
application  of  religious  trutli  \:>  \l\f  unilci'>.taiiiliiiir.  COII.-«MI  ncc  ah<l 
In  'art  ,  t  lian  \\  as  that  c-on^rruat  ion  ol'  \  i  MI  n^  nn-n.  I  'rrliaps  tin-  \\  rii  IT 
\\iis  liini-i-ir  too  thorou^lily  uinliT  tin-  inlliu-m-c  oi'  the  solemn  -pi-il  to 
lie  an  aeenrate  dliscrvci,  lint  so  r,  seeniei)  io  him.  Th'1  M-ei'ii(|  sermon 
wa-^  of  a  diti'Teiit  lint  not  le^s  uii"re>iin^  eharaeter.  Me  hail  >o 
far  re'-overed  i'mm  a  j'ai'ox  \>m  ot'  l  lie  ilcail!\  disease  u  hieh  \va-  ha-ten- 
in°;  him  heavenward,  as  to  lie  alile  in  appear  au'ain  in  the  s;  c.ed  cells'. 
J!i>  pale  eciuiiieiiance  and  comparat  i\  el\'  i'ee'.iie  nt!eranc>'  ^a\e  pi.  \\er- 
ful  emphasis  to  its  peculiar  t-Mcl.  inn's.  I  am  not  aMe  to  n-e.-.H  the 
text.  It  \\  as  in  part  of  I  h"  nai  lire  of  a  ci'iit'e->inii.  ll  t'>ld  ho\\  life, 
,ind  his  n\\n  life,  appeared  to  him  as  he  h'oked  liacl<  from  the  lirn.k  ot' 
the  ^ra\e  aiid  the  opened  nates  of  eternity.  It  spoke  "f  \ani-iiinti 
earth  \  isioiis,  the  rending  a  \\';iy  of  del  u;-  ions,  and  of  how  i  hin-s  ap|  n-ar 
v,  hen  seen  in  "the  linh  t  of  (  iod  .-,  count  eiianc,1.  "I'lii-re  \\  as  a  ileep- 
t  oiii  d.  e\i  i]  a  \\'t'ul  pat  In  >s  in  the  honot  selt-appHeat  ion,  I  iv  one  so  justly 

yelKTated,   of  tlie.se    lilolnellt  oils    Verities    to    his   (I\V1I    eliaracti   1'    and     p!'o>- 

p'cts.       li    !'.  ii-eed    hum.'    the    iiK|iiir\",    "  If    thi1     righteous     scarcel\     he 
sii\ed,  \\he|-e  shall  ill'1  sinm-r  and  ihe  unn'odlx   appear." 

At  one  tinr-  there  had  1.  ••  MI  stroll  in,'  around  th.-  c.ilh--'  n'roiind-  and 
1  MI  ill  iinu's,  a  crack  -lira  11  led.  \  anal  on  d  M  iliernian.  lie  \\  ;,s  -  ;,;d  i  ,  ,  ha\  e 
graduated  at  1  >:d  ill  n  I  ni\  er>it  y.  M  o\\  e\  er  t  in-^  liny  ha\  >•  1  >••••::.  iii--  I  .-i  :  in 
\yas  liet  t  i-i1  than  that  'it'  m  ^i  i  Pf  i  hose  \\  1  ,  >  measured  arias  \\  i  •  h  him. 
Me  ],ad  found  his  way  into  il>.-  cliapel.  li  ha|  pen.-d  iha;  tlf  I're-i- 
d'-nt  \'.as  delayed  tin-  e\eiiinn,  and  th'-re  v,  a-  a  h'nnf  titni'  '•!'  \\;;:!ien'. 
Snme  of  th"  li"\s  lie_'an  chal'linn  this  !  •  .]  \;.«."\  \:e_'rant.  a!:d  he  !••  j'e. 
spnnd,  a-  was  his  \\ont.  in  lull  inia-ur-1.  T'ie  fun  niev.  fa-;  and  fnri- 
.iii-.  l''rom  words  unlit  !  inn  'he  t  line  and  j'lae.  •.  t  he  t  ra  n  -n  i"ii  v  as  nd- 
d'-n  t  o  impii  Mi.s  deeds.  M  \inn  l>oi  >ks  and  i'i  In  r  ini  --;!•->  at  ha  1.1  1  \>  ere 
h  ni'l  ed  \'  >  and  fV"  wil  hont  anv  \\  arninn  '  (  '  "  >!a  nd  tV'  >m  HIM  lei-."  \\  h  i  je 
i  IM-  turmoil  s\  as  its  heinli!.  t  he  IV'  'side:,;  ,  •;,;  -r.  •  i,  nn  -e.  ;,  li\-  ai!  --iv.i'- 
tho-e  liear  the  do'M'.  I',  u  I  sunn  }t\'-  \\ell  k  I  M  .  \\  li  \eiei-  \\  ;  ,  -,  li'ic'd.  and 
hi,  nrii'-slie  pre-enc,.  was  l,eheld  li\  all  'M-.  a-  he  ;,•  .....  [.  rla  pi:_.  ..  , 

ll-llal.     hi-      hal       Up'Mi     his      lil'easl,     \\hile      the        iliL.'''-.       -Ill,  pie      lltt,    ral.ee, 

••  ^',,unn    n'-nil.'mi'n.    this    is    the    !i,,use    ,,f    C'.d!"     l.r.nrn.ht     a'     "i-'e 
•  In-    ->  iihi'-~s    i  if   the    nra\  e.  l.i'i  i  !.(  n    l>\    no    sound    liit;    that   of  t  he  M  u'ee 


Col.  Tim  oil  it]  D 
Son  of  Tun  otlt  //,  Son.  ofjoli,  n ,  l>  of  It  of  Dedliam ,  3.f<tss.    1 0  -°> 

which  with  more  than  usual  solemnitv  and  tenderness  road  tlio  word  «»f 
Clod,  and  seemed  by  its  accents  in  prayer  to  plead — although  there  was 
no  expression  of  rebuke — "Father,  forgive  them,  for  they  know  not 
what  they  do." 

Some  winter  scenes  in  the  old  chapel  during  (he  years  of  my  college 
life  would  mightily  affect  more  than  one  of  the  senses  of  the  present 
generation  of  Yale.  How  would  they  bear  being  routed  from  their 
beds  at  6  o'clock,  A.M.,  in  the  months  of  winter,  with  the  thermometer 
at  10  deg.,  to  go  to  morning  pravers  in  a  chapel  which  had  never 
dreamed  ofa  stove  't  L  shall  not  disclose  the  religious  aspects  of  these 
occasions.  I  fear  it  would  not  be  edifying,  and  that  for  the  most  part 
the  officiating  tutors  were  as  glad  when  the  tiling  was  over,  as  were  the 
glum  and  .shivering  students. 

And  then,  on  a  wintry  Sunday,  what  think  you  of  the  grand  and  far 
renowned  President  of  Vale  taking  his  place  in  the  pulpit  of  that  un- 
warmed  chapel,  buttoned  to  the  throat  in  a,  close-fitting  drab-colored 
greatcoat,  with  mil  tens  on  his  hands,  and  so  going  through,  the  devo- 
tional services?  In  such  cost  time,  and  under  such  circumstances  were 
preached  many  of  those  discourses  which  the  religious  world  now  ad- 
miringly read. 

Yet  Dr.  1) wight,  in  any  garb  or  position,  was  never  otherwise;  than 
dignified  and  commanding.  Xone  of  the  dignitaries  who  occasionally 
attended  evening  prayers,  and  passed  in  and  out  with  the  President, 
could  overshadow  his  presence1.  .Kveu  the  gallant  and  graceful  John 
Cotton  Smith,  bearing  the  title  of  Governor,  and  wearing  the  richly 
mounted  and  brightly  scabbarded  sword  of  oilice  upon  his  thigh,  was 
plainly  second  in  the  students'  bows  of  homage.  And  General  Hum- 
phrey, a  revolutionary  aid  of  Washington,  and  romancing  historian  of 
Putnam's  wolf-den,  as  he  limped  out  in  the  wake1  of  the  doctor,  chal- 
lenging similar  acknowledgment,  had  his  claims  often  scantilv  honored. 

Yale  College,  Connecticut,  his  country  and  the  world  owe  .Presi- 
dent Dwight  much,  and  acknowledge  the  debt.  IJut  his  earthly  rest- 
ing-place  should  be  honored  by  a  worthier  monument  than  the  sham 
verde  antique,  with  its  inscription  half  illegible,  by  which  it  is  now 
marked. 


His  son,l>enj.  AV.  ])wight,  .M.D.,  speaks  in  some  brief  notes  that  he 
prepared  in  manuscript  of  his  father's  lift-  and  labors  (in  I  s  1  7  ),  more 
than  ."id  years  before  what  ]>r.  Child  has  similarly  stated  as  above,  of 
the  great  power  of  the  discourse  upon  ;'  The  Harvest  1'aM.  lie  says, 
being  a  listener  to  it  himself:  '*  It  was  the  most  eloquent  and.  impres- 
sive discourse  that  L  ever  heard.  His  deli\erv  was  singular.lv  earnest 


i> 
:ii i,l   impassioned  :    ;in<  1   tin'   u  hole  discourse   \\  us  iiiipre.-.-i  \  i'  t<»   a    decree 

licit  1  ne\el'  sa\S  eijUalled.  lie  sllli-i  <|U(  Illlv  Wlole  It  out  I  Sri'  ids 
M  i  -t-ellaneous  Sermons  ;  lill  i  It  has  not  ill  lls  Jirrsrnl.  ("tinier  |'i  ii  111  I  he 
i'lill  |Hi\\tT  tli;it  it  li;nl  ill  it'-  lliu'h  extempore  i|rli\iTV  fVnlll  hi-  nV.  Ii 

lip-.  A  litllr  iiii'idriil  is  perhaps  \\oiih  adding  In  \'<-  '.  I 'r.  .Iain's 
(  'o._^es\\  ell  11)'  New  Yol  k,  ha\  illi;  liorrosved  :i  sermon  of  \>\  .  \  >\\  \^\\\' .-  mi 
"Tli"  1  Muiiit  v  and  Kxcellency  of  t  he  ( iospel,"  sent  a  cnjiv  nt'  ii  u  ii  limit 

hi-     hliouled^"     tn     tlir     ]Mi;'t     ('itVVp.T.          N.I!      lnll'_f     at't'T     I'ec.  -1  \  i ! ,  ^    j[,    tin- 

] ',  ill  a  Irtt'.T  da!  'd,  \\'r.>.t  on.  I '  ml  T\VI  i  id,  ii-ai'  ()!ii"V,  .luii-  l.'i, 

17'.'l.  \\Tntc  \«  I  >)'.  ( '.  in  rrpl\,  aitrr  hasiiiLi  ,-tatrd  that  In-  had  p-ad 
\vit  h  [ilrasiiri'  tlic  (  '.ni'|ii  -st  uf  (  '.nriati  :  v>  \>f.  I  >u  i^'lit  '>  si  Tin  n\  |dra-,rd 
hir  alniii^t  liiurr  than  anv  that  I  ha\r  ritlnT  sn-n  nr  hrard. 

Thr  lu^hr>t  and  !ir>t  \\as  \\liat,  ni:l\  \\hat,  and  i;h 'ri>  n>i\  \\hat.  h>- 
SMiiuht  a!  all  time's  in  his  umk  at  ^'alr  J'nr  thr  VIHIIIL;-  mm  i-uiiiinit  trd 
in  hi-  caiv  In  aci-iiiii|ilisli.  Ills  ^rrat,  [irai-tira!  \\atrh\\nrds  \\i-rc. 
tlnTini-h  acliir\  mii'iit  iiKv.'ivs.  anil  emit  iiiual  <in\\ard  inu\  einent  louards 
sMinrt  In  111^  r  \  IT  hi^lnT,  Iniri'  and  lirt  t  IT  I'm'  thr  institution  at  iarije,  and 
t'i'1-  i  hem  indi\  idnallv. 

l'1'r.-.i'lial  frredolil  of  thought  lie  hr'ld,  to  l.r  one  of  ]ife\  cliirf  treas- 
ures lo  lnniselt':  and  he  al\\;:\s  rariK'st  1\'  laujjlil  his  piijiils  to  think  i'oi1 
theinsrU'rs.  and  to  hold  t  lieiusel  \  es  acfount  alili1  onl\  t  o  (  M  >d  and  their 
o\\  11  eo|i  sci  el  ices  lor  t  h  11'  fell^ii  ills  oj  ii  lilons,  and  never  to  ]  ill  t  tin1  1  illile 
in  lending  sti'in^s  to  tlirir  o\\n  tiiroi'irs,  or  to  the  dictation  ur  eajii'ice.> 
of  oi  hers.  llr  often  told  them,  lo  "let  the  I'.ilile  >|irak  fm-  iisell'." 
(in-ai  \vas  hi-  i-e\  e.'en-'e  for  <!od.  aiid  alis'ilutc  \vas  the  deferen.-e  ot' 
hi-  iniiid  t"  t  rut  h.  I  !••  never  I  hoii;_dil  of  himself,  as  lieloii^ini:  t"  an\ 
M-linol  in  lheoloLf\  ,  e\ce]il  that  of  |  .ro^l'r.-,-  a  In  I  lie\el'  felt  tlattiTni  li\ 
liiidiiiLf  \oiin^iT  mind.-  tollowin^  ulisri|ui<iiislv  hi.>  o|iinion>  in  tln-irs. 
(  ;  rea  1 1  \  did  the  n  ion  11  -ii  I  H  in  of  his  intellect  and  character  and  |>u  i  |  » '-r.i 
in  life  stir  to  like  \ip,r  nt'  fo-lin^  and  eliort  the  mind,-  of  ail  that 
remained  lon^  in  his  nei^hlioi'liood. 

I  I  i-  chief  mental  characteristics  \\  ere  such  as  these  :  c»iii]Teliensive- 
ip---  ot'  aim  and  attainment,  remarkable  hal-its  of  ol;ser\  at  ion  and  re- 
lleetioii.  ^reat  sensiliiliiv  to  the  1  »-a  n  i  i  I'l  1 1.  the  ^i.nd  and  i  he  line,  po-i- 

ti\i    lit-    -     of    coll  V  le!  li  in,     ean.e.-t  lie.-.-,     i.)       |iUI-|iose,     e\ecllll\e     eluTe;\      and 

administrative  lali-ni  in  Nvhalever  lorm,  a  niemnr\  ot'^reai  lireadth  and 
Lfia-p.  rea-oid  nuf  pn\\er-  ot  a  hi'^li  order,  and  an  ima^inaiion  \\diich  \\as 
in  ;i  runt  iniial  ulo'vs.  \\  hlle  It  \\oiild  not  in-  pi-t  to  descrilie  him  as 
1 1  ,-h  nicalK  a  Lfi'eat  logician,  or  a  u'i'eat  poet,  he  had  in  him  such  ]m\\(  r.s 
;,iid  hal'its  ot'  i  in  1  net  u  HI  and  deduction,  such  ijuickness  of  ]  ren-e| .;  n  .n, 
such  lo\e  of  research,  such  m-i^'hi  into  the  inuard  relations  ot'  things, 
such  a  \\  ide  raiiu'e  ot '  k  iio\\  h  d_re.  .-  iid  i  af  |  ua  i  n '  a  nee  \\  it  h  human  nat  lire. 


Col.  Timothy  Dwiyht, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  >Tohii,  loth  ofDedJiam,  J/^.y*.  10,") 

such  analogical  instincts,  such  fulness  of  thought,  such  practicality 
of  disposition,  such  an  all-mastering  sense  of  ilutv,  such  an  eager  love 
of  industry,  and  such  a  conviction  of  the  vastness  of  his  moral  rela- 
tions, and  of  the  grand,  overshadowing  future  of  all  men  as  immor- 
tals : — all  these  and  other  like  characteristics  lie  had  in  such  large 
combination,  that  he  was  a  truly  great  man  in  himself,  as  well  as  l>y  his 
circumstances.  Hon.  1'oger  M.  Sherman,  of  Fairlield,  Ct.,  himself  one 
of  the  great  men  of  the  past,  said  of  him  (Spiague's  Annals,  vol.  ii. 
p.  1  (').">)  :  ';  I  often  expressed  the  opinion,  which  length  of  time  has  con- 
tinually strengthened,  that  no  man,  except  the  father  of  his  country 
had  conferred  greater  benefits  on  our  nation  than  President  Dwight.1' 
What  others  of  high  fanv  have  freely  said  of  him  to  his  praise,  his 
descendants  and  relatives  mav  modestly  repeat  to  one  another.  His 
great  gifts  from  his  (.Jod,  his  ovrn  varied  attainments.  Ins  noble  amis  in 
life  and  his  joyously  inexhaustible  industry,  all  swayed  by  a  heart  full 
at  all  times  of  sanctified  elements  of  thought  and  feeling,  made  him  a 
man  that  the  world  will  never  be  willing  to  forget. 

1 1  is  name  is  used,  it  is  believed,  more  abundantly  in  Xew  England 
and  the  Northern  States,  generally,  as  a  baptismal  name,  than  any  other 
name  in  the  land,  beside  (leorgo  Washington's;  and  it  is  not  certain 
that,  that  should  be  exceptetl.  He  (if  all  who  have  hitherto  borne  the 
name  Dwight,  or  had  a  share  of  anv  sort  in  the  family  lineage,  has 
done  hv  far  the  most,  that  has  been  at  anv  time  done  to  make  the  name 
one  of  honor  in  the  land.  r'or  this  reason  such  full  prominence  has 
been  i^iven  to  his  personal  history  in  this  record  of  the  family  at  large. 
All  honor  now  and  hereafter  to  this  noble  standard-bearer  of  our  name  ! 
Honor  to  such  as  he  was  in  character  and  in  life  exalts  those  them- 
selves who  delight  to  render  it. 

The  sketch  which  is  here  given  of  him,  is  not  at  all  a  compend  of 
others  previously  published.  Those,  who  would  like  to  read  whatever 
can  be  found  concern!:;-.;  him,  are  referred  to  the  memoir  of  him  writ- 
ten bv  Dr.  Sereno  K.  Dwight,  and  prefixed  to  his  ';  Theology,"  Spark's1 
American  lUographv,  vol.  iv.,  second  series,  and  Sprague's  Annals  A.m. 
Pulpit,  vol.  ii.  pp.  1  .")L'- (').").  I5rief  sketches  also  of  him,  delivered  as 
funeral  discourses  or  eulogiums  by  Dr.  Clai'diner  Spring  of  New  \  ork. 
Prof.  Benjamin  Silliman  of  New  Haven,  Prof.  Olmstead  of  Yale,  and 
Dr.  (  napin  of  \Vet herslield,  ('t.,  may  be  found  here  and  (here  in  a 
few  public  libraries. 

Mi--  merits,  as  a.  writer  of  sacred  lyrics,  must  not  be  forgotten.  lie 
\ersitied  '•'>'.')  of  David's  Psalms.  Among  them  were  Psalms  IS,  I'.i,  l'S. 

•_".i.    !:-,  r>:2,  f>:>,  ;>),  r»(.t,  r>i,  i;.\  70,  71',  7.">   7'.',  t-:>.  ss.  IDO,  ]oi%  i;',7, 

1 -Mi,   1  l."i,  and  1  .">().      No  American  jioet  has  written  yet  so  mam   hymns 


'/'In     I  >>  SC(  tiifiliit*  of 
So//  nl'  .\  i/f/ni  n/i  I   />irl</ht,  //>////   of  Xorfl 


l!i;i!  (In-  church  ha-  idadlv  accepted  as  its  own,  an<l  none  have  Keen 
\\riilen  l>\  aiiv  i'iir  in  tlir  land,  \\lnch  ha\e  lieen  e'nalcr  favorites  tlian 
some  ilial  lia\r  conic  from  liis  pen.  They  ;ire  siidi  as  these:  •'  1  lo\e 
th\  h  ini;d"iii,  Lord":  "While  life  piolon^s  its  precious  li^ln  "  : 
"  Si  ivtclicd  on  a  lied  of  <_'rief  I  lav." 

Mis  amanuenses  (|Slu  17)  were  as  follows:  Sereno  K.  Duiidit 
(ISil.'M:  l.ouis  Mitchell  (  ism',)  :  Natlianiel  \V.  Taylor  (|S!i7):  |>a\id 
I.,  ha-evii  (ISOS):  Kcl  \\in  Wells  i>\\i-hl  (ISIID):  Samuel  Turmy 
(|S|Mj:  Fd.vards  Morse  (IS11):  Ilichard  <  '.  .Morse  (  IS  I  L')  :  \Villiam 
T.  Dui-lit  (ls|:i):  .Iosq.li  I'.  Taylor  <IMh:  .ln.-eph  I  >.  \Yickl.am 
i  1  s  I  "M  :  \\'i!liam  Williams  i  1  N  I  •'.). 

He  died  at  New  I  I  a  \  en.  \\  1  1  i  le  I'rest.  of  Yale,  -Ian.  II,  I  S  1  7,  after 
in  ist  aenie  sn  I]'  'ri  nu;  tVoni  disease  of  the  Madder,  v.  iiieh  \\as  o|'  l<ni'_f 
standing.  A  posi-inort<'in  exannnat  i.in  revealed  a  cancerous  tumor 
there,  and  other  tuinors  \\ilh  it,  called  inedullai'V  sarcoma  of  the 
Madder. 

A  inoiixthi'  wise  ami  licatn  iful  \\nrds  that  dropped,  at  lucid  intei- 
\als,  in  his  last  moments  from  his  lips,  were  the  wishes  that  he  e\ 
pressed  coiicernii:^  his  honored  t-oiisorl  :  ''  I  u  ish  her,"  he  -aid,  "to 
li\e  siilistaiit  iallv  as  she  has  lu-en  accustomed  to  do.  and  in  the  place 
that  she  mav  choose.  It  is  lietler  for  her  to  distrilmte  her  favors  to 
her  children,  than  for  them  t:>  distrilmte  theirs  to  h>-r. 

Thai  he  :_'enera!lv  seemed  to  lie  oxer-earnest  to  men  of  indifferent 
ideas  and  aims.  \\as  Inn  the  natural  result  of  i  he  threat  moral  contrast 
lietween  hi^  I  i  f  .  •  and  their-.  So  lun^'a  jicri'id  of  dm-ci  and  po-iti\(- 

didaeiic     lalior.   as     he    performed,    \\-oiild    li\'    llecesslt\     make   one   of    e\ell 

much  weaker  mould  liv  nature  than  hiinselt'.  jirompt  aiid  determined  it; 
his  sivle  o)'  mental  action,  MIIM  e\en  in  his  \\alk  and  spe.-ch.  (  'oii- 
tinual  success,  in  hi-  man\'  and  u'rea1  elforts  to  ai'i'onipii-h  de-naMe 
results,  lioth  personalK  and  iitliciallv,  must  ha\e  u't\en  him.  at  all 
limes,  a  sense  ot'  victorious  po\\er.  a-  a  moral  thinker  and  actor. 
Ill-  -oils,  all  of  whom  were  his  formal  pupil-,  cherished  e\  er  an  a  I  most 
poetical  enthusiasm,  aliout  his  many,  personal  and  professional  ex- 
cellencies. 

Although  coiitenl  :  ir_f    himself  \\ilh   'out   a   '-mall   -tipend     l'''r  his  manv 

e'l'eat      services     to      the    college,    and    l-elli:;     most     e.'lalldi\     ho-.pilal'le    ill    his 

h  .iia.  and  a  I  MI  t  ida  nt  in  charity  to  I  he  pool-  and  ir  ed\  .  he  lefi  an  estate 
to  hi  fa  in  i  I  V.  u  hi  eh,  at  hi-  \\  ido\\  '-  deal  h,  amounted  to  si't',,1  u  M  I.  |  |  i- 
•  -late  was  left  1  1\  the  u  in  t  ed  choice  o  I  his  son-  undi  \  ided  in  I  In  ir 
j.iolher's  hands,  so  |nm_'  a-  -he  |i\cd.  for  her  fn  :  1  u-e  and  lienelii 
1-17  l.'n.  |t  ^as  carefully  hnsl.aiided  l.\  he,-,  and  incr.-ased  I.\  an- 

1       a  !    ;idd  i  !  io|,i    of  C'  ip\  riu'hl     oil    hi-     ''  'I  lieolo^X  ,        a  lid    the    \  eai'U     I  eci    Ipl 


Col.  Timothy  1) wight, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  both  of  Dcdham,  Mctss.    107 

of  a  pension  from  the  Government.  She  herself  also  indulged  her 
heart  in  the  pleasure  of  yearly  gifts  to  her  different  children  of  con- 
siderable sums  of  money,  so  long  as  she  lived.  The  prudent  economy 
of  the  early  women  of  this  country  was  one  of  the  chief  sources  of  the 
thriftiness  of  their  families.  How  much  they  thus  accomplished  in 
behalf  of  the  interests  of  education  and  of  the  church,  no  human  his- 
torian can  ever  declare. 

Mary  Woolsey,  b.  April  11,  17 •">-!,  whom  he  m.  March  3,  1777,  lived 
for  nearly  40  years  in  wedlock,  as  his  wife,  honored  by  him,  and  by 
all  who  knew  her.  What  great  discretion  did  she.  need,  when  at 
Northampton,  and,  having  just  emerged  from  her  girlhood,  as  an  in- 
mate, for  five  years,  with  her  own  growing  family  (1777—^-),  of  the 
same  house  wiih  her  mother-in-law  and  her  large  family  of  young 
children — on  the  plan  of  their  all  uniting  together  to  bless  and  beau- 
tify their  common  home.  At  no  time  afterwards,  was  her  position  in 
her  family  a  sinecure.  During  her  residence  at  (!rcentield  Hill,  within 
the  twelve  years'  time  of  which  live  of  her  children,  were  born,  her 
regular  family  numbered  often  L;.">  persons.  At  New  Haven,  she  had, 
beside  ilie  rare  of  her  7  sons,  all  "in  their  teens''  together  there, 
when  the  youngest  was  born  in  171*7,  a  continual  throng  of  honored 
guests  to  greet  and  entertain.  (Ircat  and  constant  demands  were 
made  all  the  time,  in  many  ways  upon  her  good  sense,  energy,  self- 
government,  tact  and  skill  ;  and  well  were  they  met  with,  gentle 
strength  and  beauty  to  the  end  of  her  Jong  life.  Made  a  widow  when 
d.'J  years  old,  she  spent  1*8  years  in  serene  and  revered  widowhood,  at 
thi1  house  of  her  eldest  son  Timothy,  in  ]S"ew  Haven,  and  died  on  Sun- 
day, Oct.  5,  184;"),  aet.  91. 

Said  llev.  Dr.  Leonard  Bacon,  her  pastor,  of  her,  in  a  sernon 
preached  the  following  Sabbath,  entitled  "An  Old  Age  of  Piety' 
(see  National  Preacher,  N.  V.,  vol.  xx.,  18  Id,  pp.  .">i'-4  )  :  "She  has 
been  through  life  a  beautiful  example  of  conscientious  fidelity,  in  all 
the  duties  that  belonged  to  her  sex,  her  relations  and  her  station  in 
society.  She  contributed  all  that  belonged  to  her  part,  towards 
augmenting  the  attractiveness  of  that  hospitality  which  made  her 
husband's  home  the  resort  of  friends  and  strangers.  She  was  a  friend 
to  the  pour,  and  especially  like  a  mother  t<>  the  pour,  young  man, 
aspiring  to  the  pursuit  of  knowledge  and  to  the  service  of  (I od  in  the 
ministry.  I  FIT  gentleness  and  kindness  taught  all  to  love  her:  her 
uniform  and  graceful  dignit.y  constrained  all  to  regard  her  with  the 
deference  appropriate  to  her  character  and  station.  Her  prudence  and 
skill,  the  management  of  her  household-affairs,  and  her  habits  of 
economy  and  industry  relieved  her  husband  of  main'  cares,  that  might 


77/'     /''  *•"<  /{(ItfHfs  nf 

1  (tS  N"//    nt'  .\  <iflt<l it  t<  1   ]>/rt</l/t,   hn/Ji    of'  \  ni'tj/i/i/i  i>ln/l, 

othi-rwise  have  withdrawn  him  from  his  ^reat  public  duties.  Such 
Wiis  her  instinctive,  feminine  si-use  of  proprietv,  that,  uhile  she  never 
\vithdre\\  from  anv  responsibilities  that  belonged  to  her  po-nion,  she 
had  no  ambition,  no  uneasiness  of  disposition,  no  passion  for  con- 
spicunv.  leading  her  awav  1'roiii  her  appr>  ipi  la  I  e  duMe,  to  atlempl  those 
thinu>  u  liich  l  o  id  had  not  ^i  \  en  her  IIP  do.  Her  meekness,  her  humble 
M-lf'-di -t  i  list ,  her  jealousy  against  self-deception  was  another  noticeable 
trail  of'  her  character.  She  never  th"ir_fli!  of'  1,'Tself  in  anv  ivspe.-t, 
in  id.  least  of  id  1  iii  respect  to  her  piet  v  ,  more  hiidd  v  than  --he  ou^ht  t  o 
think.  She  had  continually,  as  those  who  km-w  her  could  see,  v.ith- 
oin  her  taki.ii:'  pains  ;o  tell  it.  a  very  low  opinion  of  ],•  r  own  pi'-'v." 

Although  lo;,--  previously  regard inu'  herself  as  a  ('hri-iian.  she  did 
not  make  a  profession  of  religion  until  !>!'.',  when  '>"i  vears  old  ;  and 

she     Used     lo     CiiUtloll     her     desce  1  ida  1 1 1  s   ;|  :;a  1 1  i  si    iiliV    si  1 1 ,  !  la  r   d-  -lit  \  .    silVlliLj 

that,  in  eoiis'-ijuence  of  it,  she  lost,  during  -ill  tho-i-  years,  niuch 
spiritual  u'ro\\th  thai  she  mi-'lit  otherwise  have  made. 

She  was  characteristically  affectionate  ami  cheerful,  and  very  fond 
of  the  \oiin--,  \vho  were  likewi.,e  very  find  of  h-r.  !hr  faith  in  the 
eilic;ic\  of  prityer  w;is  s'ron^  and  childlike.  A  favoriti'  strip!  un-  with 
her,  and  ipnte  descriptive,  as  n  always  seemed  to  the  writer,  oi  her 
o\'.n  habn  ol'  religious  i'-elin^.  w;is  this,  beautiful  alike  for  the  precept 
and  the  |  mini-  •  ihai  it  contains:  "  Acknowh-dp-  him  in  all  ihv  \\ays 
and  he  will  direct  ihv  step--."  (I  real  was  her  reverent  love  fir  (i..d's 

Wold. 

She  was  very  fond  of  ivit  ini;  pm-t  rv  .  and  of  he;i  ri  iiu'  o!  h  •;•-  r.  -11  •  it 
to  her.  e-pe -ially  reliu'ioiis  poetry.  Her  two  moM  favorite  hvmns 


tlr-    hill-     1    lii'l     milie  e  Vi    -."         Tlli'se   Were    rep.-;:  ted    \\  i  I  h    ).  ,\  ]:,•_;•  1    -;.d 

to  lit-r  in  her  laM    moments.       She  |i,ined   in   the  u:  :  ,-i  a  n.-  •  of  i  h":u.  and. 

\\~iill      tlie.si-    V,  ol'fls      ot'     ho|\-    cheer      i  1  I  I  U'1  '  I'!  I  I L.'     ''I,      hep      lip-,      )'eji      a-leep      ill 

.Jesiis.  She  had  tiioiiu'iit  \\ith  shrinkinj;  t  imidii  \  .  all  in-r  !;!'•  l"ii^, 
up1  in  i  he  certain!  v  at  some  fut  lire  da  \  ol'  ip  r  o\\  n  <  I  -a  t  h  :  i  in  ,  \\  ic-u 
the  hour  aetuallv  dreu-  ni_;!i.  -!,••  m  •;  r  \\ith  a  calm  i-\.-.  liapp\  and 
si  ri  'ic_f  in  her  spi  rit  of  t  nisi  in  (  'h  ri-i .  Kor  h'-r  \\  o.  >!  -e\-  1;  n  -.i^'e  si  e 
Appendix:  i'or  a  brief  s  iew  of  her  Isaacs'  1 1  m-a-e  ,  e,-  !  „  -lov. . 

|    Is;,;,,-,'     I    i,.e.-,-e. 

I'l-tln-r   i-.-iiics.  IP.  .inlv    I'.1.    17">!),  wlioni    1'ienjiimin   Wool-, -\.    |;  ,,..  ,,f 
I  >o-"i  i    .    I ..    ! . .   m.  al  10  ui     171'.'.  and   \\  ho  was  the  mi  >;  h'T  of  M  r-..    Mai  v 

|  \\' .-\  \    Dui-ht,  d.    March    L".(,    17""'p.  :iet.   !'.'>.       She  \->..-    i!;.-  d.-ni.   of 

Ii'./  i'i  !-  i."'  ,  a  eon\er'ed  .lew,  and  .Mai\  1 J '  i  n;  -•  -\  ,  d.-n.  nf  1 !  niamili 
Ij'iin-ej.  '  t'  r'aii  li'-ld.  I't.  1,'idph  lsa;ies  \\;ls  a  pru-peroiis  t  radii  at 


Col.  Timotli ;/ 
Son  of  Timothy,  Sou  of  Jolt  n,  botJi  ofDedliam,  J/iv  *•••.-.    109 

Xorwalk,  Gt.,  and  ;i  uuin  of  cliiirac-t'.M1  and  consideration.  He  in. 
Alarv  Ruinscy,  Alarch  7,  I'lM-C).  He  d.  suddenly  in  a  lit.  She  d. 
Jan.  l(),  1770,  act.  (>•">.  Their  tombstones  are  botli  to  be  seen  in  the 
Episcopal  church  yard,  at  Xorwalk.  Their  children  were  : 

J.  Samuel  Isaacs,  1).  Jan.  K>,  1  7_!(i-7,  who  in.  .Mary  Brown,  and 
had  several  children.  lie  \vas  a  merchant  in  Xorwalk  where  he  d. 

II.    Mary  Isaacs,  b.  Sept.  i?7,   17-^,  d.  unmarried. 

Til.    Ksther  Isaacs,  b.  July  10,  173!^  m.   B<  njamin  VToolsey. 

IV.  Isaac    Isaacs,  1>.  July  ll>,  173:J:   an  odicer  in.  the  French  war: 
d.  unmarried. 

V.  Sarah    Isaacs,!.).  Any.  .'>!,  173."),  m.   !'avid  Bush    of  Greenwich, 
Ct.      Had    -1    children,    vi/.  :    Samuel;    Alary,    \\'lio    m.   Henry  Davis   of 
Po'keepsie  ;  Sarah,  who  m.    Ira.  Rogers;   and  Kli/.abeth,  who  in.  Henry 
Greig  of  ( Greenwich. 

'VI.  ]>enjamin  Isaacs,  b.  Sept.  li>,  1737,  a  merchant  in  Xoix\valk, 
Ot.,  where  he  d.  about  177").  I!<!  in.  Sarah  Scudder :  had  six  child- 
ren. 

1.  Isaac  Scudder  Isaacs,  1).  Feb.  17<i<),  a  merchant  in  "Norwalk, 
who  in.,  Jim;:  (!.,  1777.  SuKiiiinali  St.  John,  and  had  I  child- 
ren : 

(I.)  Renjamin,  b.  .Inly  17.  177^,  m.  XOA  .  18,  17!)^,  Fanny  liryan  of 
I'attei'son,  N.  .1.,  b.  Aug.  i>,  1  77S.  A.  merchant  at  ?sor\valk, 
where  he  d.  .Inly  l'">,  I  S-1U  ;  and  she  d.  Sept.  13,  IS-li',.  They 
had  (i  children:  Richard  of  (  )swego,  N.  V.  ;  Fli/.abeth  11., 
\vho  in.  Samuel  Lvnes  of  ^Norwallc  ;  Ann  T.,  who  m.  Frederic 
St.  John  of  Xorwalk;  Tsaac.  S.,  of  OSYVV^O,  X.  \.  ;  Sophia 
P>.,  who  in.  a  Mi-.  Lockwoood  of  Xorwalk;  \\'illiam  1!.,  of 
Richmond,  \'a. 

(2.)  William  Isaacs  (son  of  lY.aae  S.  Isaacs),  1>.  Xo\'.  ."),  17^8,  n>. 
Ann  \Vasson  (dan.  of  (.'apt.  Robert  and  Sarah  AVas.son)  :  mate 
of  the  Revenue  Gutter  of  Xew  ^.'ork  :  had  children:  Alfred: 
Gharles  ;  Susan:  and  Benjamin. 

(•").)  Gliarles  Isaacs,  l.i.  .June  7.  171.1"',  m.  Rob'ecca  I?etts:  a  merchant 
in  Xorwalk  and  .Pi-est.  of  the  Fairlield  < 'o.  Natiin;!  Hank  of 
Xorwalk  :  had  one  child. 

(  I.)  .John  Isaacs,  1>.  Sept.  l' 1 ,  1  7i!(.)  ;  m.  F.H/aheth  Ann  Si.  .John,  b. 
Sept  i'l,  ISO!  (dan.  of  .Joseph  and  Betsey  St.  John).  Me 
was  a  merchant  at  ('avui;a  Bridge,  X.  ^  .,  and  had  3  children, 
\  ]'/..  :  George  Kdwin  of  Galifornia;  .l-ihn.  Milton  of  Iowa; 
and  Marietta. 

l!.    Benjamin  Isaa.es,  .Jr.  (soi  nj.  l:-a::cs  and  Sarah  Scudder),  b. 


17<> 


'I'll'        I  >'   .NVV    II  'III  lit*     <>f 

"/'  .\  ift'lii/nii  1    l>ir,',/!,t,   In,  tli    />/ 


I  >ec.    17">l,:i    merchant   at    I'-edtord,   N".  V.,  in.  Sarali    llaul.-yof 

ilia!    |  'lace.        NII   i.s.Mlr. 
•"'.    Sarali     I-aac>.    1>.    Jan.     17(>1,    Hi.   Jo-,e|>h     Ku^'ers,   a     merchant     at 

I'aitciMiu,   N.  .1.        II.  •    «i.    at     Paulinas:    she    removed    m    ('.»ld 

Spring.   N.    ^       They  had   7  children;    <  ieor^e  ;    I'riali;    Sarali. 

\\  ho  in.  JCS.M'  <  Hmstcad  of  Ncwlniixdi,  N.  Y  .  ;    W  iiliam  ;    .Maria  : 

James  :    (  'harlcs. 
I.     K>ih.-r    l.-aacs.  1>.   April,    I7'>M,  in.   William    Knapp  of  <  '•  i  (  •  n  \\  irli, 

<':..  a   ni.Tfliaiit.       Had    '.'    ciiildr.n:    l'!li/a.  u  ho  in.  .Inim  Titii^. 

and    had    'i    cliildrcii  ;    Sarah   \\  illiams,  \\  ho  m.  ,Jal<.'/.    M  .-ad    of 

(  Mvrnwirli,  and    had    L'    cliildrni  :    M^thrr    I  Id  ic.-ca,  \\  hn  in.    I  >r. 

l^li-ha     r.rlch.-i1    nf    Saupii,    and     had      I     children;    Su>aimali: 

\\iliiam     15.  oi'    Nc\v    ^"ol•k  ;     llcm-v     l>aa«-s;    I  Jriijaiiiin     l.-aa.-s; 

A  IKcrt  ;    and    l'"rcilfi'ic. 
.'.     \\  illiam     Isaacs,   li.  .Inlv.    l"1'^,  a  IIK  rdianl     at      Ili'dfurd.   in.    Mr.-. 

Mary   Kilcy.  and  d.  in    [Si  '.I.       They    had     1    rhiidn  n  :    (i.-m^,,; 

Miniiy  :    \\'illiaiii    II.;    and  (  'harlcs. 
''i.    I'lli/.ali.-th    Isaacs.  1».  (  )ct.    I  L',    177".  in.  in     17'."'    Amos    15dilcn.li. 

in     N..rw;ill<    -Inly    1:5,    17'il    (son    of  John     Ucld.-n    and    .Mary 

I  !art  !d  t  ).  a  in'  'reliant   and  larincr  in  <  'a  rind   N.    Y..  \vhov  he  d. 

May    I.   ls:;n.      shed.  Dee.  i'7.   I  >  ."'  1  .      Thcvhad   11  children: 
(1.1    Julia     liddcii.  1..  .May    1'.'.    17:>1.    in.    !(...,  her    St.  .Mm.      She,]. 
Sept.    I  |.  k:  ]  7.  and  had  sun  l-'i'edcric  August  us.  who  d.  in   \^  \». 
il1.)    Charle.-,    |5dden.  1..    March    In,    1  7'.'.'1..  a  merchant    in     N,-w    N'-rk, 

m.    H'-M'ii    M  ile>  and  had  l'  children,    M  ort  imer  and    Helen. 
I  '.}.  ;    (Icnr^c    lleiden.  1'.    March    I  'J.    1  7'.'"'.  a    merchant     in     Ne\\    ^..ri<, 
in.    I  .•  'ill  -a     M  ile>  and   had    I1  chl  Idrcn  :    J  n  i  la.   \\  h'  .    In.    in     i  "--^ 
l-'i-.-d'-rie  Tail  mad^e  ;  and  I  .aura.  \\  h<  i  m.  in   1  X|i  I    I  Midi.  \    I  'i'-id 

of    NeNV     V,,,-k. 

i  I.)    Sarah    llddcn,  1,.  Mare],   I  I.    17'.'7.  m.  William   Mii.-lidl  and  had 

L'  dd  Idn-n. 

<:..i  charlotte  Heiden.  l,.  Dec.  :;i.  17:-.  d.  s,-i,i.  is.  l>i'7. 

(V,.)      I'ili/.alieth       lieldell,      1  •.    Jail,      l!',     l-'l|.      ,,..      I'd,.     L'  7  .     l^.-'r'i,      I'M  Will 

(  'ro>l.v  ot'  <  'roion   Kalis.  N.   \'.      'l'li>-\   had  L'  childr-'ii  :    >aiaii; 
and    I  l.-h  n.   \\h  .....  ..  <  let.  >,    1  ^''-7,    I'Muard    M.    lluiler. 

(7.)    Tie.  ma-   r.ddcn,  1».   Se|,t.  L'-.    IMI-_',  d.    |  ),.,-.    I-.",L'. 
I  x.  )    John    I  idden,  1).  Jan.    1  >n."i.  m.    I  .!>/.«  -i  ta  Tre\  ii,a  "I'  Mexico. 
i'.1.  )    Krederic    llelden.  \>.  Jan.  L.':''.   1>'»7. 
.  1".)     I',,  iijainin    l.-aac.>    I'-dden.  I..  Jnl\     1:5.    |M'!'. 
II..    Aii-.i-iu-   llartl.  it    lldden.  h.  (  ),  ;.  ;il,    1-1  i.  d.  Jui\    '.',   i  -  1  ."'. 


Col.  Timothy  Dwifjlit, 
Son  of  Timothy )  Son  of  John,  l<oth  of  Dedhtun,  ]\Iciss.    1  71 

Mary  Rumsey),  b.  June  4,  1  <41.  lie  lived  in  Branford,  Ct.  He  had 
a  dau.  Grace  Isaacs,  It.  about  17o(l?  \vlio  in.,  April  1,  1  7S(i,  Jonathan 
Jngersoll  of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  b.  April  16,  1717  (son  of  Rev.  Jonathan 
Ingorsoll  of  Ridgviield,  (  't.  and  .Dorcas  Mossj.  See  Goodwin's  Gencal. 
Notes,  p.  12<i. 

V  \  II.  Grace  Isaacs,  1).  June  10,  1743,  in.  Luke  l>abcock  of  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.  .Had  3  children: 

1.  Frederic.  1*.  Harriet,  who  ni.  a  Saltonstall,  and  afterwards 
IMarvin  \Vait.  :>.  Court  land.  ] 


[Seventh  Generation.  ]     Children  of  j  Yes.  Timothy  .1)  wight. 

IIS.    i.        Timothy  1) wight,  b.  March  2!>,  1778,  at  Stratford,  Ct.,  d. 

June  1.°),  1  S  14,  aet.  <>(>. 
11'.*.   ii.       J>enjamin    \Yoolsey    Dwightj.  M.D.,    b.    at    Northampton. 

.Mass.,   Feb.    Ill,    17SO,  d.  .May   IS,   1S:>0,  aet.  70. 

120.  iii.      James  I )wight  (twin),  b.  at  Greenfield  Hill,  Sept.  1,1784, 

d.  March  21.  18G3,  act.  78. 

121.  iv.      John  J) wight  (twin),  b.  Sept   1,  1784,  d.  at  Hatiidd,  Mass. 

July  2."),  ISO:),  aet,    IS. 

122.  v.        Rev.  Sereno  Fdwards   1  >wight,  ]>.]).,]>.  May  IS,  178(5,  d. 

Nov.  ">0,  1S.")03  aet.  C)-i. 
12'!.    vi.       A  son,  dead  at  birth. 
121.    vii.     Rev.  AVilliam  Theodore    !  hvio-ht.  I ).  I  >..  b.  J  une  1  .">,   L70T), 

d.  Oct.  22,  ISC,:;,  act.  70. 
12.").    \iii.    Henrv  Fd\\  in  J)wight.  b.  at  New  Haven,  Ct.,  April   17'.1". 

d.  Aug.  1  1,  ls:>2,  aet.  35. 


The  order  of  the  Seventh  Generation  hero  readied  is: 
i.        John   l!\vight,  the  settler,  of   Dedhani,   Mass, 
ii.      Ca.pt.  Tinn.thy  1  )\vight.  of  J)edhaii),  3,1  ass. 
iii.    Justice  Nathaniel  l)wight,  of  Northampton,  Mass. 
iv.     < 'oionel  Timothy  Dwiglit,  of  Xorthampton,  Ma.^s. 
v.      Major  Timothy  J)\vight,  of  Northampton,  Ma^s. 
\i.     S'res.  Timothy   !>\vight.  of  New  llaven.  Ct. 
vii.   His  children — eight  sons. 

i  I v;.  i.  Timothy  Dwight  (son  of  I 'res.  Timothy  'Dv/ight  and  Marv 
Wool.Miy),  1).  at  Stratford,  (  't..  .March  2'.',  I  77S,  was  a  clerk  in  Xew  York 
lor  ,-  years  (17!)  (—1801)  and  a  hardware  merchant  afterwards  in  New 
Haven,  Ct.  (1801— 44).  for  more  than  in  v(  ars.  Ili^  feature.s  were  oi' a 


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Miperi.ir  c-.isi.  ;iinl  had  in  them  :i  tinr  intefhvtnal  and  moral  e\pre--ion. 
Hi-  figure  \sa-  liroad  aid  full,  I.  ui  not  i.!'  a-  much  ln'i'_rli(  and  maje-ty 
:is  hi-  father's.  Ills  "jilt.  from  his  <_freal  in  ';i  r  -sidi  1  1  •(  Ine.-s.  came  In  In1 
ION  -i;in  t'lll  than  olie  who  Lore  SIP  ha  ]  :<  IM  >|IH  •  ;i  face  )ni"dit  liatlllally  ho 
expected  t.i  possess. 

llf  \vas  M  ";p'at  iv;i'l'T  of  standard  hooks  (if  ;ill  kinds.  ;ind.  in  his 
in;i  t  mvr  vears,  i  >('  tlniM1  csjicciiillv  ;il  K  HI  IK  li  IIL.'  m  ]ii'_rli  iimi'al  t  rill  lis.  i  ni 
uiiii-li  lii'  framed  \\iih  vpi'cial  (!•  -li-'lit.  '\'<>  llic  (-'Hit  inual  and  cari'ful 
>iud\  nf  tin  Ivililc,  aiul  of  all  lidj's  to  a  tlidrnimli  iindcr-NtandiiiL,'  of  i's 
Lfn-a!  irnilis,  he  was  particularly  addicted.  IIU  readiiiLT  and  >n;dv  in 
th">e  directions  lie  [nirsued  a>  refill,-!!  I\'  \\itli  pen  in  liand.  a>  ti.e 
>iddie]'  \\alks  alxnit  in  camp,  and  on  tin-  hat  t  Ic-iidd,  \\i:li  }il^  swnrd  I'V 
liis  >iile.  lie  \\as  a  n:an  of  clear  \  ie\\->,  >iroiiL.f  coii\  i<'i  ions,  pn^itise 
piirp'oso.  direct  >peecli.  and  independent,  decided,  frank  and  uliole- 
liearted.  in  >a\  in-'  and  doin^  \\  liate\  i  r  Lis  souse  of  justice  and  of  dut  y 
demanded. 

That  jilace.  \vliicli  household  MHILI;  has  in  many  families,  as  a  >tron^ 
cducat  MIL.'  influence  upon  the  heart.  \\as  filled  in  his  h<>nte  licvuiid  anv 
other  knnwn  to  the  author  v/i'th  fre  [iieiit  repetitioii.s  of  sacred  poi-tiy 
liy  each  and  all  in  the  f.jnilv  to  one  another,  and  often  \\,r  hours 
together,  e-pi'ciallv  on  S:ind:i\'  e\eni!!'_f. 

II"  m.  .May  1'  I  .  |sn'.i.  Cl;iri»a  Strong,  li.  June  II.  1  7-.°.  '  dan.  of 
I  !ov.  (  'ah  li  Strong  of  Xorthamptoii,  .Ma--.,  and  Sarah  i  look  en.  I  '  was 
not  until  Ixi'i.  \\hi-n  ."iv  vear>  of  a^1'.  that  he  tir-t  puldicK  con!'e--ei[ 
<  "uri-t  .  ai.d  I'll  t  >hortlv  hi  i'ure  hi>  fat  h  >•!•'>  death.  T!i"  man  if  •-!  a  I  ions 
of  early  pi"ty  in  his  children  did  not  Lfladdeii  th"  home  ,  t'  I'ns. 
I  >v,  i_dii.  The  religious  phih  isoph  \  of  that  da  v,  concei'iiinu'  '  h-  dut  \-  of 
continual  self-i|iiest  ioniiiLT.  \\'a>  far  lielow  the  hi^h  raic_'e  of'  -p;iiiiial 
peac"  and  pleasure  aiitlnri/ed  l-\  t  h"  pi  o;ni-e-  nf  (  lod's  \\  ,  ,rd.  and  e\  i  n 

l'ei|lli  red    li\"     It-     precej  it  s. 

In  the  "jreat  re\  i  \  als  in  \e\\-  I  I  a  \  en  i  1  <i'i  i  |  ,  i  ->-_>7  s_  .,,,,]  |  v  j  j  ;;  ( 
he  wa-  /ealoii.-lv  active.  "  The  <  'oiil'erence  .M."-;  ii'_rs  "  ot'  that  dav 

U  ere    ;i     heaVell    i  ill    e;|  |'t  h     to    h  1  III. 

To  ••  The  DwL'ht  l'rofe>.-or>liij.  of  hidactic  Th"ol--\."  nan,,  d  after 
him.  in  N'a!"  ('olleu'e.  he  Mil.>cril>ed  s.'i.niiii  ;md  pl"dj'd  him-df  to 

lliake    up    ;i|l\     (!•    lie!'  '1.  eh'-    to    t\\lce     that      alilolllll       if     lieedflil.         Ti.e      lil'-t 

inciimlienl    of   it.    Dr.    Nathaniel    \\'.   Tax  h.r.   he  "Mr    lidd     in     hidi  lii.d 

i  o  \  1  1  i  _'    e  -  II  ill  a  t  1  o  1  1  . 

I  Ie  \\  ;,-  a  m;in  of  \  i_'.  ,r.,n-  h'  alt  h  and  seldom  if  i  \  ••;•  -jek.  I  I"  d. 
.In!.-  I."..  I-  I  I.  a-t.  Hi1,. 

M  r-.  (  'iari--:i  Dv.  i_r!i!  wa-  a  ladvof  ^i-e;i;  pei^mial  excellence,  ami 
of  ,-i  !•  mperameiii  oiiite  the  oppo,ite  of  hi-  oun  liein^  ha'iii  uallv 


Col.  Timothy  Dwiglit, 

Son  of  Tnnotliy,  So/>  of  Join/,  ItotUof  Dedliam,  J/^.y.y.   178 

placid,  and   abounding   in  coiitijiual    peace,   of  heart,   especially  in  the 
things  of  Christ,      She  d.  Feb.  2.">,  IS.")."),  act.  72. 

[For  full  account  of  Cov.  Caleb  Strong's  lineage,  see  Hist,  of  Strong 
Family  by  the  author.] 

|  Eighth  Generation..]      Children  : 
12C>.   i.        Timothy  Ihvight,  b.  April  1,  1811. 

127.    ii.       Caleb  Strong  Jhvight,  b.  Sept.  IS  I  2,  d.  July  7,  1M-1. 
12S.   iii.     31aryAYoolsey  Ihvight,  b.  Sept.  27,  1814,  in.  Jan.  2,  185.?, 
as  his  2d  wife,  Jonathan    lluntington    Lvnian,  M.D.    of 
Northampton.      Xo  issue.     1'is  lirst  \vife  \vashersister 
Julia. 

120.    iv.      Kd\vard  Strong  lUvight,  b.  and  d.  in  IS  Id,  act.  2  months. 
!:')().    v.        John  William  Jhvight,  b.  "Dec.  31,  IS  17. 
"1.".  I.    vi.       Kev.   Fd\vard  St  rong  Dwighi,  1>.  April  :>(>,    1SL>(>. 
l.°>2.    vii.     Sarah  Hooker  Ihvight,  b.  July  20,  ISi'i',  d.  May  S,  ]S.°,S, 

a  young  lady  remarkable  for  her  Christian  loveliness. 
1 M.'").    viii.   Julia  Strong    Dwight,  b.  Aug.  0,   IS24,  m.  .].   lluntington 

Lyman,  .M.I>.      She  d.  Dec.  4,  lS.">:>,  aet.  21». 
134.  ix.      Clarissa  Dv.ight,  b.  Sept.  22,  lS2i'.,  d.  Jaiiy.  1S2S. 

12('i.  i.  Timothy  Dwiglit,  b.  April  1.  1SH,  ]n.  ^lay,  1  1,  IS  12,  Liu-y 
Starr  <  )lmstead  (dan.  of  /almon  Olrnstoad  of  Moreau, 
X.  V..  and,  I'lebecca  l'>arlow).  FTo  was  a  hardware  mer- 
chant at  Xe\v  Haven,  Ct.,  and  manufacture]'  of  tools 
(plane-irons,  drawing  knives,  augers,  etc.),  at  Seymour 
Ct.  (then  1  luinphreysN  ille),  and  also  of  coach-lace,  and 
afterwards  of  cars  at  C'hicago,  111.  lie  lived  for  nmiiv 
vears  at  Beloit,  \\  is.,  engaged  in  N'arious  business.  Since 
iSli'.l  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacture)  of  paper 
at  Chicago.  His  family  resides  at  South  Kvanston,  111. 
[Ninth  Generation.]  Children: 

1 .").").  i.  Timothy  .Ihvight,  b.  at  Xew  Ifaven,  Ct.,  Feb.  L' 1 .  IS):;, 
m.  1  >ec.  L"),  ]Si')4,  J.)elia  Alien  Williams  of  Clinton, 
(  hieida  ( (ounty,  X.  Y..  b.  in  1  S  \'.\  (d;ui.  of  \\'ai-ren  Sher- 
wood Williams  and. lane  Kli/abeth  .Metcali').  lie  \vas  a 
civil  engineer  at  first  :  owned  a  daguerreotvpe  establish- 
ment at  Beloit  ;  and  has  been  engaged  (since  1S71)  at 
Chicago  and  in  the  manufacture  of  paper.  (  N.  \V.  I'aper 
JManu.  (  \).). 

130.   ii.       Kd\vard  Cecil  I)\\ight,  b.  April  i»,   IS4;J,  d.  .May   I'.i,  1S4D. 

Io7.  iii.  Henry  Theodore  Dnight,  b.  .Ian.  IS,  1S47,  d.  July  .">  1 . 
1S4S. 


7  '//'        I  >'  >W  llJll  lit*    III' 


>"•*</,/.     mfi    o  urfntii/iitnii. 

iu'in,  '>.  April    I  •_',   1  >  I'.i,  «1.  .1  u!\  .  :'-  1  , 


I:',1.!.      \.  \Villhlll    (Veil     |)ui-l,I.    1).    All'.'.    I.''"'.     1>'">1.    t»,,k    par!    of  the 

o  i;].  -v  i-Miil'M-  ;it     I'.'-loit  <  '"!!<  L/'  .   \Vis.,   ami    is  cli'_';i'_r'  'I    ill 

in--  l-i'<>l<-l>iniliii'_i  liii-im-.-s  ,-it   (  '!MC;I_'(  i. 
11".    \i.        I'Ya  ni'is  Ali'ivl  I  Kviu'lif.  I..  Oct.  l'  !  .    1  >.">:',,  <1.  Oct.  L'S,  I>.V5. 

]  11.    \ii.      Au;n>'-   LUCY   l>\vi<_'l>t.  1».  •Inii'1    1'7.   !>.").">. 

i  Kiii'iil  li   (  !"iirr:it  I'  Ml.  | 

I  .".'>.    \.   .l-.!i!i   \\'iili,-tiu   Dwiu'lit,  1.     I  ).••.:'.!.   I  ^  1  7,  in.  Jinn-   1^,   1  -  i."', 
his  r<iu>in    S.i|ilii.-i     l»\\ij.-iii    nl'  (.'liuiMH,  (  »u.-iil;i    ('M.,  N.  \'.,\>.   \:>-].>.  s, 

1-1-.:,!    C;it>kill,     N.    N'.    (ililll.    nt'    i>r.    I  ',r  11  jaii:  i  Ii    \\'n..l>ry    !»\vi-!il     ;;li<l 
Sni'liia  St  r>  IHL;'  ).       I  Ir  is  a  inaiiutact  in'cr  of  >:tll   n-i  n-  a!    NI-\\-    I  i  a  \  •  n.  <  'i  .. 


;  Nim  n  <  Ii'inTat  ion.  |      (  'liililn-n  : 
i  IL'.    i.         Sujiiiiii  Clari>-a   l>\vi^!i!,  !•.  Mav  1.    i  -  1  7.  <\.  at   ('!int«.!:.   N. 

V..  An-.  L'l.   1M7. 

I!.".,    ii.        .Mary  (••.Minnie")  <']aris.-a    I  )\\  i-'lit.  IP.  Jan.  7,    1>1'.'. 
1M.    iii.      |  l.-ni-y  WIK.IM-V  I  >\vi,'Iit,  1..  (  let.  l\.  1  s:.  1  ,  ,1.  Auir.  -•'.  I  v  •">!'. 
I  I.".,    iv.       Ivlv-an!   Sti-du^   Dwi^lii,  1..    I  >.-,-.   L'.'I,    |  -:..",. 

II''-.   v.      I'Y.-<l.-ri'-  L..ui.>   Dui.'ni.l-.  N-,.  :..  1>."»:>,  .1.  Julv  1".  !-:.-. 
1  17.    si.      Ki.iiiy  <  '.•••ilia   Dwi-ln.  I,.   Max    1.  |  >:,;•. 
11-.    \ii.     L-iii-  Tii'-'-i"!-.-  1'v.iji!.   1,.    July   In.  i-:n,   ,|.    A|-  :i     !•'•. 
!  >i'il',  at   (  'lint  -  -n.  N.   \  . 


•  Klu'lii  1"  '  '"iii'i-a;  inn.  j 
i:;i.    \i.    l!"\  .  K.lv.anl 
\\iJ,!    .  I).    April   .in.    |  - 
|'lH-.,l.    S  -in.    in    1-  ',:'•.  >  - 


iiu'  1  iv.i-li!  (  -  -n  ,,!'  'rii,i.-th\ 
-a-l.ai    V;-].-  in    I  -:>.  :;n.i  a     N-  A 
a!     Sa.-u    M,'.  (  I  »,•<•.    L'.'..    I-!!       .\i 


|-:.l',;   at    Ainh'T-1     Ma-».  (Jul\     I'.'.    !-:>!       An--.    l;-.   !-•;<>,;   ;i; 
II-..  !,-y    Ma-.  .>ii,.--    I  -'-.I).      I!--   i,:.  N  ,\.   i::.  i  >  !:•.    l.u.-x    I-;:,/  , 
\\'  ir  T.U  in.  i>.  M-iy  "'.  1  ~  -•"•  ''|TI.  .-('  .1  -iin   \Va-    !•:,:  -.;,,  M.|  )..  ,,('  <  : 
M  .•...-•  >i'i    \  nn  A  nil'  T-";  i  '.      Sin-  i!.  df  IMI,-JUII'.|-!  !•  'M.  >"pt,    1  1  .  I  >•'.  I  :   ,,h.| 
1;  •    1,1.  t"  if   L'  i   u  if'-.  J  ill  v  'J7.    i  '-  •'•  I.   Kii/ai"-'  it     M  •<,!•,•_.]•    Ail-nil-,    i>.    in 
I.  i-  i  ci.'l'-H-y,  N.   II..  (  i  -i.   !.  1  -:;•'.  (ciaM.  ..f  l;.-\.  J.-i.n  |;ip|..\   Au.mr,. 

I  ).!>..  "l"   <  '•  -rliani.  M--..  an.l    Mar\    Ann    M  '•'  '<  <••  _  •:•<•).       \\<-    I;..-    1,,  .  i,   |  '•-!-• 
•-   .-!,.-    .if  i!i  •    Tni--.-,    ,,f   An,!  .!•'«'..;'  I  ir.    J.    K. 


Col..  Tiinotliij  D 
Ko)i-  of  Tiiiiotliy,  Son.  ofJolm,  /;<>///  of  Dedhcim^  J./<7.^.   ]  75 

organization   to   Lee's   surrender.      I  To  d.   at  Northampton,  April  20, 
18(>(),  net.  (i-l-."| 

j  Ninth  Generation.]      Children  : 

_/>//.  AV.sV  a- if  I-  : 

119.    i.        Annie  Waterman   Dwighl,  b.  April  1-1,  IS.")  I ,  at  Saco,  .Me. 
1")0.   ii.       Kdward  Hunting-ton  Dwight,  b.  at  Amherst,  July,  !•»,  185(5. 

l>ij  */•<•<), a/  u-ij'f  : 

I'll.   iii.     Marion  McOregor  Dwight,  b.  Doc.    l.~>,  IS  ('>.">. 
I-")!'.   i\-.     Julia  Strong  l,yman   .Dsvight,  b.   I  >ec.  '2,  1S7U. 

|  Eighth  (Generation.  ] 

I.'!.'?.  A  iii.  Julia  Strong  Jhvight  (dau.  of  Timothy  and  Clarissa 
Dwight  of  New  Havt-ii),  1>.  Aui;-.  (>,  jSi'l,  in.  Julv:JS?  IS!  7,  .Jonathan 
Jiuntington  Lyinan.  M.D.,  of  Northainpto!!.  Mass.,  1).  Aug.  IS,  1SKJ 
(son  of  Jonathan  llnntington  Lvnian  of  Xorthainpton,  and  Sophia 
Hinekiey,  dau.  of  Judge  Ilinekh'V.)  She  was  a.  lady  of  iiiucli  s[ii-ight- 
liness  of  mind,  sweetness  of  character  and  beauty  of  face.  She  d.  of 
consumption,  I  >ec.  I,  IS.)!),  near  Kingston,  Jamaica,  \\  .  I.  .lie  in. 
Jan.  l',  !>.">•">,  as  his  I'd  wife,  ?»iarv  NN'oolsev  ]) wight,  her  elder  sister. 
lie  resides  at  Northanijiton.  No  issue  by  the  I'd  in.-ii'riage. 
j  Ninth  ( !e:u-rat  ion.  |  ( 'hildreu  : 

J>>/  Jlraf  ?'•//'' .' 
l">-">.   i.      Kdw;'."d    IFuntington    Lvman,  b.    at    New   IFa'/en.   Oct.    1-1, 

IMS,  d.  July  10.   IS.")!'. 
!•")(.   ii.    Jolm  Chester    Lymau,  1>.  at    Ne\v  Haven,  May   1*7,   1S.11,  is 

now  ;ii  the   Harvard  Scientific  School. 

I.")."),   iii.   Francis  I Rnckley  Lvinan,  b.  at    Chicago,  1 11. ,  Jan.  10,  IS.").0), 

d.  at   I'ara,  ilraxil,  July  l'!),  1S7I,  of  yellow  fever,  act.    IS. 

|  S;-e,  for  Lyman  kindred  of  this  family  the  I  list,  of  The  Strong  Familv. 

j  Seventh  ( leneration.  j 

I!'.',  ii.  !!e;ijaniin  V\"i)olsey  Dwighf,  M.D.  (son  of  Tresi.  Timothv 
Dwight  of  Vale  < 'ollege  and  .Aiarv  \\'ools< -v),  b.  at  Nortliampton,  Feb. 
K>.  17SU,  grad.  at  ^';;!e  in  1  7'.»(.t,  was  listed  by  his  father  for  college  and 
entered  it  in  the  sophomore  year.  !i:s  \vl;»!«'  education,  academic  and 
collegi'ite,  he  obtained  under  the  ins]?iration  ci'  his  father's  genius  and 
h>\e.  No  one  of  his  brothers  had  sue!]  combined  educational  adi'au- 
tages:  and  no  one  of  them  saw  so  much  o!'  hii'i  in  h.:s  o\vn  home,  in 
their  ma!  uivr  years.  It  was  he  that  i'urr.i-hed  the  facts  for  the  memoir 
of  him  prepared  l>y  I  )r.  Sereno  I1].  !  )\\'i'./hl ,  and  pr'-f-iced.  to  his  works. 
lie  was  very  desirous  in  his  later  years  <>i'  preparing  himseli  a  new  and 
fuller  account  of  his  lather's  life  and  character,  and  sen  ices  to  his  ai/e. 


'/In     I *<  *<*<  ll'lit/ifx  n't' 
1  7<>          '^"n  <>f  .\  iitlti.  n  ii  I   1  //•//////,  I  alii  of' ^crrfidnij  1<.)), 

\\  In  n  he  \\  as  a  I 'a  l>e,  and  1\  HILT  in  his  cradle,  his  nurse  cat  <  1<  ssl  v 
si  ill  !i  (1  a  1  ann  of  cold  \\  ater  u|'<  >n  him  which  threw  iii HI  mi  <  •  .- 1  ;i-ms 
ainl  ;_'a\e  him  'I11'  asthma  I'm-  lil'i1.  'I  his  casualty  Ljivatlv  drin  m  im-d 
his  \\hnle  Mil  M  i  |iu  nt  histnry.  Me  \\as  lur  manv  vears  also  a  ^rrat 
sufferer  (Vniii  d\.-|  e|  sia — a  illsrasr  liin  lilllr  understood  m  tho-,.-  davs. 
Me  pic  pa  red  ••  A  I  >issertat  ion  "  (of  '.HI  printed  pa<_'es)  '•  on  <  'hronir  I  >e- 
liilit\  lit'  ihr  Stomach,"  piil..  in  "  ihr  Memoirs  n|'  ihr  ('nun.  Acad.  nf 
A  rt>  and  Sciences  "  in  1^1  I  ;  v,  hirli  \\  as  i  In-  tir>i  rssa\  mi  (In-  Milijcct 
in  anv  laii^naj^r,  and  \\a->  iiiurli  praised  in  this  count rv  fi.r  ii-  liicli 
nirrii,  ai.d  a!su  rrpulilishrd  in  Kii^latid. 

His  medical  studies  he  pur.iird  in  rhiladrlphia  under  I  Ms.  Hush 
and  1'livsic.  Mr  praeiisrd  medicine  at  ('at^Uil!,  N.  N'.  (l^n.'l  .".  )_  |,nt 
fi.und  his  asthma  si  <  au;j;ra  \  ated  !i\  ni^ht-ralls  and  rides,  'hat  hr  hud 
in  rr!ini|!ii-li  a  [Tiifrssinn  that  hr  uivatlv  liknl.  Thr  same  piM-iral 
intirmit\  had  pre\iniisly  prevented  him  f'nun  elinnsin^  a  lit''-  nf  min- 
isterial m  nf  didactic  Usefulness,  as  Imih  Ids  conscience  and  Id-  taMc 
\\  i  mid  ha\  r  e;irl\  dictated. 

In  l^ii.'i  hr  eniiaifed  in  t  he  crock. -r\  -liiisinrss  in  Ne\v  lla\cn  (l!rl(Irn, 
1>V,  iu'li;  iV  <'".).  )>llt  err  li!liuf  remnved  to  Nr\v  ^'nl•k  and  \vent  intn  the 
hard '.\  a rr  t  radr  (  I  >\\  i^ht.  Palmer  iV  (  'i ...  in  \\  hich  Iii  m  \\'  in.  \\*.  \\'< .,  dsrv, 
his  11  M'-'r.  v.  ;is  a  secret  parMierj.  P>ut  his  l)iisiness  was  dest  m\'ed  li\  the 
\varnf  I -^  i  L'.  and  1'nr  s-\rral  years  (  iSlM-hij  hi;  lived  at  Nr\v  Ma.\en, 
an  1  unt  il  his  nrirri'i^r,  a!  h;s  iat  her  s  hniis;'.  i  I  r  ni.  M  a  v  7.  !  x  I  ">.  >  .  .hi a 
\V<..,dl. ri.l.u"'  Strnii.u'.  I'.  -Ian.  I.  I7!>:5  (dan.  nf  IJev.  .I,,seph  Siron-'  aii-1 
S  .phia  \\'..  ull.i-id-e).  I-]  irly  in  I  W17  !.••  moved  to  (  'at  ski  11,  N.  Y..  and 
was  a  hardware  merchant  there  (1V17--">1)  importing  hi-  ^m.ds  for 
hiii;-"lt'  din-'t  !\  frmn  i-ln-'land. 

Mr  \vas  an  rldrr  in  ihr  Pr  -sl>.  (  'h.  and  act  i\c  in  Lfi  \  II.IL,'  Piii.l-  >da>s 
iiisiriictii.n  on  ihr  Saliliaih.  and  conducting  reli-'imis  rxm-i-  s  at  nilirr 
times.  Mr  was  specially  fnnd  nf  addressing  tlie  cnlnrnl  proph-  ,,f  the 
place,  ri  "_fularl  \'  mi  Sunda\  evening,  m  a  neiu'hlioriii!4  scln  ml-hoiise 
\\  1  K-i'c  tin  \  -'at  hrrcd  in  lar_'r  nu  ml  M -is  lo  hi  ar  him. 

In  A  | 'iii  I  ^l  1 .  hr  |-cmo\  rd  to  (  'ant  mi,  <  'n.-ida  (  ', ,.,  N.  \'.  ainl  In-came 
a  L'rnt  Irinan-farmrr  (Ml  acre.s).  llrv.as  at  mice  elected  Treasurer  nf 
Hamilton  (  'nllr^e,  and,  for  I'.1  years  (  |s:',|  ;,ii)  hilmred  \er\  rtl'rci  i\  civ 
f.  ir  t  hr  ti  na  ncia  I  N\  elf;-,re  nf  t  hat  inst  itut  imi. 

I  I .  •   \\  as   "'   fret    I  1    inches    hi_di,  and   \\  as  smiir\\  ha!    In  nt    in   hi  ,  li^ure, 
a!ihmi_di    ha  \iiiLT    a    ijinck    and    elastic    slip.         Mis     lirmhrrs     Tinn.ihv, 
.lainr.s     and      llmrs     rrsrml.lrd    nmrr     their    father:      hr    and     his    other 
lii-oiln  rs    rrmindrd  one  very  much  of   their    mother.      Tin  ir    li^in    com- 
lexion-, lilne  e\  rs  a  nd   m  ore  si  eiider  torn  is  were,  so  far,  \  a  rial  imis  iVom 


Col  Timothy  Dwiyht, 
Son  of  Ti moth 'if,  Son  of  John,  loth  of  T)c<Jh<nn,  J/iy.s.s1.    1  77 

the  type  of  the  preceding  generation   of  Dwights.      He  weighed  about 
150  Ibs.      He  d.  of  pleurisy  May  18,  1850,  aet.  70. 

He  had  his  fathers  love  of  statistical  detail,  of  anecdote  and  in- 
cident, of  doctrinal  discriminations,  of  large  scientific  knowledge  and  of 
high  soaring  habits  of  moral  thought  fulness  but  had  not  an  imagina- 
tion of  aiiv  such  sweep  or  fervor  as  his.  "With  these  paternal  character- 
istics he  combined,  in  a  marked  degree,  hi.s  mother's  prudence,  caution, 
economy,  modesty,  meekness  and  self-distrustfulness. 

No  one  could  be  more  independent  than  he,  in  forming  his  opinions 
or  in  expressing  them  when  formed,  or  more  determined  and  fearless 
alwavs  for  the  right.  Tricks  and  shams  of  all  sorts  lie  utterly  de- 
spised, and  used  often  to  say  :  "  There  are  no  managers  in  heaven." 
He  was  alwavs  in  earnest,  and  full  of  personal  energy. 

lie  abounded  in  such  instructions  as  these  to  his  children  :  "  never 
to  become  borrowers  from  others":  "to  endorse;  no  one's  paper, 
without  proper  grounds  of  safety":  "to  remember  that  tuami-.r^  art'. 
»Mtt-t'r"'  and  that  ">/"><'  <'U'>iiiot  drive,  men,]''  and  that  "  the  true  rule 
of  action  is  unt.tcif'.')'  in  /iio/lo,  sed  fortiter  in,  re":  "to  make  light 
always  of  all  our  troubles":  "to  confide  in  mankind  generally,"  saying 
that  <k"  it  was  better  to  be  cheated  sometimes  than  not  to  confide  "  : 
"  not  to  discuss  the  faults  of  others,  or  to  make  or  retail  gossip  v  :  "  to 
care  always  for  the  poor  and  forsaken";  which  in  his  day  meant  most 
of  all  the  greatly  abused  colored  people  of  the  land  ;  and  "  to  seek 
(!od's  favor  always,"  and  to  feel  that  "if  we  obtained  that,  we  need 
not  care  for  anything  else." 

lie  had  a  tine  command  of  language,  and  lus  daily  prayer  with  his 
family  was  almost  a  poem  for  beauty.  One  passage  in  it  that  always 
had,  win-never  it  recurred,  a  fresh  interest  to  the  In-art  of  at  least  one 
listener  is  well  remembered.  Tt  was  this  :  "  \Ve  know  not  when  we 
lie  down  at  night  that  we  shall  rise  again,  until  the  heavens  be  no 
more;  and,  when  we  rise  in  the  morning,  we  know  not  that,  we  shall 
lie  down  but  in  the  grave.  Our  feet  will  soon  stumble  upon  the  dark 
mountains,  and  our  eyes  be  closed  in  the  iron  sleep."  Jle  had  a  great 
dread  of  sudden  death  and  it  was  an  unfailing  request  in  all  his 
prayers,  that  he  and  his  might  be  delivered  from  it. 

His  sense  of  humor  was  quick  and  keen,  and  lie  told  a  story  that  was 
full  of  fun  with  tine  effect. 

Say.->  I  >r.  \\  in.  l>.  Spramie  of  him  (Annals  Am.  Pulpit,  vol.  li.  p. 
K>8):  ''  lit;  was  a  man  of  literary  taste,  of  a  philosophical  turn,  of 
mind,  and  of  most  exemplary  Christian  character.1' 

For  fuller  account  of  him.  see  "  In  Memoriam,"  by  the  author  (to  be 
found  in  various  public  libraries). 
I'J 


/ /"     /*<  ••«  v  iiiliin  Av  of 
17s  Si.n   of    .\  iiflni  n  n  I   l>ii'/</lif,  Lolli   of'  .\  ortjni  in  j>foii . 

Mr--.  S<i|i!ii;i  \\  .  l>uight  was  remarkable  for  her  great  |ier.si»iml 
heatttx  and  grace  of  mien  and  manners,  as  \vcll  as  for  her  superior  in- 
tellect, and  llir  loveliness  nf  her  disposition  ami  character.  Her  nature 
was  full  of  \  italit  v,  and  her  heart  of  magnanimous  impulses.  All  the 
aspects  of  life  that  i^avc  it  si^niticaiic''  ti>  In-r,  it,-,  i  nt  n  •<•>!  >,  <iutii-s, 
charms,  aii<l  treasures  were  of  a  tlioroiiyhK  ivlic_fiou>  kiml.  ller  mural 
i'iui\  ii-t  imis  tilled  her  \\  hole  nature  tu  t  he  full  s\  it  h  li-ht  at  id  heat  tVnin 
alii>\e.  She  illuminated  her  lioine,  \\hile  >hc  was.  in  it,  v»ith  tlie 
bright  ness  ot  her  joy-iiisjiirinjj  jiroenee  there,  and.  ne\ei.  simv  sin- 
went  up  from  it  to  one  higher  and  better,  has  the  memor\  of  tiiat 
home  been  without  the  lialo,  left  in  the  hearts  of  her  children,  of  her 
well-remembered  inspiration  of  all  the  higher  life  that  it  had  within 
its  walls. 

Her  health,  originally  lint1,  became  great lv  impaired  ilie  winter  In- 
fore  her  marriage,  and  never  recovered  its  former  hiilh  tone  a^:on.  Kor 
the  la>t  do/en  vears  of  her  life  it  was  miserably  poor,  and  her  tine  in- 
tellect settled,  in  the  end,  into  sad  decadence,  and  e\en  imbecility.  She 
d.  1  >ec.  :>.  iSiil,  aer.  (i'.L  See,  fur  full  sketch  of  her  charact-  r  and  life, 
"In  .Meinoriam.'' 

[For  her  Strong  lineage,  see  Hist,  of  »Stnmil  Familv,  and.  for  her 
•Teii'-ral  \\oodbridge  pedigree.  For  her  immediate  Woodbriilge  kin- 
dred, see  Appendix  of  this  book.  For  a  brief  sketch  of  her  Kiiot  line- 
age, s,ee  below.  | 

[  Kliot    Liiieage. 

H.-r  grandfather.  Key.  .lulu,  \Voodbridge  of  S.  Hadl-s.  Mass.,  1-. 
.[>ec.  I'.'i.  1  71'!'.  and  settled  as  pastor  at  >.  lladie\  for  tori  \ -mi-  yi-ars. 
(  1  7  I  L!  S-O,  was,  the  son  of  lies.  John  \\oodKriilue  ot'  \W-t  >pritiL;- 
tield.  Ma--.,  b.  June  In,  M7>,  and  Jemima  Kliol.b.  N,,\.  ||.  !i',7'.i 
whom  he  in.  Nov.  11.  !''>'.''.<.  She  was  the  daughter  (,f  |;,.\.  J,,>,.|,h 
Fiiot.  b.  Dec.  L'H.  P'':'>x,  grad.  at  Harvard  in  l»'->^.  v.  ho  \\.,-  p.. 
(luilford,  *'t.,  for  I'»i  i  years  (  liiil  l-'.i  t ),  and  Saiali  Urentoi..  j,;.  \'n-^ 
wife  (dau.  of  (-''\.  \\m.  Hreiiton  of  II.  I. .and  Martha  l'iiir;.'i..  dan. 
of  Thomas  Hurt  on  of  I  Joston  I. 

K,  \.Joseph   Kliot   had  eight  children.      Th-\    \\en-: 
(  I'.y  Sarah    Hrenton.  ) 

I.  Mehitable,  b.    Oct.    I,   h'i7ii,  m.   William  Wilson,   and  d.  without 
i.site.   April    1  I.   17L1:;. 

II.  Ann,  b.   |>e,-.    li'.    |tl77.  Hi.   I  >ec.  L'II.   li'.'.is,    (I,,,,.    J,,n;<than    Law. 
of    M  iit'ord.  <'[..(  ;(,\.  of  < 'otin.  and    Cliiet'.JnMic.-.       Ib     \\a-    b.    Aug. 
i'.,    I'. 7  I.  and  d.    Nov.  •'.,    17.''".       Shed.  Nov.    I''.     17".".. 


Col.  T'unotluj  Dwiglit, 
Son  of  Tiiiiotlnj,  .Son  of  Jolt  n,  both  ofDedham^  J/r/xx.   1 79 

Thev  had  a  dan.  Aim,  whose  dau.  Abigail  m.  l\ev.  John.  Eoote  of 
Cheshire,  who  were  the  parents  of  Hon.  Samuel  Augustus  Foote,  Gov. 
of  Conn,  and  U.  S.  Senator. 

III.  Jemima,  1).  Nov.  14,  1G79,  who  in.  Rev.  John  Woodbridge. 

IV.  Bashua,  I),  in  l(iS2,  in.  Augustus  Lucas  of  Fairtield,  Ct.,  a  Hu- 
guenot  refugee.      Their  dau.    Mary  Lucas,   b.  in  Xew  Haven,   Dec.  8, 
1735,  in.  lion.  James  A.  Hillhouse  of  .New  Haven. 


llev.  Joseph  Eliot  of  Guil ford,  after  the  death  of  his  lirst  wife,  Sarah 
Brenton,   in.   about     1GN4— ">,  for    a    ~2(]    wife,    Mary   "\Vyllys    (dau.   of 
Hon.    Samuel    \Vyllys  of  Hartford,  and  Ruth    Haynes,   dau.   of    (lov 
John  Haynes,  Uov.  of  Mass,  and  afterwards  of  Conn.),      He  had 
(15y  Mary  AVyllys.) 

V.  llev.  Jared  Eliot,  ]).D.  and  M.D.,  b.  Xov.  7,  ]fi*r>,  gr;id.  at 
Yale  in  ]  70(;i,  who  m.  Elizabeth  Smieton  and  had  11  children.  He 
was  a  man  of  universal  genius.  (See  Sprague's  Annals,  vol.  ii.  p. 
3lM.)  He  d.  April  i>:>,  17<>3. 

\'l.  Abial  Eliot,b.  in  1G88.  m.  Mary  Leete.  Their  son  Xathaniel 
m.  JJeulah  Parmelee,  and  they  had  a  dau.  Mary  Eliot,  b.  May  1,  J7<>2, 
who  m.  Israel  Halleck — who  were  the  parents  of  Fitx-Greene  Halleck. 

\  I  I.  Mary  Eliot,  b.  in  1087,  who  was  four  times  married:  1st  to 
Samuel  Mart  of  Durham,  Ct.,  lM  to  Abraham  i'ierson  of  Clinton,  Ct., 
.'id  to  Richard  Treat  of  \Vetherstield,  Ct.,  4th  to  Samuel  Hooker  of 
Kensington,  Ct. 

VJ.  11.  Rebecca,  b.  in  1GOO,  m.  John  Trowbridge  ;  and,  2d,  .Ebenexei- 
Fiske  of  New  Milford,  Ct.  ;  and,  3d,  Dea.  'William  Dudley  of  Xonh 
Cuilfoi'd,  Ct. 

Th<;  parents  of  llev.  Joseph  Eliot  of  Cuilford,  Ct.,  were  John  Eliot 
and  .Ann  Mountfort.  He  was  b.  in  England  in  J(J()4.  and  m.  her  in 
Boston,  Oct.  J(>3±  She  was  b.  in  J(iU4,  and  d.  March  l!4,  JGS7,  act. 
84.  He  d.  May  L'O,  IGUd,  act.  8G.  She  was  remarkable  for  her  eneru-y 
of  character  and  her  fervent  piety.  The  Eliot  family  is  traivable  ( bark 
to  the  landing  of  Wiliiam  the  Conqueror  in  England)  to  sir  William 
De  Aliot,  a  .Norman  knight. 

John  Eliot,  "the  Apostle  to  the  Indians.''  was  grad.  at  C  unbridle, 
England,  and  excelled  as  a  classical  scholar  and  theologian,  lie  was 
settled,  lor  ,">8  years,  as  pastor  at  Lloxbury,  Mass.  (  1  <'>3-f-!>0).  He  was 
remarkable  for  his  great  pietv  and  self-forgetful  generosity. 

(See  "History  of  the  Eliot  Family/') 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 


7  IK    1  ><  net  mill  nix  df' 
S»/t  ,//'  .\  <///i<r/iit  /  Ihi'Klif,  l>nl]i 


!.""'>.    i.    P.eiijamm   Woodl.ridge     Ihvight.     I'll.  !>..    1..     April    .">.   IM''.,    at 

N.-\\     Haven,  <  'I. 
1~>7.   ii.    S(.].lii;i     Ihvight,    li.    at     Catskill,     N.    Y..     |-Vi>.   S.     |Sls,    !n. 

.lime     IS.     IN  I-  ">,   lie!'  OOllsin    .Johll       l>\vi;_'ht      (--"H     of    Timot  liV 

;ni(l  Clarissa  L'wight  of  New  i  la\  en,  (  't.).  See  for  account 
of  li.-r  family.  Nos.  1  \'2~1.  She  ,1.  July  Is,  ISC.:',,  art.  •!•">. 
Siir  was  a  lady  ol'  threat  personal  Iteautv  and  sweet  ne.-s  of 
character,  and  delightfully  n-li«_MMii>  in  all  \\\T  aims  in  life 
and  hanits  of  feeling.  Sli--  had  al>n  sti-miu'  literary  and 
j>oeti<:  tastes;  and  was,  f,ir  her  ni;tn\'  ijiieenlv  chafart  eris- 
tics, the  admiration  of  her  relatives,  ami  of  a  laru'e  eiivle 
of  devoted  friends.  She  had  dark  l>rown  hair  and  lilue 
eves,  and  \vas  f>  feet  4  inch<>>  hiirh. 

l.'is.    iii.    Pn.f.    William    Theodore    Dwight.    I.L.I*..  I.,    at    Cat.4:ill.    N. 
V..  .Inly   IS.   1SL':.'. 

1  .")'.'.    iv.  Mary  Jhvight,  b.  at   Catskill,    Nov.    i'7.    ISi>4.  in.    lion.  Klliott 
Anthony  of  Chicago  and  d.   Fel>.    11,   [Sill,  aet.    Hi. 

ICn.    v.    Hon.   Kdu-ard  Woolsey  Jtwight,  1..  at  Cat>kill.  April  S}   l>i'7. 

I'll.  \\.  l-lii/al.ieth  J)\\ighr,  o.  at  Clinton,  Aug.  f>.  Is.".  I,  in.  .Ian. 
11.  isr.."),  as  his  I'd  wife,  .Hon.  Klliott  Anthony  of  (  'hiea- 
i_ro.  111.,  without  issue.  She  spent  her  life,  while  her  niot  her 
liveil.  in  mo>t  xealous  and  happy  devotion  to  her  welfare  in 
e\er\  wa\\  Her  care  ol'  her  si>ter  s  cliildreii  alter  mar- 
1'ia^'e  was  ol  the  same  high  moral  t\pe.  in  principle  and 
feeling.  \\'hile  having  alwavslmt  very  inditl'erent  health, 
>he  v\a^  reniarkahle  lor  her  ^reat  vivacitv  and  t  ner^v  at 
all  time--,  and  \\as  mo>t  earm-Mlv  I'eli^ii.n-.  in  ail  her  piaii> 
and  purposes  of  life.  Mie  d.  .Inne  JL'.  1X7''.  aet.  I.*-. 
lleath  v\a>  to  her  Idll  ^ojii^  llollie.  She  turned  u'elitiv 
away  from  loved  oiie>  here,  oidv  to  ^o  Mnilin^lv  to  tlio-e 
dearl  v  ln-li  ived  on  hi^h. 
l.'n'..  i.  Kev.  I'.enjamin  \\'oodl>ridu'e  Pwi^ln.  I'ii.l1..  I',  at  New 

I  lav  en.  Ci..  A  pril  ."',  Is  Id,  grad.  at  Hamilton  Co  •_,•,  \.  N..in  1  ^:'i."', 
and  at  the  New  Jiaveii  Theol.  Seiu.  in  lv-''v.  vv.;^  Is;;  '!  at  Ham. 
(',,11.  f,  ,r  three  years  (Is.",'.)  IJ).  He  founded  in  |s|l  the  Ki|-.,t  C,,iig. 

C||.      of    .lo'liet.      HI.     (llo\V     "The     Central      Pre.l,.     Ch."l.          II-  lai.llsile.l 

Hi  P.r.ioklyn,  N.  \..\\\  l>l'i,  "Dwight'.s  1  1  igh  Sch..ol,"  a  commen-ial 
and  ela-Meal  sehool  for  l.ovs,  which  heculiducted  with  lal'_re  snree^s 
f,  ,r  1_!,  \'iir-  i  April,  l>l'i  .hilv,  |s."i<.,  during  ih"  tir-t  \ear  in 
lli''k~  Street,  near  <  'I'anlierrv  :  and  afterward^  at  No.  :.'  1  .1  v  Mission 

Str--et.on     the     Millth     side    of    the      street,     lietWeeli     ('ilnton     Stleel     and 


Col.  Tii 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Join),  loth  of  Dull  tarn,  J/c/.v.y.    1S1 

Sidney  Place.  This  school  lie  transferred  from  Brooklyn  to  Clinton, 
1ST.  Y.  (1858-63),  where,  from  having  been  wholly  a  day-school,  it 
became  chiefly  a  boarding-school.  He  established  himself  afterwards 
(18G.V7)  in  Xew  York,  at  1144  Broadway,  near  2<>th  Street,  in  the 
same  work  and  with  like  successful  results,  as  in  the  two  previous 
instances.  In  May,  18o7,  he  removed  to  Clinton  where  he  has  been, 
most  of  the  time  since  that  date,  absorbingly  engaged  in  literary 
labor,  beside  teaching  his  own  children,  and  preaching  largely  in 
neighboring  towns.  In  September,  1872,  he  became  Editor-in-Chief 
of  '"'The  Interior,"1  a  Presb.  religious  weekly  in  Chicago,  111. — owning 
the  paper  as  well  as  conducting  it.  with  llev.  James  1C.  Trowbridge 
as  partner.  But,  while  finding  this  new  form  of  useful  labor  quite  con- 
genial to  his  taste,  its  pecuniary  demands  proved  to  be  so  unexpect- 
edly great,  especially  in  the  hard  times  then  prevailing  over  tin; 
country,  and  worst  of  all  at  the  AVest,  that  he  was  glad,  after  five 
months  of  earnest  devotion  to  editorial  duties,  to  resign  his  proprie- 
torship of  "The  Interior"  to  the  hands  of  another,  who  saved  him 
from  all  loss,  and  who  was  able  to  maintain  it  in  existence!  at  whatever 
pecuniary  haxards. 

Lie  has  contributed  from  time  to  time  to  various  magazines  ("The 
Bibliotheca  Sacra,"  "The  Xew  Fnglander,"  "  The  X.  V.  Genealogical 
Record,"  etc.),  articles  on  education,  theology,  philology  and  genea- 
logical matters.  lie  is  the  author  of  "The  Higher  Christian  Educa- 
tion'' (A.  S.  Harries  A:  Co.,  Ill  'William  Street,  X.  V.);  "Modern 
Philology,"  First  and  Second  Series  (Scribner,  Armstrong  A:  Co..  ii.~>4 
Broadway,  X.  Y.) ;  and  '"'The  History  of  the  Strong  'Family,''  in  '1 
vols.  Svo.  He  is  also,  beside  being  the  author  of  "The  llistorv  of 
the  I) wight  Family,"  in  2  vols.,  author  of  two  other  works  awaiting 
an  early  hour  of  publication:  "The  Higher  Culture  of  Woman,"  and 
"The  'True  Doctrine  of  Divine  Providence." 

His  school  at  Brooklyn  numbered,  when  largest,  liiO  pupil.-,  in  attend- 
ant-eat onetime.  Its  average  was  ll'O,  which  was  the  number  that  he 
left  behind  him  in  removing  to  ('linton.  Xearlv  all  studied  Latin,  the 
gn-at  special  drill-study  of  the  school,  and  large  numbers  of  them,  French 
and  German,  also,  one  or  both,  as  regular  dailv  school-studies — recit- 
ing in  them  to  the  principal  himself  who  held  them  lirmlv  to  the  same, 
thorough  style  of  work"  in  the  modern  languages,  as  in  the  ancient.  These 
were  not  pursued  in  any  frivolous  way  for  dilettante  effects  of  any  kind, 
but  as  a  business  demanding  and  rewarding  high  enthusiasm.  This 
school  is  believed  to  have  been  the  iirst  .American  school  in  the  hind 
(  I*  In),  in  which  German,  now  so  widely  pursued  in  all  better  schools 


1  s-J 


77"    7  A  .svv  m(<i  nf*  <>f 
/;/'  .\  ,//!/,  i  /i  i,  I   />n'/,/lif.  />n///   tif'  .\  <  >rtlnt  ///  iifo//  , 


and  colleges,  was  lifted  up  at   oiu'c  to  the  plane  of  an  earnest,  daily  st  udv. 

Tip's, •    \\ho    \\,.r,.    di-slined    tor     college     added      the     (irei-k      to     the    study    of 

l.-tiin  and  of  the  modern  lanjjuap-s.  The  classes  higher  and  lou.-r  in 
the  l;n,_;ii:e_.  -.  old  and  new,  in  l>olh  L.rra  m  ma  r-d  ri  1 1  s  and  the  leading 
of  authors,  u nderweiil  tVc.|Uent  changes  in  tin-  mend !• -rs  composing  t  IP-HI. 
as  all  such  .-lasses  \\ere  continually  sifted  under  the  critical  exactions 
of  the  recitation-room,  so  as  to  place  those  of  like  ^rade,  in  pouer  of 
true  onward  movement,  on  the  same  le\el.  It  was  the  studious  policy 
of  the  sehool  not  to  discourage  the  dull,  liv  a  style  of  requisitions  ]„•- 
vond  their  real  strength,  or  to  leave  those  ot'  superior.  nati\.-  powers 
of  progress  u nd.  r  t  he  svcakt'iiiuy;  influence  of  a  system  of  school-reipiire- 
ments  adapted  to  an  a\  era:."'  rate  of  mental  enep_fv  l>e|..w  th«-ir  own. 
The  aim  was.  to  liiisy  each  one  to  the  full  with  Ins  own  uork  as  ,-ueh 
and  to  keep  each  one  under  the  felt  pressure,  at  all  t  tines.  , ,]'  t  ],,.  un\  arv- 
ini_f  expectation,  that  e\'er\'  one  would  do  the  very  liest  possili'.e  to  him. 
Tho-e  v,  ho  were  found,  on  eai^erK'  stretching  themseKe.s  to  their  ap- 
pointed dui  ies.  thoroughly  capable  of  doin^  more  than  others  associated 
with  them  in  their  studies,  had,  if  they  w.-re  not  advanced  to  tip-  el  iss 
ne\t  a  In  >\  e  t  hem,  an  additional  st  ml  v  of  direct .  correlate  \  alue  assigned 
to  them.  Kvery  one  thus  found  ere  IOHLJ  his  proper  personal  place 
and  t  rue  pei-s,  ,na  1  \\m  k  in  the  school,  as  determined  !>y  his  o\\  n  \\  ants 
and  aptitudes  as  a  learner.  The  spirit  of  the  school  in  all  hearts  was 
i  ha!  expressed  1,\  those  t  wo  L'l'eat  \\  ords.  ••  ]-'i  n'Wai ds  and  ("pwards  !  " 

Tip-  course  nt'  !i.\'-d  preparatory  study  for  entrance  aright  into  college 
elidirai-ed  tour  years  ot'  c-aret'ullv  planned,  compreheiisix  e,  and  pnr_;T<  -- 
si\'e  coiii'si's  of  studv  presupposing  a  previous  well-laid  liasis  m  .,r- 
dinarv  Kurdish  stmhes  —  and  emliracinuf,  \\ith  thorough  drill  in  Lain,, 
l-'i-t'iich.  <  lernian  ami  (  i  reek,  a  lar^e  ran--.-  ot'  st  udv  in  history,  an.-i,  i.t  and 
modern.  ph\siolo^v,  the  mathematics  (arilhinetic,  al^.-Kra.  and  i_'eoiuc- 
tr\  i.  \\iih  rhetoric,  composition,  and  declamation  ;  and  tlp-s--  in  no  list- 
less,  perfum-torv  wav,  l>ut  as  t'ull  of  the  most  practical  hearing  on 
ea'-h  one's  t'u tu re  e\er  drawing  swiftly  mu'li. 

>i  \  plump  hours  of  fervid  etl"  ,ri  each  da\  I iiit  Sa!  ur.la  v.  \\  ere  v;i\  en. 
wir  ii  unaliated  udadness  to  t  he  end.  to  tip-  school  at  I  '.mo',,  1\  n,  for  I  L'  \.-ars 
and  more;  and  L'leal  \vas  its  success  in  everv  t'um  to  i;-  i-l.isn,^  da\-. 

I;  was  \\holly  for  moral  reasons  alone,  that  sip'h  a  superior  educa- 
tional experience  was  relinipiished,  at  the  \,rv  he^ht  ot  its  history 
for  a  :;•  u  and  untrii-d  t'n-ld  of  lalior.  The  ^i-eai  \\isli.  purp-is.-.  prayer, 
and  hop-  of  :he  principal  were  that  he  mi^ht  In-  aM'-  to  lirin_'  In  chosen 
li  f"-u  or  I. .  as  a  <  'h  ri-t  ia  n  educa  i  or  and  arl  i>t.  uipl'-r  i  !P-  po\\  er  ,  •!'  ideas 
and  IIP-'  hods  that  could  not  possi  lily  he  compassed  u  it  Inn  t  he  moral  1\  re- 


Col.  Timotliy  Dwigld, 

Son  of  Tii  notify,  Son,  of  Joint,  botlt.  of  Dedliam,  J/^-sx.    183 

stricfced  bounds  of  ;i  city  dav-school.  That  fine  intermingling  of  strong 
religious  iuHueuce,  continually — like  the,  full  play  of  an  ever-active,  in- 
ner life  at  work  within  thorn — with  .ill  the  forms  of  energetic  school-activ- 
ity, which  gives  them  all  their  real,  moral  worth  and  power,  he  longed 
in  vain  to  secure,  amid  the  distractions  and  frivolities  of  a  great  com- 
mercial community.  J  le  felt  deeply,  that,  in  order  to  reach  the  highest 
results  in  his  work,  he  must  unite,  with  the  communicableiiess  of  all 
good  influences  in  the  study-room  and  the  recitation-room,  those  power- 
fully helpful  influences  of  a  collateral  kind  which  may  be  secured  by 
an  earnestly  watchful  eye,  in  various  hygienic,  personal  and  moral 
directions  appropriate  to  hours  out  of  school,  and  to  Sabbath  opportu- 
nities of  usefulness. 

The  fact  also  had  been  most  particularly  oppressive  at  Brooklyn,  that, 
from  among  the  large  numbers  that  crowded  the  school  there,  tilling 
up  its  three  stories  with  animated,  intellectual  industry,  but  very  few 
could  be  gathered  each  year  into  the  lists  of  those  who  were  preparing 
for  college.  .Business,  money-making  and  material  ends  and  aims 
abounding  in  that  commercial  community  poured  unceasingly  a  fiood- 
tide  of  repressive  influences  on  the  thorough  and  large  prosecution  of  all 
classical,  intellectual  and  literary  forms  of  culture  for  youth.  Of  the 
80  or  more  induced  to  go  to  a  dozen  different  colleges,  out  of  the  whole 
number  of  his  pupils  during  his  life-time,  more  than  half  have  been 
successfully  stimulated  bv  him  to  such  ideas  of  their  future  <le\eiop- 
ment.  Of  these  some  left  college  without  completing  the  course,  and 
quite  a  number,  after  finishing  it  reverted,  as  if  by  a  fatal  proclivity, 
to  business-life  again. 

Mere  pecuniary  prosperity  did  not  and  could  not  meet  the  higher 
tastes  and  hopes  of  the  writer,  as  an  educator.  He  knew  of  no  position, 
in  the  different  connected  departments  of  educational  toil  and  skill, 
higher,  for  moral  usefulness,  or  more  open  at  all  times  to  the  diligent 
use  of  the  greatest  intellectual  art,  than  that  which  he  had  chosen  as 
his  own,  and  as  the  highest  choice  of  his  heart  for  life.  Such  possibil- 
ities of  greater  educational  effectiveness  for  good  rose  inspiring!}' before 
bis  mind  in  a  more  strictly  classical  and  collegiate  style  of  school-work 
to  be  pursued  amid  the  quiet  and  beauty  of  rural  life,  that  he  parted 
deliberately,  and  quite  against  the  argument  of  sure  worldly  advantage 
in  remaining  where  he  was,  from  his  enviable  moorings,  in  his  work, 
at  Brooklyn.  The  past  had  furnished  there  a  large  guarantee!  of  what. 
he  might  safely  expect  the  future  to  b ••,  in  growing  fulness  of  good  and 
growl  h. 

Powerfully  moved  bv  such  thoughts  and  hopes,  he  went  in  18.">S  to 
<  'Hilton,  the  homeof  his  Youth,  to  set  up  his  banner  as  a  teacher  there, 


Tin     I  ><  .sv  Y  //  1  !(  I  n  As-  a  f 
ni'  .\<i/l/<i  ii  i>  I  Ihriijltt,  lio/h  of  .\  ort 


in  I  In-  name  of  <  ii  id,  as  if  lor  t  lie  first  time.  <  Ireat.  ii.deed  was  tin-  ven- 
tur-  madeof  l>oth  t'ailli  and  inoiiev  ;  hut  the  feelings,  that  all  luit  irre- 
siMililv  [>niiii|ite(l  n.  had  moral  foundations  sullirient  for  the  lia/.ard. 
<  >:i  grounds  eo\eriiiLT  1^  acres  and  more,  retired  iroiu  the  village 


al.oiit    u    mile    to    the    noi'tliu  c>( ,   ;uid    i'rom    his    o\\  n     d\\eihtiu'    'o    ilie 
s  nit  ii  ward  a  hit  le  t'art  her,  lr-  er. -eted  a   la  ruv  and  t  a>i  et'ul  i-di  llei  .:;:   \\  1 1  h 

;   1  1      the     ;l|i|  io|lit  Inelit  -«     of     a     lil'st-ehlSS     1  M  lii  I'll  1  IlLT-schi  n  it.      )!i~-;     \\lilili)    ill'- 

'  I;.  \v;i~  liiiiil  at  a  time  when  th'1  j'l'icc  Cm- a  dav's  lalmr  \\a~  a  'i"'!ar;  aii'i 
eai-i'i'hters.  plaM'-rers  ainl  painters  wdrki-il  fur  |Hainl  !!  .-li;!',:: ,  j  -  !'•;  .lay;  ai.d 
the  ii  ^;  i.f  !iiii!iliiiL''--ti«iie  \\'as  \<>  \><-  had  fur  a  d"'!ar  a  p<  rch  di-!i\'i  r-  d.  and 
l.rii-k  I'm-  S  l.dil  p,-r  t!iMU-and  ;  and  t  he  elioice-t  pin«-  la  ml  n  •  r  c  •. .-!  Irn  s  ;.",.  IMI  ,  ,.,• 
tiiMii-iiid  ft-i'f.  'l"n>'  ruli-  L'iven  in  all  operative-  and  ei  -i:t  rad  "'.  -  i\  •  r\  \\-hi-ri 
\\  a-  -!  ]''  n'-:' 1  h  lif-t .  and  \\diat  licauty  :il t cv\vanls  ci  ui  d  In-  priM-iin  .!  \'.  .th  :i  .  Tin- 
l.uiliiJKLj-  wa-  di  -:--H'-d  l.y  the  writer,  ami  the  eli-vat  i<m  \\a-  •;i-,\\!:  I  .\  '!'.  T";.<\d 

'I'ii, 1:11:1-.  tin  n  nf  I'.mi.klyii  and  afterward-  nf  N',-\v   ^'..rk.    Tlie  iw,,  w ;  enls  ,,f  ii 

v.  h>h  .!!•'•  hi'i'i'  pre.-ented  tn  vie \\-,  and  are  sii peril ' r  -ju'ei men-  .  '   i  h,    an   nf  wninl 
i  >ij  r;i\  i1:^'.     \\ei-i'    pri-]iari'd.    as    \\~a--    a!--n    the    family    enat    n!'     an:.-     !  >y  William 
];•>•. i-fi-.   I!si..  :!ii  i'.rekman  Si   .   New  ^'nrk. 


Col.  Timothy  J)>.i:i<jltt, 
of  Timotluj,  Son  ofJoltn,  both  o 


.yx.    185 


sum  of  8-0,000,  and  which  a  skilful  architect  testified  at  the  time  of  its 
conflagration,  7  years  afterwards  (18G4-),  could  not  be  rebuilt  again  as  it 
was  before,  for  less  than  $30,000.  This  structure  he  erected  during  the 
last  vear  of  his  school-labors  at  "Brooklyn.  ;  and  during  the  sununer  term 
of  18f>8,  which  was  the  opening  term  of  the  new  school  and  the  closing 
term  of  the  old,  carried  on  both  schools  together  —  he  passing  from  one 


n IK  Nuuiii  OK  FAMlLV-siui.  ui-    ••  i.waui'i  f-  i.i  i ;.-.i.  Jin. 1 1  SCHOOL,      i .  'i  AKKN  ri:<>.\r  A  MOIJ:  DISTAXI 


post  to  the  other,  as  seemed  most  desirable,  and  alternating  his  point 
of  action  with  his  associate  (Key.  David  A.  Holbrook  now  of  Sing 
Sinu',  X.  Y.),  who  managed  at  Clinton  the  Boarding  Department  of  the 
school. 

'*  .Dwight's  Rural  High  School  "  consisted  in  fart  of  four  ditierent 
structures  harmonized,  with  pleasing  effect  to  the  eye,  into  one,  and 
was  adorned  on  three  sides,  north,  ea>t  and  south,  with  verandas, 
towers  and  balconies.  It  stood  westward  l")0feet  from  Kim  Street,  OIL 
the  east ,  towards  which  its  principal  front  faced,  and  L'l'-t  feet  and 
more  from  Factory  Street,  on  the  north,  and  was,  on  its  northern  line, 
running  east  and  west,  KM!  feet  deep.  The  length  of  its  front  on  the 
east  was  .")i'>  feet  and  on  the  southern  side  (itself  properly  also  a  front 


i<         hri/it,    iofi   o          <>r//il  in //fun , 

in  appraranrc  ).  n  hail  an  east  and  west  hue,  S|  fret  loni;.  All  its 
rooms  mi  thr  Ibsi  floor  were,  on  tin-  school-side  of  tin-  house  (on  tlir 
south  i,  ami  oil  thr  t'ainllv  .siilr,  which  \\as  on  thr  north,  lari_'r  anil  spe- 
cially \\  ell-lighted  (with  ceilings  11  fret  hi^li  )-•  -us  were  also  thr  three 
lar^'e  ilornii  I  ories  ami  all  other  rooms  in  the  second-story,  attic,  ainl 
basrmrut.  No  IOIILJ  lines,  of  a  horizontal  or  vertical  sort,  were  Irt't  un- 
dist  nrlinl  in  die  construction  of  the  eililice.  luit  broken  up  carefully 
everywhere  into  a  s^rrat  varirtv  of  pleasing,  arclntectural  etfects.  This 
imposing  st  rnct  nre  \\  ith  its  tinr  ornanirntal  fe  it  ures,  and  its  ample  and 
cheertul  accoiiimodat  ions,  through  the  ratine  of  four  stories,  made  ron- 
\enient  for  everv  practical  use  drsirrd,  sat  conspicuously  bv  itself,  like 
a  (pirrn  of  beautv,  on  a  tine  slope  of  ground  surrounded  liv  trees  in 
abundance,  standing  around  in  ipiirt  dignit  v,  like  wil'iin^  servitors  wait- 
ing to  know  the  part  that  thrv  should  act.  With  a  la  ru'r  bright  oprn- 
ness  of  presentation  to  tlie  eve,  from  everv  point  of  vi'-w.  this  princely 
structure  ^fa\e  to  all  who  approached  it  a  sense  of  abounding  welcome 
to  its  spacious  apartments. 

This  school  commencing  with  '.)  boarders  and  is  (lav-scholars  rose 
err  loii^  to  some  '.Ml  pupils,  of  whom  .">.")  A\  ere  hoarders.  (  )f  the  day 
attendance  upon  the  school,  one  special  and  verv  satisfactory  element 
consisted  of  a  do/en  and  more  vounsj;  ladies,  who  showed,  bv  their  dih- 
!_rrnt  improv  emeiit  of  its  privileges  (  I  S.")S —(JJ  j,  their  thorough  appre- 
ciation of  ihr  advantages  thus  oiTrred  them. 

Such  were  the  preparations  made,  and  such  the  opening  prospects  of 
the  (  'linton  School,  which  was  in  its  plan  and  in  its  own  inward  spirit 
and  opening  hi>(orv,  the  consummation  of  all  its  principal's  «jathereil 
idras.  experiences  and  liopes,  as  an  educator.  |'>ut  lie  soon  found  in- 
sujH.'rable  obstarlrs  appearing  in  his  patliwav  to  anv  loii^  continuancr 
in  his  new  lirld  of  etlort — ol»taclrs,  of  whose  pos^ililr  occurrence  h" 
had  ne\cr  dreamed.  (tiitward  influences  of  a  (lest  nictive  kind  were 
brought  to  bear  with  fatal  etfeci  upon  I  he  most  \ital  part  of  hi-  \\  ork 
inlliirnc"s  which  wrre  special  and  local,  and  such  as  no  ipiirt  endurance 
.sulliced  to  aliatr,  or  skilful  iii'_r''nuit  v,  well  laid  out ,  srrmrd  a  Mr  to  fore- 
stall or  countervail.  \Yhat  thrv  were,  and  how  thry  spn-.-id  their  upas- 
blight  over  all  ihr  hitdirst,  truest,  and  brst  ipialitir^  of  hi^  work  as  a 
classical  teachei1,  in  thrir  \  erv  bud  and  blossom,  he  has  nr\er  made 
public.  I  ,rt  a  veil  rest  to  others'1  eves,  in  the  d  ista  nrr,  o\  rr  t  he  causes 
of  his  prompt  closure,  at  ,-in  rarlv  date,  of  his  once  almo^i  passionately 
chrri-hrd  plans  of  educational  labor  at  ('Hilton,  in  ihr  lushest  form 

possible    to    him,    \\llilr    life   should    last. 

Tlr-  i|r>i^n  of  the  forr^oin'.,'  ex  |  )lana  t  i  on  of  his  career,  as  a  xrahuis 
pivp;irrr  of  voiith  for  tie-  cillr^r.  curriculum,  \\le-i-r\rr  thry  nn^ht 


Col  Timotlu/  Dwiylit, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Sort  of  John,  loth  of  Dcdltam,  J/^.s*.    187 

choose  to  pursue  it,  will  be  answered  if  his  posterity  know,  in  con- 
sequence of  it,  that  for  none  but  reasons  of  absolute  necessity  in  his 
work,  did  he  turn,  while  at  Clinton,  from  what  would  have  otherwise 
proved  to  him  there,  while  life  lasted,  the  grand  consummation  of  all 
his  previous  aspirations  and  efforts. 

The  school-premises  and  fixtures  were  leased  to  .Rev.  David  A.  IIol- 
brook,  in  the  spring  of  1S(>:5;  and  a  wholly  new  enterprise;  was  ven- 
tured iu  Xew  York,  and  at  a  season  of  the  year  without  any  promise 
in  itself  for  new  educational  beginnings.  But  here,  as  before,  success 
came  soon,  and  in  large  volume.  In  the  meantime,  however,  the 
noble  school-edifice  in  Clinton  had  burned  to  the  ground  (March, 
18Go),  in  the  hands  of  a  second  lessee  ;  and  his  property  at  Clinton 
lay  like  a  '"rnclis  indigestaipie  moles,''  demanding  prompt  attention 
and  care.  For  ten  consecutive  years,  for  the  half  of  each  year 
(March — September),  he  had  been  severely  afflicted  with,  boils  of  a 
carbuncular  tvpe  ;  and,  it  was  hoped,  that  this  fearful  bodily  habit 
might,  perchance,  be  thrown  off  by  a  change  of  employment  for  a 
season — a  hope  which  has  been  for  several  years  since  most  success- 
fully realized. 

Rents  also  had  risen  in  New  York,  after  the  close  of  the  war,  to  a 
height  somewhat  stupendous — the  premises  which  he  had  occupied, 
renting,  when  he  left  them,  at  the  no  small  price  of  $7,000  per  year. 
And  then,  with  all  these  various  influences  impelling  him  once  more, 
reluctantly  indeed,  to  a  change,  there  was  the  further  fact,  that, 
several  unachieved  plans  of  literary  usefulness,  each  of  some  magni- 
tude, beckoned  him  on  most  strongly  to  their  fulfilment.  Slowly  but 
firmly  therefore  he  turned  the  key,  once  more,  upon  all  thoughts  of 
longer  academic  labor  at  that  time.  How  he  has  been  diligently  and 
delightedly  employed,  since  leaving  ]S"ew  York  in  18<>7,  for  his  home 
in  the  country,  has  been  already  stated. 

He  founded  in  18") 4-  "The  Rural  Art  Association1'  in  Clinton,  then 
his  summer  home,  combining  in  its  style  and  constitution  three  main 
ideas,  social  or  festive,  intellectual  or  artistic,  and  practical.  The 
festive  element  was  that  of  meeting  every  fortnight  at  the  houses  of 
its  members,  in  regular  succession,  for  a  social  cup  of  tea.  The  intel- 
lectual element  inwoven  into  its  character  was  that  of  having  at 
each  meeting  a  topic  for  mutual  discussion,  selected  at  the  previous 
one,  with  a  member  appointed  at  the  same  time  to  open  the  conference 
or  debate,  as  it  might  prove  to  be.  The  practical  element  was  that  of 
planting  trees  in  all  parts  of  the  village,  from  time  to  time,  as  good 
taste  might  suggest  to  a  committee  appointed  each  year  for  the  purpose. 


/  lie    /)<*<'(  it  </<!  /i  fx  <>1 


lSS 


The     business      ut'      I  fee-plant  illLj     Was     llms      reduced      to    il     SVstein.      and 

made  ;i  studv  for  desirable  points  of  accomplishment. 

This  societ  v,  composed  usually  of  sonic  t  went  v  or  twenty-live  members. 

has  enrolled  in  Its  constituency,  for  tlie  t\\cntv  Ve;irs  of  its  existence. 
nearh  :ill  i  lie  L.fent  leinen  of  superior  intelligence  and  of  public  spirit  in 
tlie  place.  Its  discussions  have  taken  the  wide  ran  ire  of  all  things 
useful  and  ornamental  in  country-life,  as  such,  whether  within  doors 
or  without,  as  well  as  any  matters  pertaining  to  affairs  of  more 
general  concernment,  except  politics  and  theology.  Its  practical 
lienelits  have  been  verv  j^reat  in  unifying  the  ideas  of  its  members 
on  points  of  taste,  in  respect  to  laiidscape-uardeninij  and  horticulture, 
and  various  forms  of  progress  public  and  pri\ate.  (  'linton  has.  under 
its  steady  influence,  become,  for  a  small  \illaire,  one  well  known  for 
its  superior  lieantv.  A  ny  villa^1,  that  will  form  such  an  association 
of  its  leadinir  men  for  intelligence,  will  ^reatlv  rejoice  o\er  the  li.'ni^n 
results  •xshich  \\'ill  lie  ere  lonuf  perinaiiently  ohtained  l>v  it.  I'n-hold 
in  t  his  surest  ion  the  moral  of  the  recital  of  such  a  matter  of  local 
history  ! 

Mis  height  is  .">  feet  .">  inclieSj  and  weight  1'i"  His.  ||i<  hair  wa- 
01  i-'iuall\  dark  lirown,  now  ,Lrray,  and  his  complexion  is  li-lit  and 
ll'iii'l.  Mis  eyes  are  liluish  L'ray.  and  he  is  ,,f  ;l  sangiiineo-bilious  tem- 
perament. 

While  a  teacher  he  had  the  hi^h  duty  and  jov  of  undertakiiiLr  to  in- 
struct the  minds  and  mould  the  characters,  as  he  could,  of  L'.""'1  or 

llli  il'e    </reat  1\'    lieli  )\  ell    pllpils. 

Me  m.  .Inly  L".'.  l^M,  at  ()\\<-^,.  Tio-a  Co.,  N.  V..  Wealthy  .lai 
]>ewey,  then  residing'  at  .)  oliet  ,  111.,  I),  at  |-"orest  \  ille.  N.  \'..  April  L'U. 
1^'2'.'>  'dan.  of  |  tea.  llarvev  I  >ewe\-,  afterwards  of  .lamestoun.  N.  ^'.. 
ami  r.etsey  .Maria  Harrison').  She  was  of  a  liu'ht,  ll-rid  complexion. 
and  had  lilue  eves  and  auliurn  hair.  Shed.  Auu'.  L'.">,  lvi'l.aet.  11. 
She  passed  (piieilv  from  this  world  to  a  licttcr  one,  without  fear  or 
pain,  at  res'  in  heart  \\  it  h  (  'hi  1st  . 

He  m.  at  Brooklyn.  N.  V.,  Dec.  L'l'.  I  SC,:.,  (  'l,arlot  te  S.  >ph  i  I'ari-li, 
1>.  at  <  ivster  Ilav,  I..  I.,  April  l)(.l,  lM'~  dlau.  of  'I'liwiis-'iid  I'ari-hand 
Anne  Dili-roughs  Norris).  She  was.  i'or  7  years  pre\i,,iis]\  t,,  [s,;;,, 
en_M_;ed  in  ;  eacliin'_'.  a  part  of  the  time  as  Lad  v-  1  Yi  IP-I  pal  ot  "  I  n^hani 
I  '  ni\  ei-sit  \  ',"  at  I.eroy,  X.  N'..  and  for  I  years  (  1  ^'i  I  •">  •,  a-  head  of  ih« 
Senior  I  »epart  nient  of  "  The  UrookK  n  Heights  Semi;  iai'\  i  I  >r.  (  'h.  tries 
West,  proprietor),  at  I'.rooklyn.  N.  \  . 

>i,e  i^  of  a  sonieu'hat  dark  complexion,  and  has  dark  iifown  hair  and 
dark  ha/el  eves,  and  is  .">  fee;  |  indies  hii:li. 


Col.  Tnnoilnj  J)  i  eight, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJoJi  /?,  loth  of  Dedham,  J/Y.SX.    180 

The  children  by  both  marriages  have  light  complexions,  light  brown 
hair  and  blue  eyes. 

[For  Dewey  and  Parish  connections  see  History  of  the  Strong 
Family.  To  the  Dewey  lineage  there  given  the  writer  would  add,  con- 
cerning the  Slosson  lineage  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Dewey,  wife  of  Elijah 
Dewey,  p.  371,  the  following  facts:  She  was  the  dan.  of  John  Slosson 
of  Kent,  Ct.,  and  afterwards  of  Scipio,  X.  Y.,  and  Hannah  Spencer. 
John  Slosson.  was  the  son.  of  Xathaniel  Slosson  of  Kent,  Ct.,  and 
Margaret  Belden,  dan.  of  William  Belden  of  Xorwalk,  Ct.  See  for 
full  account  of  Slosson  Genealogy,  ''The  Xew  York  Genealogical  and 
Biographical  Record,  vol.  iii.,  1872,  pp.  107-117.  Hannah  Spencer 
was,  as  the  author  supposes,  dan.  of  William  Spencer  of  Salisbury, 
Ct.  (previously  of  Sum'eld,  Ct.,  and  Bolton,  Ct.),  and  Hannah  ( 'opelev 
of  Suffielcl,  Ct.  See  "Goodwin's  Geneal.  Xotes,"  p.  316,  Xo.  70.] 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children  : 

Jiy  first  info: 

162.  i.    Eliza    ("Lily")   Dewey   Dwight,  b.    at    Brooklyn,   X.   Y., 
Feb.    21,  IS.IO,  m.    at    Clinton,  X.    Y.,    Jan.    2,    1873,    Richard    Smith 
Dewey,   M.D.,  b.    Dec.   6,  181-'),  at    Forestville,  X.    Y.    (son   of  Elijah 
Dewey,   Jr.,  whose   parents  were  Elijah   Dewey  and   Hannah   Slosson, 
a  miller,  and  Sophia  Smith,  dan.  of  Hon.  Richard  Smith  and  Kli/abeth 
Mack  of  Forestville,   X.  Y).      He   was    grad.    in    his    medical  studies 
at  the   Medical   Department  of  Michigan   University   (at  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich.),   in  April    1S6SJ,   and    was  resident   physician  and   surgeon   for 
one  yea i1  in  the  Brooklyn  City   Hospital,  X.   Y.      He  entered  the  Prus- 
sian service  as  a  surgeon  in  the  late  war  with  France,  and  had  charge 
of  a  military  hospital   at   Hesse  Cassel  (  L870— 1).      He  has  been  sime 
1872  Assistant  Superintendent  of  the  Illinois  State  Insane  Hospital, 
at  Elgin,  111. 

163.  ii.     Sophia  Edwards  Dwight,  b.  at  Brooklyn,  A.pril  8,  J 
KM.   iii.   Francis  Edwin  Dwight,  b.  at  Clinton,  X.  Y.,  Dee.    I 
165  Isabella  Jane  Dwight,  b.  at  Clinton,  N.   V.,  Xov.   !  1 

I> !/  xeeoiul  vij'<>,  : 
16!').     v.   Bertha  AVoolsey  Dwight,  b.  at  Clinton,  -May  13,   1S67. 

Kighth  Cencration.  | 

K)S.   iii.    Prof.  Theodore  William  Dwight,  LL.D.  (son  of  Dr.   Henjn.    \ 
\V.     Dwight  and    Sophia    Strong),!),    at,    Catskill,  N.  N'.,  July    IS.    iSi'i',     i 
grad.  at  Ham.  Coll.,  X.  Y.,  in  L840,  became  classical  teacher  in  the  I'tica     \ 
X     Academy;   studied  law  (1841—2)  in  the  Vale    Law  School,  under   Prof. 


Tin     Ih-xi't-mlttllfx  <>f 
I'.MI  Soil   <>f  ,\  <tt!i<l  n  i<  1    />//'/'////,   />(>///   of  \o/'f]i<t/iij>l<>/l. 

SiiMiiicl  .1.  Hitchcock  whose  merits  ;is  a  teacher  IP-  IIMS  alwiivs  rated 
nio>t  hi^'dv  :  was  lutur  at  Hani,  ('ollege  for1  lour  Years  (!>('_'— 'i); 
and  Prut',  there,  for  \'l  Years  (IS  -M>-.")S)  (»|'  Law,  1 1  istory,  <  'i\  il  .Polity 
ami  Political  Kci  HH>III\  .  In  connection  with  his  professorship,  which 
\vas  limited  bv  the  \erv  terms  of  its  endowment  to  uitder^raduat  • 
courses  of  studv  and  instruction,  lie  established  a  distinct  departiuen1 
for  the  education  of  law-students  as  such;  and  procured  the  passage 
of  a  statute  bv  the  N.  Y.  legislature  admitting  the  graduates  of  his 
school  to  ]>ractice  at  the  bar,  on  the  simple  liasis  of  their  diploma. 
The  same  provision  has  been  since  extended  to  the  graduate-  of  the 
Columbia  ('oil.  Law  School,  bv  special  state  law.  The  Supreme  ( 'oiirt 
decided  some  Years  since,  that  such  a  statute  was  unconstitutional,  as 
interfering  with  the  inherent  powers  of  the  ( 'oiirt  to  !_frant  admission 
to  its  practitioners.  Put,  on  an  appeal  to  the  ('oiirt  of  Appeals,  I  Vol. 
hwight  made  an  elaborate,  historical  argument,  showing  the  po\\er  of 
the  legislat  ure  from  time,  immemorial  to  control  the  whole  subject. 
The  decision  of  the  Supreme  ( 'ourt  was  reversed,  ami  the  law  main- 
tained. 1 1  is  argument  was  published  afterwards  in  a  thick  pamphlet 
bv  the  Trustees  of  the  ('ollege.  See  N.  Y.  Law  lleporls  in  the  matter 
of  (  'ooper.  N.  N'.  .Reports.  In  1S.~>,S  he  was  elected  Prof,  of  .Municipal 
Law  in  ('olunil)ia  ('ollege,  X.  Y.  A  law-school  was  soon  organi/.ed,  of 
which  he  \vas  made  \\  arden,  which  numbered,  in  the  \ear  ot  its  incep- 
tion, ;').")  pupils,  and  has  steadilv  grown,  in  lt>  Years  pas!,  to  MS  present 
height  of  lL'">  students  in  dailv  attendance  upon  Ins  instruction-,  during 
sevi  n  inoiiths  of  the  \pear  iVom  the  first  week  in  (  tctobi'i-.  The  course 
eml  traces  I  \s  o  Years  (t-f  st  udv,  and  is  made  up  of  recital  ions  and  lectures 
in  continual  alternation  throughout  the  ^  hole  period  ot  instruction, 
•\vith  a  moot-court  each  week  for  the  senior  class,  tor  practice  in  the 
application  of  legal  principles  to  a  great  varietv  o|  snpp"-ab'i'  casi-s. 
Thorough,  earnest,  animated  drill  is  the  law  of  life  and  \\oik  in  tin- 
school.  .Most  of  the  attendants  upon  it  are  gi  aduat'-s  ,,f  i-ollege  :  and 
i/reat  is  their  admiration  for  the  didactic  excellence  ..|'  their  ac- 
complished, labor-loving  and  spirited  professor.  The  at  in<  •-  pli*  i  ••  ot  ihe 
institution  \vhich  is  one,  in  its  whole  stvle  and  strength,  ot  it-ell  and 
bv  itself,  and  but  an  outward  expression  of  its  authors  own  inward 
ideas  and  ideals,  is  charged  to  the  full  with  the  sense  of  intellectual 
j  ti  >\ver  and  pn  tgress. 

I  I  is  uieat  success  in  giving  legal  instruction  has  attracted  attention 
VITV  \vid''lv  in  this  counti'v,  and  even  also  in  Kngland.  1'iot.  .lames 
llrvce,  of  tin;  I  "niversil  v  of  (  ) \ton I,  Kng.,  author  of  ••  The  1  |M',V  L'oman 
Lmpire."  having  visited  his  school  and  witnessed  the  stvie  ot'  intcl- 
It-ctual  workmanship  conducted  there,  wrote,  on  hi-  return  to  Lngland, 


Col.  Tnnotlnj  Dwiglit, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofjoliti,  l>ntli  of  Dedlttun,  JA/xx.   191 

an  article  entitled,  "  The  'Legal  Profession  in  America,"  for  "  Mac- 
niillan's  Magazine,''  vol.  L'">,  pp.  L'lHi-18,  in  which  he  says:  "Columbia 
College  in  New  York  is  fortunate  in  possessing  a  professor  of  great 
legal  ability  and  an  extraordinary  gift  of  exposition,  whose  class-rooms, 
like  those  at  Harvard,  are  crowded  by  large  and  highly  intelligent 
audiences.  .Better  law-teaching  than  Mr.  Dwight's,  it  would  be  hardly 
possible  to  imagine.  It  would  be  worth  an  English  student's  while,  to 
cross  the  Atlantic  to  attend  his  course." 

Albert  Venn  I  >icev,  Esq.,  also  an  English  counsellor  at  law  and  a 
legal  writer  of  repute,  says,  in  the  same  magazine,  in  advocating  the 
establishment  in  England  of  systematic  courses  of  legal  instruction  (in 
an  article,  entitled,"  Legal  Education,"  pp.  11.")— L* 7,  vol.  L'">.  year  1872): 
"  New  York  possesses  the  best  Law-school  in  the  United  States, 
and  one  quite  unlike  any  institution  existing  in  England,  where  con- 
stant classes,  filled  with  ardent  pupils,  are  taught  the  elements  of  Eng- 
lish law,  by  one  of  the  ablest  professors  that  any  school  of  Jaw  ever 
possessed.  The  only  force  that  keeps  them  full  is  the  force  exercised 
by  a  man  of  genius,  who  knows  how  to  teach  what  his  pupils  need  to 
learn.  .Prof.  J  hvight  has  a  reputation  throughout  the  whole  Union,  as 
the  greatest  living  American  teacher  of  law." 

I.n  ]8<>(J  Prof.  I  hvight  became  a  non-resident  professor  of  Constitu- 
tional Law  in  Cornell  University,  at  Ithaca.,  X.  Y.,  giving  a  course  of 
\'l  lectures  there  each  year  upon  that  subject,  in  the  month  of  June, 
at  the  end  of  his  course  of  instruction  at  his  law-school  in  New  York. 
Since  1870  he  has  given  the  same  course  of  lectures  at  Amherst  Col- 
lege, Mass.,  immediately  after  finishing  his  course  at  Ithaca.. 

.He  was  a  member  of  the  X.  Y.  Constitutional  Convention  of  18G7, 
and  of  its  judiciarv  committee.  Lie  was  active  in  the  deliberations 
and  debates  of  that  body,  and  of  his  own  special  committee  in  it,  and 
was  the  author  and  promoter  of  a  number  of  provisions  which  now 
form  a  part  of  the  judiciary  article  of  our  State  Constitution. 

In.  the  recent  reform-movements  in  the  city  of  New  York,  he  was 
an  earnest  and  efficient  actor;  and  was  a  member  of  the  now  historic 
''  Committee  of  Seventv,"  and  in  1873  was  the  chairman  of  ils  legis- 
lative committee,  which  so  successfully  resisted  partisan  legislation 
before  the  legislature,  as  to  secure  in  the  present  city-charter  some  of 
its  most  useful  provisions. 

lie  lias  been  greatlv  interested  for  manv  vears  in  the  labors  of  the 
X.  1^  .  State  Prison  Association,  having  been  most  of  the  tune  ehair- 
inan  of  its  executive  committee;,  and  being  nmv(ls71)  its  President. 
lie  has  prepared  quite  a  number  of  its  published  reports.  In  conjunc- 


///'     /  A  xt'f  n  <  I  till  /.v  fif 
1 '-'•_'  .S'^//    of'   .\  if  tint  II  It  I    f)/t't'(J//f,    lia/fi    at'  f\<>rtji<illi]>f<>ll, 

t  ion  \\  it  h  !  !"\ .  I  >r.  K.  (  '.  Wines  t  hen  Secv.  of  the  Assoeiat  ion  he  \  isiied.  a 
lew  \  ears  since,  by  its  appoint  men! ,  a  lar^e  number  of  state-prisons  and 
penitentiaries  in  this  and  other  neighboring  States,  and  in  ('anada. 
The  results  ol  their  investigations  \\erc  published  in  a  thick  volume, 
\\hich  was  received  with  marked  fa\or  in  this  countrv  and  in 
Kurope. 

Me  has  argued  many  important  law-cases  in  theN.  Y.couits.  The 
\\hole  la\\  of  charitable  foundations  as  they  have  existed  in  Kngland 
from  time  immemorial,  was  investigated  by  him  in  the  case  of  "  Hose 
against  the  Kose  I'eiieficent  Association"  in  |.S|i."),  in  so  thorough  a 
wav  as  to  clear  up  permanently  a  subject  pre\ioiislv  obscure  in  Us  ju- 
dicial aspects  in  this  country.  Me  maintained  conclusively  for  the 
first  lime,  that  c/i  ,i  ritnhl,'  or  j>nliH<-  trust*  «,•<  •/•,<•/,,/„/;•</  //,>•  /,,/_/'.,/•.-,,/ 
I,,/  tin'  ru/irf  nf  c/tttttfi't'l/,  fix  (i  fHll't  "/'  its  ori'jiii'il  jnfix'li'-ti'in.  See 
remarks  oi'  the  N.  '^  .  ('ourt  of  Appeals,  in  the  case  of  1'iascom  and 
Albertson,  N.  Y.  Reports.  Mis  researches  in  the  Kose  ease  were  pub- 
lished in  l  wo  octavos  entitled,  ''  I  >\\  i^lit  on  (  'ha ri table  I'ses,"  and  made 
him  extensively  known,  as  specially  versed  in  the  law  of  cliaritiis. 
lie  has  been  much  engaged  since  that  time  in  the  administration  it 
charitable  allairs  in  the  State;  and  has  been,  from  the  beginning, 
Yicc-I'residcnt  of  the  N.  Y.  Jioard  of  State  < 'harit  ies.  He  was  the 
author  of  its  first  elaborate  report  on  the  condition  of  the  almslioiises 
of  the  State,  which  \\as  printed  bv  authority  of  the  State,  and  so 
clearlv  exhibited  the  a'oiises  of  our  poor-law  system,  as  to  induce  a 
stroii'.:',  public  demand  for  their  ivmo\al  :  and  "Teal  ha\e  been  i  he  re- 
forms which  have,  since  that  time,  been  accomplished  in  respect  to 
them. 

lie    has    been,  for   several    vears.  an    Associate     Kditor  of    "   I  he   Am 
erican    I. aw    Register,"    a    le^al    periodical    published     in     1'hiladelph  la. 

Some    of    tile   articles    ill    It     tVoln    his    pen    ha\e    been    published    afl'TVsaids 

in  a  separate  form  ;  one  of  \\hich  especiall;.  dre\\  much  public  atten- 
tion to  itself,  that  on  "Trial  by  Impeachment,"  \\hidi  uas  called  out 
b\  the  proceedings  in  the  case  of  lY^st.  Andr'-\\  Johnson.  Ib  is  aUo 
the  le^-al  editor  of  "  .lohiison's  (  'vclopa'dia  of  I  .i  I  era!  lire  and  Science." 
(A.  .1.  Johnson,  New  York.  1S7I).  now  in  course  of  progressive  pub- 
lication, and  is  a  lai'L.fe  cont ributor  of  art icles  on  man\  legal  subjects 
his  name  benr_r  subjoined  to  tho>e  of  anv  ,-pe,-ial  \abie. 

The  latest  public  dniv  and  honor  conferred  upon  him  has  In  en  his 
appoin  l  ineni  I  I  >ee.  .'Ill,  I  >  7  •">  l  b\  ( !o\  .  John  A  .  I  M  \  .  aft  er  wards  rat  i- 
ti'-d  bv  t  he  Stale  Sena  t  e,  as  a  member  of  "  The  (  'olnlni-sloli  of  A  p  - 
peals  i  if  i  he  Slate,  a  j  udicial  !  ribunal,  shari  HL.'  'he  d  ut  ies  and  honors 

of    "The    ('olll'l    of     Appeals,"    the    highest    court     in    the    Slate.         Mi-    s,|- 


Col.  Timotli  >j  J)w!<jltt, 
Son  of  Tint  oth  v/,  Ho  11  of  Jolt  n ,  both  of  J)<;dh  am,  J/^.y.v.    1 (, )  3 

vices  as  a  judge  are  demanded  at  times  compatible  \vith  the  continu- 
auee  of  his  labors  in  his  la\v  school,  and  he  is  now  tilling  both  spheres 
of  high  action  with  honor  to  himself,  and  advantage  to  those  whom  in 
such  large  numbers  he  serves. 

lie  has  always  had  strong  literary  tastes,  and  still  reads  the 
classics  and  leading  <  Jernian,  French,  and  Italian  authors  with  ease 
and  relish.  His  memory  is  remarkably  comprehensive  and  retentive 
in  its  grasp. 

He  is  a  member  of  ''  The  Madison  Square  Presb.  Church,"  and  has 
been  since  1S73  an  elder  in  it. 

He  m.  Aug.  24,  1S47  Mary  Pond  Olmstead,  b.  Feb.  2(J,  1S23, 
(dan.  of  Asa  ( Hmstead,  Esq.,  of  Clinton  N .  Y .,  previously  of  Xorthtield, 
Ct.,  and  Mary  Proctor  Pond).  He  is  f>  feet  10  indies  high,  of  ilorid 
complexion,  light  auburn  hair  (originally),  dark  ha/el  eyes  and  of  a 
sanguine  temperament  and  broad  frame  and  weighs  200  pounds.  She 
has  light  auburn  hair,  blue  eves  and  a  fair  complexion  and  is  of  a  full 
figure  standing  •">  feet  .''>  inches  high. 

[Asa  Olmsteacl  was  the  son  of  Asa  Olmstead  of  Enlield,  and  Char- 
lotte Dwightj  dau.  of  Set h  J) wight  of  Somers,  Ct.,  and  Joanna  Kellogg. 
See  subsequent  page. 

Mary   Proctor  1'xmd,  b.    at  Plainfield,  Mass.,  Xov.  1(1,  1702,  was  the 
dau.  of  Dr.  Solomon   P>ond  of  Entield,  Ct.,  and  Sarah  Hinckley. 
The  genealogy  of  the  Iliiu-kley  Family. 

I.  Samuel  Hinckley,  the  settler,  came  from   Tenterden,  Kent,   Kng., 
in  the  shi])    Hercules,  in  the  spring   of    1(135,   and   settled  at    Seituale, 
removing  in  1(140  to  P>arnstable,  Mass.,  where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his 
days.      His  wife's  name  was   Sarah,   and  thev  brought  with  them   four 
children    to   this  country,  viz:   Cov.  Thomas    Hinckley,  1).  in  1(121  and 
d.   1  <()>!,  act.   8.1.      2.    Susanna,  who   m.    in    1(113    Rev.  John   Smith  of 
Parnstable.      3.   Sarah,  who  m.  Dec.   I  2,  10  19,  Elder  Henry  Cob!>.       I. 
Mary,—  — - —    He  had  also  children  b.  in  this  country,  \'v/.:  .">.  Kli/.abeth, 
b.  in  Scituate,  who  m.  July  I"),    lil")7,   Klisha   Parker.     (1.   Samuel,  b.  in 
Parnsiable,  July  24,   Id  12,  m.    Oct.   7,  lilill,  a  dau.  of  John   Corum  of 
Plymouth.     S.    John,  b.  Mav2l,  bill.      The  mother  of  these  children 
d.  Aug.     IS,   L (.).">(),  and    he,    m.  for    2d    wile    Jiridget,  \\'idow   of    Robert 
Poblisli  of  Sandwich.      .lie  d.  Oct.  31,  1(1(12. 

II.  (5eo.  Thomas  Ilinekley,  b.  in   Id21.  m.  Dec,    t,   III  II,  Mary,  dau. 
of  Thomas  Richards  of   \\Yvmouth,  who  d.  June  21,   1  (>")!>,  and    he    m. 
for  2d  wife',  March  Id,   Idilo,  .Mary  <  ilover,  /<'%.:  Smith,!),  in  Lancashire, 
Kng.,    I  (l.')O,  widow  of  Nathaniel    Clover,  son  of    lion.    John  Glover  of 
Dorchester,  Mass.      She  d.    Julv  2!>,     I  70-">,  aet.    7-">.       lie  d.  April    2-">, 
li'i'l.ael.    M7.      He    was   an    "assistant"   in    the   (lovt.    of    PUniouth 

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I'.M 


('II]IMI\    i  I  ''.."'-<    <||    .-mil    <  !mr.  inn:  i    ..)'   tlie    lime    from    K'M    in    II'.'.IL'. 
ll<     !;:i'l    :i   si  •!!.  'I'll'  'Uias,   .1  r. 

III.  Tlli'lllHS      IlinclJev.     sun     of'C.iX.      Tll'imas      Him-klev,   M'ttl'-d     ill 

1M\  :ii'  'in  li.  :iml  afterwards    n-ni<i\fd   in   Haverldll,  \\lii-i-i-  h.'  di'-d,  |c;iv- 
HIL;    :i   -i'ii,  Tin  imas.  ."M  I. 

IV.  Thomas   Him-klev.  .-,,1.  seiilrd  :,i    I'-n.okfield.   Ma--.,  :d,i,ui    17:;7. 
and  il.   I  here,  lea  \  in-  f"iir    si  '  I  is.  Sam  lie!.  .1  i>!m,  Thomas  and     I  >:i  \  i'l.  nil 
of  \\  hi  mi  lull   Samuel  il.  in  i-a  rl\    1  1  1'c. 

V.  Samuel  (sun  i,C  Tlmmns  .".  I),  m.    Al.i-ii!    \\',-Mi  (,f  ('!•::  rl.--1'  ,v.  n. 
Mas-.,  ami  live-l  at    UninklieM,  ami  lirnl  '.'  rliiMren  ;   .!UI|L">    S-n  .....  -I.  K. 
Der.    !7-">7.   .I..L.    Al.iVail,    .Inl.n,    K!i/:il,i-t!i,  'I'liuuias    I  »a\  id,  Sai'ah    I,. 
An-.    I'''.    I7>'"S  an.l   Kel.ecea. 

VI.  -In.  l^i-  Samuel    Iliu.-kley  1).    [),-,-.    l".'.    1  7-">7.  u'ra-  1.  :"     N':'1".    17^1, 
>t  ii'lii'il   law   \\  ii  li  (  Jov.   <  'a  I  el>  Si  i-i  m  u  "!'    N'Tt  liani|iluii.       I  !<•  wa~    .1  ii'L'1' 
,.f    IY..l>ati'  (  17Si;-lS.°,|  .),  anrl  in    Is1-"   ui  -m!.  -r  <.f    i  !.••  St;,t  ,.(•,,,,,'  i-  •,- 
linna!    (  'niiveiitiuii.       He    m.    in     17^'i    l>-in>lliv    Sir.iii^',    'lau.    >  -t'   <i  >\. 
(  'alel.  Strong. 

Hi-,  si-ter,  Sarali  Ilinekley,  1».  An-.  1  1'',  17'^.  1.1.  I'.-'..  _.  IT'.'J. 
It.-.  Sul..im.ii  I'...  ml  <>f  l!«.vlst..ii.  Mass,  h.  May  17'.!.  M-H  ,  f  !»«•;,. 
.iMmi'liiiii  I'nml  ami  llutli  Tyler  -.;  t'-r  fiirili-r  I'.mul  lim  -v. 
••  I',.  ,ml',  I  i  •:i.-:i'M;:-i"s  df  \Vatert  ,\vu.  ]M;-ss."  l'i»r  ileM-emlan'-,  ,,f 
.Iiiil-i  Samuel  Hi  uck  ley,  see  1  1  i-t  .  nf  St  n  :  i  .;•  Family  !.y  ilie  aiitlmr. 

Th.-  <.tli.-r  .-liil.livn  ..f    l>r.     I'.imd  ami    Sarali     I  lin.-kl.-y  (l.e,i,|.-    Mrs. 
ANI    ()lm->ti'a'l    alm\e    men;  i,  ,ne-|.  \vln  i    ua^lli"    eld.--!     Imi-n)    \ 
|;    1,  ......  ;,.    I..     N,,v.     I  T.     17'.'!,  nil.  ,    m.    l.--\i     I'.li^  uf    r.rimi'i.  M.    M;<^.. 

a     m.-n-li-nii.     and    d.     Maivli    7.    1-71.        ."  I.    S,,|.,iii,.n.    1,.     M 
1  7!i7.  d.     Maivli     IT'.    l-l'J.        i.     I  I'.n.    'i'li'.ma-     Ilim-kii  \     !',•,    d.   i. 
11.    |Mi  !,    -rad.    ai    Vale.     I  -L'.'I.    a     lawyer    1  >y    |.n.!'- 
cliaii:   and   miller  for  MHIM-  yenrs  in  (  >>w,-'n,   N.    \'..  and  (  '  . 
|  ',  ,!•;  in;  li-|-   I  '  re--.   I  la  rri-1  >n.  and   ini'iii  11  T  «\'  i  lie  S'a  ;  e  S    :,; 
Sim-,-  I  >.")'.!  lie  lins  resided  ai   Ne\\    II'i\eii.       I!  •  •  wa  •-  i  ii  •  m  '  ><  "  M. 

I  .I'-i^ia!  ure  in    I  >'i'i."),  and  i  'I'  I  in-  Slate   <  -na  '  ••  in    I  Vl''>.        !  1--  '". 
]-^-.    l-'.lix.alietli.    dull,     nf    .  I  all,  i  -    <  i.Midri.-ii    ..f     Ne\\       H  a  v  i  !,.    I  ''  ...  V. 

March     h'..    I-1'.  !.  and    f..r    I'd    wit'i'.    .him'     In,    l^i',-.   \]    r\    K..    , 
II,  ,n.     lv'.,\al     K.    ll:n:irtn    ..f     llaril'-rd.  (  'i.       ."•.     I'l'i 
•2-2,    !  -"7.   m.    Sept.     I.     ls:',7.    l-'ran  -is    1'..    Si.-l.l.ii 
lawx,  i-.       II"  d.    Max     1  I.    I-!:.. 

I  \  i  ni  li  (  i  -n'-ral  !•  HI.  j       (  'inldi'.  n  ni    I  'r-  'i.    i  m  "  i1  •!''•   \\  .    I  >\\  i_!i  i  . 
ir,7.    i.    \\'i!liam   <  »lm-tead     I  hvi-'ui  .  '•.  a!   Clinii  -n,  A  pri  I    1  1  ',  |  -/,  |.  ,|. 
.,!'  diphi  HI  ria.  Au-.  1  x.  I  -•'•'. 
^,  |  .  ,  -.      n.    I  ..-i  I  I'm  a-    i  .i  i/a!  ,,  ;  n    i  i  u  iui,i  .  1  1.   >.  p;  .   L  i  ,    I  v.»i. 

i.  '/.I.      ,ii,      ||i-l'    II    Thi-ndiHa    f"   Ni   l'.\    "    I     l'Ul_ill.    i'.     Maivh    '2,     !»'.  I. 


Those  children  have  all  had  light  complexions,  light  auburn  hair,  and 
Line  eyes. 

1(57.  i.  William  Olmstead  Dwight,  b.  April  JO,  L'-'ol,  was  a  boy 
of  superior  mould  and  promise  in  his  physical  and  mental  endow- 
ments. Of  no  other  child  in  the  whole  range  of  the  family -history  is 
any  such  extended  notice  taken  as  is  hero  indulged  in  of  him.  The 
account  here  given  of  some  of  his  leading  characteristics  was  written, 
at  the  time  of  his  decease,  by  his  greatly  bereaved  father  and  published 
in  a  local  paper.  The  hearts  of  many  similarly  alllicted  parents  will,  it  is 
believed,  yield  readily  a  sympathetic  response  to  the  lender  touches  of 
this  prose-poem. 

This  little  bov  had  a  thirst  for  knowledge  which  it  seemed  difficult 
to  satisfy.  His  mind  was  open  t>  all  impressions  of  b;>auty.  He 
was  passionately  fond  of  that  noble  animal  the  hors->,  and  of  ilowers. 
poetry  and  music.  i  laving  a  very  ready  and  retentive  memory  he  had 
learned  a  great  manv  poem*  and  snatches  of  verse,  which  he  declaimed, 
or  repeated  more  ijuietlv,  with  a  propriety  of  tone  and  manner  which 
showed  his  tru"  appreciation  of  them.  !  f is  father  on  returning  at 
any  time  from  a  lengthened  absence,  could  think  of  no  way  of  p!ea>:n,.' 
him  so  weil  as  bv  repeating  to  him  a  number  of  now  verses,  full  of 
sweet  sense  and  rhythm.  lie  selected  atone  tini"  for  this  purpose  on  • 
of  (ioetlie's  i-xijuisite  ballads,  although  hesitatingly,  fearing  thai  it  was 
beyond  his  years,  j  L'e  found  to  his  surprise  that  the  poem  though  .")()  lines 
long  was  much  relished  by  Willie,  und  was  learned  mainlv  bv  him  after 
one  recital  of  it,  and  ipiite  perfectly  after  he  had  heard  it  a  second  time. 
It  was  a  fairv  ballad  and  was  continually  afterwards  upon  his  tongue 
when  at  play  alone  by  himself.  The  closing  lines,  which  he  most  hr>  i 
to  repeat,  seemed  suggestive  of  his  own  fate: 

"They  rattled  and  prattled  forever  so  long-. 
And  then  disappeared  in  a  chorus  of  song." 

Willie's  nature  was  altogether  sunny.  ITis  large  blue  eves  seemed 
to  bo  always  overflowing  with  fun  and  frolic,  expressing  an  intelligent  • 
superior  to  Ins  au'e.  Ho  was  never  sad,  nor  oven  sullen  or  morose, 
lie  had  no  inclination  to  deceive;  and  if  he  found  at  any  time  that 
he  had  done  anything  forbidden  or  which  h"  had  come  to  f 'el.  for  th-- 
iirsl  time,  was  wrong,  he  ran  in  all  haste  to  his  parents  to  fll  th-m  of 
it  in  penitence.  His  temper  was  constitutionally  quick,  ami  he  had 
not  yei  sufficient  age  to  control  il  ;  but  his  anger  pa.ssed  awav  with  (lie 
hot  breath  of  tin-  moment,  and  was  swit'ilv  succeeded  b\  a  sweet  smile 
of  affection.  The  wealth  of  love  that  was  in  his  nature,  and  which 
none  but  his  dearest  fri":ids  knew,  thev  can  never  forgot.  He  was 


1  In    J ><~t«'<  !!<]<( lit*  (>f 

!'.>•>          Son  <>''  A  <itli(iii!<  /  />//'/'////,  A"///  of  \ortlHtin fiton. 

(Varies-,  i ')'  danger  almost  tu  M-emm;,'  recklessness.  Mis  <|iu<k  slip. 
1 1 1 11  n  f;,<  e,  \\  1 11  i>i  in.'  sin  ilc.  ami  earnest  \\  on  Is  and  deeds  at t  rai ted  at  once 
ih,-  notice  of  all  I.eholders. 

Ill-  s\  as  k  i -i -n  I  \  ah  \  i-  1 1 1  a  sense  (if  in  just  iee.  If  lie  thought  himself 
\\iom_'|v  treated,  it  \\as  almost  iin| .1  ,s>il ilr  to  parifv  him  for  tin-  m..- 

luelit.         I  lide]  H-lidelit      111     spirit,     1  in]  M  I  I  |i  ills,     111     action,   i,f   ;i     det  erin  i  II' -'I 

\\  ill,  a  lid  full  of  an  irrepi essih'e  h>\r  of  frolic,  he  could  not  In-  ^o\  em«-d 
liv  rules  which  areiasily  succe-sful  with  those  of  weaker  const  it  utional 
ei'-uients.  Hi-  was  al\\avs  most  easdv  managed  liv  an  ajipeal  to  his 
cc  iiiseience  and  his  atlect  ions. 

Mi-  M  en  led  to  have  a  nat  i  \  i-  aptitude  for  making  nice  h-Ljal  discrimi- 
natiniis.  Other  instance--  mi^ht  lie  i^ivi-u:  one  \\ill  sutiicc.  \\hen 

told  of  the  dotruction  of  Sodom  fui-  the  \\iekedness  of  its  ] pie,  IP- 

I'ep]  ieil  ;  "  \\  hv  did  (  M  id  1  in rn  the  iumses  V  'l'lie\  \vi-i  e  not  \s'i eked  : 
I  >lioidd  lia\f  thoiiuht  that  he  \voiild  ha\e  piled  tin-  v,  irked  people  up 
and  liiirned  them,  l»nt  ha\e  left  the  houses. "  lie  could  only  lie  par- 
tially >atistied  l.v  Keiiiii  told  that  thev  were  liad  and  dirtv  ln>u>e.-,  from 
haviniT  lieen  so  lon^'  li\ed  in  liy  \vicked  people. 

Thi-  dear  little  liov.  >o  fond  of  ail  riijovini  nts  in  the  open  ai  r.  •  -t 
sunliu'lii,  t!o\ver>  an  I  IIIUMC  ;  so  tender  of  heart  ami  >\\  eet  of  voice. 
could  not  Lear  to  think  of  in-in^  jilaced  in  the  cold,  damp,  dark  ground. 
••  ( ioil  v,-(  HI  Id  take  him."  lie  >;dd.  "  st  rai^'ht  up  to  heaven." 

\Vi.eii  luit  little  more  than  live  \ears  old  he  wa>  sei/ed  uith  diph- 
theria  in  it.->  mo.-i  \ii-iileni  t'^rni.  Mis  \  i^orous  constitution  stru^i_rled 
1  MI  -•  !  iii  i  niia  \  all  i  nuh  ai:';i  HI  si  t  !iis  iire;ul  disease,  and  at  l.t-t  sucruiiil"-,i 
to  ii~  !';i!;d  po\\i-r,  and  In-  dropped  almost  \\ithoiit  a  momeni  -  xvai'inn^ 
I  i  hi-  anxious  parents  into  the  :trms  of  angels  \\ho  were  n-ad\  to  \\-| 

Collie    hllil     |o\  tliil  V    to    t  heir     llosoiils. 

I  n   I  he    \\  ords  of  his  ov,  n   |';i  \ ,  ,rite  lines  ; 


l''.;Lrlii  ii   <  ienerat  ion  j . 

I.".'.'.  i\.  Mar\  |)\\i;_dit  idaii.  of  I  >r.  I'..  \\'.  l>v,  i-1,1  and  :  >phia 
Stroi,-,.  I,,  at  Calskill.  N'o\.  L'7.  I>L'I,  in.  .lul\  II.  I-.^J.  l-'.llioit  An- 
thonv,  r'.-ij..  Ii.  .lune  MI.  l>-_'7.  at  Spali'ord,  N.  ^'.  (  -on  o)'  Uaae  Ai; 
t  lion\  .  original]  v  of'  I'ort.-nmutli.  !>'.  I.,  and  l'ann!i:i  l'hel|  s  i.t'('am- 
l,rid-e.  N.  V...  -ri-ii.l.  ai  Mam.  Coll.,  N.  V..  in  l^.'m.  II.-  has  1,,.,-n 
due.-  Kc'ii  lawyer  in  ('hica-'o.  111.  Me  i-,  author  ,,f--  A  l>i-.-i  of 

t  he     I  ;.-p.,rt  -    of     I  lliliois."    ;in,|    ,,f  '•  The      I  ,;i\\      I'.   I  !  ; ,  i  Ii  i  Ii  _'     1  o    I  1 ,  e    (  ',  ,  | ,-,  ,]  i - 

da'  ion   i  if  !  i'ailroad>."       In    1  -  • '  v   he   \\  as  (  'i ;  \    A  t  torne\  .       1 1  e  \\  as    I  \\  lee 
a  men.lii-r    nf'   a    Slate    ( 'on-lit  ut  ional    ('on\eniion      once  in    1>''L'.   and 


Col,  Timothy  T>  wight, 
Son  of  Timothy ,  Son  ofJoJm,  loth  of  I)e<llicun,  3f<(s«.   107 

again,  in  1870,  in  which  last  IK;  was  very  active.  The  constitution 
that  they  framed  has  had  large  praise  all  over  the  land,  lie  was  the 

founder  of1"  The  La\v  Institute'1  of  Chicago,  and  has  been  three  times 
elected  its  president.  He  was  active  also  in  establishing  The  Public 
Library  of  the  city,  and  is  chairman  now  ( 1  S7->)  of  tin-  committee  on  the. 
care  and  increase  of  the  library.  He  lias  always  taken  a  special  in- 
terest in  local,  .state,  and  national  reforms,  and  is  constitutionally  radi- 
cal and  progressive  in  his  ideas.  He  has  IHHML  well  known  for  years  in 
Chicago  as  a  zealous  advocate  of  Presbyterian  interests  in  the  AVest. 
lie  has  been  for  many  years  a  large  and  successful  operator  in  local 
land  speculations. 

Mrs.  Mary  Anthony  d.  shortly  after  the  birth  of  her  last  child  very 
suddenly,  Feb.  11,  ]Sf>4.  She  had  a  light  complexion,  dark  brown' 
hair  and  dark  ha/el  eyes,  and  had  both  quick  impulses  and  a  strong 
will.  She  had  a  good  deal  of  administrative  talent  and  business  quali- 
ties of  a  superior  kind. 

lie  m.  at  Xew  York  Jan.  1  1,  ISti.").  for  I'd  wife,  her  sister  Elizabeth 
Dwiglit,  b.  at  Clinton,  X.  Y.,Aug.  •">,  iSol,  who  d.  at  Chicago,  act.  .">8. 
June  2.!,  1S~I).  She  was  taller  than  her  sisters,  being  •">  feet  7  inches 
in  height,  while  they  were  f)  feet  4  inches  high.  She  had  blue  eves 
and  dark  brown  hair,  a  dignified  carriage  ami  an  energetic  step.  She 
had  earnest  convictions  and  a  most  determined  will. 

Xinth  Generation.]      Children  of  Elliott  Anthony,  Esq.  : 
l~d.   i.      Elizabeth  Dwiglit  Anthony,  b.  at  Clinton,  X.  Y.,  May    1">. 
1853. 

171.  ii.     Charles  Elliott  Anthony,  b.  Sept.  1,  lS."x;. 

172.  iii.   Theodora   Dwiglit  Anthony,  1).  July    12,   lSo~,  d.  Xov.  2<'>. 

18f>7. 

17:i.    iv.    Henry  Giles  Anthony,  b.   Dec.  12,  1S."><>. 
174.   v.      George  Donaldson  Anthony,  b.    Feb.   IS,  1SG2. 
1  7.~).   vi.    A  son  unnamed,  b.  and  d.   Feb.  !).   ISiil. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

l'ii>.  v.  Hon.  K.I \vard  Woolsoy  Dwighl  (son  of  i)i-.  15 -uj.  Woolsoy 
aud  Sophia  Dwight),  b.  at  Catskill,  X.  V.,  A]»ril  S,  1S27,  in.  .May 
IS.  IS  (7,  Elizabeth  Foote,  of  Clinton,  X.  Y.,  b.  March  .",1,  1S2S  (dan. 
of. John  Foote,  .Jr.,  of  Clinton,  and  Mary  Lull  of  Butternuts,  X.  i'. ). 
See  for  full  account  of  Footo  ancestry  th;;  Genealogy  of  tin;  Foote 
family. 

He  was  a  fanner  at  Spring  Prairie,  \Vi>.,  for  some  years,  but  since 
ls."> 7  has  lived  at  Brooklyn,  Greene  Co.,  \Vis.  (formerly  Oregon).  JL 


'/'//'     I ><  .v/v  inht lit*  of' 

I'.'S  .S',;//     ,,/'     .\tlljllllltll     /></'/,////,     /,«//,     (>/'    \'<irtlll  ill  l't',11  . 

\MI>      a      lllrlill'iT      df      l!,r     \Y  i  M'I )]  iM !  I      I  ,(  -  i  >l;i  I  1 1  I  ( •    (  ).         ||i-      is     df    ;i 

\tT\    dalk    lii  iiiu-ttc  ei  n,|  >le\  HIM.    Mark     hair    ;il,il   dalk     ha/el   r\r>.       She 
i-  of  fair  cdii,j']e\idii  and  Miir  c\  cs  and   l>i  <  <\\  n  liair  and  tail. 

[  N  intii  (  i<  nci  a  i  i'  MI.  |       <  'liildivn  : 

I7'i.    1.        .Marv   S«i|i|na     l>\Ve_;ht.  1>.   ai     S|iniii_'    I'rairii-    .Ian.   7.    1  X"'-I, 

i--    iiou    (  I  V7  I  )  a    in*  iiiluT   "f    Madi-oii     I'nivci  >ii  v,   \Vis. 

177.    ii.     hdia    Klixalii-tli    Mui-ht.    !,.    at    |!n,(.klvii.    \Vis...!u!v    17, 


[  S(  \  (  iitli  <  ifiicral  i'  MI.  | 

111",  iii.  James  hv.iidit  (twin)  son  o|'  IYr.-.t.  Tini'iths  hv.i-'li'  and 
Marv  Wiinkscy,  1).  Se]it .  1 .  I  7s  1.  ]  >nr -ned  the  |h-i  t  \\  u  \  ear.>  of  I  he  '  '»!- 
j.-'c  cuiir-r  ai  \ :('{'•  (c|a>^  of  1  >i  i  I  )  and  \vciit  intu  tin-  liai  d \vaiv  KM -ii.« •-.- 
\\  1 1  ii  li  !•>  l.i'i  i.  Ti  in-  >:  li  v  a'  N".iV.v  I  I  a  \  MI,  u'ludi  h  •  af:  iT\v.ird>  carried  •  1:1 
at  I '•  t<  r-d'iiruli.  \"a.,  I'm-  ten  years  nr  nn  <n-  \\  ii  !i  -ur.-e--,.  \\  ],,  n  ],,.  r  - 
]i:'i\>-ii  IM  \r\\-  \"..rk  and  there  cstalili^Iicd  the  lirm  in  the  ha)-d\s;,ie 
trade  df  -laines  iV  (ifin-p-  A.  |)\\i_dit.  In  later  life  he  returned  tu 
:  ne  Si ,;  it  h  a  iii  1  --pent  sc\  cral  vcai's  as  a  UK -reliant  in  (  '•  <\  uinl  iii>.  »  .a.  In 
\  ^->  \  he  1 1  !  i  i  ed  1 1 '  HI  i  all  fun  her  act  i\  c  liii>i  ne>>  to  N  e\s  I  la\  di,  (  't ., 
\\  iit-n-  he  ,-jient  i  he  n-i  c  ,f  hi>  Hi',-. 

lie    in.     .M  ardi     1  ;'•.    i  s  1  I  .   A  urelia    1  >a;  iiii-'.   Ii.  .Ian.    1  I .    i  7  vx   (dan.  df 
,ld>.-],h    harlii,^.    .M.l>.   df    Ne\s      |la\di    and    Aureiia     MilM. 
'  d : ,  - 1  i  1 1 ;  |  Mull    >  e  1 1 .    17.    I  >  I  •">,  and    he  1 1 1 .    i '  >  i '   '1  d    \\  i  I  ••    .  \  ; .  -'.   x .    1  x  i  ~< .   > ;  i  -;  ; , 

15, •(•(•(!.    'n.    iii    Ni,r\\ich,    ('t..    I  >,-.-.    17,    17X-"'    -dan.    .if  .Idiiu     \|e|.., 
|ii-.--.l  and  K.-l..  ,',-a  \\'alken.      She  d.  An-    l:'.'.   I-.M.  a.  t.  .-.:.. 

>li'-    iiad    a    nature    lull   .,|    cin-ruN    and     flit  ii  u-la-lit     a:.d    .•]'   .,    _'.  •     rj\ 

l!.-]il  rl  !,'J    ahd    cdlli'at  llllj    lllllllelice    U|ii'li     her    chlldleli.          >!;.-    fi-lij      j,.    i^i-it', 

and     mad''    them    t^d    (iial.    a    Iliieral    edllraildli     \\as.     ],'  \T     In    i 
I'e;  i-_;'idii,   the  i^i'catol     ljli-->lliLl  «\'  ll  t'e.  and   --he    \\  a  -   ]'•  ad\    a1    ail    '  :. ' :      -    :  • , 
ei    a  n\  \(.  h'-re    iir   i{d    aiivtliini;    thai     \v..i-    iv-dt'iii    t..    r-''ei;i-- 
j'!i-ci.«ii>    re-i;!;.       Nd   diiliciil;  ie->   daunted    h,"    -pii  i: .  and    a 

ld-e    |||Ti|      \ie\V      l.i'fnre      her.     lli'l'      l'e>i  .1  1 1  !  1  d  I  |       l'd-~e      at       .    !          '      al- 

;.:,d  ci.i,.jMe|-    tliein.       \\  uli    a    ivinarkaiije    |M.\\I  r    ..|'   j i : ._'    ..;;,•  •!•> 

that    her  i  .Ian-   \\  ''i'e    .-\  .  r    v,  i  -e~  i    a  nd    1  •<   -' ,  ^he    lie  \i  r  a  ,  :•  .v. ,  ••  i  a  n  \    \\  hd 
1  ;    ;-;,-i  I    ii,    he  i-   l.-ad.  i  ,'!,l|i    In   >e,.   h,.r   I',  ,,ii    f.dt.-r  ,,:•  ,.:|     j,,     ;],,. 

I    e        ci-  df  di--a]i|idint  nn  n:  dr  defi-at.       \\hiie    r   '  -   a;;    i^ir!,e>i 

!•  .:ji'';        !;•  'ii  ]e-i  -i  i  i  ;e;i  i  .>r    in    ;di    >i^ii^    .it     i  rue    M,'  '',..1    and    n.  -ral 

•_''.v.  Mi   MI   her  eh  iii  ir.-i  i.   -he  u.i^    at    the    --a  me    Iii..."     M.-      .  ,•  •:  i  _•  n  : .  -d    and 
• ;         ^i. :  : ' .  1    i1  r.  ,ili:Mlidli    i  it'  I  heir   e\  er\  -da\    i    \  I  ii   M'   :.!••-•.!    |.|en    T,  e.         Like 


Col.  Timothy  D  wight, 
Son,  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  l>o~fh-  of  Dedhcun,  J/^-y.y.   1 00 

too  many  others  of  her  day,  she  was  quite  too  distrustful  of  her 
spiritual  condition,  while  swayed  at  all  times  by  a  deep  sense  of  the 
great  realities  of  the  future!  life,  and  abounding  in  earnest  religious 
convictions  and  habits.  The  disease  which  terminated  her  life  began, 
it  is  believed,  with  the  sudden  and  terrible  loss  of  her  eldest  son  by 
death,  eight  years  before  her  own,  which  occurred  at  her  ancestral  home 
in  Norwich. 

3Ir.  James  1) wig] it  was  thoroughly  upright  and  guileless,  while  also 
clear  and  ardent  in  his  convictions,  and  fearless  in  uttering  them.  The 
sense  of  dtttv  was  the  law  of  his  life.  He  was  "Teatlv  fond  of  readino-. 

v  O  «  O  ' 

at  all  times,  as  he  had  opportunity,  and  seemed  ahno.it  more  at  home 
among  his  books  than  anywhere  else.  While  his  favorite  reading  was 
of  the  most  varied  kind,  as  especi  uly  historv,  poetrv  and  tiction,  he 
loved  to  read,  continually,  over  and  over  again,  bevond  all  other 
books,  the  .Holy  Scriptures  ;  which  at  the  time  of  his  death  In;  had 
read  from  beginning  to  end  one  hundred  and  twelve  times.  Jie  joined 
the  1'resb.  (,'h.  in  Petersburg!),  Va.,  in  iSlM.  Jlis  faith  in  Cod  was 
simple  and  childlike. 

lie  was  tall  and  well  proportioned,  six  feet  in  height  and  weighed 
P.'O  Ibs.,  having  light  blue  eyes,  and  in  early  life,  dark  brown  hair. 
He  had  a  vigorous  constitution  and  great  phvsieal  strength,  and  al- 
most uninterruptedly  good  health  through  all  his  long  life,  and  was  a 
man  of  superior  business-qualities  and  of  unfailing  ener^v  of  character 
at  all  times.  Jie  was  of  a  sanguine  temperament,  but  quite  self-dis- 
trustful in  his  religious  experiences.  The  mingled  earnestness  and 
gentleness  of  his  character  often  drew  those  of  his  younger  kindred 
who  knew  him,  with  tender  interest  to  his  side,  when  venerable  with 
years.  He  was  from  his  birth  a  .sufferer  from  lameness.  j  Ie  d.  at 
New  I  laven,  3Iarch  iM-,  ]S<>:>,  act.  7S.  J  1C  attained  to  an  age  very 
seldom  reached  by  a  J.hvight  in  professional  or  mercantile  life.  It  will 
not  be  easy  to  find  another  instance  in  the  whole  familv  reci.rd  the 
writer  I'ei'is  sure,  where  three  brothers  Dwigbt  have  reached  out  of 
agricultural  life,  the  age  of  70,  and  live  that  of  'it  years. 


ISO.  i.  Kli/abeth  Smith  Dwight,  b.  July  20,  1SI2,  m.  Aug.  2!>, 
is:')."),  Itensselaer  Nicoll  Havens,  b.  Aug.  L'l,  1SO-I  (son  of  Rensselaer 
Il,t\ens  of  New  York  and  Anna  Jenkins),  a  merchant  f>rmei]y  in 
Pittsburgh,  i'a.,  and  New  York,  and,  for  some  years  past,  interested  in 
siK'T  mining  in  Nevada.  Jie  lias  been  active  for  manv  vears  in 
reformatory  eil'orts  for  the  good  of  prisoners,  and  of  vicious  children, 


Tli'     /  ><  ••«•<  iiilditfx  of 

•Jin)         .s',,/,  tit'  .\<i!li,/ni, 7  l>ir!,/l,f,  l:,,fl<  <>t'  \nrfli<tiiij>fi>n. 

in  Nc\v  York,  Slir  il.  in  Nc\v  Yoik,  .Mav  .",n,  IMS,  aet.  "tl,  \\iihoiit 
i-stif. 

She  was  a  lady  of  much  personal  In -an  iv  and  of  wi  lining  ami  in-pir- 
liiL'  i|ii:i!it  n-s  nt  character,  lovrlv  in  her  disposition,  spri^hth  in  her 
manners,  ami  in  her  religious,  lifr  energetic,  hopeful  ami  happv.  Her 
conversation  was  incidentally  much  enriched  hv  IMT  famiharit  v  \\ith 
tin1  liest  poetry  and  prose  of  the  lam_fna:_'e.  h'eaiure-,  umre  luiiiinmis 
\vi:h  kin  hrv^s  an  1  m  inncix  mure  ;i>~.urin^  aii'l  cnli vi-uin^  to  thu^-, 
uh.i,  fin  t  nna!  fl  \-  fur  them,  came  into  her  presence,  it  wuiiM  Ke  dilli- 
eiilt  ti '  timl  en-  desire. 

/»'.'/ "'•" '"•'/".• 

Is],    ii.    Aurelia    i'uiuh'.  ''.  .lulv  ill,    ls|t',,  at    \e\v    lla\en.  m.  .Inlv 

1."'.  1S|<;,  I!ev.  1,'iehard  llook.M-.  1..  April  |n,  isos  <>,„,  ,,f,luiL"- -Uin 
If.idker  of  SpriiiLTfifhl,  Mass..  am]  Sarah  I  >u  i-'ht.  dan.  nf  ( '..1.  .!..>!;, h 

I  hviulil    of  that    j'laee:    see    pau't'    l'"i'    No.  .~>S."i|,  i\.),    ^rad.    ai     Nan-    in 

I  vl'7.        lie    >1  till  lei  1     t  llcoloLjV  at     1'rilieet  on,    N.    •)  .,  ami  (  'oltllnlila.   S.   (  '., 
and    settled   iii  the    South   in    the   mini-try,  for  the   improvement  of  his 
health   which   was    inditiereiit  :    see    ]>au,v    fur  No.    .V.i'.il.  \.       'I'he    laiter 
part   of  his  life  (  1  S.'ii'-  7  )  he  spent   at   New  I  la\  en  with  his  tamiK  .   \\  here 
he    preached,  as  opportunity  ottered,  almost  constantly,  l>eim_:  unaMe  to 
aei-ept   of  any  jiarochial  charge.       lie  was   a    man    of  \  lu'oi'on-    powers  of 
inind.    L'ood    |  udLTinent .  cultivated    taste   ami    thorough    iiiilcpcinlcncc  in 
though! .    \\"nrd    and    deed.       Ills    disposition     \\~as    generous:    h;>    views 
wereliroad:    ::nd    hi-   heart   and     lifev/ere    rich    \\ith    th>-    pro,.)'-  of    hi- 
communion    \\ith  (!o>l.       lie    extempori/ed    in    hi-   ]iidpn    mmi-t  rat  ioi;> 
ui:h    u'reat  ease  to  himselt'.    and   with    lik^tinish    of'stvle    to  that    v.  hieh 
the    compi-sil  ions    claliorated    with    hi-,    pen   exhiliiteil.       He    d.  ai     Ne\\ 

Mav.-ii,    Dec.    Ill,    |s;,7.  aet.    111. 

She  d.  there,  Jan.  L'">,  1^7  \.  aet.  ,"i7.  She  wa-  of  like  ener-'\  ot'char- 
acler  \\ith  hei1  mother,  and  had  >upei>in|-  inielli  etnal  ta-le-.  and  uas 

I 1  i!  h  earii"-t    in  hei-  moral  c  in  \  let  i  m-  and  \   -\'\   -pru'h  ;  i  \    111  h"r  i  'fdinarv 

Ilioods    of   feelillL.'.          The     fol  1  o  W  i  1 1  L,'    ' '    I  1 1       M  i    Iliol' i  a  III ."      \\rilteM      1,\      I'lesJ. 

Noah  I'oi  ti-r,  of  Yale  ( ',,lleuv,  concerninu'  her,  app-ared  in  "The  New 
ll'i\eii  I'aliadium,"  shoriU  after  her  death  : 

••  To  all   win  i  knew   in  r.  her  nnlooked  for  re:n»\  :d   i  -  a   -  t  u  nni  n_'  1  'lo\\-, 

\\  illc'i     \\  1  i  I     lie    fo]  lo\\  ed      1  i\     prolonged      sori'o\\  .  I   i  |.    !  ]  _di      \  er\       -ellsl  I  1  S  C 

and  !•'•:  iriiiu'  m  disposition,  Ip'r  -tieni.fth  of  mind  atid  of  eharaet  .-r  made 
tie  ir  impre.--,  in  e\er\  circle  in  \\liich  -h-'  nio\ed.  Shi-  \\a-  i  mini  ntl\" 
iiiTel!i'_'.-i,i  from  readiii'_',  thmiu'lit  and  ol>-er\  at  ion.  and  a-  em''nenil\ 

npri.'ie.    IVan!;    and    ferxeni.       ll'-r    In r     \\a-    e\  hai:-t  ie--.    and     \\itli 

1.    i    tVan!,i.e--  made  her    thed-'liudi!    of  the    friends       Iviii    -he    irn-ied, 

\.|     !o     V.lioln     -he     Wa>     t'fee      to      e\pre-S      her    tll"U'_-'h!-     alld     l'eeli|,'_'-.  S||.' 


Col.  Timotlty  Dwiyltt, 
Son  of  Timotlty,  Son  ofJoltu,  lollt  of  Dedlia-M,  J/</**.  201 

was  true  to  her  convictions,  and  frank  in  expressing  them,  and  un- 
selfish in  feeling,  act  and  sacrifice.  In  the  experiences  of  a  checkered 
life,  in  which  she  had  a  fair  share  of  bereavement,  change  and  sorrow, 
she  was  ever  the  generous  friend  of  tho  destitute  and  friendless.  To 
her  own  family  and  relatives  she  was  a  wise;  and  sympathizing  coun- 
sellor, and  a  pillar  of  strength.  As  daughter,  sister  and  mother,  she 
was  faithful  and  affectionate.  She  was  an  ardent  friend  and  liberal 
benefactor  of  the  College,  in  which  she  had  an  hereditary  interest  and 
pride.  Her  last  years  have  been  consecrated  to  unceasing  and  exces- 
sive labors  and  cares  for  private  and  public  charity;  and  her  generous 
and  ardent  sympathies  for  others  were  such  at  times,  as  to  drink  up 
the  very  springs  of  life.  The  sharp  and  sudden  attack  which  brought 
on  her  death  was  made  sharper  by  her  intense  sympathy  with  the  be- 
reavement of  a  neighboring  household.  All  the  thougl.it  and  strength 
which  she  could  command,  during  a  week  of  distressing  struggle  for 
life,  were  given  to  others.  No  one  can  doubt,  that  she  has  found  an 
open  and  abundant  entrance  into  the  eternal  kingdom,  for  which  she 
aspired  rather  than  hoped  ;  and  that  its  rest  and  peace  are  none  the  less 
welcome,  because  to  her  timid  and  humble  faith  they  are  in  some  sort 
a  surprise."  They  had  one  son 

182.  1.  Thomas  Hooker,  b.  Sept.  3,  1849,  at  Macon,  Ga.,  grad.  at 
Yale  in  lS(i(),  and  tutor  there  since  Sept.  1871. 

18:5.  iii.  Timothy  Dwight,  b.  Jure  20,  1820,  at  Norwich,  Ct.,  d. 
Aug.  11,  1822. 

181.  iv.  John  Breed  Dwight,  b.  at  Norwich,  Dec.  8,  1821,  grad.  at 
Yale  in  1840,  and  tutor  therein  1843.  He  was  an  earnest  student 
while  in  college,  and  especially  of  the  languages  beyond  the  mere 
prescriptions  of  the  college-course,  and  was  hopeful  of  the  future  and 
eager  for  the  work  of  life.  The  3  years  between  his  graduation  and 
tutorship  he  spent  in  giving  academic  instruction,  and  was  much 
commended  for  his  success  in  it.  He  made  a  profession  (if  religion 
alone  by  himself,  from  the  earnest  working  of  his  own  thoughts  towards 
"the  truth  as  it  is  in  Christ."  Four  days  after  beginning  his  duties  as 
tutor,  it  became  his  official  obligation  to  help  quiet  a  disturbance,  at 
night,  upon  the  college-grounds,  and  he  was  fatally  wounded  by  an 
intoxicated  student  whom  he  approached,  and  died  twenty  days  after- 
wards, Oct.  20,  184.'5,  act.  22.  He  had  superior  mental  force  and  was 
full  of  self-propelling  enthusiasm. 

l's~>.  v.  James  McLaren  Ureed  Dwight,  b.  at  Norwich,  Aug.  11, 
182">,  grad.  at  Yale  in  184(>,  tutor  there  (184!l-f>3),  studied  theology 
at  Andover  and  New  Haven  ( 1  8.~> 4— (> ),  grad.  at  Columbia  College  Law 
School  in  18G1,  practised  law  in  New  York  and  assisted  in  giving 


'/'///     I  ><  NCI  n  <l<i  at*  of' 


i  list  met  ion  in  I  In'  l;i\v  .M-liiinl  (  |  x;  |  r,  j.  1  1  ,.  m.  .1  une  ii.  I  .-  1;  >'.;,;  I  '\.\\\, 
deli,  hia,  <  ',,ra  riiarli-.siha  Tallmad:_:e.  1>.  Uct.  17,  1  >."..">,  da  u.  of  M'i'|.,r 
Miarle,  !'..  T;d!lnadUe,  I'.  S.  A.,  and  M.H-ar.-t  K.-l.li.-.ly  I.  I!--  P-- 
nio\'-d  In  Ne\\  lla\i-n,  \\inTi-  hi>  residence  .--I  ill  i  .-.  liiil  fii'iu  \\hiili  ii<- 
ha-  Ir  -i  -|  i  ali-ent  since  (  )i-t  .  I  >'!'.',  t  l'a\  i-l  1  1  li1^  111  Km  •  <\  i".  I  !  •  •  1  la  -  i  -i  .  i  i  >\  <  1  1 
l  •  >  a  iv:  iiarkal  >le  decree  t  he  advantages  of  an  uncommon]  \  wn  |e  a  ir  i  \cr- 
sat  i  li-  i'a  i  ;•„'<•  i  >t'  |  i'Ts,  ilia  I  cull  ui'-'.  in  \  arii  >u  s  da  --leal,  ei  I  ii'-a  i  i>  >na  I  .  d'  l  1 
cal.  |i'_'ai  anil  arli>lic  t'ni'm>,  \\iih  ihf  >;i  |  n  -rai  1  1  -i  1  IH-I.I  lii>  i  .f  i-\t<-inl<-i| 
tra\rl.  They  have  h;ul  one  child: 

1^''..     I.    James  McLaren   I  Kvi^hi.  U.  an«l  <1.  al    L..n«l..u,   Kui;..   Ma\    1. 
IS7± 

1^7.    \i.    I'l-ii!'.     'l'ini,.thv     hwi-'ht.     1>.I>..    k    al     Nm-vui'h.    '«"nv.     I'i, 
1  VL'^.   irrail.   a  l    ^'aIl•  in    IS  I1.',  tuinr  there  i  1  >.">  1-  ."i  i.  >t  '.niii-il    iii.--i|.i_'y  at 

N«'W     ll,t\i-!I     Tli'-i'l.     Srln.     I   1  s"'(  '  -•">)•   :ilnl     -|i"llt     l\\u     \  ••:(!•>    ill    <  '••  }".i.  al:V 

(  1  >">'i  -  v  I.  at    the  universities  til'    I'.ni.n    ami    I'.iiin.      Sin.-,-    1  •-." 
l>.-en      I'l'i.)'.     of    Sacre.l      Lit.-nitlU-e     all<l      N.     T.    Cre.'k     in     ^';:^       Tln'i.l. 
Seininarv,    nn\\     niinilr.-rin^     1  (»  !    .stinleiits.       lie    ha~>    '.ei-n    Mi.ce    \^~^'\ 
(Hie    of  the   editors  df  "The  New   KiiLflain  lei1,"    ainl    ha.>    written    i'm'    ii 
A  ai'i"ti.>  ai't  icle^  of  \alue   nn    exe^eiieal  and  utiier  >ulijects.       In    1V7!1    1 

Jl"      |il|lili>lie'l     a     sr-l'Ies     of    ai'tie'.rs      ill      it      oil      "The      True      ii|.-;;!      i.f     a'l 
AliH-ricali      I  "  lii\  (  l'.-it  V         I'M-     the      l-'utllle     of   \'a!e   (  'nil,---,'/'      V.  hieli       V»a> 

\\i.!''l\    i  i;  -r  rii.uieil  in  a  liook-forni    iit't.-rwariU.  anioiiu'   tii"  :,'•'••  ;-'  "f 

N'aie.         Me     i-,     une     of     the     al  -!e   coin  liii  1  1  ee    nt'     A  1  1  ie  ri  i  •;  ;  n     M'!lnl;,r>     ImW 
eli_;';:^ei  1    ;n    t  hi'   i'e\  i--i,  ,n   i  ,f'  t  he  ail  I  hori/'-d    l'"l:u'l  l-h    \  •  \'~:«\;  •   I    ;!,••>•;••[>- 
tlU'es.     ID     iMliliec!  |i  in    \\llh     a      -lllliiaf    I'olllllii:  '.ee     i.'      hll.!ie.il 
I'lli^l.'lid.         \\'hih'     eal'li     >ti\     ii.  '\.ited      I"     iil>     eh   i-M-U     al.' 

a-  it  ii\    in-i'i-1  lit  ar\    iii>tiiii  i.  i't  -_'i  1  1'  1  1  1  !_:  \iiiii  _;'••!'  n.i;. 

o  f   M  •  h  '  i  !  a  i  '  i  \    1  1  1  \  i  •  >  !  l  ^';  i  :  :  .  i  ;  i    and    d  l  -  co  \  e  i  •  \  .  h  =  •    a  i  -  •  •    |  •  •  •  .  :  i  v 

and    \'.  It  h   u'l'eat    aeeejilall'  e   in     I  !ii  •  e.  .|  1  1  •-  -i  •    |  .ii  ,  |  .11     ;    -  ..;,..•.•   Hi 

the    city. 

lie    ,„.     [),.,•.    :ll.     1-.;.;.    Jan.-    \Vak.  •.,,•,!,    Skii.i      r.    i,.   i:  .    N",  ,,•],. 

Api'ii   -i.   i  "••"'!'   iihiu.  of    li  >_    i1    S!|i-rijian     >!,i:.:          ••!     N  i     ;    n    ,i;,d 

Man     l.o,  -l,u  .....  1     De    K..IV   i  i.       Me  |,a-   -  ehiidn  '.  : 
I  --.    i.        I  |i'!.-n    1,'i.od    I  )\\  i^ht,  li.    I  i.-c.  x.    i  - 
\  **'.'.     II.       V\  i  lil  1  1  i  -i  i  j  i    |-]i  i  \\  a  I'd-    I  l\\  lull  !  .    1  1.    I  'i  c.    -'•'•.    1  -  ~  L1. 

e\  ei.i  h   i  iener.-ii  inn.  | 

1  l'  I  .    i\.    .Ii.im     l>v,i-_'h'     iinin).    '-'ii    -it'    I'l'---'.    'i  :  ^!  ;;-y 

Kv.i-h:    .    L.    S    p..    1.    17-1.  uT;,d.  at     Va!.'    i;.     !-(":.  d 
.li;!\   L1."'.   I  -":••.  a      Mi  I!--.,  .Ma-.      1!"   <"•.>••••  '•   i    ' 


Col..  Tun  oil  ij  T>  >c  i< /It, 
Son.  of  Tunotl  [I ,  Son  of  Join,  boil  of  Di-dlnun,  Jf<f*«.  12  0,°. 

pri/e  of  -s20.()0  offered  l>y  Noah  "Webster,  the  lexicogvaplicr,  for  the 
best  poem  that  should  be  writ  ten  bv  a  siudeiit  at  college.  lie  was 
remarkable  for  the  sweetness  of  his  disposition. 

I  le  d.  a. way  from  home,  and  not  one  of  his  father's  family  could 
reach  Iladlev,  now  but  a  few  hours  distant  from  New  haven,  in  time 
to  attend  his  funeral.  .1  i  is  death  was  a  source  of  intense  and  long- 
continued  grief  to  his  father,  and  he  rarelv  ever  spoke  of  him  at  any 
time  without  tears.  On  his  tombstone  at  Iladley  is  thu  following  in- 
scription, prepared  probably  bv  his  father: 

';  Header!  if  tliou  art  a  youth  of  hopeful  talents,  and  an  enlightened 
odm-aiion,  and  an  intense  love  of  knowledge,  a  disposition  dis- 
tinguished bv  amiableness,  and  a  life,  bv  filial  duty  and  fraternal 
affection,  and  an  universal  gentleness  of  demeanor: — remember,  that, 
with  all  these  advantages,  thou  art  destined  to  the  grave  and  to 
etermtv.  There  was  hope  in  his  end;  and  mav  there  be  in  thine! 

lie  was  at  liadlev,  visiting  the  young  ladv  (.Miss  Mary  Ivel'og^, 
dan.  of  (iilis  KeHo^),  to  whom  he  was  betrothed.  She  d.  soon  alter 
him,  as  did  Jerusliu,  dan.  of  .'Vest.  Ivdwards,  after  the  death  oi  llev. 
]  )a\  id  Brainerd,  the  nussionai'v,  to  whom  she  was  engaged. 

1  L'J.  v.  IVest.  S'.Tciio  Edwards  j>wight,  ])..!).  (son  of  IVest. 
Timothy  hwighi  of  Vale,  and  Mary  Woolsey),  b.  at  Greenfield  Hill, 
('i.,  .May  IS,  1  7Si;?  grad.  at  Vale  in  ISO-'),  taught  school  at  Litchiield, 
(.'t..  for  a  year;  and  ilie  next  year  was  his  fatli  r's  amanuensis,  and 
afterwards  tutor  at  Vale  for  1  years  (iN)ii-lO).  While  tutor,  he 
s'.udied  la\v  with  lion.  (  'liarlcs  (.'hauncev,  and  Nathan  Smith,  Ms|., 
both  eminent  jurists,  and  practised  the  profession  at  .Nev.'  Jlaven 
(ISlO-ll)).  iie  m.,  Aug.  l'S,  1S11,  Susan  Ivlwards  Daggett,  b.  June 
.'/(>,  17SS  (dan.  of  lion.  .David  Daggett  of  New  iSaven,  and  Wealthy 
Ann  Munson,  dan.  of  l>r.  ^rhieas  Munson  of  New  liavcn).  \\  hile 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  la\\.  he  prepared  the  ••  l!e'ore\v  Wife,'1  a 
ll'mo  of  L'OU  pau'es,  designed  to  show  the  unlawfulness  of  niarrving  a 
wife's  sister.  !t  was  I'epublished  \\'ith.  strong  commendation.s  in  Kn>j;- 
land.  In  iSli'  he  became  the  victim  of  a  very  severe  and  slov,  fever, 
in  ihe  cure  of  which  mercury  was  freelv  used,  so  as  to  poison  his 
blood  and  to  fasten  upon  him,  lor  the  rest  of  his  life,  a  liery  eruption 
of  i  lie  mosi  ji;iinfu!  kind.  i  low  to  heal,  or  ho\\  to  mit  igate,  i  he  tortur- 
ing power  of  that  maladv  upon,  his  ph\.--ical  well-being,  becnine  ere 
long  the  one  evei -present  subject  of  lii^  thoughts,  when  not  strong!  v 
dra\\n  from  it  1)\~  SOUK;  objective  demand  upon  Ins  time  and  stren^;h. 

l»econiing  a  (Christian  decisively  in  IS|.»,  he  >oon  renounced  the  law 
ibr  flic  ministry,  and,  on  Oct.  s.  IS!1',  was  licensed  to  pn-ach,  and  \vas 
ai  onee  elected  chaplain  of  the  I'.  S.  Seiiai  e,  at  \\"ashingion,  <  hi  Sept. 


7  //'      I ><  .xv  V  iiildiif*   of' 
l'1'l  No//    r//'   .\  iltlntii  /,  /    /-'//'A////,    /^////    ^/'   \  in'tlnl  in  i>t<  >ii , 

•''>.  1  *  1  7,  In'  heeame  pastor  of  The  l':irk  Sl.('h.  at  Host  on,  .Ma-s.,  and 
remained  such  iiniil  April  in,  Isi'i',,  li;i\;ii^  spent  ;i  year  i if  tlir  time 
(1VL'I  •">  i  in  trayel  in  Kurope,  fur  the  re-estaUishment  of  his  health, 
.-ind  in  \;iin.  In  IS'JS  he  ii|>enei]  at  N'e\v  lla\en,  ('(.,  with  his  In-other 
Henry,  "  The  New  lla\en  ( !  vnniHsi  uin ,"  a  first-class  hoarding-school 
tnr  hoys,  with  similar  appointments  in  the-  nuiiiliei1  and  character  nf  its 

ollicers    t  ii   a    college.         '1'wc  i    of   I  lieln    Were     I'l'ofs.     Kthall     A.     A  lid  l'e  tt  s   and 

Solomon  Stoddard,  the  authors  nf  the  \vcll-kiio\vu  Latin  <  •  rainniar  of 
"  Andiv\\s  and  Stnddard"  the  liisi  tcachinu'  Latin,  ami  the  other, 
<ovek.  '['he  lic'allh  of  each  of  th-  lirothers  |)wi'_'lit  pr<.\ed  inadc'|na'e 
to  the  coiit  iuueil  pi'osecut  h  m  of  this  en  I  •  T]  n'lse.  although  \er\'  success- 
ful :  and  at  the  end  of  lS.">|.  it  was  abandoned.  It  was  during  these 
years  (  1  Si'T,- :',;',)  that  he  prepared  the  works  of  I'rest.  Iviward-.  in  ID 
vols.,  for  the  press,  with  his  own  elaliorate  memoir  ,,)'  1dm,  as  \\ell  as 
also  a  similar  memoir  of  i>a\id  lirainenl. 

In  I  S  .">.'),  he  liecame  ('resident  of  I  lamiltoii  <  'olle^e,  N.  Y.,  where  his 
hrothcr  \\onlse\-  was  at  the  same  time  Treasurer  ;  hut ,  after  L'.1,  \ears 
of  much  liodilv  snH'erinu'  -  --t  he  same  physical  pla^ne,  that  had  Kefore 
hroken  up  all  his  plans  of  usefulness,  o\  ercom  i  IIL;'  his  energies  j;o\\ — he 
resigned  this  post  of  pulilic  usefulness  and  honor,  ne\ei-  to  accept 
anot  her. 

lie  was  a  man  of  s'erv  impressixe  form  and  features,  mure  than  six 
feet  iii  height,  pe  r  fei  -I  I  \  i  •  reel  and  linelv  proportioned,  finished  alwavs 
in  his  personal  at  t  ire  and  k  i  nu'K  in  his  carriaL'1'.  u  it  ii  an  imperial  l>n  iw, 
an  aijuiline  nose  and  a  strikingly  classical  profile  throughout,  and  aNo 
an  intellectual,  earnest,  I'adiant  casl  of  face.  \\  herexer  he  \\elit,  he 
was  felt  at  once  to  lie.  in  \\<.rd  and  work  and  e\eii  in  looks,  a  man  <if 

|  io\\  er.  I  I  |s  preaching  \\'a  >  al  Wa  Vs,  in  respect  to  cllolC"  of  sllhject  >,  e\- 
Ci'llelice  o|'  eoliljioslt  loll,  alld  earnestness  of  d''ll\er\.  as  \\ell  as  -Tace, 

of  a  superior  kind.  A  \olume  of  hi--  sermons,  \\  n  h  a  memoir,  was  pn  1>- 
lished  lev  his  In-other.  |»r.  \Vm.  T.  hwi-rhl  of  I1. inland.  Me.,  after  his 
decease.  As  a  teacher  in  college,  of  metaphysics,  moral  philosophy 

and   natural   tl In^x',   he   is  n-iuemliered   \\-ell    1>\    the  author  as  e\incin^ 

siiperl)  c  jiialit  ies  of  intellectual  streiiurth  ainl  professional  skill.  The 
phvsic:d  \iriis  that  was  in  his  system,  and  \\hich  1'i-nke  out  continually 
into  ever  new  sores  of  the  most  irritahle  kiiid  up'in  hi  •  pi  rson,  he  ne\er 
c  jiild  si|l, due  \\iih  ;iu\  potion-  or  lotions  to  \\hich  he  resorted  alnin- 
daiitK.  ai  many  times,  fur  relief.  \\\^  \\it'e,  d\in_'  in  1>."'!1,  h-fi  him, 
for  the  last  II  years  ,.f  his  life  (  IS.",'.)  .'iin,  io  I,,-  a  lon-ly  \\  amli  n-r  in 

;!,,•  v.orid.       'I'hese  vears  he  spent   chie||\    in    N'e\\    \oikai -I ks  h\ 

d;i\.  \\lnre\er  lie  could  find  iho.-e  that  he  relished  most,  and  in  u 
h  iir  -I  \-  lioard  i  ii'_'-hi  iiise  at  iii'_'ht . 


Col.  Timothy  Dwiglit, 

Son  of  Timotlnj,  Son  of  Jolm,  loth  of  Dedliam,  J/^.y.  205 

Death  at  last  put  an  end  to  liis  physical  and,  therefore  professional, 
disappointments  in  life,  Nov.  30,  1850,  when  at  the  age  of  04.  lie  d. 
at  Philadelphia,  whither  he  had  gone  a  little  while  previously,  in  the 
vain  hope  of  help  from  hydropathic  treatment  to  his  ever  greatly  im- 
paired health.  His  remains  were  carried  to  New  Haven,  where  so 
much  of  the  consecrated  dust  of  the  family  rests  in  peace. 

Mrs.  1) wight  d.  Aug.  18,  1839,  aet.  51.  She  possessed  a  vigorous, 
vivacious  and  cultivated  mind.  She  was  of  a  slender  figure  and  a 
bright,  intellectual  aspect,  with  large,  lustrous,  black  eyes,  and  had 
very  pleasing  and  graceful  manners.  J  Ler  acquaintance  with  good 
books  was  large,  and  she  was  earnest  in  her  religious  character. 
While  sympathizing  warmly  with  her  husband,  in  his  varied  plans  of 
usefulness,  and  greatly  admiring  his  talents,  she  like  him  was  the 
victim  of  severe,  chronic  disease  in  the  form  of  dyspepsia,  from  ihe 
effects  of  which  in  the  end  she  died.  She  was  the  author  of  "  An  Abridg- 
ment of  The  Memoirs  of  Mrs.  Susan  Huntington,"  her  friend.-  She 
aided  also  her  husband  when  editing  the  works  of  Edwards,  in  pre- 
paring them  for  the  press. 

They  had  but  one  child  : 

190.  i.   Charlotte  Dwight,  1).  and  d.  Aug.   1816,  living  but  one  day. 

[  Ifon.  David  Dnggett,  LL.]>.,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Susan  E.  Plight,  b. 
at  Attleborough,  Mass..  ])ee.  3],  1764,  grad.  at  Yale  in  1783,  was  an  (7. 
S.  Senator  for  (i  years  (1813-17),  Kent  Prof,  of  Law  in  Yale  Coll. 
(1820—48),  Chief  -Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Connecticut 
(1832-4),  and  Mayor  of  New  Haven  (1828-9.)  He  d.  April  10,  1851. 
His  widow,  Mary  L.  Daggett,  d.  Dec.  1854.] 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

12  I-.  vii.  Ilov.  William  Theodore  Dwight,  D.I),  (son  of  Prest.  Timo- 
thy Dwight  of  Yale  College  and  Mary  Woolsey),  b.  at  Creentield  Hill, 
Ct.,  Juno  15,  1795,  grad.  at  Yale  in  1813,  \vas  for  one  year  amanuen- 
sis to  his  father  (1813-14).  This  office  involved  G  hours'  daily  em- 
ployment, each  day,  during  college  terms  (or  J  of  the  year).  The 
compensation  was  but  si  50. 00  yearly;  but  the  position  was  ea^vrlv 
coveted.  He  then  began  the  study  of  law  with  his  brother  Sereno  ; 
but  severe,  chronic  inflammation  of  the  eves  soon  turned  him  awav 
from  all  study  and  even  reading. 

The  next  year  ( 1  8  15)  IK;  became  a  clerk  in  "The  Kaglo  Bank,"  at  New 
Haven  ;  but  was  compelled  bv  his  greatly  diseased  eves  to  intermit  ere 
long  all  work  with,  them,  by  dav  and  by  night.  'The  following  year 
(1MO),  the  last  of  his  honored  father's  life,  he  spent  at  home  willi  him, 
and  had  the  satisfaction,  full  of  mingled  pain  and  pleasure,  of  minister- 


'I'll,       1  >,  .XV,   IK/lf  1,/S    <>f 

•_"><',  Sun    ,,/'   .Y'/'/"/,//.  !    />//•//////,    A"///    nl'  \nrfh, Inij'tiui. 

infill  hi-  rnint'ciri  in  hi--  !a.-t  il!ii'---.  M.'v.a-  :it'i«-i-\\  ai  •.!  -.  i  I  >  1  7  I'.1;. 
tiil..r  ill  Yah-  I'-.]'  t\\u  \r:-rs.  I  !••  \vi-n:  I  In -n  I- 1  I'hilad'-lphia.  and,  ;ilVr 
-tud\  in-  i;i\V  V.  i  ill  Cli:'.  :•!•",  r'.iM  11!  !'•<•;..  (VM.,  ,.('  ll,:.|  |,1;,,-,-,  |  ,|-;(.M  i--.|  ihr 

pi-.  •  l'---i  i  in     i  lii  TI-    i  in;  il     I  '••'>  I .       I  I .  •    1 1>  . -an i"    in     i  ii  i  -    t  i  mi'    a    j  ii-i  .)'.  --in- 

<  ''in-;  i  in,  i: mli -r    i  ii"    mini-!  rv    «t'    II  -V.    I  >r.    Th  >!iri-    1 1 .  >ki r.  and 

dr' '  ri:ilii'-d  in  i  n;  'T  t  hi  lnini-1  rv.  I  I,  I  IP-  i-  .::!•-••  <  >\  a  i'"\v  im  >l,t  h-.  In- 
\'.  ;•  -  lien  i. -I'd  to  ]>rc:n-li  l>v  I  In'  'I'hinl  I  '1-1  -l'\  t'-rv  nf  \,-\s  ^'.iri;.  iiini.  >  >n 
.liiii.-ii,  !-:'.!'.  \v;i,  s,.|ll.-.|  ,,N,-r  tl..-'r!iJnl  I'  .i./.  Cli-iivl,  ,.f  I'urth-uni. 

M  •'.  :     \vi|i-|v   il"   (•'  >!!'  :::•!••  !    ;il    V,    ,r!,.   :lli'ilil;d!!i-    in    l:iln  ir-   alid    M -"I'll  ill . 

ii  >r  .>_'  y  •;! r-i  i  I  >.'!i!    'i  !  i.      .M  a  n  \    pr  •!•:'  ms    !•>  A  i  \  a  !-,  u  r  !i  lur-"   i ::-:•'  '•••  i' 

in--  u1'  r  inverts  tM  th  •  chuivli,  \v!t  :i".— cd  to  th"  fai1  iit'uln'  --  ni'   hi-  |.ul- 

pi  i   an  I  pjirui-liial  I'li'm-;  s.       M  an  v   \vcr«-  tin    i-.  •lla'-'i-a  i   !'•  Tin-  i  >t'  --rv  !••  •  '•> 

tli"  i-Mii-c   nt'  i'\;u!-i'!i'V.l  ri'liji.in,  in  \\hi.-h  h"    !• -:.  li'-.-.l    i?i    la\- 

,-t  i'l-n-tli    andtiiiH1.       ii.'V.a-.    I'ni-    innri1  ili.-ni   L'!l  V"ar.-.    I  ';•'  -'.  "t'  ••'!'..• 

Main.'    Mi--i'.::ary    S..-j(.-y."       A  >"(  <\  .•)•-,•..]•"  i 't'    I ',.,-.\  .i-.i::  ( '. . 

niMTiv  vrars.  In'  di  I    siiudi  In  jiniinntf  i;  -  hc-t    i-«-li-i'ni-   i-!iarai-ti-i'.       !!•• 

\V;IN    ;il>u  a  ti'ii-ti'"    and    diri'dur    in    \:inuu.-i    ln'Hi'\  nlriit     -urii-iir-,  atid 

••    \     \  i-itur        a;      Andnvrr     'l'in-u!ii-ical     Si-minMrv.    and    a    ('ni'j.i 

.M"i;t!,.-r  nf   th..  A.    !'..  <  '.   r.   -M.      A     man    <>f  pr-.-r— 

;• !  "•'.  a  \  -  t r  ink   M  P.  >n-  -riiiind   I1"!1'1,  wiiih'  .  i!  !iiT>  '.'.  .T"  hall  Mi-  and   inai-i  i'> pi. 

t'..i- a  d,.-.-id"d  :in;i-.-la\(Ty  ps.li.-y.       ! ! :.-  «•!. ..  |M"; ,:    -p.  .-.-la-s    (,n    tlii- 

nn-lii'  i'-i-i  d    li\     t  h'  '-i     \v.  In  ,   In-;. I'd    i  hclil. 

i  !•'  \v;i  -  1.1':  •!)  in  \  it.'d  \<>  ui  h>-r  !i-!d--  nf  la  M'  T  i  ha': 
I',  i:-;  !,-in  1.  and,  ahi'iiij  •  ^:  la-i-  I!M;  t>  ri !._';; n-!  :n\  i' ':: 
<-h:  ir  .  't'  .'id-  ••' :  •  t  i.--'  .!M_'\-  in  --.-•i-h  . .;'  i  !::•,•••  '  h.  ,!  • 
-n.-.-  '  I'., i,  :  .,-.  M-...  I!..-;  \\':n  !-  T.  <  '•  . 

an- v,  IT. 

II"    \\':i-    a    man    ni'   li!_r!i    lit  "iMi'V  ;ti!  I    ;'•-' 
in-K    f.  Mid  <>t'  .-np.-ri.  ir  pa:  ii!  1  n--  and  i-n-ra  \%j.ry  <;iv 

pi:.       I'.-v.   ,-.,ul-l  i'pi:d  hi:, i  in    puM;.-    d  •'<     '-.       Ill 

:::  -M;  ii-\    i-uh1  -  "n  h:-  p:n  I .  inad--    h ;  .a    ;, 

••-i:.    'iia!    ii.idl'   -.    il:.   :'!id   >•'.'•!!   «\\'    '•'.'.    \' •  •         I. 

p     •    !'     'il"     I  '..llM-I.tiulj     ni'    (  '-].-.     <  'h'P 
."  "!     d    U  Mi    -1-..1-I'"!    |,Ii';i>lll'r    -I  ill.    'i\     '  ; 


Yr,///,,7,,-  ^ 


He  was  a  man  of  great  decision  of  character,  and  earnest  to  vehe- 
mence in  defending  the  violated  rights  of  the  necdv  and  oppressed. 

His  niaimers  were  strikingly  those  of  v'  tlie  old  school."'  Our  fath- 
ers abounded,  more  than  some  of  their  descendants  do,  in  that  unwrit- 
ten  poetry  of  good-will  to  others,  which  voiced  itself  continually  and 
spontaneously  in  overv  possible  mode  of  tender  and  gentle  expression 
of  kindness  to  others. 

]!is  personal  appearance  \vas  fine  and  commanding.  He  was  ~>  feet 
(.l-.V  indies  high,  and  weighed  about  J  7">  pounds.  lie  was  of  full  figure, 
with  a  face  of  classic  mould,  and  features  expressive,  of  moral  thought- 
fulness  and  abounding  benevolence.  lie  had  a  fail-  complexion  and 
blue  eves;  and  his  hair,  which  was  originally  of  a  dark  chestnut  color, 
was  in  his  later  years  thorou  {lily  \vhite.  Kis  step  \vas  alwa\  -  lirm  and 
energetic,  and  never  loitering;  and  he  alwavs  impressed  those  who  sa\v 
him  anywhere  with  the  feeling,  that  he  was  a  man  of  business,  and  had. 
business  then  and  tlr-re  deiaaiiding  Ins  allvntion. 

.lie  resigned  his  pastorate,  .May  i,  IS'i!,  on  account  of  feeble  health 
— spending  the  interval  between  that  time  and  his  death,  with  his 
children  at  Andover  and  Philadelphia,  gr?atly  to  their  delight.  He  d. 
Oct.  '2-2,  1S<;:>,  aej.  7<>,  at  Andover.  Mass. 

H<-  in.  Oct.  IL>,  1831,  K!i/.a  Loockerman  Bradford,  b.  Sept.  1!>,  ISK), 
(dan.  of  Thomas  Bradford,  Ksti.,  of  .Philadelphia,  IVi.,  and  Elizabeth 
Loockerman  of  Dover,  Del. 

Slii'  was  a  ladv  of  great  sprightliness  of  mind,  yenialii  \~  of  fee]m_f 
and  generosity  of  disposition.  The  ends  and  means  of  earnest  religi  nis 
eiibi-t  wei-e  alw;iys  of  gre;;t  interest  to  lie.r,  and  she  was  outspoken  ;it 
all  t  hues  for  whatever  \vas  righl  and  good.  Siie  was  a  fa.irhfu!,  sympa- 
thetic friend,  and  "  given  to  hospitality."  Shed,  at  For  tlan  d,  Oct.  1', 
ISC,."),  ae(.  ,").').  Se"  below  brief  sketches  of  Loockernians  and  llradlbrd 
lineage. 

1. 

[  Looc-kermans    Lineage.      (The   original    s    of  the   name  is  not   now 
retained.) 

I.  (!overt  IjOockcrmans,  the  settler,  came  (;>  Xe\\-  Amsterdam  with 
Vouter  Va'.iTwiller,  Cov.  of  New  Xetherla.nds,  April  i  r. :!:').  from  Hol- 
land, in  the  service  of  the  \Ye.-t  Indiii  ('ompany.  lien:.  .Maria  Jan- 
sen  (dau.  of  1'oelf  -!a.usen  and  Aunetji'  .ian^),  and  so  was  brother-in- 
law  of  OloH'  Stevenson  \'an  ( 'ourtlandt.  wiiose  son  ibuiaied  the  Van 
( Ymrtlandt  manor  in  Xew  ^'ol•k.  '!e  held  high  civil  and  military 
He  d.  in  I  ()7(^,  leaving  ti\'e  chiidren,  1.  !\!sic,  L'.  Cornells,  :!. 
Jacob,  !.  Joannes,  and  •"'.  M  iritjie.  lli-ie  m.  ('oiiielis  i '.  \'andc\- 
veeii,  and  for  L'd  husband,  Jacob  i.eislei-. 

i;.   Jacob    Looekermaiis,  b.   I'i"1*!,   in    New    Amsterdam    m.  .Jan.  L"J. 


I  III       / >(  Xl'l  II  <  1(1  II  f*    <>f 

l?ns         San  at'  .\  <tf}t<i it  i *  I  J  )u'iiflif,  liofl/  of  .\  nrtlii in j'foii, 

l''>77.  Helena  Kciiu.  Alnmt  !  •  ;*  1 .  he  end-rated  t«.  KaMon,  M.l.  He 
•  1.  An-.  17.  17:!".  He  had  a  son.  N  ich«  ,1,-is  Loockermans,  li.  Nov.  In. 
|i'>'.i7,  s\ho  in.  Sally  ulaii.  of  \'  i  nceiit  )  Kmer.-on,  in  17l'l.  and  d.  .March 
t'>,  I  7''>'.'  :  liail  nut  one  diilil. 

III.  Vincent  I.oockermans,  1>.  near  hover,  he],  in  17l'L'.  in.  as  I'd 
ssife  Fli/.aU-th  Prsorfdait.  of. I.,  lui  1  'r\  or,  merchant  of  hoser.  I>--1.), 
Fel..  1771.  and  had  two  cliildivn,  Kli/al...!  1,  and  Nicholas. 

I  \".  I'lii/aliclli  Loockcnnan.s,  I..  I  >r.-.  !'.">.  177'.'.  in.  'J'lioina.-,  Bradford, 
M>'|..  of  I'liiladrljihia.  His  dan.,  Mli/alirt  h  1 .01  M-krn;.:tns  I'.i'adf.  nd.  in. 
Kr\.  Dr.  William  T.  Hwi^lit. 

[  Maritjir  l.fM.rk.Tinans  (sister  oi'.lacoh,  and  dan.  of  (iovrrt  l.oork- 
rnnans.  \vho.sc  linc'i^i'  lias  In-ni  purtlv  iii\cii  alio\cj  in.  Ualtlia/ar  l»a\'- 
ard  (  step-son  to  (  iii\ .  Si  nv\  csant  ),  and  had  diildrrn  ;  1 .  Anna  M  aria 
I'.avard.  \\~lio  in.  A  nmist  us  .1  a  v  (urainlfathcr  of  <Iov.  .la\);  L'.  .\ri--ita 
I'avard,  \\lio  m.  Samuel  Vci'jilauk  :  .">.  .lacolnis  Hayard  u  ho  m.  llfllf- 
L,ronda  !>!•  lva\  ;  1.  .Judith  I'avard,  \vho  in.  (  u'rardus  Stuvvrsant  iu'i'an«i- 
son  oi'tln:  la>t  hutch  (lov.,  I'ctcr  St  ny  vcsant  ).  | 

II. 
I'.radford   Linca^-. 

I.  \\illiam   Uradfoi'd  (sou  of  William  and  Anne  Bradford  of  Li-iccs- 
trrsliirc.   l^n-'.),  li.   .May  I'D,    liii'.n.  m.    !'''>_,     Kli/.alictii    S,,\vlr    (dan.    of 
Andri-w    Si  i\vlc ),  wit  h  whom    In-    learned    the    art    of   printing'.       ll''d. 
.May   I1:1,.    17:.L'. 

II.  His  son.  William  I'.radford.  Jr..  k  al.oiit   !''>>>,  in.   Nov.  L1"',  17  It), 
I  ,\  i  ir  Sandford. 

III.  1 1  is  s  ui,  William   r.radford.  li.  in    New   \'i.rk    in  1  7  I '.'.  occame  a 
|irini'T.        In     l''-c.     1,  ll1.    In-    commenced    in     Philadelphia    lo    pniiii^li 
"The    |'enn>\  1  \  ania  .loiirnal  and   \\ei-klv   A  d\  i1!  t  i>er.      \\hich    v,a^    1-011- 
t  in ned  nn(  il    1  >' '  1    hv  his  son  'I  homas,  who    i  hen    merged    i;     into    "  The 
True  American."       lie  \\a-  ( 'ol.   in  the   |{e\.    \\  ar,  ami    ('on-lit    at   Tren- 
ton,    1'rinceton,     For!       .\litllin,    etc.       He    m.     1 7  ill,     Ilachel    (dan.    of 
Thomas   lludd  of  rhiladelphiai.  and  d.  Sept.  i'.'..    |7'.i|. 

l\'.  His  son,  Lt.  ( 'ol.  Thomas  I'.radford,  1,.  in  Philadelphia.  .Ma\  I, 
171"'.  v\as  in  the  re\  olnt  mnar\  armv,  and  ton --I  it  at  Princeton.  I  Ven- 
t.m,  \'alle\  Furife,  etc.  I  I  e  .-tai>lisli'-d  "The  True  A  me|-icaii  "  in  l^^l  . 
He  m.  N"o\.  L':1,,  I7''.S,  .Mars  l-'ishei.  and  d.  Mas  7.  l-.'is. 

\".  Hi-  son,  Tl las  Kradford.  1>.  in  Philadelphia,  Sept.  II,  17-1, 

v,a-  admitted  to  the  har,  (  >ct.  I'."",  I>n|.  ||e  m.  |-.|  i/;il  „.,  |,  |.,, ,„•!;,. r. 
man-  ai>'  >\  ••  named. 


Col.  Timotliy  D-wight, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolui,  both  of  Dedliam,  Mas*.  209 

192.  ii.  Eli/abeth  Bradford  Dwight,  b.  May  10,  183-3,  m.  Aug.  12, 
1857,  Rev.  Kgbert  Coffin  Smyth,  Collins  Prof,  of  Xat. 
and  Rev.  Religion,  Bowdoin  Coll.,  Me.  (1855-03),  pre- 
viously Prof,  of  Rhetoric  in  same  College,  and  now 
(since  1803)  I'rof.  of  Ecclesiastical  History  in  Andover 
Theol.  Sem.  He  was  1).  Aug.  24,  182!),  and  was  the 
son  of  R.-v.  William  Smyth,  D.I).,  Prof.  Math,  and  Xat. 
Phil,  in  Bowduin  Coil,  for  forty-three  years  (1825— G8), 
and  Harriet  Porter  Coffin  (dan.  of  Nathl.  CoiHn,  Treas. 
of  111.  Coll.  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  Marv  Porter,  dau. 
of  Dr.  Aaron  I.'orter  of  Portland,  Mo.,  and  Paulina 
King,  sister  of  Hon.  Rufus  King.  M.  C.).  The  parents 
of  Nathaniel  Coffin  were  James  Coffin  and  Martha 
McLellan  of  Saco,  Me.,  "a  goodly  and  godlv  couple/1 
No  issue. 

193.  iii.  Thomas  Bradford  Dwight,  Esq.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1837.  grad.  at 
Yale  in  1859,  since  1800  a  lawyer  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.. 
;i  nd  of  late  Asst.  Dist.  Attorney.  Hem.  June  •  '>,  1872, 
Junia  Killeu  Porter  (dau.  of  .Robert  R.  Porter,  M.D., 
of  Wilmington,  Dei.,  and  Lucinda  Hall,  dau.  of  Judge 
Willard  Hull,  U.  S.  Dist.  Court  for  Delaware  (1S25-72). 
Junia  Killen,  wife  of  Judge  Hall  Avas  dau.  of  ( 'han- 
eellor  William  Killen  of  Delaware,  and  Rebecca  Allee). 
19-1.  iv.  .Mary  Woolsey  Dwight,  b.  June  23,  1839,  resides  unmar- 
ried at  Andover,  Mass. 
195.  v.  William  Theodore  Dwight,  b.  July  12,  1844,  d.  Nov.  12, 

1848. 

191.  i.  Rev.  Henry  Edwin  Dsvight,  M.D.,  b.  Aug.  2,  1832,  grad. 
at  Yale  in  1852,  and  at  Andover  Theol.  Sem.  in  1857,  was  settled  at 
Randolph,  Mass.,  for  2.1,  years  (1859— G2),  and  spent  1.1  years  in  uni- 
versity studies  in  Germany  and  France  (18G2— 3).  He  was  for  three 
years  a  teacher  and  lecturer  in  various  schools  in  Philadelphia  (  I  Si]  1-7), 
during  which  time  he  pursued  the  study  of  medicine.  Simv  ]SiJ7  Ju- 
lias been  practising  medicine  in  that  city.  He  has  been  for  a  portion 
of  the  time  resident  physician  in  the  City  Hospital. 

lie   m.   Dec.   21,    JS(>5,  Laure   Emma    Lehrnuum,  b.  March  7,  J83fi, 
(dau.  of  Christian  Adolphe  Lchrinaiin  and  of  Rose  Reine  Eaure  P>on- 
hote  of  Neuchatel,  Switzerland.) 
[Ninth  Generation.]     (.'hildren: 

I'.H'i.    i.     l^lixaljeth  Loockerman  Bradford  Dwight,  b.  June  IS.  1ST, 7 
197.  ii.   Mary  Adele  Dwight,  b.  July  IS,  iSC,9. 

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I  Se\  cllth     <  Jellerat  lull.  ] 

ll'.'i.  \iii.  Henry  Kdwin  hwi^ht  (s(.n  of  Vrest.  Timothv  l>w:^ht  and 
.Mary  \Yoo]sey),  1>.  al  New  1  1  :i  \  en,  A  |  >ri  I  1'.',  1  7'.'7.  irrad.  at  Yale  in 
1  >!.">.  made  a  profession  of  religion  in  1  v  1  7,  ami  went  to  Andover 
The,.!.  Stin.  (l'sl'.">-l)  in  prepare  for  tin-  minist  r\  .  In  his  iM  \ear 
tin-re,  lie  walked  back  from  an  excursion  to  tin-  \\  "hite  .Mount  ain>.  from 
iiooii  to  imon  of  two  succt-ssivc  days,  fil*  milc.s,  and  unl'i  -i  t  unatcly 
cauu'lit.  at  tlu-  cud  of  such  irrritt  fat  i^'iic,  ;i  very  scvci'c  oolil,  wliidi  rc- 
sulti-d  in  liis  l)](>c(lini;  at  tin-  liin^s.  Tins  li-d  to  his  aliainloniiiciit  of 
Jii>  t  hrolo^iral  slndirs,  and  his  drjiarl  uiv  to  luirojic.  \\hi-n-hc  sjicut 
i'oiir  \'cars  (  I  Si'  1-i's  )  in  stud\-  at  tin-  I  in\  cr>it  \-  of  (  Ii'jtl  in^i-u.  In  his 
(•olli'U'('-i-o\ir>f  at  lionic,  In'  had  liccii  indil]'rri-ni  to  his  duties  ami  jni\i- 
lcLf''S  as  a  st  udcul  .  '1  he  interval  between  his  graduation  <  I  >  1  •">-  17) 
and  his  entrance  upon  t  iieolo^ical  study  at  Ando\cr,  he  had  >j,1-nt,  as 
a  clerk  in  the  hard  \\  are  store  of  his  In-other,  1  '.en  jam  in.  in  <  'at^k  ii  i.  and 
aft  ei  wanls  of  his  l>rot  her  Timothy  in  New  Haven.  I  !••  had  thu->  1-  -a  rued 
lialiits  of  lui^iness,  anil  had  come  to  feel  that  life  \va>  full  ot  earnest 
demands  njion  human  sti'cnuth  and  liojie,  every  \vliere.  (in  hi-  n-Turn 
from  the  continent  lie  published  a  look  entitled  "  Tra\cl.s  in  <  iermanv,"1 
whieh  attracted  mucli  attent  ion  amon^  literar\  men. 

\\iili  l!ev.  C'onielius  Tuthil!  and  Nathaniel  (  'haiiiieev.  lie  eM;d>- 
lishe.l  a  weekly  magazine  called  '•  The  .Mic-roscope,"  to  which  l'ei.-i\,-Jt 
the  poet,  1'rof.  l-'isliei-,  and  I  'rest.  l>wiiLrht  were  occasional  con:  rilni- 
tors  :  and  vhii'h  was  designed  to  lie  a  sort  of  American  "  Spcciator." 
\'(  ir  \\  ant  ot'  an  adequate  pecumar\  ba>is.  this  yoiini;  and  spii'it'-d  ma^'a 
/ine  sorni  siu'cumlied  to  its  fate.  In  I  S:_'s  he  joined  li  is  brut  her  >>  -IT  IM  > 
in  the  cut  ei-pri/.e,  already  described,  of  ''  The  New  I  la\  eii  '  i  \  n.ii.i  -ium." 
lie  abounded  in  plea.sin^  and  magnetic  ijiiahtie>  ot'  chaiaci-i.  ^nd 
was  ureat  lv  belo\  ,-d  by  his  pupils,  and  by  all  v.  ho  knew  him.  in  i^'.'<\  . 
he  and  his  brother  closed,  under  the  stern  demands  of  utieilv  inade- 
quate health,  their  newlv  be^un  and  Breath  siicces.st'id  \\ork.  a.s  leach- 
er->  at  N'e\v  llaven.  lie  was  inxited  to  a  professorship  in  th--  N'-\\ 
^'o]•k  ("nisersiiy.  which  his  poor  heaHi  compelled  him  to  ilccijne. 
I  !  e  LM\e  however  bv  request,  at  Ne\\  ^  ork  and  I  'hiiadelph  ia.  li-e!iires. 

\\hich    he   deli\,  red    with     e.X  tempoiv    iVccdom     and    effecl,   on    '•  SiU;,;>    b\ 

the  v.  a  v.  Nat  lire  ami  A  rt  ,  St  ruct  ures  and  I  list  it  ut  ions,  I  'ersons  and  .\lan- 
ners."  and  \\liate\er  t-lsc  lie  had  seen  and  admired  I1;  I'jirope.  Tiiese 
topic-,  were  then  m-w  to  American  audiences,  and  Ins  facile  -n.d  mier- 
esijn^  ireatim  nt  of  them  was  received  \\iili  much  fa\or  b\  lar-e  :m,l 
ai'|ir"ciat  i  \  e  audiences.  lie  was  exiiecunii  to  h,i\e  be.'ii  married  wiih- 


Col.  Timothy  I)  wight, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  loth  of  Dedham,  JA/.su  211 

illness  of  two  months,  attended  with  severe  sufferings,  lie  died,  at  Xew 
Haven,  Aug.   1  I,  ls:52,  aet,  3G. 

Says  Dr.  \Vm.  I!.  Sprague  of  him  (Annals  of  Am.  Pulpit,  vol.  ii.  p. 
158)  :  "  I  have  tin;  most  pleasant  recollections  of  him,  as  a  classmate 
in  college.  The  gentleness  of  his  spirit  and  the  urbanity  of  his  man- 
ners made  him  an  universal  favorite ;  and  he  subsequently  became 
distinguished,  as  a  graceful  and  attractive  writer.  1  heard  him  spoken 
of  in  (jermany,  in  terms  of  the  highest  respect  in  regard  to  the  qual- 
ities of  both  his  intellect  and  his  heart.1' 

In  Sparks'  "American  Biography,"  Dr.  Sprague  says  more  fully,  in 
an  account  of  him  prepared  for  that  work:  "I  knew  him  as  a  class- 
mate and  loved  him  as  a  friend  :  and  rarely  has  there  been  known  a 
more  generous  and  noble  nature.  He  had  an  exuberance  of  good 
nature,  which  in  college  made  him  the  favorite  of  all  ;  while  yet,  by 
making  him  tin-  centre  of  too  many  social  circles,  it  operated  unfavorably 
to  his  scholarship,  especially  in  those  departments  which  required  in- 
tense application.  After  he  was  graduated  however,  a  wonderful 
change  came  over  him:  the  gaiety  of  preceding  years  subsided  into  a 
dignified  Christian  cheerfulness  ;  and  his  intellectual  faculties  burst  forth 
into  a  freshness  and  splendor  that  astonished  all  who  had  previously 
known  him.  Happening,  several  years  after  his  return  from  (iermanv, 
to  travel  through  a  part  of  it,  where  he  had  spent  a  portion  of  his  time, 
1  heard  him  spoken  of,  as  having  been  the  favorite  of  all  who  had 
known  him.  ( )ne  especially  of  the  first  scholars  of  the  day  spoke  of 
both  his  head  and  his  heart,  in  a  way  that  would  have  seemed  extra- 
vagant, it'  my  personal  knowledge  had  not  verified  the  statement." 


it  is  rare  that  seven  brothers  sit  together,  without  a  sister,  around 
the  same  table.  The  seven  sons  of  1'rest.  Dwight,  whose  lives  have 
been  here  briefly  sketched,  had  manv  observable  points  of  resemblance 
to  each  other.  They  were  all  large  men,  with  tine  intellectual  coun- 
tenances, and  all,  except  Timothy  and  James,  strongly  marked  with 
Woolsey  characteristics.  They  were  men  of  liberal  culture,  all  of 
tlii-m.  They  all.  but  Timothy  and  .James,  were  college  graduates, 
•lames  took  half  the  college  course  of  study;  and  Timothy,  \\lio  was 
;i  man  of  great,  native  energy  of  mind,  educated  himself,  over  and 
above  hi-,  full  course  of  academic  study,  with  his  father,  in  large  courses 
of  reading  ;md  studv,  through  all  his  subsequent  life  in  standard  lit- 
erature, and  especial  I  v  in  historv,  poetry  and  theology. 

They  \vereall  self  poised  men,  and  thoroughly  individual,  religious 
ami  earnest  in  their  ideas, — standing  up  everywhere  and  alwavs  for 
the  right,  and  never  caring,  for  their  part,  whether  it  was  with  many 


/  li<    J )t  ••«'<  n < 

I'll*  Snu    of  .\  <lf]i(t  IH>  1  J  J  irtifjif,    liotji    (if  J\  oi'llnl  ni~i>1nil , 

or  \\itli  \\-\\-.  They  were  foremost  from  the  first  amoic^  tin-  anti- 
sla\er\  iiirii  ot  ilir  laud,  ;in<l  hated  "  the  peculiar  lust  itut  KHI,  '  us  bein<^ 
pecuharh  \\icked,  while  others  armiiid  them  in  e/ivat  numbers  were 
silent  about  its  blighting  iullui'iicr  upon  e\erv  thini.'  ;_'ood.  and  manv 
ot'  tin1  leaders  in  climvli  and  state  attempted  to  defend  it-  rb_'ht  I"  :i 
prut  raeted.  and  even  protected,  existence,  on  both  legal  and  moral 
grounds.  .Men  of  more  independence  in  their  personal  opinion1-,  on  all 
points  ot  personal  faith  and  dntv.  and  on  the  higher  topic-,  ot'  thought 
familiar  to  c\iltivati'd  minds,  it  \vouid  In-  impossible  to  find  ;  or  those 
of  m ore  tearless  frankness  in  t  heir  manifestation.  \  11  thought  s  of  per- 
sonal po]>ularity,  as  a  trea>nre  \vortli  i,f;uniiiLT  "i1  eo\etinLr.  and  anv 
accompanvJiiL;  suggestions  t)f  the  desirableness,  at  anv  time,  of  policv 
or  ^-i>e  manaL,'einei!t,  <n'  e\cn  tact,  as  a  prol>al>le  or  po>^il.]e  me:in--  of 
promoting  their  o\vn  special  interests,  or  objects  of  de.-ire,  seemed  to 
lie  hal'itnally  and  Totally  al>M-nt  from  their  minds. 

Thev  all  married  late  in  life,  or  remained  unmarried.  Tii-  >e  uhich 
had  families  had  hut  small  ones  ;  or  they  wen,'  earlv  reduccil  l.v  ileath 
To  :i  moderate  number,  except  in  the  tamilv  of  I 'r.  I>enj.  \\  .  l>'.\i^ht. 
All  the  doceiulauts  accordingly  now  (1^7h  of  I 'rot.  l'\\iuiit  and 
his  seven  sons  nuinher.  after  nearly  Inn  years  .since  his  marriage  in 
1777.  hut  11).  of  \\hom  I.')  are  grandchildren,  and  '•'<'*  great -Lfi'and- 
children.  Of  the  grandchildren  In  are  males  and  of  the  gn •at-irrand- 
children,  '.'.  <  >f  the  Avhoh-  numhei-  of  tlescemlants  (l.")i,  L'L'  are  ,[e- 
M-endants  of  T)r.  I'.enj.  \\".  l)\\ight. 

I're.-ident  1  )\vight's  sons  all  married  superior  women all  cul;  i  \  ated, 

religious,  thoughtful  and  earnest  ;  and  their  o\\  n  personal  charactcr- 
i>tic>  have  liccii  very  ohservalily  Mamped  in  the  ditlereni  famili'  -  ujion 
tlieir  olI'-priiiLr. 

liefore  1'ivM.  1  )\\  iu'ht's  day.  the  family,  had  largely  a  le._r;ll  :(]  i;dicial 
st\'le  of  ile\  elopnieiit .  as  \vell  a^  a  poMij\c  mihiarv  histoi-\'.  >;:  ••••  his 
time  its  professional  aspi-cts  ha\'e  heen  al'out  e.|uall\  edm-aiio;  al.  min- 
is! e  rial  and  h-^'al.  \\  it  h  the  except  ion  ot  some  ,  it'  In-,  son--,  ail  of  \\  honi 

were  in  comfortable  circumstances,  the  lamilv  has  1 n  M,-.  .,.,]  j'.ir 

manv  generations  \\~ith  considerable  \\i-ahh.  in  luost  ot'  its  branches  — 
which  i-  indeed  saving  but  little  ot'  any  family  or  iml  i  \  idiial.  unless 
the  further  fact  can  he  truly  added,  that  it  has  been  con-ci.-:,  •  ;.  >i\-i  v 
and  LT'-iieroiisl v  iisi'd  to  promote  the  greatest  and  best  cuds  ot'  human 
life,  \\hile  enjoying  its  privileges. 

|  Si  \  t  h  '  o-nerat  ion.  | 

IIM',.  ii.  Sereiio  |-'.d\\ard.s.  |)\\i'_dit,  .M.I',  (sun  ot'  Major  Tinmthv 
J'v.  iuht  ot'  Northampton  and  .Mary  Kil\\ard.-;,  \>.  I  >ec.  Jo_  17-1!,  ^  as 


Col.  Tinioflnj  D"}i(/Jif, 
Sun  of  Tiinotlnj,  Son  of  John,  botli  of  DtJltam,  llass.  213 

lost  at  sea  off  the  coast  of  Halifax,  X.  S.,  Oct.  10,  1783,  act.  28. 
He  was  a  physician  and  surgeon  in  the  British  army,  lit;  was  gen- 
erally called  ''  the  handsomest  man  in  all  that  handsome  family/'  said 
Madam  Khoda  J) wig] it  of  Northampton  to  the  writer.  He  is  re- 
membered to  have  had  a  remarkably  .strong,  rich  musical  voice. 

He  and  his  brother  Jonathan  went  with  their  father  to  Xatchex,  to 
found  the  proposed  new  colony  there.  In  '"'The  Memoirs  of  (.'apt. 
Matthew  Fhelps,  by  Anthony  Haswell  of  Xe\v  Haven,  "Vt.,""  pub.  at 
Bennington,  N't.,  in  1S02,  an  interesting  account  of  this  expedition 
may  be  found. 

'"  Mr.  Fhelps  sailed  May  1,  177'i,  from  Middletown,  in  a  vessel  com- 
manded by  (Ja.pt.  Eggleston.  There  were  passengers,  Major  Timothy 
Dwight  and  two  sons,  Madam  Lyman  with  her  three  sons  and  two 
daughters,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Smith  from  (4ranville,  with  his  family. 
On  July  .")()th,  they  made  the  mouih  of  the  Mississippi,  whence  they 
proceeded  to  New  Orleans.  Mrs.  Flowers,  one  of  the  party,  d.  about 
Sept.  20th.  of  a  fever.  Tliev  went  up  the  river  in  bo;its.  Major 
Dwight.  Mrs.  Lyman,  Mr.  Smith,  etc.,  passed  them  in  their  boat,  at 
l.'oint  Coupee,  Sept.  <>,  1  77i>.  Mr.  Smith  d.  a  few  days  after  their 
arrival  at  Xatchex.  There  Major  Dwight  and  Mrs.  Lyman  died.  Mr. 
Fhelps  lost  two  of  his  children  bv  sickness  and  his  wife  in  Novem- 
ber, and,  during  the  same  month,  his  two  remaining  children  were 
drowned. 

Mr.  Phelps  made  a  first  voyage  to  Xew  Orleans  in  a  vessel,  that  left 
Stoningron,  Ct.,  Dee.  .'H,  177-');  and  in  the  Gulf  of  Florida  spoke  the 
vessel,  ('apt.  (roodrich  commander,  on  board  of  which  were  (Jvnl. 
Fhinehas  Lyman,  Hugh  NVhite  (afterwards  Judge  NVhite  of  NVhites- 
boro  ,  X  \  .),  Thomas  ^  and  James  L\'inan  from  Durham,  ('t.;  and 
others. 

Fort  .Fen more  near  Natchez,  a  British  fort,  built  for  the  protection 
of  settlers  there,  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  Spaniards  in  Sept.  1771.1. 
Soon  after  its  surrender  ('apt.  Lyman  determined  to  put  the  fort  into 
the  possession  of  the  American  troops  which  lay  a  small  distance  up 
the  river,  as  had  been  arranged  previously  between  them."1  .A  full  ac- 
count is  given  of  the  stratagem,  bv  which  the  proposed  undertaking  was 
successfully  accomplished,  and  of  the  failure  of  the  expected  movement 
into  the  furl  bv  tin-  American  troops.  <  !rid.  Lyman  it  will  lie  remem- 


'I  In   Ih-wf-ndttntH  of 

214          Son  of  Xittlnt n  itl  I )>r it/lit,  liofh  of'  \nrlJm  n/i'foi), 

bered  li:nl  died  in  the  summer  of  177-1  and  Major  l>\\i._'ht  in  tliat  of 
1777.  The  two  sons  of  Major  l>wi^ht.  it  seems  from  ihis  account, 
remained  in  Natchez  some  ',\\  years.  'I'lic  S})iini:irds,  on  tii.din^  tlie 
trick  ih.it  liad  lieen  plavccl  so  successfully  upon  them,  determined  to 
destroy  if  tliev  could  the  little  garrison  of  braves  that  then  h>  Id  it 
'•  for  (  MM!  and  their  native  land."  They  must  now  mak"  their  escape, 
or  he  crushed  and  slain.  Uut  of  the  fort  tliev  retreated  undisc<.\  ercd 
and  joined  the  rest  of  their  friends,  who,  with  such  pn>\  isions  as  they 
could  Leather  together  and  a  few  pack-horses  started.  m>-n.  woinen  and 
children,  for  the  Mastern  seaboard.  On  to  (ieopjia.  throiii;h  a  lonjj; 
trackless  waste  of  forests  haunted  liy  wild  Indian-,  they  mu-t  inarch 
one  and  all  or  perish  by  the  way.  ''Their  little  store  of  pp. \isjons 
was  soon  exhausted,  and  thev  had  to  live  afterwards  on  such  L'ame  as 
tliev  co u Id  shoot  and  on  the  wild  fruits,  herbs  and  root-  of  the  forests. 
So  troublesome,  were  the  Indians  that  thev  n-LTularh  kept  ;,  watch  by 
niidit  for  their  safety.  They  early  lost  their  compass  and  could  direct 
their  <•<  iiirse  only  by  the  liirht  of  the  sun.  They  often  had  t<>  cross  deep 
and  broad  streams,  and  to  construct  floats  for  the  purpo-e  mad>-  of  lo^s 
bound  to^'etlier  with  strong  withes.  They  came  once  to  a  rapid  stream, 
half  a  mile  or  so  across,  which  caused  pvat  dismay  in  the  hearts  of 
them  all.  I!ut  one  of  their  number,  su^estin^  that  soine\\h'  re  on  the 
opposite  side  thev  would  probublv  tind  a  canoe,  proposed,  it'  anv  one 
woidd  accoin|ianv  him,  to  su'im  the  stream  on  horseback,  at.d  ri-k  his 

life    ibr    the    i/eli  era  I      LT"II<1.         \\   he||      no     one    atlSWered     to     Ilie     chaiii'llLTe, 

thoii'_'li  often  repeated,  .Mrs.  Sei-eno  I)wi^ht  said  tha'  slie  would  i"in  in 
tin-  venture.  This  roiis>-.i  her  husband  from  his  torpor  <>f  mind  and 
he  a'_'i'ei'd  to  i;.  >  with  them.  The-,e  three  according  m  iiiiit;n_'  their 
lioi  se-  drove  boldl  v  into  the  >\\  ift  current.  Mi  e  h  n-  1 1,.  \  {',  ,1,1  o  i  hem- 
selves  on  a  tlat  reef'  of  rocks  ulnch  was  scarcely  b  -il\-d  i  to  their 
hor-"-.  Here  thev  raised  a  loud  shout  to  ilr-ir  companions,  a  -hoiit 
of  enci iiii'aL.fcni''ni .  I'ut  on  reaching  the  farther  end  ot'  the  led^e 
they  found  it  suddenly  sheer  and  steep  and  the  \\ai<  r  manv  ta'iioms 
deep.  Mrs.  l>\\i','ht  was  not  lonkm^  foi-ward>  a:  the  time,  but,  on 
h--arinur  the  spla-!i  made  by  the  ho|-se>  with  their  i'io.-ix  b.  f,,re  her, 
she  turned  oid\  to  see  them  both  disappear  entirely  fi-.-m  \  iew.  As 
the\  sunn  reappeared  a'_fain  -afe  and  sound,  she  dunu'  t'.i-i  i  >  the  neck  of 
her  horse  and  f»llowin:r  at't'-r  them  made  a  ilk'  t'l-art'iil  ie.ip  \\:th  theirs 
into  the  \\aier  and  uiih  the  same  safety.  The\  iatid- u  a  httle  \\hile 
afierwai'ds,  iinharni'-d.  u  it  h  their  steed-.,  on  the  oppn-ite  shore.  \fte|- 
much  -earchinu'  the\  f.  mud  an  old  Indian  can-'e  in  \\hich  tl«.  \  i'i'-t;--ht 
o\er.  in  threes  at  a  t.me,  the  uhole  company  dui;ii_'  the  da\." 

(  ',  ]  ea  '    as    Wel'i-    the       a  Ills    that    I  he  V  oil-  ;I|     sllthTed    )  !'•  <Ili    hlinL'1'!1,  L'l'eatej1 


Col.  Ti  motley  Dwight, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolt  n,  both  of  Dedham,  Mass.    215 

still  were  those  from  thirst.  They  went  at  one  time  36  hours  without 
water,  during  which  additional  strain  upon  their  physical  fortitude,  after 
a  long  series  of  severe  trials,  several  of  their  number  died.  On  the 
morning  of  the  second  day,  leaving  Mrs.  1) wight  and  some  others  behind 
them,  they  set  out,  with  what  heart  and  hope  they  could,  in  various 
directions  to  find  water  ;  and  all  came  back  in  the  afternoon,  one  after 
the  other,  despairingly,  with  the  withering  report  that  it  was  nowhere 
to  be  found.  She  now  resolved  to  make  one  last  desperate  search  her- 
self for  water,  and  started  out  telling  them  that,  if  she  failed  as  they  had, 
she  should  still  keep  moving  on  as  long  as  she  could,  and  give  up  only 
when  she  must.  Three  or  four  others  accompanying  her,  they  came  at 
last  after  long  fruitless  searches  elsewhere  to  a  low  spot  between  two 
hills,  where  the  soil  was  spongy  under  their  feet.  "Here,"  said  she, 
"  we  must  find  water  or  die,  and  to  find  it  we  must  do  our  best  at  dig- 
ging." Poor  were  the  tools  that  they  had,  such  as  chance  offered,  but 
well  did  they  use  them,  and  soon  found  signs  of  water  to  a  sufficient 
degree  to  send  back  to  the,  rest  the  news  of  the  great  discovery.  AVhen 
they  arrived,  it  was  necessary  to  use  force  to  restrain  some  of  them 
from  injuring  themselves  seriously  by  a  too  free  use  of  the  new-made 
fountain  of  living  waters  in  the  wilderness. 

Those  who  .survived  the  distresses  of  this  perilous  expedition 
reached  Georgia  at  last,  in  separate  bands  by  different  routes,  weary 
and  worn  and  almost  naked. 

The  subsequent  account  of  this  family  will  show,  that,  in  all  these 
perils  Mrs.  Dwight  had  with  her  a  little  daughter  about  2  years  old. 
For  one  born  in  a  home  so  quiet  and  amid  such  circumstances  of  alHu- 
eneo,  her  life  was  surely  one  full  of  stormy  experiences. 

Being  but  two  years  younger  than  his  brother,  Prest.  Timothy 
Dwight,  Dr.  Sereno  Dwight  was,  while  at  home1,  more  of  a  companion 
for  him  than  any  of  his  other  brothers,  and  as  he  came  to  such  an  un- 
timely end  in  his  early  manhood,  he  seems  ever  to  have  cherished  his 
memorv  with  special  tenderness  of  feeling.  .It  was  after  him  and  his 
baby  brother  Henry  Ivlwin,  that  he  named  two  of  his  own  sons. 

Dr.  Sere.no   E.  Dwight  m.  May  •">,  177"),  Cynthia   Pomeroy,   b.    Dei\ 
7,   I".")-")  (dan.  of  John  .Pomeroy  of  Northampton  and  Hannah  Merrick, 
dau.  of  Thomas   Merrick  of  Springfield   and    Abigail    Brewer,  dau.  of 
llev.  Mr.   Brewer  of  Springfield).      See  further  account  of  her  below. 
|  Seventh  Generation.  |      Children  : 

1'JS.  i.  .Martha  '.Dwight,  b.  at  .Natchez,  Aug.  10,  1777,  m.  Austin 
1  )euison. 

I'.i'.i.  ii.  John  Dwight,  b.  about.  17*0,  d.  Sept.  27,  1.7*3,  at  North- 
ampton, 


Tin-   I  ><*<'<  iitl<l  nix  of 
of  .\  <i/Jt<(  ni<  I  Jtiriilif,  bofli  of  \or/l/ 


In  tlir  recurds  (  IS.").",)  (if  \Voolsey  I'orter,  Ks<|.,of  Nc\v  York  <'itv,  it 
is  stated  that  ''they  had  I  children,  Martha  ami  .John  ami  two 
oth'Ts"  (  niiiiit's  not  given).'  Whatever  (it  her  children  they  had  d.  in 
infanev  and  probably  unnamed. 

I'.'S.  i.  .Martini  Dwigh(,b.  Aug.  K1,  1777,  in.  Sept.  g:>,  ]  7'.»s,  Austin 
Deiii^.m,  1).  in  177-")  (son  of  Xina  Denison  and  Kli/abcth  Austin),  a 
merchant  at  New  Haven,  <'t.,  of  handsome  property.  He  d.  Aug. 
ll'.  IS  ll.'.  act.  .">".  She  d.  at  Wilkeslurre,  Pa.,  Sept.  I'd,  iM't'.,  act. 
•}'.'.  She  was  buried  at  New  Haven. 
|  Se\  enth  (  leiicratinn.  |  <  'hildren  : 

L'lin.  i.  Mary  Kli/abeth  Denison.  li.  Aug.  1,  17!U>,  in.  .Ind^e  Charles 
1>.  Slicemaker,  d.  Dec.  L>,  IS.",:',,  act.  .".4. 

•J(M.  ii.  Maillia  Dwi^ht  Denison,  1».  Maivh  .'11.  lM)S,  m.  (  Jen. 
Klieiie/er  \V.  St  n  rde  va  nt  ,  and  d.  Oct.  L'f).  ISJi',  act,  .".I. 

I'IIL'.    iii.    Jnlianne  henison,  li.  .Inly  ISOiI,  d.    l-'eli.  i1:),  Isn7. 

i'fid.  i.  Mary  Kli/alieth  J)enison,l».  Aug.  1,  1  7i»!>,  m.  Oct.  1,  ISL'."», 
.Ind^e  ('harles  Denison  Shoemaker  of  Kortv  l''ort,  Wyoming  \allev, 
1'a..  li.  .Inly  '.»,  ISIIL'  (son  of  l\lijah  Shoemaker  and  Kli/aheth  .1  lenison, 
dan.  of  <  'i>l.  Nathan  Denison  and  Kli/al>eth  Sill,  dan.  of  .Jabex  Sill), 
U'rad.  at  ^  ale  in  iSiM,  at  first  a  iioiar\p,  at  Lnxerne,  1'a.,  and  after- 
wariU  at  \\  ilkesliarre,  I'a.,  \\phere  he  \\~as  for  nianv  \'ears  jndu'e  of  the 
county  court  and  an  elder  in  the  I'l-olivterian  church,  and  greatly 
respected  and  Ix-lovcd.  She  d.  at  Wilke.sl.ari'e,  Dec.  1',  Is;',.",,  act.  :»1. 

He     111.     fur   a    I'd    wife    \\idn\V    Stella      M.-Nail'nf     NeW    (  >rle;ills,    li\     \\h..  Ill 

h"  had  1  sons.  He  d.  Aim-.  1,  iSiii',  act.  (',().  leavinir  a  large  otate, 
which  had  been  in  the  family  for  a  cent  nry,  at  i  !•'.  >i  ty  T'^rl)  1\  in^^ton, 
m-ar  Wilkesliarre,  •where  his  widow  still  (Ix7-'i)  resides.  [*',,!.  Nathan 
D.'iiis.in  went  tu  the  \\'\'oming  \allev,  in  1  i  ''."',  t'r.  >ni  Stiiniii'_rton, 
<'t..  and  in.  his  \\ife  in  Wilkesliarre.  April  1.  17'i'.1  the  tir-t  wedding 
in  that  \allev.  'riie\-  had  ii  si.n>,  (Ii-nrLfe,  .Inhn  and  l,a/.aniv.  ;uid  t 
d  -i  U'_'li!<Ts,  A  nna,  Sarah,  Mary  and  Kli/abeth.  | 
|  Klidith  (  leliei'at  ion.  1  (  '111  Idren  : 

I'll.",,  i.  Austin  Denison  Shoemaker,  M.D.,  b.  Aug.  1.  IM'''.,  grad. 
at  \  a  !.•  in  1  S  |."),  was  a  ph\  sician  at  \\  ilk.'.-~l.a  rre.  1  'a.  .  i  n  L;'I  «  >d  prad  ice. 
In  |  S.'ill  he  went  In  I  lorn  .In  In.  S.  1.  N".>t  ha  \  ing  I.eeii  lizard  ]'n.m  lnit 
once  >ince  that  lime  (>.  line  ]  (  I  \  ears  a;.1'"  .'  he  ix  supposed  in  lie  dead. 

•JIH.  ii.  Martha  Ann  Sh.  „•  maker,  1..  Dec.  |.\  1  <L'S,  d.  .1  nly  L1,  1>11, 
.;••'.  I."',  at  I  :.  i  h!«  h'  in,  1'a.  ,;il  The  MI.  las  inn  I  loal  dim;  S(-ho.  .1. 


Col.  Timothy 
SOD  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolm,  l>otli  of  Dcdliam,  Mass.    217 

[Elijah  Shoemaker,  father  of  Judge  Charles  D.  Shoemaker  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers  in  Wyoming  Valley.  At  the  time  of  the  Wyoming 
Massacre  Col.  Nathan  Denison,  the  uncle  of  Judge  Shoemaker  was  to- 
gether with  Col.  Zelmlon  Butler  in  command  of  the  little  army  which 
went  out  to  meet  the  Tory  and  Indian  force,  under  Col.  Brant  on  the 
fatal  morning  of  July  3,  1778.  See  Lossing\s  Field  Book,  etc.,  vol.  i. 


[  Seventh  C  enerati  on  .  ] 

201.  ii.  Martha  1)  wight  Denison  (dan.  of  Austin  Denison  of  Xew 
Haven  and  Martha  Dwight),  b.  March  3],  1808,  m.  at  Wilkesbarre  Pa. 
May  1,  1832,  Ceneral  Ebene/er  Warren  Sturdevant,  b.  June  11,  180(5, 
at  Braintrim,  Wyoming  Co.,  .Pa.  (son  of  Samuel  Sturdevaiit  and  Eliza- 
beth Skinnei1,  grad.  at  Union  Coll.,  X.  Y.,  in  1830,  and  practised  law 
at  Wilkesbavre  for  2-">  years  (1832-57).  Since  18.")  7  lie  has  devoted 
himself  to  hi.s  farm  ("  Firwood  ")  near  Wilkesbarre,  his  coal-property 
and  various  nulroad  matters.  She  d.  Oct.  20,  1842,  act.  31.  "She  was 
a  lady  of  very  superior  education  and  fine  accomplishments,  as  honest 
a  Christian  woman  as  ever  lived,  proud  of  the  old  D  wight  name  and 
cherishing  through  life  every  incident  of  the  history  of  the  family,  with 
which  she  was  thoroughly  acquainted."  So  her  husband  describes  her 
to  the  writer. 

Cenl.  E.  W.  Sturdevant  m.  May  12,  1817,  for  2d  wife,  Lucy 
Huston,  dan.  of  Judge  Charles  Huston,  a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  1'a.,  and  has  had  by  this  marriage  1  children:  Charles  Huston;  Mary 
Eli/abeth  ;  Edward  Warner;  and  Lucy  Huston. 

tu  1838  he  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional.  Convention  of  'Penn- 
sylvania. 

They  had  but  one  child: 

20.").  i.  Mary  Elizabeth  Sturdevant,  b.  April  10,  1833,  d.  June  18, 
183(5,  a't.  2}  years. 

[Samuel  Sturdevant,  father  of  Gen.  E.  W.  Sturdevant,  b,  at,  Dan- 
bury,  Ct.,  Sept.  1C5,  1773,  d.  March  1,  1817.  His  wife  Elizabeth 
Skinner,  b.  at  Hebron,  Ct.,  July  1(5,  1773,  d.  Aug.  2(5,  18.33.  His 
fal  her,  Rev.  Samuel  Sturdevant,  a  minister  for  f>0  year-,  sp  -nt  10 
years  and  more  of  his  ministry  in  Braintrim,  Pa.,  and  its  \iemity.  lie 
bought  a  large  farm  there  in  177(5,  on  which  his  son  Samuel  Used  after 
him  and  where  he  died.  His  wife  Elizabeth  Skinner  went  like  him- 
self, when  a  child,  with  her  parents  to  Wyoming  'Valley  to  live 
there.  She  was  when  but  5  vears  old.  with  her  mother  in  Kortv  Fort 


1  IK    1  )<*<'<' n<ni  nt*  of 
lM,S          St>jt  <>f  XdtJuiiitt  I  I>ir!</lif,  onffi  of  XurfJidiiijitoH, 

at  the  linn-  of  tlir  \V\oming  Massacre,  ami  went  on  foot  with  the 
women  ainl  children  sp-iivd  hv  tin'  Inilians  tlivwitjli  tin-  \\ilderiicss 
called  "  The  Shades  of  Death,"  to  the  I  )ela\vare  Kiver,  and  thence  to 
(  'oniiect  lent .  1 


Mrs.  ('ynthia  Dwight,  widow  of  Dr.  Sereiio  Iv  Dwiuht,  m.  June 
•1.  l~S!i,  for  a  iM  husl.and,  John  l.ynian,  b.  Sept.  S,  17.">n  (son  of 
John  Lvnisui  oi'  Northampton  and  Hannah  Strong),  a  deaf-mute  and 
fanner  at  Northampton.  She  d.  within  less  than  a  year  at  the  birth, 
31  ay  l'S,  IT'.'d,  of  a  dan.,  Cvn'hia  Lvman,  who  lived,  while  si*,'  d..  and 
in.,  Nov.  I'll,  iSliii,  'I'itus  Smith  of  (Iranhv,  .Mass.  For  account  ot 
.John  l.ynian,  see  ''  l.vman  Fiiiiiily,"  ]>.  I1"'  1  :  and  of  his  descendants  l>y 
willow  Cynthia  Dwi^ht,  see  Jlist.  of  Strong  Familv  i>v  tie-  a:i;lioi-, 
vol.  ii.  >.  1  L_'7S. 


[  Sixth  ( ieneration. ] 

'107.  iii.  Krastus  Dwight  (son  of  Major  Timothy  1  hviirhi  of  Nortli- 
ainpton,  and  .Mary  Kdwanls),  li.  Sept.  1'5,  17")'i,  d.  unmarried,  act.  »'>.">, 
Fell.  11,  l^l'l.  He  was  in  the  sophomore  year  (1777)  at  Yale  when 
the  war  and  the  absence  of  both  of  his  brothers  from  home.  Inside  i],ar 
still  more  of  his  father,  compelled  him  to  leave  New  lla\en  and  all 
further  studv  at  college  for  Nortliampton.  lie  was  stroii^]\  l!riti>h 
in  his  feeling*,  and  ''got  mad."  it  was  said,  ''at  the  rime  of  ih>-  revo- 
lution,  and  ne\cr  i_'ot  over  it.''  !!••  was  in  the  hay-ti'-ld  at  uork  ulp'n 
the  news  of  his  father's  death  reached  tip-  family.  (  »n  heaiini:  ii.he 
threw  n  1 1  his  pit  el  i  fork  into  the  air  and  said  :  "Then  are  we  all  d'-ad  !  " 
Sad  indee.l  wa.->  tin-  u  reek  of  the  fort  u  no,  of  th'1  famih  and  •>!'  t  ]:••  edu- 
cational privileges  of  all  I  he  younger  sons,  \\hieh  this  event  ocea--ioned. 

1  Vim;  .-i i --pee ted  of  "  giving  aid  and  comfort  '  on  our  oeca-ii  >n  to  i  he 
cnenis.  he  \\  as  unfeelinglv  thrust  into  pri>on,  and  his  ^'uard,  mi-  '-ral  >le 
brute  thai  IP-  was.  shot  at  him  full  in  the  face,  alt hoiiL,'h  not  hin  inU'  him, 
as  he  >tood  iMi-ele»ly  at  his  latticed  window,  re^aliir^  him-i'lf  uii'n  the 
fre^h  air  and  the  .-,1111  shine  of  t  he  outer  world.  lie  was  a  man  of  >;  niti^ 
impul-"s;  and  this  outrage  so  territied  and  exasperated  him.  in  addi- 
tion to  his  ki'i-n  sense  of  the  rank  injustice  .lone  him  ai.d  !,is  i'amilv 
in  his  hurried  arrest  and  imprisonim-nt ,  that  \\<-  lost  ihe  balance  of 
his  mind  and  never  reco\ered  it  au'ain.  h'oi'  II  years  (1777-1^1*1) 
In-  li\i'd  intiri'U  b\  himsi'lf  in  the  hou>e  <,\'  },\-,  grandfather,  ('.>!. 
Timotiix  D\\i'_'ht,  since  demolished.  !!<•  \\"Ui  I'n-,  l\  to  ami  fro  to  his 
mot  1,.  i  V  house  while  she  li  veil  (  1  Sl»7  ),  and  wit  li  t  he  most  tender  and 
\velcome  >\  mpat  h  v  e.xtL'iidi  d  al\\a\s  to  him  l>v  ail  its  inmates  Me 


Col.  Timofliy 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolt  n,  loth  ofDedham,  3'fciss.    219 

came  regularly  each  night  thither  for  his  food  after  the  family  had  re- 
tired to  rest — an  outer  door  being  purposely  left  unlocked  and  a  careful 
provision  for  his  wants  being  made  always  in  readiness  for  him  on  the 
table.  After  his  mother's  decease  he  resorted  with  like  regularity 
every  day  to  his  brother  Cecil's  house  and  found  there  (1807-21)  a 
similar  remembrance  always  of  his  necessities. 

He  was  tall  and  dignified,  but  very  careless  about  his  personal  ap- 
pearance, lie  wore  in  the  winter  a  sash  about  his  waist.  He  would 
often  stand  still  and  look  off  for  an  hour  at  a  time  into  blank  space. 
He  was  inoffensive  and  kind  in  his  disposition,  and  even  affectionate. 
He  was  also  quite  conversational  in  his  habits  and  never  trilled  in  his 
speech,  but  was  always  grave  and  sensible  in  his  remarks,  and  spoke  in 
a  very  finished,  formal  style  of  utterance,  and  with  the  preciseness  of 
expression  that  marks  a  well-written  book.  He  never  went  to  church. 
The  family  ah\ays  treated  him  with  as  much  respect  as  any  of  the 
other  brothers.  He  d.  unexpectedly  to  his  friends  and  alone  by  him- 
self, as  he  had  lived,  being  found  dead  in  his  bed. 

[Sixth  <  leneration.] 

10S.  iv.  Jonathan  Edwards  Dwight  (son  of  Major  Timothy  Dwight 
and  Mary  Edwards),  b.  Jan.  29,  1759,  was  one  of  that  adventurous 
partv  that  escaped  from  Natchez  to  Georgia  witli  Mrs.  Cynthia  Dwight, 
having  previously  encountered  many  severe  trials  under  which  not  a 
few  of  the  strongest  of  their  associates  soon  lost  their  lives.  He  was 
quite  too  young  to  be  exposed  to  such  unforeseen  experiences,  being 
but  17  years  of  age  when  first  in  177*)  entering  upon  them. 

Hem.  Aug.  1,  1782,  Miriam  Wright  of  Northampton,  b.  Oct.  29, 
17-">7  (dau.  of  Aaron  Wright  and  Miriam  Edwards),  lie  \\asaman 
of  respectable  talents,  and  kept  for  several  years  a  public  house  in 
Canajoharie,  N.  V. ,  where;  he  d.  about  1800,  "a  man  of  unblemished 
reputation."  Bin;  is  remembered  to  have  been,  when  an  old  lady,  ex- 
ceedingly genteel.  Gentility  was,  in  fact,  the  pride  of  herself  and  of 
her  father's  house.  "She  was  an  excellent  Christian  ladv  and  retained 
her  powers  of  mind  to  the  end."  She  d.  in  Xew  York,  at  the  house  of 
her  son  .1.  A.  Dwight,  then  residing  there,  in  1827-8. 
|  Seventh  Generation.]  Children  : 

L'Ot).  i.  William  Kdwards  I  > wight,  b.  in  1.781,  d.  at  Montreal,  Can- 
ada, in  1>S29,  aet.  f>."),  unmarried  and  unfortunate  in  his  history. 

207.  ii.  .lames  Adams  Dwight,  b.  at  Northampton,  .Mass.,  July  11, 
17811,  d.  . I  une  :•',(),  lSf>0}  aet.  (14. 

In  the  Northampton  Records  it  is  stated  that  a  child  of  Jonathan 
Dwighi,  d,  \ug.  I,  178:i.  and  one  also  Mav  17,  1790.  What  names 


1  IK      I  )<*<•<  IK/ll  llf*    Of 

'2'JO  S»n   <>t'  \<itli<iit/<  /  Ihr'nflif.  AY////   (if  Xdi'tliitlnjifo)), 

thcv  had  ur  \\lien  tlit'v  were  liorn,  tip-  author  li.-is  nut  Keen  aMe  \» 
til i,  I,  or  of  u  hat  aL,'e  t  lirv  \vnv  at  tip-  t  inn1  of  I  In -ir  <li-:it  li. 

lie  proIiaMv,  while  IniiiLC  at  Nortli;i]ii|tt(in,  worked  ilie  patrimonial 
farm  aii<l  li\cd  at  his  mother's.  She  never  seemed  to  oli|.-ct  to  a  lai'^e 
household. 

|  Aaron  \Vri-ht.  father  of  M  .  >,  Miriam  l>wighl,l».  May  7.  I  7  1 -\ 
who  d.  March  L'.'i,  1  7'.1 1 ,  aet.  7-\  was  tlie  son  of  Joseph  \Y  ri<_di  i ,  .1  r..  a  nd 
Until  I  lannnni.  wlio  were  in.  .1  an.  'J7,  17(il.  Miriam  Kdward-?  7iiother 
of  M  IN.  Miriam  I  >\\  iu'ht ,  was  1>.  Mav  1,  I  71^. and  was  t  \\<-  dan.  of  Sam- 
uel K  Iwards.  Jr.,  of  Northampton,  and  Sarah  I'oinerov  of  (  'olehest  er. 
Ct.  She  d.  .March  1  1,  17'.'7.  act.  7'.'.  ] 

L'<>7.  ii.  .lames  Adams  Dwi<_dif  (son  of  Jonathan  Ivlward-  l>wi;_dit 
an,!  Mi.iam  Wright).  1..  July  11,  17^''..  in.  April  L'7.  1  -  1 1'.  I'hel.e 
\Vorih  (lelstouof  lliid>on,  N.  V.,  I..  June  '.i,  I  7'.1!1  (dan.  of  Cotton 
(Iflstoii  and  Anna  l^olijcr),  a  !adv  of  miidi  he.uttv  in  IPT  |irinie.  She 
d.  at  Detroit,  April  1  1,  |S71,  not.  7(.». 

lie  was  a  wat  ch  maker  and  jowrllfr  in  .Mont  real,  <  'an-tda,  f  >r  ip-arlv  t1 1 
year.-  (  1  ^i  I'.l-  H*  i,  having  sp-nt  a  year  and  a  half  of  the  time  (  1  ^L".1-.")1  >) 
in  New  York  with  the  idea  of  establishing  himself  there,  \\lii.-h,  how- 
ever, he  soon  reiiiKpiislieil.  [u  ]  s  p.t  ],,.  \\-eiii  to  California  to  pursue 
his  hu  si  i  less  there,  and  d.  at  Sacnimento,  June  .'in,  1  *On.  aet.  'i  I.  "  1  !•• 
wa>  a  man  of  intelligence,  \'er\'  fonil  of  hooks  and  vcrv  a^iveaMe.  He 
was  tali,  of  dark  hair  and  eyes  and  of  a  commanding  appearance." 
[  Kiuht  h  <  leneration.  |  <  'hildreii  : 

L'HS.  i.  |;,.\.  Samuel  (lelston  hwi^ht.  li.  Jan.  IS  1  ^  1  .">.  In-canie 
at  tir-i  a  -ail  or  and  was  for  a  lime  (  1  x  1  1  -- )  a  inen-'uant  in  M  oiiile. 
Ala.  He  afterwards  \\ent  to  the  I'nion  The,,!.  Sein.,  N.  N.,  for  .". 
years  (  lvl  1  17),  and  was  ordained  a  l'ivsl>.  mini^t'-r  and  \\ent  as  a 
mi-si.. nary  of  the  A.  I'..  < '.  F.  M.  in  I  M -•  to  Molokai.  Sandwich 
Islands,  where  hi'  has  sim-e  re-idi'il.  Hede\oied  him-eif  at  tir-t  to 
teaching  espeeialK',  tor  some  years  hi-  pupil-  !"-m_;  \\holl\  i,r  !aixrel\'. 
as  it  i-  undei-stoo(l,  t'-male-.  He  m.  alioiii  |>.~>."i  I  a  eultixateil  native 
\\onriii.  Anna  Mahar  of  Molnkai.  It  was  not  in  eon-.-,  |  ii.-nee  deemed 

ll-->iral,le      l,\      the     Mission      or    (he     I'.c.ard     that     lie    shoilld    CM,,-  i  n,;,.    t,,    l,,,ld 

the  same  furmal  roinieetion  uiih  them  as  liefore,  and  ii-  withdrew  fiom 
ihc-m  to  hi-  o\vn  separate  plans  and  nie-in-  ot  usetp.lne-,.  and  s'-li'-siip- 
port  unh  their  personal  respect,  a-  the  author  i-  informed,  f'>r  hi- 
character  and  coniluct  in  the  case.  ||e  r-  no\\  (  !^7.">i  carrxini;  "ii  a 
dair\-t'a|-m  at  I'ukoo,  Molokai.  lla\\aian  l-lan<i-.  The  ant  hor  -oii^ht 
i.\  direct  eon-esjioiide]|i-..-  to  le:ini  the  Hume.-,  of  his  children,  and  lias 


Col  Timothy  D 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJolm,  loth  of  DedJiam,  Jfas*.    221 

at  last  obtained  them  through  his  friends  at  Detroit,  who  have  recently 
ascertained  them  for  themselves.  They  came  to  hand  too  late  for 
enumeration  in  their  proper  place.  They  are  as  follows  : 

1.   .James  Adams  D  wight,  b.  Feb.  !•">,  18fK>,  a  sailor  on  the  U.  S. 
frigate  Xarragansett  (]S73). 

***     2.    .Samuel  Castle  .Dwight,  b.  .June  "27,  ISoG. 

***     3.    Juliette  C.  J)\vight,  b.  Oct.  30,  is:>7. 

***     4.    Charles  Bishop  Dwight,  b.  Oet,  3(1,  185U. 

200.   ii.    Charles   Dwight,  b.  July  ]SK5,  d.  Feb.  22,  1819. 

210.  iii.   Eli/abeth  Edwards  Dwight,  b.  Nov.    11),  1S17,  m.  Fi-ederic 
M.  Sunnier. 

211.  iv.     Sarah   Ann    Dwight,    b.    Dec.  17,    18  ID,    m.    llawson    It. 
Perkins. 

212.  v.   Tliebe   Gelston    Dwight,  b.  Oct.    If),  1823,  m.  George  Foote 
of  .Detroit,  d.  Jan.  13,  ]sr>8. 

213.  vi.   James  Adams  Dwight,  b.  Sept  21,  182."). 

214.  vii.   Jane  Allyn  Dwight,  b.  Sept.   1S31,  d.  Aug.  1832. 

21").  viii.  Miriam  Dwight,  b.  at  Montreal,  May  I'.l,  1N33,  m.  April 
30,  lS."t8}  Theodore  Bury  of  (.! rosso  .Isle,  Mich.,  but  now  of  Cleveland, 
O.,  employed  as  teller  in  a  savings  bank.  lie  is  son  of  llev.  liichard 
Jjiiry  (Episcopal)  and  Melissa,  his  wife.  Xo  children. 


210.  iii,  Klizabeth  Kd wards  Dwight,  b.  at  Montreal,  Xov.  1'.),  ]S17, 
m.  Xov.  14.  lS.'5i),  Frederic  Melvin  Sunnier,  1).  at  Brighton,  Mass.,  Xov. 
22,  1 S 1  1  (son  of  Samuel  Sunnier,  merchant,  of  Boston,  and  Martha 
Saunders  Barrett,  dau.  of  Judge-  Samuel  l>arrett  of  Boston),  a  merchant 
at  .Detroit,  .Mich. 

[Xinth  Generation.       Children: 

2  hi.  i.  Frederic  Melvin  Sunnier,  b.  at  Bekin,  111.,  May  17,  1S3S, 
d.  at  Montreal.  March  4,  1S.VJ. 

217.  ii.  Samuel  Henry  Sunnier,  b.  at  Montreal,  July  '111,  1812,  en- 
listed a.s  a  private  in  the  14th  Regt.  Mich.  \'et.  Vol.  tniantiy,  became 
liosjiital  steward  of  the  Regt.  and  followed  Ccnl.  Sherman  in  his 
grand  march  to  the  sea.  .He  is  now  (  LS73)  a  clerk  in  Detroit. 

2lN.  iii.  James  I.)wight  Sunnier,  b.  at  Detroit,  Oct.  1  •">,  181-7,  is  a 
merchant  there. 

2  li'.  iv.  William  A  1  ford  Sunnier,  b.  there  Feb.  1,  |S.">2,  is  a  clerk  at 
1  >etroit. 

22'l.    v.     George  Foote  Sunnier,  b.  there  Jan.   Jd,   1^-31,  is  a  clerk. 


Til/'  Deuce  mhititx  of 
*2'2'1         Xnii  of  \iitli (iiii'l  /tiriijht,  l>ofh  of  ^\t>rf]i<tinj>ton, 

|  Kiirht  li  <  'enerat  ion.  | 

I'll.  iv.  Saiah  Ann  I  >s\  i.u'hi,  1>.  at.  Montreal,  Dec.  17,  1*1'.',  m.  July 
L'l',  [S|n,  Uaxx-son  Mill, ,11  Perkins,  I.,  at  \Vhedock.  S't..  Jnlx  17.  1M1, 
and  <l.  ai  P-alon  Police,  I, a.,  Nov.  S?  Is.'il.  He  \\asa  merchant  at 
Montreal.  Shr  is  no\v  (1S7.">)  principal  of  '•  'I'll''  Dntlie'd  I'nion 

School  "    of    Detroit. 

(Ninth  (  irncrat  ion.  ]      Children  : 

1'L'l.  i.  \Villiant  Henry  Perkins,  b.  at  Montreal,  May  I",  IM1. 
Hexvas  Lieut,  and  afterwards  ( 'apt.,  in  the  latr  \var,  in  the  Kir>i  Midi. 
( 'avalrv,  and  XTN cil  tor  .'5  vrars.  I  !r  is  a  bixikkccpcr  in  I  )t-t  i-o;  i  >  1  >(.">.) 
II.-  in.  May  in,  [S7<>,  Annie  M.  Walker,  of  Detroit.  Had  one  child: 

***  I.  \\'iliiani  Henry  Perkins,!).  I''el>.  i'ii,  1^71'.  :;t  I  ><-t  i  oil,  d.  at 
H..yal  «  >ak.  Mid...  April  L'i,  1*7:.'. 

L'L'L'.  ii.  Miriam  Anna  Perkins,  1».  at  J'.nllalo,  N.  Y..  N.  >\ .  _."\  \^\->. 
d.  at  Montreal.  .March  ."><>,  1*17. 

I'l'.').    iii.    Kawsuu  C'lifluu  Perkins,  b.  at  Uoston,  Mass.,  A  HL:.  I'1-  I'^l^. 

d.   there    Dec.    IS,    IS  IS. 

L'l!l.  i\.  Louisa  \Vhitcomb  Perkins,  b.  there  .JuiH1  l'7,  lv-'ii,  is  a 
teacher  iiov/  (Is7.">)in  u  The  ( 'ass  I 'nion  School  "  at  Detroit. 

L'L'."'.  v.  1'iielie  D\vidit  Perkins,  1).  at  Boston,  Sept.  |-_'%  1  >.''!',  is  a 
teaclicr  (  I  S7.'5j  in  ''The  Dnllield  I'nion  School  "  at  Detroit. 

[  Ki'Jii  h  (  lenerat  ion.  ] 

I'll'.  \.  Phel.e  Celston  Dwi-rlit  Alan,  of  James  A.  D\viJ  ;,d  Pliel.c 
\V.  C  .•!-'»:: .,  '  .  <  »ct.  1">,  ISL':',,  at  .Montreal,  in.  . I  nl_\  :'.  1.  i-il.  Cem-p- 

Fo( t'    Dctioit,  1).    May    1,    ISlS  (sou  of  Judu'e  Alvan     K.  .<  f    I'.iii'- 

lin^ton,  \'t.,  and  Pri^'iihi  Itice).  She  d.  at  Detroit.  Jan.  1:'.,  1  >">S. 
There  all  hei-  children  were  l)orn.  I  lei-,  a  leadinir  v>  IIM!I  -ai"  grocer 
there.  I  le  m.  for  a  I'd  wife  Kllen  L.  llun^erfor.l  of  \\ -,  lie,  <'t. 

[  N  i  m  h  ( lenerat  ion.  ]      ( 'hildren  : 

L'Jil.  i.  Helen  Kli/.al«'tli  I-'ooie.  1,.  May  I.  I>C..  n,.  .lui..-  .">.  IS. 17, 
Cenr-e  Alindiam  Stanley,  l>.  in  Wallin^fi.rd,  <(:..  (L-;.  I ."..  1  >  1  S}  ;i 
merchant  in  <'le\eland,  ' '.  '1  he\  have  had  <,i,e  i-hiid. 

:    i .    <  'e.  j  !•_:  •!•'.><  >t"  Stan  lev,  li.   A  pril  L".1.   I  V7".  d.    N  >\ .  7.   I  X7.'>. 
•1-11.    ii.    lloiac..  Looinis  l-'oote,  I,.  N,,v.  '1.   1-  I1.',  d.  I',  i     >.   i-:ni. 
L'L'>.  iii.  ( ie  ,!•-.•  Ai\an  l-'oo ie,  i,.  April  i  i.'.  I -."•!.  d.  M..\    !•:,  I -:•:'.. 

L'L".'.     iv.     Marx     D\si-iit      Koole,    IP.     April     h'.,    l>."i:'..    In.     .'  i.    l--7.">. 

<  "nai'l"-.  A  '.!'•: i    M  arx  in.  li.  iii    I  *  I  I ,  a  merchant   in    I  !•.  ii' • '       \  .    Y. 
L'.".<>.     \.    I  'ai-ii'.in-'  San  •_"•!'    l-'unle,  li.    l-'di.     I  .">.    I  ^.'n'i. 

•_':;i.   \i.  Jan,'   Mix  n  r.jote.  I,.  N.JX.  s,  i-/i7. 


Col  Timotliy  Dwiylit, 
Son  of  Thnofluj,  Son  of  Jolin,  loth  of  Dedharn,  Mass.    223 

[  High tli  Generation.] 

213.  vi.  James  Adams  Dwight,  Jr.,  b.  at  Montreal,  Sept.  21,  1825, 
m.  Mary  "Wet  more  Hal  soy  (dau.  of  Antliony  Tost  Halsey,  Prest.  of 
"  The  iJank  of  New  York  "  and  Irene  Winnifred  Wetraore). 


He  m.  iu  IS.").")  Sarah  J.  Halstead  (dau.  of  'M.  O.  Halstead  of  Orange, 
N.  J.),  a  jeweller  for  some  years  at  New  York  :  lie  resided  for  several 
years  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.  He  was  quarter-master  of  the  2()th  Mich., 
Infantry  in  the  late  war,  and  afterwards  provost-marshal  in  the  district 
where  he  resided.  He  is  now  a  travelling  agent  and  his  home  is  at 
Rockford,  111.,  where  his  wife  has  recently  died — Nov.  7,  1873. 
[Ninth  Generation.]  Children: 

J>>/  jirst  wife  : 

232.  i.   Irene  \Vetmore  Dwight. 

J>>/  8cc(»t<l  ir'ife  : 

233.  ii.   Sarah.  Perkins  J) wight,  b.  at  Joliet,  Til.,  Jan.   17,  1807. 
231.   iii.   Ogden  Halstead  l)\vight,  b.  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  April   29, 

1808. 

230.   iv.    I'lnos  Halstead  Dwight,  b.  at  Ypsilanti,  June  1801. 

[  Sixth  ( (eneratioii.] 

101).  v.  Sarah  Dwight  (dau.  of  Major  Timothy  Dwight  of  North- 
ampton and  Mary  Edwards),  b.  May  3,  17<»l,m.  Sept.  2,  1 .791.1,  Nathan 
Stovrs,  She  (1.  .March  7,  18(10,  wit.hout  issue,  and  IK;  in.  for  a  2d  wife, 
in  1SOS,  Esther  Hunt,  bapt,  April.  (J,  1780  (dau.  of  Jared  Hunt  and 
Aseuath  Clark).  He  was  a  watchmaker  at  Northampton,  and  d.  there 
July  31,  18311,  aet  71.  Said  Madam  lihoda  Dwight  of  Northampton 
to  me  of  .her,  when  herself  SO  years  of  age  and  in  the  full  possession  of 
her  verv  superior  faculties:  "  She  was  remarkable  for  her  grace  and  a 
gentleness  of  character  peculiarly  her  own  ;  it  was  a  combination  of  all 
that  was  genial,  lovely  and  strong-minded,  with  a  high  personal  devo- 
tion to  home  duties.  Slit;  was  the  verv  centre  of  the  large  family  of 
the  old  Dwight  homestead  and  a  daughter  unsurpassed  in  devotion  to 
her  mother  in  her  old  age,  as  well  as  to  the  interests  of  the  whole  fam- 
ily. Shi.-  was  of  a  verv  commanding  personal  appearance,  and  i.ad  re- 
markably  beautiful  eves.  Jler  whole  aspect  and  attitude  ami  very  step 
would  short'  her  to  anv  OIK;  to  l»e  a  superior  woman."  This  account 
ot  her  I  tool:  down  care-full  v  from  the  lips  of  Madam  Dwight,  as  she 
gave  it  to  me  in  ordinary  conversation,  and  it  is  a,  fair  example  nf  her 
line  powers  of  expression  on  any  and  every  subject  that  she  handled. 
She  \\us  a  granddaughter  of  1'rest.  Edwards,  and  ipiite  worthy  in  power 


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L'l'4          Xnit  "t'  .\  iitlnintil  Ihrjiltt,  ///////  »f  .\  <n-tl 


nf    tlli>U._'llt      and     lanu'UaLT 
lli'l'   lle.-ecnt. 

A  sniim_r  llriti.-li  otlirer  stationed  \\\  \i>rthainpton  \\a-  \>-v\  much  at- 
t  rad.  1  1  l.\  the  charm-  i  it'  Sarah  1  >  wiirht  ,  and  a  ft  IT  lea\  in-  tin-  town  ad- 
div--ed  a  Idler  tn  her  liv  mail.  A.-  the  leiier  e\identlv  came  tV.'iii  a 
liritish  snnrce,  the  town  authorities  sei/.eil  it  and  read  i!  puldiclv  in 
town-meeting—  so  jealous  \VIT<-  they  and  hateful  in  their  t'ei_-lin_'>  to- 
\safds  her  inotlitT.  It  pfnved  to  lie  onlv  an  exjiro^ion  ot'lu^  ^faietiil 
reinenilirance  nt'  the  [lolitcin'.s.s  shown  him  at  all  time.-;  l>v  hrrselt'  and 
family. 

HIT  epitaph  is  as  t'olli  i\vs,  and  it  is  l»elie\  ed  to  liave  Keen  \viit  t-n  liv 
lier  lirother,  IVesl.  I  )svij,'ht  : 

••  Bum   May  :!.  l?iil  :   ,lie,l  M,-uvh  ~.  \sOrt.  ;ict.  41. 

A^  a  rliilil.  shu  \vas  the  tleli-ht  nt'  II-T  fatin-r, 

Ainl  the  stall'  of  her  nmther's  ileelining  years. 

As  a  .-ister.  wife,  t'rieinl  ami  m.-iylibur 

Shu  was  eminently  V-lovuil. 

I  [ei-  mind  was  intelligent  and  ri:tined, 

Her  disquisition  kind  and  sincere-. 

Her  life  \s'as  exemplary  and  luvely. 

And  hur  death  full  e-f  serenity,  peace  and  hope." 

[  Sixth  (  lenerat  ion.  ] 

ll'i.  vi.  .Mary  ("  I'lilly")  l>wijjii  (dau.  of  .Majm-  'I'innithy  hv.  i^ht 
of  Nnrthampti  m  and  Marv  IvlwanU).  \>.  .Ian.  '.i.  17'i."i.  in.  in  17V|>  Ma- 
jnrlien.  |.e\\i>  (  Uichard)  .MiTri^.  \>.  Nov.  L.',  171''11  (s.m  nf  Ui.-iiard 
Morris  ainl  Sarah  Ludluw,  dan.  ot  llai'r\'  Lndln\\  and  .M.ir\  I'-'i^'i'). 
lie  d.  in  1  >L'.">,  at  Sprin^'tieid,  \'  t  .  II.-  deserted  her  .shortly  aft.  ,  i  h.-ir 
inarria::11.  ^i"'  in.  fi  ir  a  "_'d  hnsliand  \\illiain  1  1  a  i  1  nt'  I  >n  I  >,  \\ln-i  —he 
d.  (  plaee  nnk  m  AS  in  in  1  >  1  .'I  -  1  1  ,  \\  hi-n  al  n  Mil  .'i  i  \  ears  of  a^e.  N,  ,  i>--nt' 
l.\-  the  I'd  marriap-.  She  was  a  small  woman  like  her  mother,  and  re- 
.seinliled  her  in  appearance,  ha\  111^  sinnlarl  \  keen  pi'-rcm_r  lilack  e\e^. 

|  Se\  eni  h    (  iciicrati'  MI.  | 

H.'i  jir.-l  iinirriii'j'  : 

L'."I''I.  i.  Lmiisa  .Maria  M'>rrU.  K.  April  1  ."«.  17V7.  m.  iVn.  !'-_  1^07 
Col.  .Inh  1  1  Starke  lvl\\  "ard-,  1>.  A  u_'.  L';'..  1777  (-mi  nf  I'ierpniti  1'iduards 
id'N'eu  Haven,  Ct  .,  ami  Kranees  <  ':_'den.  l'ierp«nt  Kd\\ard-  \\;,-  the 
son  nt'  I're-ident  |-Msvanl>  ot  Northainpti  m  ).  I  '.urn  -non  after  ihe  hat- 
tie  nf  I  '.enniii_'tnn.  \  '  t  ..  the  name  nf  it-  ln-ro  wa>  ui\  en  in  him.  I  !••  was 
•_frad.  at  I'rinc.-lun  in  17'."'.  .-tndied  la\\  at  Liti-hlie'al,  Ct.,  and  went  in 
i  »hin  in  I  7'.1'.1  and  seuk'<l  in  'l'rninl>ull  (-'u.  as  a  lawyer,  and  \s  a-  Imth 


Col.  Timotluj  Dwifjlit, 
Son  of  Tuiioth  ij.  Son  of  John,  l><Ah  of  I)Gdli(.un,  JLTctss.   -'23 

useful  and  popular.  lie  was  a  colonel  of  militia  and  was  elected  a 
member  of  Congress,  the  tirst  one  from  his  district,  but  died  before 
taking  his  seat  and  oath  as  such,  in  Iluron,  O..  Feb.  '2'2,  1S13,  aet.  3-"). 

"  She  was  a  woman  of  superior  intellect,  pleasing  manners, extensive 
information  and  n'reat  conversational  powers — much  beloved  bv  those 
intimately  acquainted  with  her  and  greatlv  respected  by  all."  She  m. 
in  IS!  1-  for  a  1.M  husband  Major  Robert  Montgomery  of  Coitsville,  O., 
b.  April  fi.  177.">  (son  of  Oen.  \\"illiam  Montgomery  of  Danville,  Pa. 
lie  was  of  Scotch-  i  rish  descent  and  was  a  colonel  in  the  revolutionary 
armv.  lie  was  a  niembei'  of  Congress  when  it  sat  in  Philadelphia  and 
"a  lirm,  sagacious  and  wise  man").  lie  moved  in  lS(lii-7  into  Ohio 
and  established  a  furnace  in  Poland.  O.,  the  lirst  in  that  region. 
The  war  of  1 S  [ ;_>  broke  up  his  business  and  he  removed  in  lS](ito 
5iTouni;'stown,  O..  where  he  becamea  farmer,  and  d.  Jan.  31,  1S.">S.  She 
d.  at  Toil ng.Vi own.  Dec,  i' I .  lM>i>,aet.  7'.'.  She  was  a  devoted  follower 
of  Christ  and  d.  as  she  lived,  trusting  in  his  merit.-!  and  desirous  when 
deal  h  came  to  go  and  be  forever  with  her  Lord.  '•  She  was  a  mother  in 
Israel  indeed,  and  known  Jar  and  wide  for  her  manv  personal  excellen- 
cies."' 

[  Kightli    Generation.]      Children: 

I!;/ jirxi  intii-riftf/e: 
:     i.     Pierponr   Ivdwards,  b.  about    1SOS.  d.  July  '2~>,  IS  LI. 

L':57.    ii.    Lewis  M.  Kdwards,  b.  about  Jsld,  d.  June  l'S,  Is  I  1. 

L'ijS.    iii.    \\~iiiiam  Johnson   Ldwards.  b.  Dec.  20,  lSll,at  Warren,  ( ). 
.Hi/  xt'coiul  marriacje; 

L':')!).  iv.  Hon.  ^Robert  Morris  Montgomery,  b.  Oct.  '2l>,  1ST),  at 
Poland,  i  >. 

L.M').  v.  ( 'aroline  Sarah  Montgomery,  b.  Oct.  -1,  IS']  7,  m.  Dr.  Moses 
(i.  I  la:d(  tine. 

I'll.  vi.  Mllen  Louisa  Mont  gomery,  b.  Xov.  •"),  IS  19,  in.  Samuel  I  line, 
d.  May  IS,  18(5 j. 

•2?,$.   iii.    \\"illiam  Johnson    Edwards,   b.     Dec.  iy>,    1811,   m.  Oct.  2, 

IS.",'.',  Marv  Manniiig,  b.  July  1,  1SI7  (dan.  of  Dr.  Henry  .Manning  of 
Youim'stown  and  Lucretia  Ivirtland,  dan.  of  Jared  k  irt  land  of  \\  ailing- 
ford.  < 't..  and  Lois  Vide),  si  fanner  at  1'oung.stown,  O.  To  him  is  due 
the  history  here  given  of  his  mother's  descendants,  lie  has  had  one  child. 
I'll'.  1.  Louisa  Maria  Edwards,  b.  March  L'7,  1S.VJ. 

!':'>. i.  iv.  Hon.  Robert  Morris  Moutgoinpry,  b.  Oct.  I'd,  l>i:i,  m. 
Sepi.  1  •">,  !s.">7  .Nancv  Higgins  \\"olcott,  b.  at  Karmingtuii,  <>., 
April  '['•'>,  1M7  (dau.  of  Lewi?,  \Volcotl  and  Mary  Iliggins^j  a  farmer 
at  Voun^town,  was  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature. 

15 


7  In     1)>  xi'i  lnl<l tit*  <>f 
•JlV)  N, ///    nl'  \i!/h<lni'l    I >iri<!Jit,   1'iif!.'   nf  \nfflt<tin]>f<>11, 

[  Ninth  >  leii'Tat  i>  >n.  ]      <  'ii iMn -\\  : 
L'  I  .">.     i.      I  ,  'W1S    \Volc.it  I      M  •  Hi'  .v  '  II  T\  ,   ''.      N   is".      •">,    1   -:i  -.   ;i     i':tl 'lii'-r    at 

YoUli'J^t  '  'u  !l.      (>-,      HI.      tlniie       l'V7l!,     I'elhl     <   '.      ('lllil.l-iMI      Illall.      I'f    .l.i-.-jih 

(  'u l.lii^.ii i  ;(iicl    Ma  rv  (  'a n i ]ili  "II  ).       Thev   h:i\  >•  one  child  : 

::    I.    (Jennie    MOTH-  M  'iitifi, mi-TV,  1..   Man-h  L'".   1-7.". 
I'll.    ii.    Mai-y  CoTTey   Muni^Miii'-i-y,    !•.    Nov.    L'".    !>!:'..   1:1.     I  >-•••.    !>, 

JSi'iS,  'rili-rtili  .McKillli-y,  1).  l-'cl..  '.',  ISil'.l  (sun  ni'  Nalhali  MrKii.l.'y  (if 
(  iiranl,  <  >.,  ami  A  liiu'ail  Sc vim  MIT).  I  Ic  is  a  nnit  T.n'tnr  ;U  ^'miiiu'-tuW'n. 
Tlif\"  ha\  f  one  child  : 

:i;:i;:i:    1.     15cTtha  ( IrTtnnlr  .Mcl\  inlrv,  Ii.  Sept.   L'7.    1^7-. 


|  l\i^litli  <  Iciicrai  inn.  | 

L1!".    v.    Ciirnliiic    Sai-ali     Muntu'"iiii'Ty,    1>.    (>,-(.     ),    1*17,  m.    .Ian.    1 
1<!1.   I>T.    M..SOS   (livcnl.'ai1    llasletin.-.  b.   S.-j-l.    1:5.   l>ns 
llaslftiiu-uf  I't-iiibnik.-,  X.    II.,  and  Su.-aii   M.-ad  i.  .urad.   at    I  'an  !:.,  MM  h, 
in    1^'J'1.  a    ]ihv>ician    at     Voiui^stown,  \\hcrc    lie  d.    .Ian.  .'Jii,    l^i'.i1.  "  u 
^ond  jihvsician  and  a  uf||"d  man. 

[  Ninth  <  leitei'at  ion.        (  'hildreii  : 

2i:».    i.    llnlu-rt   MoiitgonicTy   I  Iasletin<\  1..  MaTih   11.  ]slt',. 

I'M.   ii.    William   lla>!etine,  1>.  Maivh    I.   isfil. 

1'17.    iii.    Anna   1'eTkins  I  laslrtim-,  Ii.  Au--.    17.   lv""'i, 

L'is.   iv.    I-M  win   h\vi-lu   1  la>h-t  ine.  h.  .1  une  1  .">.   !>.">*. 


|  Ki-'hth  <  lem-Tat  ion. 

I'll.    \i.     Kllen     Liini-a     Mi.ntL.'onieTy,    1>.     N..V.    .">,    1-M'.    m.    .1 
1-  1  I.  Samuel    Mine,  1,.    \\  ;nv!,  .",  i  .   I  -  !  <;  (  -  MI  <  if  I  ! .  •::..  ;•  i  1  :;,  -    .]'  \'.,;;,;^ 
tu\vn,  u'i'ad.  at     \':d<-  in    1  7 '.'7.  and     Mary    SkinirTl,    ;i    m    i, •];:,:.;   -fj    i',,- 
land,  <  >..  -he  d.    .May    1 -.    I  -  ;:.. 

:  N i  in;  h   <  ieiu-T;i  nun.        <  'liildivn  : 

LM(.'.   i.    Mary    \Vi.-k     Mine,   I,.   .|m:.-    :.' I .     I-  !>:.   n;.   <  >-•..    In.    1 -.-.-.!. 
Allan  < 'aineTini,  a  laTiueT  in    ll'-HTy('o.,   M".       (  hie 

*:i::=:       1.    (  'i-cil    Mine  <  'aim  T  Ml,   I..    .M:,\     I  7.    i  -7". 

L'.'ltl.      ii.     Ceei!       !>v.i;/ht      I  I  i  | , ,  •.    i  ,.    A  !    _ .    ."..     I  -I'.'.;.    !;V.  \,.|-     in      \ ,  T]   ;'• 

iuv.ii.  m.   '  ><-t.  '.',   l^7i',  \.\:'/.\<-  T.  \V li-iiii".  i'.   NI.\.    :.'!'.   l-i'.i  (d;"i.  "f 

(;,.,,ru''-   \\  '  "  "  Iruii".  tVom   ('a!n\\.    I  >ei'i  i\  >hire,    MIILT..  and    SaTah   <'Ta\\i'i>Td 
,,f  I'a.).      The\    lia\e  one  child  : 

I.    Kllen   .Mnntu">m>'T\    Mine.  I,.   An-.  •_'  I  .    I  -7:',. 
(I. 'ill.   l.'-v.  i-  MIITI  is  was  1  In-  sun  of  Ifichai-d   M  •:  r;    .  \\  h..  wa- 
in   the    cii\   of    Nt-w    ^'iM-k   at    tin-    C!M,..    ,,('    ih.-    r.'v    .In:  i-.n-iTX    uar.    and 
\\-a>  at't.'i-waT.ls  chii-r_jii^t  ice  ni' i  IM-  Slate  of  New    Y<>ils.       |'..M-II   in    17:'.  I, 
he    d.    at    ScaT-dale  in    1  v  1 1 ».  ai.'t.  7'.1,  and  was    IMI  i  i.  d  v.  it  h    his  u  it'c    in 


Col.  Tint ofl i [I  J>ir!<jlrf, 
Sou  of  Tii i lot J i ^  Kon  of  Joli n,  oof/>  of  Dedliam,  JAo1* 

Trinity  Oh.  yard,  New  York.  (lenl.  Lev.is  II.  Morris  was  one  of  the 
first  settlors  of  Springfield,  N't.  lie  was  major-general  of  tlie  Ver- 
mont militia.] 

[Sixth  Generation.]      Sec  page  1  1C. 

111.  vii.  I  [on.  Theodore  I) wight  (son  of  Major  Timothy  D wight  of 
Northampton  uiul  Mary  Edwards),  b.  I  >ec.  l.">,  17(54,  was  not  quite  \'2 
years  old  when  the  revolutionary  war  liroke  out,  and  when  also  his 
father  went  to  Natche/.  never  to  return.  .For  hoth  of  these  reasons 
the  finances  of  the  family  became  utterly  deranged  ;  and  all  thought 
of  giving  like  educational  facilities  of  a  superior  kind  to  those  pre- 
viously furnished  to  the  eldest  son  Timothy,  must  be  forever  aban- 
doned in  respect  to  all  the  younger  sons.  When  of  sufficient  age  and 
strength  he  took  his  place  by  the  si  le  of  his  two  elder  brothers,  Timothy 
and  Jonathan,  as  an  earnest  worker  each  day  on  one1  of  the  two  family- 
farms,  in  order  that  bv  their  united  industry  they  might  work  out  of 
the  willing  soil  a  wort  hv  support  for  their  mother  and  her  largo  faniilv. 
That  mother  was  zealously  devoted  to  the.  best  educational  develop- 
ment of  her  children;  and  what  she  could  do,  with  her  many  and  great 
household  cares,  for  each  and  all  of  them,  she  did.  But  "circum- 
stances alter  cases'1  everywhere  ;  and  all  that  could  bo  done  for  her 
son  Theodore  was  to  uive  him,  beside  the  earnest  instruction  of  his 
mother  at  home,  the  further  advantages  of  a  district  school  kept  near 
at  hand  by  "'.Master  King."1  .lie  was  not  old  enough  then  to  enjoy, 
like  his  brother  Jonathan,  tin;  educational  training  given  by  his  brother 
Til  not  h  v  to  a  class  of  young  men,  whose  recitations  he  heard  twice  uail  v 
at  that  time  at  Northampton.  If  he  could  have  enjoyed  the  full  bene- 
fits of  collegiate  study,  he  would  have  acquired,  it  is  believed,  ajiame 
for  his  talents  and  his  usefulness  quite  akin  to  that  of  his  more  dis- 
tinguished brothei'. 

.lie  might  have  been  induced,  to  have  limited  his  energies  for  life  to 
agricultural  toil;  but  happily  for  him  in  the  end  he  broke  his  left  arm 
near  the  wrist,  and  quite  as  luckilv  perhaps  it  was  so  badly  sei  by  an 
ignorant  surgeon  as  to  be  ever  afterwards  inadequate  for  manual  toil. 
It  \\as  therefore  determined,  in  conformity  alike  with  his  o\vn  tastes 
and  with  traditional  if  not  inherited  instincts  in  the  family,  that  he 
shmdd  turn  his  attention  to  the  la\v,  \\liieh  he  pursued  in  the  ofH.ce  of 
his  cousin  Pierrepont  Edwards  in  Nesv  llaven.  I  To  established  him- 
self at  lladdam,  Ct.^  but  in  !7i>l  removed,  to  Hartford,  Ct.,  and  for  l!  { 
years  (  1  7'.)  l-lSlf>)  practised  his  profession  there  with  success. 

lie  early  came  verv  near  being  the   law-partner  of  his  cousin  Aaron 


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;p  ,-  .l'-'l.  ;,;,,!  ai-tllalU  r<'ll|n\i-<l  Ili-  l;llllil\  !•>  N  c  \\  Yuri;  a!:'i  p-lilr-l  il 
lpiU-.i-  tll'-IV  f'T  lll'-il1  a''"''  >!ll!ll'  "  i:i  !  !'  Hi.  Hill.  \\itll'-  lip-  ]'.i  I'l  I. '-1  -  -I,  l|l 

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v..  i;,,  ,.|  hi-,  p.  iln  ii-;il  fri'-ipl-  :  ;ii  \\hii-h  1 1|  .i  mi  >n->  \\iTr  i-xpr,  --i-il  HJH.II 
ni.l'li.1  mat  liTs.  I  hat  \\  i-iv  1 1. -i-|i  I*  1 1 1  \  •  '  li- :  a-:  -  -I'ul  I .  i  hi  in.  I  I  ••  <-\  |  >\'<  --M-I  I 
1 1  i  -•  i  i  1  -  - ; :  I  1  - 1':  i ' '  I  1 1 '  1 1  W 1 1  1 1  t  i  1 1  '1 1 1  i  1 1  I  1 1 '  1 1  _;  i  i ;  i  !  1 1  1 1  •  I'  1 1 1  >  :  ;  1 1 1 '  1  I  1 1 1  IT  t  l'i  -a  1 1  •<  II 1 1  !i  I 

tV'iii:  ih;d   linn1  nMwaid-  \\nli  >iii-!i    i  \r,  •-,  i  \  <•   n  ihlno^  <>f  iiKiiiiii-r.  ;i>  tu 

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j  .I  i.t'i---,ii  ih;i  ]  lui->iiP'>-  \\lih-ii  IP-  h;i'l  ;i>  In-  >n  j  •]  i.  '-•  •'  I  t'i  p|-i'\  i-r  i'1-liii' |iu>hi-il 

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1  !  a!'!  t'  'I'd  *'.  Ml  rail!  .'  In  I  x'  ''i.  ip1  v.  as  rh  i  IM  -li  I  M  li  i  !  IIP-  \  a  '-a  li'-\  liia'  I'1 
ii.  ('n!,-r.-»,  in  lip-  ll.iUM1.  l,y  iii«-  i-c>ixii:iii"M  of  lie;,.  .Inhn  ('.  .tj.i-u 

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:.i."i  i!'.:,\.       A  i   :!ii-  i-iii-«<'  i.t    hi->  ii-rin  <>\    uliii-r  IP-  ili-i-liin-il    ln-iii_f  a  r;.n- 

n,  i  i'  i     .-•  :    ;'li\"    t  'ill  ill'-  i-i'-i'I  h  -!i.        !  i  i-    v.  i.  -   t'i  ii1  ii   \i-ar--     '  1  ~"  1  1'.  '  -   1  •'  i    a  IIP-III- 

!„  i-  i.f  "Tip-  <  ''.i,:ici!  ul'  I'IP-  Mai.-."  »if  dp.  ,-•!,-!,  i.  ,!,-,!  ••  II:u-it'..r.l 
(  i  MI  \  i-'..!  ii  in.  u'ni'-li  in'  i  1:1  ;iia:  ci;\'.  I'I-P.  \~>.  l^-l  1.  IP-  \\a~-  IIP- 
.-'-rr,-i;i:A  ;  aipl  in  I  '"'•'>'•>  IP  -  ]  »il>i  i-ip  •<  1  "  Tin-  lii.-ii>r\  ..flip-  I!ari1'>;.l 
(  i.n\  i  iii  ii  'ii." 

I  I  ••    aliniuiii'-'l    a'    all     Ilia    -    I  ;i    a  IP  •  -.1  >',  •-,      >!•-  i  -a  :,  '  ;-\     ;•:.•!     -  :  .    i  :>  .  i  •:_' 


li.-:l  "Ihi-i'ins.  \\'i'ii  hi-  fii'-nipT  in  -lav. 
|,nlili-!i.  '1  '•  Tip-  K.-h"."  v.  hi,-:;  \\a-  a  \. 
,i-  i'ii'i  \i-ar-  au'i  aii'i  np'Ti1.  nimii  tip-  1  >•  > 


r  man',     \  •  a ;  -  '  -!  ;,' ih-  mm ia_'-  n.'  n ; 
ini  M  i  IP •    i- !••    •  .  '    "  N'  v.    Y "r!-.    I '    - 


Col.  TimofJi/j  D 
Son.of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  ?>of/>.  of  IkJham,  J/^x.    2:>9 

after  -21  years,  to  Hartford,  to  spend  his  last  days  there  when  7 '2  years 
old. 

Ho  was  a  man  of  unbending  integrity,  and  his  opinions,  religious 
and  political,  were  as  sacred  to  him  as  lus  very  life.  A\  hile  a  thorough 
Christian  in  principle  and  practice,  and  given  to  habits  of  prayer,  he 
remained  all  his  life,  like  many  other  religious  person*  of  his  day,  out 
of  formal  connection  with  church-privileges  and  church-duties  as  such. 
The  .Kdwardcan  system,  then  so  prevalent,  of  continual,  critical  self- 
measurement,  in  respect  to  all  one's  religions  experiences,  cast,  its 
normal  and  terrible  blight  upon  his  natural  joy  of  faith,  as  upon  that 
of  so  many  others. 

An.  outline  of ''.Mr.  Dwight's  Life  and  Writings"  was  published 
by  the  X.  Y.  Historical  Society,  soon  after  his  death  (1S4<>);  as  was 
afterwards  "  A  Sketch,  of  his  Character  and  Success  as  an  .Editor,''  by 
l)r.  Francis  of  New  York,  under  the  auspices  of  the  same  Society.  In 
''  .IVter  Parley's  .Recollections  of  a  .Life  Time,'  may  be  found  an  ani- 
mated notice  of  him.  He  says  of  him  (vol.  ii.  p.  ll','!):  "Though 
known  as  a  somewhat  severe  but  able  political  writer,  he  was  in  pri- 
vate life  one  of  the  most  pure,  disinterested  and  amiable  of  men.  He 
had  an  almost  womanly  sensibility  to  human  suffering.  Ho  had  great 
abilities,  and  only  missed  a  permanent  reputation,  by  setting  too  light 
a  value  upon  his  performances  and  so  not  bringing  them  up  to  a 
higher  standard  of  criticism.  ll<  ir/'nff.  tun  i/tur/t  ami  f<,<>  /v/y//. //_//  f<>r 
laxl'nKj  /''/i/t''."1  "The  Connecticut  Mirror"  was  distinguished  all  over 
the  count  rv  for  its  vigilant  and  spicv  vindication  of  Federalism,  at  a 
time  when  metropolitan  papers  had  no  such  overshadowing  influence 
as  now.  His  "  Xew  Year's  Verses"1  weie  always  looked  for  with 
eagerness  for  their  sketchy  review  of  passing  events  with  dashe.-,  of 
humor,  in  which  the  doings  of  the  "'  Democracy"  were  set  oil' in  the 
strongest  colors  within  the  reach  of  the  most  effective  Hudibrastie  ridi- 
cule, lie  followed  up  his  political  n'ame  with  tin;  vigilance  of  a  falcon 
in  pursuit  of  its  prey. 

He  was  of  a  tall,  lar:j;e,  fine-looking  presence,  standing  •"">  feet  11 
inches  in  height,  with,  a  portly  hearing,  ha\in:;  an  open,  radiant  face. 
with  clear,  black,  (lashing  eyes,  and  was  universally  considered  a  very 
handsome  man.  He  is  the  only  one  of  his  great  uncles  that  the  write!1 
oversaw;  and  well  does  he  remember  his  line,  impressive  (ace  and  hg- 
ure  in  his  old  age. 

He  was  a  most  earnest  and  outspoken  opponent  of  slavery  at  all 
times,  and  not  only  wrote  porms  full  of  the  spirit  of  immediate  eman- 
cipation, at  a  time  when  aimosi  e  verv  one  a  round  him  was  asleep  upon 


/'iJ    I>if/ijllf, 


t!,i-  -TI-.-I!   matt'T,  Knt  d"'i\  >•!  rd  al-o  puKlic  juldiv-si-.-  up..n  iln- 
•'  II"    dadi"d    nil'    \iT.-rs    ;dlno,-l    Kv    inijiri  i\  isit  I'  ill."        Ill    :t     U">rk 
'•  Aim-rii-aii    l'i»'in>,"  a  .-i'i-iin-'it  <il'  In-  an!  i-.-la\  rr     Vf 


••  Hrl],  !    nli  hi-lp!  the.  ii  <;,„]  ,,f  Christians: 

S;ivc  a  iimthfT  I'mni  de-pair! 
Cnii-1  \vliit'1  in  -u   it.'iil  IMV  cliil'lri'Ti  : 
L<>nl.  liavc  ini'ivy  mi  my  pray.T." 


!!<•    in.    Sri.t.    !i.    I7-.IL',  Al.i-.-sil    AK..j,.    I,.    N.,v.    1>.    1 7'".:«  i.i;tu.  of 

l;ir!iai''l  A!MI|.,*  a  \V.  I.  iM.-i-i-Iiaiil  in  M  id-il.  1 .  .\\  n.  «'!..  ai,>l  Mai\ 
M'riu'lit,  <lau.  of  .JiiM-|i]i  \\'ri-lii  and  Ilanna'n  ( lill-.-rt  i.  I!.-  n-iaiiu'd 
hi>  powers  of  mind  lo  t'hc  la>t,  ;;ii(l  di.-d  of  L''-n'T;.i  ilrl.iliiv  ai  \t-\\ 
York,  -Inn.'  ll',  !>!«•:.  ;;,-!.  M1.  Si,,-  ,1.  th-iv.  April  L',  I  -  ['•.  :^' .  -  I . 
Si ir  \\'a~.  a  lad\"  of  >m  dl  1ml  I'M  :  1  ti  ^u  ri\  intr!  li^.-n  I  a! id  -priu'lii  1  \  .  I  I  •  r 
ca'rl\"  inlrllci'tu.il  ail\':tntau\'s  \vrre  of  a  siipi-i'ioi1  kind  :  aiid  -If  u'as  al- 
v.  a  \  •>  v.'i'v  t'  lint  of  In -Hi -s  I.-M  n->  and  p<M'i  ry,  and  t-viii'-i-d  ;t  ..;. ..  ,d  d--al  <>\ 
ri-h-'li  for  puna-  (ii  taMr  and  inaUci's  of  ctiltiirc  aiid  ^.-niditx. 
Si'\  mi  li  '  '1'iicration.  j  <  'lii!iln'ii  : 

L'."'!.  i.  Mary  Al-op  I  )v,  i-'ht,  L.  at  I  !art  ford,  ( 't..  .1  nnc  l' !.  17'.'.",.  m. 
April  i'7.  I-:-;.  <  'apt.  .Manli-Nv  Al.-Xiin.l.-r  I'atrirk  ..fil..-  l-'ir.-i  li.-i.  I  . 
S.  Artillery  (-mi  of  Sannirl  I'airick  of  \\'iiid-m-.  \'i.,  and  l-ai»da 
Al.'xandrri.  No  i-nr.  Ii"  ,1.  Maivl,  il.  !>:',}.  at  \\'i!  \  iam^  „  -r! .  Md.. 
\vhitm-r  hi-  liad  Ljiiiif  \vnli  h;>  conmiand  tVi.m  I-'IMM  M.-I  |.-nr\ ,  i<>  >np- 
].r.'->  an  1 1  i-h  ri'ii.  II"  d.  -ndd'-nlv  « >\'  I  ii  lions  |'..\ , -r. 

Said  Mai'.r  .liiiin  \\  iliiani>"ii,  I'.  >.  A.,  of  him  'Na'i'inal  lni"!li- 
tr-'iicfi1,  .Man-li  IKl-;.h:  "  <  »|."ii,  u'"H"i  "ii-  and  .•:,:..;!•:.  i:.-  v. .,  -  \\  ir  i,- 


i.    Kirharil.  .Jr..  the.    :i-it!i..r     h.    .Ian.    '.':!.   ll'il.wh..   n:     Mar\    Wv'.i-. 
,,,ni.-l  \V\llis.       !!.•    il.  ai    l'lati,u-h.    I..     I..    An- 
;-;,an.i   H..U.   Sanin.-i  \V.    Dana.   >I.   I1..  .,!'  MM.!:.  ;..\vn. 
ii.    .Mary  Al--!..   1..    May  '.'I.    1  JC-J. 
iii.    l-'aimy   A^"p,  1..  .Ian.  VJ'.'.   !?•'.!. 

iv.  Ai.i'j-ai:.  i..  N..V.  i-.  i :>;:>,  m.  linn.  'I-;. !,.)-,•  hv, :•.'•..(. 

v.    It'.ini'iii.  !..  .lim.'  '.MI.  .in,i  ,1.  .1,,.,,.  -Ji.  i  ;,;;. 
\i.    lla':':a'i.  -J.l.  i..  (».•:.  c,.  i  ;r,s   ,!    \,,v    ]•_•.   \ ;;.; 

\;i.  c:  ii-:--. i  A:-.-. p.  i..  .iu!\  :;i.  i  ;;n. 

',::;.  .1 ,,:,  \Vii.-h:  A:-. .p.  i..  Man-h  -j.  i ;;-.». 

.    II  ,!,:::.!i  A1-.;..  :,  i.  1..    I'"!..   '•'..    I',',  1. 


Col.  Timothy  D  wight  ^ 
Son.  of  Tim  oth  y,  Son  of  John,  l>oth  ofDedham ,  Mass.    231 

out  reproach.  Ho  never  intentionally  wounded  the  feelings  of  the 
humblest  individual,  or  deviated  from  tho  strict  observance  of  affability 
and  courtesy  to  all.'' 

.Me  was  a  large  and  fine-looking  man.  C>  feet  and  an  inch  high,  and 
was  said  to  bo  the  strongest  man  in  the  army.  It  was  said  of  him 
that  "  he  never  did  a  mean  act  himself,  and  that  no  one  would  have 
the  hardihood  to  do  one  in  his  presence,"  His  wido\v  resides  now 
(1871)  in  Flushing,  L.  I.,  act.  80. 

LV)i>.  ii.  Theodore  Ihvight  b.  and  d.  Feb.  3,  179."). 

2 •").').  iii.  Theodore  ihvight,  L\l,  born  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  March  3, 
179H,  d.  Oct  Id,  18C)C),  act.  70. 

L'ol.  iv.  William  .Richard  D \vight,  b.  Jan.  2C>,  1798,  d.  June  8, 
18(i  1  act.  CjC,. 


2-">3.  iii.  Theodore  'Ihvight,  iM,  b.  at  Martford,  March  3,  1790,  grad. 
ai  Yale  in  is  11,  was  (all  and  slender,  of  dark  complexion  and  black 
eves,  \ivacious,  affable  and  generous. 

lie  hei/an  to  studv  thooiOLfv  with  Prest.  Dwight,  but  was  prevented, 
from  the  effects  of  scarlet  fever  upon  his  system,  from  preparing  him- 
self in  full  for  the  ministry.  In  J8J1  he  went  to  England  and  Franco 
for  his  health.  AVhiic  in  Paris  and  in  company  with  Pev.  i'"rancis 
Leo,  wlio  was  engaged  in  distributing  gratuitously  Ho  Sacy's  French 
.New  Testament,  they  were  both,  arrested,  on  tin;  charge  of  collecting  an 
unlawful  number  of  persons  in  the  streets,  although  they  were  outside 
of  the  city-barriers,  and  they  were  imprisoned  for  a  few  hours  in  the  (,'on- 
ciergorio.  \\hilc  in  England,  he  visited  Fulham,  as  already  described. 
See  pa^'e  liO.  Jn  London  he  met  \\  tlliam  \\ilberforce  and  ladv.  She 
said  to  him:  '•  Y'ou  will  tind  in  yonder  libi-ai-y  tin;  works  of  Prest. 
Dwi^hi,  and  full  of  marginal  notes  l»y  Mr.  Wilberforce."  "  <  >f  correc- 
tions ?  M  said  he.  "  No,'1  she  replied,  '"'  but  of  the  higliesi  appi'obation/' 

lie  spo!<e  (>asi!\  French,  Spanish  and  Italian,  and  partially  also 
(lerman,  Portuguese  and  Modei-n  (-reek.  The  liberals  and  refugees 
from  other  lands  to  our  .Chores  alwavs  found  in  him  a  devoted  friend. 
Aiiion^  special  friends  of  such  a  sort  were  ('oh  \  an  Malm  of  Spain, 
(lenl.  Mosijuei'a  ot'  New  (iren.'hla,  (loniex,  J'odraxa,  and  Zavola  of 
.Mexico,  and  l^oresti  and  (Jaribahliof  Italv.  (ijjribaldi  \\ln'ii  in  this 
count  TV  ci  liiimitied  his  autobiotjraphy  to  him  to  he  useil  at  his  disere- 
tinii.  Me  recri\'rd  I'ormal  thanks  ai  diifei'enl  times  for  hi-,  services  to 
their  cause  from  several  of  the  lih.-ral  governments  of  the  Spanish- 
A  merican  republics. 


!!••    \va->    iliri-i-inr    I'm-    manv    vi-ars  iit'"Tli'-    N.    Y.    A-',lnm    I'M-    id'- 

r.Hll.l."    :illil    «f    "Tin-    N.     Y.     I'lil.li,-     SrliMi.l     SnrirU    "    (;i|nl    \\;i>    ll,«-    i.||<* 

\\li<>  l  lit  I'M.  1  il'-'-d  \(ir;i|  inii-li-  lulu  tin-  pnliln-  -rliiinU  n|'  tli.-  .-i:\  )  ;  ;i 
I  '..nuiii-MMi.-!-  of  tin-  N.  N'.  Ward  S.-lmnks  ;  and  a  I  ih,  ,-IM  .  f  "  Ti.<- 
A  lir-ri'-.-ill  lYnh-slaiil  AsMM-ial  inn  ;  "  <>f  "Tin-  V«V<  i-_fn  \.\  a!:_i'-lii-al 
S.H-icix  "  and  iif  "Tli''  <  'liri-i  ian  A  lliaii'-i-  ;  "  and  \\  a  -  t'-nu,  i  i-  of 
"Tip'  i  'inln-  1  1  alian  Sm'irtv."  hrniii  I  XL'''>  in  !>."))  !i  •  \',  i  --  a'-tjvr 
in  mul;  iil  vmiC  ;'!i'l  fff'-i'i  i  h_f  S;ilil»:i;  !i  S.-]  .....  !>  in  NI-\V  \nii<  ;ii,.l 


II'-  I'liil'.-n-ki-d  u  ii  ii  <  1  1  •(!)•_',•  \\',-ili  i-r  in  an  .  H'lrani/"'!  i-lh.rl  •  \^'<\  '•  i  in 
s.'Ulf  l\an-a>  ;t>  t'asi  a>  jpii^-il.lt-  \\iili  tin-  tVi'-inls  nt'  \'r>-<->  \>  'in  :  a:nl, 
tli'Hi^li  liavin-j;  It'll  small  ]  .....  uniarv  I-I-SHHITI-S  t'^r  :I<T.  .  ii.pl  i  -iiin_f  il.--ir 
|>lan>,  i  IM-V  ill  red  l\  indiici-il  :'ij  M  M  i  |  ii  TM  ms  in  '^  >  I  liil  IK-I-,  aii'l  im  ii  i  <-i-t  Iv 
l\\ii-i-  as  niaiiv  nmri'.  'I'll'-  r-'L;'!"ii  in  \\liii-h  tl:c\  iiirii'-.|  tli'-ir  v,i'-i;i;'il 
iitirni  ii  in  \\~as  1  hal  1\  iiiLT  nn  I  In-  Saul  a  I1'''-  mu'l.  MI  S\\  it/.-r  -  (  V  -i.  .  a 
ln-am-li  .it'  lli'-  <)>au'i'  -im\v  tin-  linim-  nf  a  lar^r  a::'l  pi'"-  JH-I-,  .1;  -  I-MH- 

IIIHIIII  \  . 

In    liii-rai'v    lal>nr   ln>    \v;is    alniinlaiit.       lie    .-.lits-il    a!    v.-r.'inii-    linr-s 
••'I'll'1     Ni-w      N'irk      l>ail\'      A  1  1  \  i-|-i  i-M-r    "     (lii^     f'alli'-rs      pai'i-rl.     "Tin- 
\"MIII!'->     l'i-nn\-     I'api-r."    "  Tin-    Aini-i'ii-aii     Ma^axiii1-,"    "'1'ln-    Kaiiiilv 
\'i-ii  >i'."    "Tin-     I'rm.-^iaiii     N'iii.lii-alM'."     >;  Tip-    N.-\\     \'"\-\.     i'r- 
i  .-rial  i."    "Tih-    (  'hri-i  ian   A  iiiaih-'-,  '  anil    "Tin-   I  -ra--li  t  -•    I  inli-i-,1.         !  !  •- 
V.I'M:.-  al-'i  inN'-li   I'-ir  \ari'>u>    n-  \\^pap--iv-.  M-rtilai1    ai^l    r.  •!  i  '_;•'.->•:-.  '-M   tlic 
\ari'i'.i-    Sj  i;'  m-'li-  A  iii'-ri'-a  n    c  ill  n  1  rh  ---.  and    'Mi    Sp;.iii.    |i;i!\    itipl     Xlrn-a. 
I  !••  pui-li-lh-il  a!-,  in--  i'..i!n\\  in-.;  i  .....  k-  :    -'Ti    •  T..II;-  .-I'    : 
"Tlii     N'n|-|||i-rn    Tra\i'll'-r       isskirii    \\i-ni    ilrr^n^li   'i    fii    •       -i.    ••    I'll-- 
.Imii-iial  M"  a    T.nir    in     hah  ."  "  A.is.  ntnr.  -       :'   ;=  '  •    ."  "A 

\'i>il    in  Tr\a-       {  '_'  I'll  i!  i'M,-  ..  '•    I  'i  .--I  .    I  I  \\  ;-_;,:"-    I  ':  •  i  -i".          •    "l  .         'in 

Is):1,    i  i.  ••  Ki;-,i    |.,-^MI^   in    Mn,i.  TII   i  ii-,    k."  • 

ill  I  IP-  I  '  nil  i-.l  >'  .:!•  ~."  •'  Tli'-  ha'  ip-r  -  1  '.•  i  M-  .  "  A  .-••!!'.!  i  ':  H'al'V 
nt'  U-ii.'v  and  I  i'-ri\ai  i\-  •."  "Tli.-  llninaii  L'.-pnl.di  -!'  l^i1'.'  "  Tin- 
A  Ml  '  ilii'  i_'rapli\  nt'  <  !CH.  I  lai'i  naldl  I  J  '  •<  i  i  :  i-  -i  .  -  '  .  "  Ii  •  K  .-.  '  -  \'»  ;.r, 
M-  i  IP-  |-;\p|.  iii  -  i>f  <  'id  \  a!r\  in  lln-  1  '.M  Ii  I  '.-n:  -ir_.  ."  1  1 
la!-_'.  •  !iM::ii)T  nl'  illipn'iili-ii--  I  \Vnrk-  i'!  iiri'i'i--  :•  .  \  :-,  iil'- 
inn  .....  i  ilii--  iii  inti-llfi-i  ual  and  ninial  d  ;  r.  •••!  i'  in  -  !  MI-  •  ai-  >  an 

;ir!  i  \  r  ni'-ndi'-r  nt'  I  hi-  <  i«-"^rapiii.-al  an  I    iviinil--.  -    •!'    \     '-. 

Yuri.. 

In    id-    la:-  r  v.-ar^    li--  \\a>    rinpli  >\  1-1  1    in     ill--  '  -        i!         -  •    :•.'     N-  \v 

N'.ii-l':.       l.ik-'   Id-    I  iv.  i-lii    i'i-!ati\.-,  in   ill.-    .  iiN    !,  -  '.     |V.- 

!  -•     i    '  I;     i  !i     Id--    I'll  U  I'l'il      |  'I  '    l'-!'.-||'-i  •--.  I  h-    I'-'-ld'-'  I       ,  '••'•) 

-  n  .i.   i!,-  •<-,•  <  I"'.    I'd    I  -•','',.  >nddi-ni\    tVi.iii    i:  '•  N. 

.1.    i;.    h   ..id.  Mi  a  l  lain   -  .ini;  ll:--  da\   |  T<  -\  i-  -'  :  -  lV--m    N-  \\    \  »i          •    \  -  \\  - 


Col.  Tlinotlij  iJirnjlif, 
So//  of  Tiniotliy,  Son  of  Join,  lofJi  of  l)<-<l.li(ini,  J/c/.v.?.    2.'U> 

ark,  X.  J.  As  lie  took  leave  of  a  daughter  on.  the  train  at  Jersey  Citv, 
lie  found  that  the  door  of  the  car  had  been  fastened  and  before  it  could 
be  opened  the  train  had  begun  to  move  ;  so  that,  in  leaping  out  lie  was 
thrown  down  and  severely  bruised.  The  accident  occurred  at  about 
dusk  and  early  the  next  morning  he  \vas  dead.  His  life  was  one 
remarkable  for  a  great  amount  of  gratuitous  labor  in  the  most  varied 
forms  of  religious  and  literary  otfort. 

Jle  m.  April  -  1.    1827,  FJeaii'.r    Boyd  (dan.  of   Samuel  Hoyd,  a  law- 
yer in    N'e\v  Vork  and    Kii/a    Fierson  of   Newark,  N.  J.j.      She    d.    at 
Jji-ook'iyii,  X.  Y.,  April  ! -\  1870. 
j  Kiidith  Ceneration.]      Children: 

2-V).  i.  Maria  .Bayard  Dwight.  b.  Feb.  17,  1828,  at  XewYoik,  d. 
Feb.  I  1,  1S.12. 

2.")(').  ii.  Kiien  Boyd  Dwight,  1>.  Sept.  K>,  JSI'.O,  m.  as  his  2d  wife, 
Feb.  IS,  l.Si'>0,  Capt.  Charles  C.  II.  Kennedy  of  North  Carolina,  an 
officer  in  the  I".  S.  N.;  and  afterwards  in  (he  ( 'onfede;  ate  Xavv.  lie 
is  now  a  merchant  in  Norfolk,  Va.  They  have  had  one  child: 

2~>7.     1.    Theodore  .Dwight   Kennedy,  b.  July  2,  ISiiti. 

2.~>S.  Hi.  Theodore  Dwight,  b.  March.  -1,  Is:}.",,  d.  .Dec.  IS.  1S:>2, 
act.  !'.». 

'2~>'i.  i\.  Marv  Alsop  Dwight,  b.  in  !>roo!-;l\'n,  JNIarch  17,  lS.')i!,  con- 
dnc!>.  with  her  si^er  Anna,  a  girls1  school  in  Hrooklvn. 

•.''i'L  \.  Anna  Maria  J)wight,  b.  Nov.  IS?  1837,  a  teacher  in  !5rook- 
lyn. 

2iil.  \  i.  Augusta,  AToore  Dwight,  b.  Nov.  is,  ISJ-:'),  m.  Juni-  2.">, 
iSt'iS.  Sht-rwood  itissell  Ferris,  b.  in  (»'reenwich,  Ct.  (son  of  j  )ea- 
SaniMel  J-'erris  and  Isabella,  \\'hitin>';),  .Dec.  I  ."i,  1S44.  He  is  a  sales- 
man in  a  v,'hole>ale  drygoods  house  in  New  \'oi-k  (15artiett.  f>eerv, 
Iteed  L'V  Co.).  lie  has  a  daughter  i'lleaiior  Augusta,  b.  Oct.  1  1 .  1S72. 

2'>2.  vii.  Kebecca.  .J  a  I  Tray  Dwight,  b.  .March  1.  IS  (-2,  m.  Oct.  8, 
lS!l7,  Fenlon  jfockwell,  b.  in  liiookiyn,  April  2-">,  I8:>8  (>,on  of'  i'>en- 
janiin  i  lock-well,  of  X.  Y.,  and  Lavinia  Uriish  Fenton,  dan.  of  .Joseph 
Fenton,  oi'  Norwi<-h,  N.  Y.).  u'rad.  ;il  ('(.lumbia  ('oil.  Law  School  in 
IS.MI.  II,-  entered  the  U.  S.  A.  of  Yols.  as  Lt.  of  cavalry,  Co.  D, 
Isth  X.  Y.  ((;(\alrv,  in  .June  Is'il:',  and  was  made  ('apt.  of  ( 'o.  K.  in 
I' eh.  isi>|.  ;ii)d  went  tln'oiiLjli  the  iled  Ki\ei-  and  Mobile  campaigns 
under  <!<>nls.  Hanks  and  Canbv.  He  was  for  nearly  a  vear  rhulu'e  Ad- 
vocate  of  the  I  !ro\  i»st  (  'onri  in  X.  Orleans,  I  ,a.  (  1  Sii  I— .")).  lie  \\  as  mus- 
lereiloni  ir.  ISiiii,  liaxinn'  rendered  three  vears'  service  to  hU  count  r\ 
in  the  second  ui'eai  crisis  oi'  her  hisiorv.  lie  jiraclised  la\\"  at  Alinne- 
ajioh>.  Minn.,  for  two  years  (ISii'i-S),  but  since  jSiiS  1ms  been  estab- 
lished in  his  profession  in  N.  Y.  City.  He  has  one  child  : 


'/'//'     /V.-.V  infililtx  of 
I'.0,)  Sm,    ,,f  Xilflnllli'l     /''/'A////,    I. nil    < ,f  X< H'/ll <l III J 't'lll , 

•Jo'!!,    i.    I  ii'iijainin   I'Ynton  Rockwell,  1>.  Sept.   17.   l>'iv. 

|  Sr\  ciil  li  <  ienerat  inn.  ] 

•_'."'l.  i\.  \\'il!iain  l!ichard  l>wi«_'ht  (son  of  I  Ion.  Theodore  1'wi^ht, 
..I'  llarll'.inl,  Ct.}  ami  AKL'ail  Alsop),  '>.  -Ian.  L.'<1,  I7'.'S  at  I  Ian  f..i  d.  1:1. 
Sept.  I'-"'.  iSiV,,  Mary  \Vanvn  Fr-ke  (dan.  of  ll<-v.  .John  Fi-ke  of 
New  I'.rainti-ee,  Mass.,  au<l  of  Kli/al.rth  Mrllcn,  dan.  of  < 'ol.  Mi-He,, 
cf  iv\  olnl  ionarv  nieniors .  ( 'ol.  Mell.-n  was  t!ir  ollicer  of  the  dav  at 
A  n(lr<'*s  cxccut  inn.  At  tir>t  a  nit'i'clianl  If  IMMMHH'  aftcr\\  anls  a  part 
HIT  \\itli  Ins  faihrr  ami  ln-ot  lin1  in  ih"  |>nipric'tnrsliip  nt'  Th.'  N.  Y. 
I'ailv  A  d  \'i-ri  !>cr.  l-'<irl'.")  vi-ars  (  1  s.'l'.i  >i  I )  In*  \vns  an  ullict-r  in  sarinus 
liaiik iiu'  in-!  i:  HI  idi is  in  NCNV  ^'(ll•k,  ami  a  tdlrr  for  M-vrral  yi-ai1^  in  '1'ln1 
HammT  I'-ank. 

Hr  was  Vfi-y  I'oml  of  music  ami  played  iln-  llut.-  >ki!t'nlly.  Hi-  r<-\- 
i-\."i\  al»  i  LL'i'"at  I  v  \\ '  'i  ks  cf  anti'init  v  i  nd  of  art .  ai.d  mad"-  i-..].  id<  r.il  ilc 
f)ll. •'•;:> >ns  nf  ili.'in  I'm1  liiia^'lf.  ili>  taste  \\',t>  strmi^lv  liieiiii-\  and 
lie  ainii^ed  liiniselt' often  with  wnt;ni.f  ]nietr\  I'd1  lii->  friemU. 

i  1  -•  was  a  deacon  in  the  |-'ir-.i  I  'iv-J>.  <  'h.  of  \',i-.  >•  ,k  1\  'ii  >  I  !-\  .  i  ><•.  S:nu!. 
I  i .  (  '.  i\.  past  Hi-),  and  one  of  a  colon  v  of  7  _  to  i'.  .rm  in  1  >  i  1"  i  'm-  >.,ni  ii 
i're-1 1.  ('ii.  i  Kev.  I  >r.  Siiiul.  T.  Sj  .'Mr.  pastor ),  where  he  was  ;iU*i  a  dea- 
con and  f'ir  nianv  year->  a  rnliiiL.'  elder  and  the  stated  clerk  of  the  >••-.. 
Moii.  I'e  wa.s  \er\  active  in  pr>  mrit  iir.;'  the  iniere^t>  of  lie-  SaM>;tili 
Sc!i. ml.  IIi>  per>"iial  characteri>i  ie>  \vere  of  ihe  nm^i  Io\alil.'  kin.!. 
AM  hi-  eh  i  Id  ]••  -n  profe-s«'d  (  'hri-t  pnlilielv  in  their  voin  h. 

Ik-  d.  .lini"  >.  I  >''•  1,  a"t.  it'i,  of  con-ninjition.  >he  >tiil  re-id'--  a! 
lii-.,.,klyn  >  1-71  i. 

i  Ki  _h  '  h  <  ieiierat  ion.  ]       <  'h  ildivn  : 

L''.l.    i.    Kii/al.etli     Ki>ke     hwi^'ht,    1..     IK-.-.     I.    1-^7.   d.     April     L'-V, 

is:;  |. 

L''i."'.  ii.  .Inlia  I'orter  hwi^hr,  1  •.  N  >\ .  '•'<  '.  l^.'i:l_  d.  at  I  I^xonrv, 
.M  a.--.,  nnniarrie,!.  .Ian.  S,  1  >''>1'. 

L'''n'..  iii.  Kiixaheth  l-'i-k-  Dwijn,  I'd.  l>.  Au_'.  |.\  !  -:'.:'..  m.  H.-ni.  1'. 
Smith,  d.  Max  !'.  |S''..\ 

L'-'.7.  i\.   «:.-..i-_'«-  Sprii,-  hwL'lM,  I-.  !>•  •-.    I  I.  l--;:>. 

L'-'.^.     v.     Miry      KlwanU      Dwijit,    I..      An-.      I1.'.     I -:'>->,    in.     William 

A  1  le-i  \<  ill. 

L1-'.1.'.    \i.    -Mrah     M.-ll.-n    I  >\\iL'hi,  I..   March    I."..    I  M  1.    m.   !;..--!•.  r  \\'. 


L'-'.'i.    iii.     Kli/.-ili'-ih    l-'i-ke   1  >\\  iu'hi.  h.   An-.    K>.    1  -.".:'..  m.  <  >,-i .  • '..   Is.'e^ 

I'>-  -h  ja  In  1 1I      I  'l'-'  -c.  •     M:i  I '  h,     I '.     .1  n!\      •">'  ',     1  "-•''  '         -  ''.     of    \\   i  1 1  |a  m     'I'ii-  ilnas 

.--miia.  a   m.-rehani    ;o    Trov ,    N.    Y..  and    l.m  \    \':  •  ,|.   M.,\    l'? 

I  "---.'.       I  !••  ;  -  a  ni-i;!iifac;  11 1-;-;-  of   je\\  elr\    in    N--u    \  -  »n, . 


Col.  Thnotly  Dwiylit, 
Son  of  Timotlnj,  Sou-  of  Jolin,  loth  of  Dedham,  Mass,   235 

[Xintli  Generation.]      Children  : 

270.  i.     William  Dwight  Smith,  b.  Nov.  29,  I860. 

271.  ii.   Arthur  Edwards  Smith,  b.  March  18,  18G4. 

[Eighth  Generation. ] 

2(57.  iv.  George  Spring  Dwight  (son  of  Wm.  11.  D wight  of  Brook- 
lyn and  Mary  AY.  Eisko),  b.  Dee.  14,  18:',:),  m.  June  27,  1SGO,  31ary 
Torrey,  b.  Dec.  10,  183G  (dau.  of  William  Torrey  and  Adeline  Whitte- 
more  of  Montelair,  X.  J.)  :  a  manufacturer  of  umbrellas  and  parasols 
for  some  years  preceding  18(58,  in  X"ew  York,  and  President  also  of 
an  India  Kubber  Manufacturing  Co.  there  (18(54—72).  Ho  has  resided 
until  of  late  at  Montelair,  X.  J.,  but  lives  HOW  (1874)  at  Morristown, 
X.  J.,  and  is  a  large  contractor  on  the  X.  J.  branch  of  the  Midland  \{. 
lload.  He  has  strong  literary  tastes  and  is  one  of  the  best  writers 
of  verse  now  found  in  the  family — John  \V.  .Dwight  of  Xew  Haven, 
and  John  S.  Dwight  of  Boston,  musical  critic,  being  two  of  his  com- 
peers. 

|  Xinth  Generation.  ]      Children  : 

272.  i.    Mary  Torrey  Dwight,  1).  April  2,   1862. 

27:>.  ii.   George  Eisk»  D>vight,  b.  Dec.  10,  18G3,  d.  Doc.  2-"),  18GG. 

27  L  iii..   Jeanie  WJiittemore  Dwight,  b.  Xov.  11,  18G.1. 

27").  iv.   Theodore  J') wight,  b.  Sept.  22,  18G7. 

27G.  v.    Caro  Tracy  J)wight,  b.  Dec.  2:5,  1870. 

277.  vi.    Anna  Komeyn  Dwight,  b.  April  20,  1873. 

[Eighth  ( generation.] 

2HS.  v.  Mary  Edwards  Dwight  (dau.  of  Win.  41.  Dwight  of  Brook- 
lyn), b.  Aug.  1!),  1838,  m.  Sept.  17,  18G2,  William  Atherton,  a  leather- 
merchant  in  Boston,  Mass.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1820  (son  of  Samuel  Athortoii 
and  Abby  rope).  His  family  resides  at  the  "Highlands." 

]  Ninth  Generation.  |      Children: 
27s.   i.    Mary  Louise  Atherton,  b.  Sept.  21,   18(53. 
27'J.    ii.    Frederick  William  Atherton,  b.  Aug.  G,  18(5."). 
2^0.    iii.    Kdward  Dwight  Atherton,  b.  June  2,  I8G8. 
;     iv.    J.N'rcy  Leo  Atherton,  b.  Sept.  2">,  1871. 

|  Kighth  ( Generation.  ] 

2HU.  vi.  Sarah  Mellen  Dwight  (dan.  of  William  II.  Dwight),  b. 
March  !3,  I*  1  1,  m.  Ma.rch  3,  i8i)3,  llossiter  Woi-thingtou  Raymond. 
Pn.  D.,  b.  April.  27,  1  «"U  I  (son  of  I'roi".  M  >bert  .U-iikes  iJiymomi  of 
JM-ooklyn  and  Mary  Ann  .Pratt).  He  is  the  editor  of'  4'he  Kngineer- 
inv,'  and  Mining  Journal,"  ]>ub.  in  Xew  York,  and  author  of  ''  .Mines 


jt 

<»!'  tin-  \\'  «•-,!."  ••  American  Mine^  and  M  inin</'  <  I  >'7i>),  "  Mini--,  Mills 
:in<l  l''uni:u-e>"  (  |S7  |  ),  "  Si  1  \  er  and  Cold"  (  1  >?.".  ),  "  'I  'In  •  <  'i  i  i  !•  i  r<  n's 
Wi'.-k."  "  SP-M-II  Stories  for  Se\.-n  1  >a\  V  "  I  llusl  rated  W..nd>T  and 


April.    l^'iS.    I    .   S.  <  '.immi--i"ii'-r  dt'    Miniiiu    Slat  ist  ies,  and   si  i.ee    I  '-  7  I 

!)•  •    ha^    l>ei'  1  1    a    spe.'lal    I  .erlllivr  on    M  ill!  11^  (  !eolri'_;v    111    Lafa  vet  te  (  'i  ille|_rr. 
Kastoii.    \',\. 

j  N  i  iii  ii  <  J.'iierat  ion.         (  'hildivn  : 
L'sl.   i.   Ali.v  |{!(v  ......  -..I,  I..  D.M-.  L'I;,  isr,:;.  ,j.  ,|u]v  :'.,  l>r,:,. 

I'SL'.   ii.   AIIV.-.I  ItMvniDii.l.  I..  An-.  :'»!.  |si;:i. 

'_'>•">.    iii.    Mli/alpi  i  h   l»\\i--ii!    I  I;i\  nniii'l.  Ii.  June   }'•'>,   l^'ls. 

L'^l.    iv.     Itiil!)    K'av  .....  ml.   Ii.    S.-|it.   L'L'.    1>7I.   d.   <),-!.   H.    1^7:.'. 

v.      I  >-.vi,'!)t    llaviniiiid,   Ii.   -lau.  1".',    I  X7">. 

|  Si  \i  Ii   (  Jciii'i'ai  ion.  | 

!!_'.  viii.  Mauri.-f  William  I  Kviirlit,  M.D.  I-HII  <.f  .Maj.,i-  'riiu..;liy 
|)\\i-lit  and  Alary  Kd\vai'(lsvi.  1,.  ]),->•.  |."i,  I  7''.''>.  in.  iil.niil  I7^(|  Mar^i- 
ivl  |>r\\itl  ,.)'  Miltui-d.  ('(.,  I).  Oct.  L'N,  I7ii."i  ulau.  <-t'  Cai'ivii  I),  v,  ill 
and  Al  ni'ua  ret  \'an  llnrni.  Me  [iradised  ni''die]iu-  I',  ii1  a  >iiMrt  n'tiii-  at 
I  lait  iniiire,  Md..  lint  sunn  reniu\'ed  to  l\em|i.s\  ille,  \  a.,  ulii'ie  after  a 
l'"\\  yeaix  ri^idenee  hr  d.  ni'  yellow  t'e\cr,  Aiej;.  I  I,  I7'.h'>.  ;n-i.  :\'>.  ^he 
d.  a  i  I'ii'^l.iir-l;.  July  I  I  .  I  •-  1'  I  .  Slie  m.  i'or  a  I'd  lm>l.and  <  'a].t.  J..lm 
Max  id'  ll'idd-i!!!.  ('!..  and  had  l>\'  tins  marriage  a  daughter.  (  'a'  liai'ine 
l'i  -  1  1  1  1  M  a  \  .  I  >  .  .  I  1  1  !  \  I  .">  .  I  ^  i  '  :  i  .  \\}\'>  in.  <).•;.  '.'>.  I  ~*'_1^.  I  J  i  i  •  I  ,  a  r  d  1  '  i  \\  a  i  d  -  "  f 
I  ';;  i  -1  ai  r_li.  I  'a.  ,  \\  ln-i-e  1  1|.-\  m  ,\\  i-i--~ide.  !  I  .  •  i  -,  an  auFin  (  <  >\  '•  T..  •;';.- 
"•itii-  I  n>iii-ance  <  '.  i.  i  if  Sail  I'Ya  iiel-i1.  i."  ] 
I  S.-\  eiit'.i  (•  eni'i'a  t  i<  >!i.  |  <  "hildr'-n  : 

L'^.'i.    i.     Mar-ani    \'an     Muni    Dui^l,:,    I,.    !»,•,-.   i'l-,    |7'.ui,    ,,,.    \\  '     i:Ull 
I',.  -11.  .!r..  d.  <  i,  -i.  '.i.   I  ^.".1.  ;.et.    I.".. 

L'v'i.    ii.      Mei;r\    Ivluiu    I  >v,  iu'lit  .  K.   A  pril  L'f  ',   I  7'.'-"'.  d.  a!    K.-nn.-\  iile. 
\'a..   An-    L'I.   I7'."'i. 

L'^7.     iii.     (  'at  liai'ine     I  ">a  liK-  -r     I  >\\  i  u.'li  I  ,    1  >.    <  >rl  .    L'.'i.     I  7  '  '  I  .   d  .    a  I     i\  •  -in)  >>- 
\iile.    ]•',.]  ,.    L'."..    I71."'.. 

^--.     i'..     I!    \.     l>r.     Mauri.  -e     \Villiam     I  h\  i'_dii  ,   1..    Ma-vii     !.    I7'."i.   d. 

Nn\.  :i.  I  >."'!'. 


L'^.'i.  i.  Ma  I-'_M  re  I  Van  Horn  l>ui'Jii.l>.  !».•.-.  :'_',<.  I7'.'n,  wa>  Lrmi'/lit 
1 1 1  >  1 1  \  1 1 1  •  i  •  L;'  ra  n  d  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  e  r  I  )  \\  i  •_  i  i  i ,  a  i  N  •  >  \  i  i  i  a  1 1 1  p ;  1 1 :  i .  \',  i ;  >  : .  i '  i  k  i  i .  •  r  i  M  i  u 
lier  IP  m  .  •  I  i  I  !••  a-.  li<  -r  n\\  \\  \\  it  Ii  li'-r  i  >\\  u  p-n  i  id  i1'  •!  i.  a  in  I  v.  .-I  i  \\ . .  -  lie 
iraii..-p|  nnd.-r  li-r  .-an-.  She  m.  I  >.•<•.  17.  I  -  I  I.  Y\  iiliam  I1..  :'.  Jr.. 

i..  in  iieiand,  h'eip.  ii,  i7-i  ( -m  nf  William  r..  ;:  .  i. 

II.  ••.-...  a-.-  i  in  tin.  V.||.P|,.  a|p-dr\   •_;»•>  U  i.iiMn-  --  in    I'i-     -!  .,ii-li  .  f,  -m 


Col  Timothy  Dw'ujlit, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  <>f  Join,  /W//  of  Dedliam. 


•si, 


181  •">  onwards)  and  possess; -d  at  one  time  large  wealth,      .lie  was  a  in; 
of  decided  pietvand  of  high  moral  hearing  and  of  genuine  gentlemanly 
refinement  of  character.      lied,  in  Allegheny  Citv,  Pa.,  .Nov.  '2,  IS.") 4, 
aet.    71.      She   d.    there  <>ci.  '.),  1s:5|,   aet.    4.").      She   was  a   lady  of  re- 
markable sweetness  and  excellence,  and  de\  otedlv  religions. 
|  Kighth  ( ieneration.J      ( 'hildren  : 

281).  i.  William  Maurice  Pell,  b.  Oet.  12,  1812.  d.  July  24, 
1871. 

2'.H>.  ii.  -John  Walter  Pell,  1).  Oct.  ]h°,  IS  1:5,  d.  in  Pittsburgh,  Sept. 
II,  IS]  !. 

Jill.  iii.  NYaller  Dwight  Pell,  b.  Oct.  22,  1 S  1  4,  at  Warren,  O.,  in. 
Dec.  :>,  1844,  Lli/abeth  Ann.  Richards  of  Philadelphia  (dan.  of  Samuel 
Piehards  and  Mary  Smith).  I  le  ^  as  for  many  years  a  manufacturer 
of  ]>ig  iron,  cast-iron  pipes,  hammered  iron,  etc.  .lie  has  resided  ior 
several  vears  past  at  Philadelphia,  having  retired  fiom  business.  She 
d.  July  IS,  ISIS.  They  had  one  child  : 

21):!.    1.   Mary  Hit-hards  Peii,  b.  Nov.  1  1,  184:"),  \vho  d.  May  17,  18G5. 

!".'.">.  i\.  Sarah  Ann  Hell,  b.  .Feb.  l;.'},  iSlt),  at  l'ittsb;;rgh,  m. 
(Jeorge  ( 'olliei-  of  St.  Louis. 

L".H.    v.   Theodore  Dwighl    I'.ell,  b.  Oct.   ."),  1817,  d.   Oct.  '2?>,  1818. 

L".l.-).    vi.    Mary   Elizabeth  J'.cil,  b.   Dec.  I'D,    ISIS,  d.  ^lareh  3,    L8JO. 

2!>ii.  vii.  Aiargaret  Dexvift  Pell,  b.  Aug.  L'l,  18JO,  m.  John  .1,. 
Ulaine  of  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

L"J7.    viii.    iienry  Jiutgers   15ell,   M.D.,   b.    March   29,   1822.  d.   June 

li,  isr,:i. 

2!is.  i\.  I  >a\  id  Williams  Pell,  b.  J  uly  2,  182'5,  a  practising  lawyer 
in  Pit  t>lmiigh. 

2'.ii).   x.   Algernon  Sidney  Bell,  b.  Aug.  8,   182A. 

:5(il).  xi.  Louisa  Maria  !?ell.  b.  Aug.  20,  i  S27,  in.  J  une  27,  ISl'.l, 
Jcihn  If.  Shepley  (son  oi'  Judge  Shepli.'V  of  Portland,  31e.),  a.  la\\'\er 
at  St.  Louis.  She  d.  June  17,  18^)2,  aet.  24.  They  had  a  child  jl;at 
d.  soon. 

301.  xii.  Catharine  Kllen  P.ell,  b.  .July  2,  1S2(.»,  m.  Oct.  8,  1851, 
l!e\.  l)r.  John  Nan  Lie\v  Kevnolds,  1>.  in  31ead\  ilh1,  Pa.,  /vpril  12,  1  S  1 .". 
(son  of  John  Ili'vnolds),  u'rad.  at  JeH'erson  ('nil..  P.M.,  in  ls:>l,  and  at 
Pri'iceton  Tiieo!.  Sem.,  in.  IS.'JS.  a  Presb.  clergyman  at  .Mead\il!e  for 
3U  years  (' lS:58-()9).  do  resides  there  no\v  v,  iihoiit  charge.  No  chil- 
dren. 

"'ill',  xiii.  Kli/ubeih  NVoolsey  Pell.  b.  at  Aliegheii\  City,  Sept.  7. 
I8.'}],m.  .May  I."),  iSiil,  Pe\ .  .Mai-cus  \\'ishait  of  NN'a.shingion,  Pa.,  1). 
there  I'Yb.  I,  ls;i(.i  (son  of  Dr.  John.  NVi>harl  and  Alarilia  NVilson). 


///'       f)f  NCf  ttf/tf/tftt    (if 

.SV;//    ,>/'   .\  d/ln/ni,  I    />//'//////,    lidtj,    a/'     \<>,-l]i<l in  i>lnit 

•  '  .  I 

U'rad.  at  \\  a-dmi;';'o:i  ('ol!.,  I'a.,  in  iS.'il^a  I'l'e.-K.  eler-'\man  al  I'i'ts 
hur-ii,  I'a.  The;,  have  had  .",  children  : 

iln:;  |.  Catharine  I  ;«•;,  n.,lds  Wi-hart .  1..  Marcli  L'7,  I  M'.L1,  in  Wheel- 
ing \'a. 

.".III.    L'.    Md \\ard    Wislinrt,   K.    Mav  L".»,    |SC,7. 

.".ti.'i.    ."•.    Mli/ahetli    I'.ell    •-.''  i.-harl,  I,.   April   L'7,    |S7H. 


L'S'.I.  i.  William  Mauriee  Hell.  1>.  at  Warren,  ().,<  >et.  1  _,  Hll',  in. 
Api-il  L'I'I,  |s:',7,  llainiali  A.  Uroxvi)  cl'  .M  aysvi  lie,  K  v.  (wlmst-  nmilicr 
\vas  a  I'.ascdHi,  sister  <>t'  r>islni|i  Uascnui  c,f  (In-  \\  ,-\  \\<  ,,|i.-i  |-'.|.i-c.  ipal 
( 'Inircli,  Siniili).  She  (I.  in  A  llc^lit-uy  < 'itv,  <)r{.  L'I'I,  |s:>:',,  a-t.  :'>:!. 
Mr  in.  -Ian.  •">!,  iSlil,  >iary  .lane  Miles,  I).  April  I1:!.  lM'S(dan.  «.i' 
•  la'.ii's  Miles  ami  I'llixa  I  >iiuli:un ).  II"  \vas  a  niaiiiif'aei  iii'er  at  Alle- 
t,'liriiv  ( 'it  v  of  lieavv  l)ro\vn  cf>l  ton  sliretin^s.  !!••  d.  tliei'e  .1  ulv  :.'  I,  I  X7  1 . 
[Ninth  ( I  em  Tat  ion.  |  ( 'luldivu  : 

.'lui'i.  i.  ('lara  I5:is")ni  !'>•!!,  li.  .Ian.  l'1),  I  s-"tv;,  in.  |-V!>.  L'w,  I>'i7, 
('ol.  Algernon  Sidney  Mountain  Moipm,  \>.  at  Morgan/a  l-'ann,  \\'a^h- 
inv;ton  *'•).,  I':"..,  Ma\  '.',  I.S-'>1  (sun  (if. lames  I'nnvaii  MorLTan  <>!'  I'nts- 
1  in  ru'li.  and  Susan  Mountain),  <  'ol.  I  .  S.  A .,  in  command  ol  'A  !le;_rlienv 
Arsfiialat  I'ittshur^h.  I-'oiir  children  : 

:::::::::       I.    Clara    I5.-11   Morgan,  1».  at   i'it  tsbur-li,  April  .">,   1SUS. 

:|::;:;;:      L'.    Julia   iJeaeh   Morgan,  li.  there  Sept.    1  I,    IM'I'.I. 

::::;::::      :'>.    William    1'x'il    Moi'iran,  b.   there   Nov.    I.    I>7I. 

:;::::;;:       I.    Ceoru'e  Norris  Morgan,  1>.   ihere.lune    17,    1^7:'.. 

:')(>7.  ii.  Margaret  |)\\i-;ht  !  !e!l,  1».  .Ian.  I.  1S||,  m.  NOV.  L'^.  I  S7l', 
.!,.,,..  Kl]i,,n  .!aeoh>,  I..  \';:r.-!i  ]!',  |s:!'.i,  !lt  Carlisle,  ['a.  ,„,,,  ,,)' Thomas 
llu'd  .lacolis.  m»\v  of  Laii'-a-i"T  ('ily.  I'a..  and  Mary  I'ltiiean  |-i!linl[t, 
genera!  a^'eiit  of  ••  Th'1  II  -pulilie  Lite  Ins.  (\i."at  ( 'lii. ••)•_'.•. 

:',«<.  iii.  l-'linfiicc  I5.-II,  I..  MayS,  |  si:',,  ,,..  I  ),.,-..  |>7".  .1 ph  i'il- 

morr  \V(),H|.  I..  An-:,  is,  IS.",'.',  in  I'hila-lelphia  -,,  ,  ,i'  .1 , ...  p!,  I'ilmore 
NN'iiodaiid  Mars  Worrell),  a  pel  rolrmn  eommi-^iou  na-i  i-liani  at  I'in-- 
luirL'h.  Tlie\  ha\  e  one  son  : 

:in'.i.    1.    Willijuii    Hell    Wood,  I.,    iii    AlMi.-]!\  rii\    I'a.,   |-',.|,.    1:1, 


I  l\i- lit  h  (  ieiierat  ion.  | 

•j.!.",.  is.  Sarah  Ann  I'.ell  (dan.  of  \\'illiam  I ',.  !  1  ami  Margaret  \'. 
|  K\  i._r||i  i.  I,.  I-V!,'  L'.1,.  l^li'.,  m.  a-  hisi'd  \vif.-,  (  let.  I,  1  -:'^,  <  :r,,r-v  i  'oilier. 
I,.  Mareh  17,  I  7'.n'i  Is.in  ot'  Tel'-r  ( 'oilier  and  ('.nhaiine  .  ,.|'  \\'or- 

;-,.-!,. i-  (   o.,    Md.).        II. -\\asa    lar.L'f  \\li<>l<->ale    uro-i    at    St.    l.oui-.    Mo. 
ind  a   \\eahli\    liank.-r    there:    \\  here  lie  d.  .1  td\    I  <.    I  >•"'!',  art.  ."»;.       I  ',y 


Col.  Timotluj  Dwiyht, 
Son  of  TimotJi  //,  Son  of  Jolt  // ,  both  of  Dcdha-ni,  3fa«s.   2  3  0 

liis  first  wife,  Frances  Enphrasia  Morrison,  whom  lie  m.  Jan.   1,  182G 
lie  had  5  children.      Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Collier  is  now  (1873)  in  China  with 
her  daughter. 

[Xinth  Generation.]      Children  : 

311.  i.    Margaret    Dwight    Collier,   1).    July  2."),  1839,  in.  March  27, 
18G9,  Ethan  Allen  Hitchcock  (son  of  Henry  and  Caroline  Hitchcock  of 
Mobile,  Ala.),  a  tea   merchant   in   Hong    Kong,  China  (of  the   firm  cf 
Oliphant  it  Co.).      They  have  one  child: 

312.  1.    Sarah  Collier  Hitchcock,  b.  March  1870. 

313.  ii.   Francos   Enphrasia  Collier,  b.  Aug.    I,    184-1,    d.   Feb.    28, 
1840. 

314.  iii.  John  Pierre  Collier,  b.  Dec,  12,  1842. 
31;").   iv.  "William  Bell  Collier,  b.  Aug.  2,  1844. 

3  IT),  v.  Maurice  Dwight  (/oilier,  b.  .May  G,  184G,  in.  June  7,  1872, 
Clara  Aidee  (dan.  of  George  T.  Aidec  of  Westchester,  X.  Y.).  He  is 
a  la\vver  in  St.  Louis.  He  was  grad.  at  Yale  in  1SGG. 

317.  vi.   Thomas  Fassitt  Collier,  ]>.  Jan.  13,  1848. 

318.  vii.   Eli/abeth  Tiernau    Collier,  b.    Oct.    19,  1849,   d.  Sept,    14, 
1850. 

3.19.  viii.   Henry  Collier,  b.  Sept.  4,  1851,  d.  Feb.  1,  1855. 

|  Kighth  <  Generation.] 

!>9G.  vii.  Margaret  Hewitt  Bell  (dan.  of  Win.  Bell  and  Marga.rot  V. 
Dwight),  b.  Aug.  24,  1820,  in.  June  13,  1844,  John  Logan  Blame,  b. 
in  Greene  Co..  Ky.,  March  29,  1807  (son  of  James  Blaine  of  Wood- 
ford  Co.,  Kv.,  and  .Alary  Logan).  He  was  a  merchant  at  St.  Louis, 
where  he  d.  May  2G,  18G5,  and  where  his  widow  still  resides  (1874). 
[.Ninth  Generation.]  Children: 

320.  i.    Emma  Bell  Blaine,  b.  Oct.  14,  18-15,  m.  Jan.  29,  1871,  Ed- 
ward  Spanlding    Churchill,   a   W.    I.   merchant   at   Portland,    Me.,    b. 
April,  1.8-1  G   (son  of  Edward  Churchill  of  Portland  and  Mary,  his  wife). 
She  d.  Xov.  24,  1871,  leaving  a  son. 

321.  i.    Winston.  Churchill,  b.  Xov.  10,  1871. 

322.  ii.    Annie  Collier  Blaine,  b.  Feb.  28,  1.8-17,  d.  Sept.  27,  1818. 

323.  iii.   James  Logan  Biaiiie,  b.  Dec.  21,   1818,  d.  Aug.  8,  18  L9. 
321.   iv.   Maurice  Dwight  .Blaine,  b.  Oct.  23,  1850. 

325.    v.    Kate  .Reynolds  Blaine,  b.  Aug.   1G,   1852,  d.  Aug.  10,  185  1. 

32G.    vi.   Mary  Blaine,  b.  July  7.   1*54. 

327.    vii.   Sarah  Collier  Blaine,  1).  Sept.  2,  185G. 

|  Kiglith  Generation.] 
297.   viii.   Henry   Rutgers   Bell,     _M.1>.    (son   of  William   Ix.41    and 


Mar-ar.  -i   V.    huiu'ht  I.  k   March  1".'.    I  S-J-J,  m.    .him-    L'7.    IM'.'.    Martha 
Jai"-   lr\\i!i  nl'  A  i  li  "jln-i'  \    1'ilv.       Ili'    practiced    ini'i  i  iniii-    in    A:,-   -li'-iiv 

(     ll\  .    I   'iiii-a-n.     I  11..    Mini     Mi'a,i\  ill.-.     |';i.         II,  •    ,|.    .lll!|.'     I    I.     I  ->''.',. 

\  1  1,:  li  i  ii'iaTa!  i'  iii.  I      (  'liildn-n  ; 

:ii>.  i.  riiiirl.-s  \V;ili,.r  I5.-1I,  I.,  l-'.-l).  •-'•>.  IM'.i,  .1.  -Ian.  •'..  I--",  iii 
All.  -In  M\  (  'ity. 

:IL'.'.   ii.   .loin,  \\-\\  in  I',,.  li,  1,.  Jim,-  L'I',  !>.">(  >. 

.">."r".  iii.  Maiirir,'  \\'ilii;iin  I'.i-il,  1>.  S-pi.  :'..  I  >."IL'.  il.  (  '(•;.  ''>.  I  >.">.'!.  in 
All.-ulirny  (  'iiy. 

:'.:')  I.  \\.  WiMiiim  I'^i-In  I;-!!.  1..  .M:!iv!,  :',.  1  v>7.  <1.  in  (  'hi:';!-  ...  <  >,-i. 
::i.  I  MM  i. 

:'.:'.i'.   \.    l!.)lM-rt    .M..\vr<-     15,-lK  I..  Nov.  iin}  !>i;n. 


L".''.(.  \.  A  l_f!-h.,i;  Si:l'i,'y  l?i-il  (v,,n  ol'  \Villi:rni  :i:nl  .M;irur:u''''  I'-'ll  ', 
1..  Aii..  -.  i>lj:>,  in.  !>--,•.  I  I.  ls:n'.  Mai-'aivita  Sarah  I'aik.  1..  .!-.;!•>  il, 
i-L'-  (.Ian.  of  .l.-inio  I'ark  ill'  Alli'xh.'iiy  (  'its  ami  Mar-aiv;  Mr*  noiy), 
a  lau'vi-r  {  I  ).  \\'.  and  A.  S.  llcilj.  jil  I  'i  1  1  >l»n  r-'li.  I'a. 

N  ill!  'l     (  irlii'l'a!  inn.  |        (  'iiilill'i'li   ; 

:;:',."..  i.  l.nui-a  Sli.-|,l.'\-  r.,-11.  I..  AU--  ll1.  l>:>l,  .1.  whil..-  at  ,<•:  .....  ! 
in  I  '  1  1  i  I  ;  1  1  i  i  •  ]  1  1  i  i  i  a  .  M  a  v  1  .  \^1  \  , 


>i'\  I'll'  li   <  i.-ii'Tai  inn.  | 

1'  ~  -.     i  V.      I  t'"\  .     I'l'.     \l  a  II  fh-c     \\    i  i  !  lain    I  >V.  i-lit     i  .-i  ill   i  <\     \  1 11.     M  ::  M  !"    '      \\   . 

I  >v,  i  ji.;  nt'  IM  in|i-\  ill,'.  \  a..  aini  A!  a  I-M  ,  !  I  >,  u  ii ;  •.  K.  \iairii  I.  !  7'.'''i, 
a  I  l\  '  1 1'  j '-  \  1 1 1 1-,  \\  a>  Lfi'ii'l.  a  I  '  ',  M  u  in  1  'la  <  '•  -1  i..  N  .  V  ..  m  1  -  i  '  '•.  ;• . '  '  i  nitr- 
s  U  <  •  1 1  J  i  i  >  t  i  I '  •" !  "U'  i  <  '•'  1 1  >  I  '  1 1 1 1 1  •  •*  ;  1 1  N  i  U  !  '• ! '  I '  1 1  -  u  1 1  •  k  .  \  .  .  i  .  I  !  '  1 ; , .  .^  •'•'•> 

I  ^L'.\  <  '.ii  iiai'in,-,  da  ii.  of  Major  John  <  '.  'I'.'ii  I  '.r".-c!.  uf  I  i  IIM-'.H,  v.  iili- 
i iii!  i  ->u,'. 

II"     \\as     .--tii.-.l  ;il    \Viitt-rtM|-.l.   N.   V.    .l-L'.i    'I,,    aial    a!    New    llark- 

,•;,-.,-:,.  N.  \  .  i  I  •>_• ;.:;:;  i.  ,ml  a;    r,i-...,;j\:i.  N.  N".    i  -:;;;--:•:.,.  nx.-i-  il,.- 

I'  1 1  -l     I  id'i  ii'lin-i  1    I  Mi  I  ch   (  'h  u  ri'h. 

I  i  ••  '.'•  a  -  ;.  •_••'  KM  1  jil'i  ai-in-r.  ami  a  Iii  n-ral  !i,l  :al  ••  I  !:.;,:i.  ,:!;'aii!i'  lili'i  u''1!'- 
lal,  alai  '_T.'al!\  l'i-  -i  I,','! '  •'  I  1>\  ail  \\iin  klp'\s  hl/u  fi'l'  111-  ]"  iv-'ii.ai  Uui'lh 
ala  i  jiill  'Iii'  tali  ht  illlic--. 

ll'-  '•'>  >-  uf  a  tail  ami  span-  li'^mv,  ni'  ilari-,  I'M!I:|I!-  \i''ii,  samix  liair 
;  i.'i  Mar!>  na/'-i  '  \i--.  aiai  iia'i  a  li'i"-h  n'Ui.i'  i.a:.i-i-  I..|  hi-  \i'ar.-.  and 
v.  a  -  'Till'-  \  I  \  ai'l'  ili>  l  u  i -i  .11  \  i  'I'saLli  'li. 

Ill     n.aiiii'-r>  \\  ,'i ,  •    ;i.~i    si  m  I'll-   a>  hi>  si  1 1  ni    u  a-   -iiii-cn1.       1 1    \va-ca-V 


Col.  Timothy  Dw if/lit, 
of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolm,  both  of  Dedliam,  Mas*.    241 

for  anv  OIK;  to  gain  his  car  who  deserved  it,  and  his  heart  also.  M  hile 
remarkably  modest  and  circumspect,  he  was  also  frank,  cheerful  and 
inspiring  in  his  habits  of  soeial  intercourse.  No  wonder  that  his  peo- 
ple loved  so  warmly  (heir  good  "  old  Dominie."  .In  IS;").")  he  retired, 
on  account  of  his  failing  health,  to  a  pleasant  homo  that  lie  had  pre- 
pared for  himself  in  the  suburbs  of -"Brooklyn,  where  he  spent  the  last 
four  years  of  his  lilt' in  gentle  quietness  among  hooks  and  flowers,  of 
which  he  was  very  fond,  and  where  he  d.  Dec.  o,  1S59,  act.  0-">.  Jlis 
widow  d.  in  lS(i-i. 


[Sixth  Generation.  ] 

11:').  i\.  Fidelia  J  Kvight  (dan.  of  Major  Timothy  Dwight  of  North- 
ampton and  Mary  Edwards)  b.  Aug.  7,  17'5S,  in.  -Ian.  Hi,  17'.'-').  her 
cousin,  Hon.  Jonathan  .Edwards  I'orter  of  lladley,  Mass.,  b.  May  17, 
17oi>  (son  of  Klea/er  I'orter  of  Hadlev  and  Susanna  .Edwards,  dan.  of 
Jonathan  Edwards  of  Northampton,  whom  he  m.  Sept.  17,  17bJ.  lie 
d.  in  I7!I7,  aet.  ''>',),  and  she  in  lS<i:->,  aet.  63),  grad.  at  Harvard 
in  17^'),  having  spent:  the  first  ',\  years  of  his  course  at  Yale,  lie 
was  a  lawyer  at  Hadley,  and  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  .Mass,  legis- 
lat  lire. 

lie  was  of  medium  stature  and  of  a  full  figure  and  black  hair  and 
eyes  and  very  sprightly  in  mind  and  manner.  He  was  animated  in 
conversation  and  abounded  in  anecdote  and  wit.  He  was  of  an  amia- 
ble and  affect ionate  disposition,  thoroughly  upright  and  full  of  deep 
religious  feeling. 

He  was  of  a  strongly  bilious  diathesis;  and  his  health  becoming  poor, 
he  was  for  several  years  unable  to  attend  to  any  professional  business 
on  account  of  the  complete  prostration  of  his  physical  and  mental 
capacities.  lie  recovered  his  health  at  length  and  removed  to  New 
Haven,  Ct.  (about  18(H>— 7),  where  he  practised  his  profession  until 
again  compelled  by  utter  phvsical  inability  to  reliiKpiish  its  labors,  and 
died  suddenly  March  L'-i-,  lSi'1,  act.  -V». 

Mrs.  Fidelia  I'orter  was  of  a  slight  figure  but  verv  fine-looking,  hav- 
ing black  hair  and  penetrating  black,  eves.  She  suffered  much  from 
protracted  ill  health,  and  had  manv  v;ieai  i  rials  to  meet:  in  the  repeated 
overthrow  of  her  husband's  heal.th  and  finances:  but  she  abounded  in 
moral  courage  and  eaerg\  and  met  them  bravelv.  The  later  vears 
ol  her  life  she  spent  in  New  York  with  her  sons.  While  living  there, 
she  was  much  associated  with  .Mrs.  Ihvio  ISetiiuno  (mother  ol'  Jiev. 
I  'r.  (<eorge  Betliune),  in  her  well-known  labors  of  love,  and  espe- 
cially in  behalf  of  seamen.  She  delighted  to  forget  herself  in  her 

10 


1  IK    J )<  .svv  iKtif/ifx  of 
I'll'  Son    ot'  ,\  iitjidnti  /    /^ //'/<////,   /">///    /•*/'  ,\  tirfhilnijifoH, 

efforts  to  do  u'cod  to  others.  She  (1.  suddenly  of  apoplexy,  .Ian.  -1'. 
1  v  17.  art.  7'.'. 

I  Sev  enth  <  M-nerat  inn.  |      ( 'hildren  : 

.">.">'''.  i.  .lulia  Ann  I'ortcr,  1..  Au_'.  l:1,.  17'.'.".,  in.  It-'V.  hi.  .1.  I'. 
\Viekhain,  ami  .1.  |»r.-.  L1.1?.  |>:'iii.  act.  .">7. 

."..".7.   il.  Timothy    hwi^ht    Porter,  .M.I  >.,!>.  .March   II,  1  7I>7,  resides 

(  i  V7  I  i   at    New    York. 

:'.:'••<.    iii.    'I'], lore  Wnolsi'V   Porter,  I).  .Inly    1  .">.    17'.''.'.  -rail,  at    Yale 

ii.  lvl'.',  studied  law  in  Philadelphia,  \vitli  Diaries  < 'hauncey.  KS.J.. 
-pent  --»nii'  Years  as  a  jiri\'at.-  Irai'li.-i-  in  \  ir^inia,  and  in  l^'i!  ln-caiii'1 
a»(n-iati-(l  \\  iili  his  t-ld.T  lirotln-r  in  tin-  |>riin-i]iaKlii|>  of  "  'I'll'-  \\  a>h- 
i!i'_'tnii  In-iiiiiU'"  of  ,\i-w  ^'o^k  <'iiv,  wht-fc  h<-  rt-iiiaiin-d  until  hi- 
"icatli.  This  rrlcliratfd  school  for  l>o\'s  was  founded  l>y  <i(..i'_''  \\  . 
Hall.  I'lsij..  and  wa>  named  liy<;.iil.  Lafayd  tc,  %\  ln-n  on  a  \i-it  to  i; 
li\-  invitation  in  1VL'I,  on  Ids  last  .-oniin^  to  this  cotintry,  i  i\  tin-  name 
liiat  it  l)orc  afterwards,  in  response  to  the  re.jue.-t  of  j;.^  pr<  .pi  idor. 

The    name     "   histitute."   of    Fl-elicll    oriu'ill,    thus    first    ^i\ell    1>\     Laf;.\eUe 

1o  aii  American  scliool.  lias  since  come  into  use  as  a  tre.jiieni  d'-si^na- 
1  ii  >u  "f  such  estalilisliinejets. 

.Mr.  Theodore  \V.  I'orter  was  a  man  of  retined  tastes  and  of  tender 
-•nsi'oilit  ies,  and  possessed  L.'1'ear  enej'^v  and  sweetness  of  character, 
lie  u  as  also  an  carne>|  (  'hristiaii.  and  opeeiallv  interested  in  Snl.l.a:  h 
>••! 1-.  Mi-  social  ijiialities  were  of'  a  hi-'h  order,  aii'i  he  was  re- 
mark a  hie  al\\  avs  for  i  he  finish  .if  l.oth  Ids  dress  and  manner-,,  lie  had 
unusual  po\\er>  of'  inti-rc  -,-t  IIIL;  his  pupii>  in  tii.-ir  \\>'ik.  an«i  in  ii;- 
I'lans  nf  progress  for  them.  Ills  idea>  .,('  niethod  ainl  di.-ciphne  \<-r>' 
of  the  hi-he,;  order,  and  lie  was  conscientious,  thorough  and  earni-si  in 
his  U'ofk.  Ills  o\\  n  Denial  disp.i.-i  i  i.  >n.  \\aim  r.-l^ious  natuie  and 
svho'iarlv  tastes  and  haMt-  impressed  themselves  to  ilc-  f.iil  upon  the 
\ounu'  minds  and  heart-  that  were  tort  nnatelv  lirou^ht  under  in-  inilu- 
.  nee.  lie  had  a  uTeal  relish  to)-  music,  paiiiiin_'  and  seuipture  and 
spe.'iniens  ot'  i  he  fine  art  s  in  whatever  firm,  and  knew  w  .-ii  the  charm 
a  nd  -pell  ef  1  looks  i  if'  a  h  ii;he!-  oualli  v  f-r  i  1  •  ir  <•  >\  n  int  rin.-ic  vv  ort  li. 
Jle.  d.  unmarried  April  '•'<.  l^-*-1.  act.  .n'. 

il:'.1.'.    iv.    Jonathan    Ivivvard-    I'oii.-r,  I..  Jui.e  L'7.    1-"."',  at    Had..  \,\  .i. 


.  i.  Juiia  Am.  IWi.-r.  h.  Au-    i:'.  17:':;.  m.  Ma\  -<:,  1-:  ,.  i;,-\. 

h     lire    -M     \\'icldiam.    !>.!>..  h.    in    Tie  .m  \  .-..n.  <  ': ..   A  j  .1  ii    i.    I7'.'7 
f    haniel     Hull     Wickham    and     .MaiA     I  »j .  -  -,  r;,  L.I  ad.  .. :      N'..!.-    iu 


Col.  Timothy  ~l)(ui<jlit, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Joltn,  botlt  ofDedham,  J./^*.y.    243 

1815,  amanuensis  for  one  year  (181G)  to  Prest.  Dwight,  tutor  at  Yule 
(1818-21),  Avas  ordained  at  Oxford,  X.  Y.,  July  31,  1823,  preached  at 
New  llochelle  and  West  Farms,  N.  Y.  (1825-28),  and  was  principal 
of  "Tin!  Washington  Institute"  in  Xe\v  York  (1828-3-1),  for  <>  years. 
In  Nov.  183-1  lie  was  installed  over  the  Presb.  Ch.  at  Matteawan,  X.  Y., 
and  in  I  >ec.  JS37,  lie  took  charge  of  "  The  Burr  Seminary  "'  in  Man- 
chester, Vt.,  which  charge  lie  maintained  for  2-")  years  following,  until 
Nov.  IS('>2.  lie  still  (1S74)  resides  at  that  place. 

Mrs.  -Julia  A.  Wickham  Avas  a  lady  of  brilliant  intellect  and  full  of 
sparkling  Avit  in  union  with  feminine  qualities  of  a  superior  kind.  She 
was  small  in  person,  of  a  neat  trim  figure,  with  an  oval  face  of  an  Ed- 
wardean  tvpe,  having  a  prominent  forehead  and  keen  black  eyes.  She 
d.  in  New  York  Dec.  23,  1S30. 

[lie  m.  for  2d  wife  Dec.  28,  18.")  1,  Amy  Porter,  cousin  to  his  first 
wife,  b.  Scut.  20,  ISO!,  who  d.  Oct.  29,  1832  (dan.  of  Col.  Moses  Por- 
ter of  lladley,  .Mass.,  and  Amy  ('olt).  By  this  marriage  he  had  a 
dau.,  Kmma  \Vickham,  b.  Oct.  21,  1832,  Avho  in.  as  his  2d  Avife  lieA*. 
Alfred  ( '.  Hoe,  Presl).  clergyman,  JIOAV  (1S74)  of  Clyde,  N.  Y.  lie  m. 
for  a  -'id  wife,  Oct.  12,  1*34,  Elizabeth  C.  Merwin,  dau.  of  Kev.  Sam- 
uel Merwin  of  Xew  Haven,  Ct.  ] 

lie  had  bv  his  wife,  Julia  A.  Porter,  one  child: 

311.    L.    .Mary  Louisa  Wickham,  b.  Nov.  7,   1827,  Avho  d.  July,  1828. 

[  Se\  enth  (Generation.] 

337.  ii.  Timothy  Dwight  Porter,  M. D.  (son  of  Hon.  Jonathan  E. 
Porter  and  Fidelia  Dwight),  b.  March  14,  1707,  grad.  at  Yale  in  .181(5, 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Jonathan  Knight  of  New  IhiA'en,  afterwards 
professor  of  Surgery  at  Yale  College,  lie  Avas,  Avith  his  brother,  prin- 
cipal and  proprietor  for  many  years  of  the  "'Washington  Institute,"  a 
Boarding  School  for  boys  in  NCAV  York — having  previously  taught  for 
some  years  in  Virginia  and  S.  Carolina.  This  Avas  a  building  of  white 
marble,  large  and  showy  for  those  times,  and  stood  in  1  3th  Si.,  be- 
tAveen  .3d  and  Mi  Avenues,  on  the  south  side  of  the  street.  There  it 
still  stands  on  i(s  original  site,  and  quite  above  (he  present  level  of  the 
street.  lie  afterwards  removed  the  school  to  the  tine  estate,  as  il  is 
no\\ ,  when;  he  has  ever  since  resided,  vJiieh  contained  then  some 
two  acres  lying  on  the  eastern  slope  of  .Murray  Hill,  and  including 
the  space  now  bounded  by  Third  and  Lexington  Avenues  and  3(5th 
and  37th  Streets.  It  has  been  preserved  by  him  until  within  about 
;~>  years  in  its  original  shape.  Its  highest  point  on  Lexington  Avenue 
is  some  ii>  feet  above  high  Avater  at  Kip's  P>av,  near  bv,  and  presents 
a  \\ide  view  of  L.mg  Island,  and  of  East  liiver  whitened  with  sails. 


o 


II.-  in.  I  ).-.-.  ls.°,<»,  ,M;,ry  Kli/a  liar  Man.  of  Hun.  Kj.hraim  II.  ,rt  of 
I'tira.  N.  V.,  in,.  I  N\Y;.llliy  Kd  !..-••;  «'f  Shellieid,  Ma».  II.-  \v.-is  a 
men-haul  al  (  'i  in  t  on,  N  .  Y  ..  and  afterwards  had  a  fuundrv  at  I  1  I>M  ami 
1  1  i<l  a  larLT''  '  m-incss  i  In  -IT.  Hi-  was  (  \virc  Slat  i-  Si-nal  '  »r  in  I  ^  I  >'.  ami 
IMJO.  Mi'  (I.  at  St.  Au.uMlstin.-,  Kla..  K.-h.  II,  Is:','.!,  a--t.  i'.:i.  His 
tat  li'M'.  .1  Uiiu'1'  Tliomas  1  la  n  ,  fame-  iVuin  |-'ai-iiiiii'_'t  on,  <  't  .,  air  1  \s  a-  al>u  a 
inrrrhanl  at  (Mintoii),  She  <l.  uf  tvnistuunt  iun  |-'rli.  l''>.  I>'il,  a  ia<lv  ut' 
1,'cnnini'  i»i«'ty  ami  \vort  li. 

Since  rriiin  jiii.^liiiiL,'  liU  l.iliors  as  a  ti-acli'-i1.  In-  lias  liii>i'-'i  liiin-  it'  in 
iMrnr4  for  Ins  lai'4'1  and  valuable  c.-itati1,  and  al.-u  in  -in-ii  _:•  -iiial 
lit'Tarv  o.-i-tipat  ions  al  Imiip-,  as  lit'i'-lun^  naiui-  ot'  ri-adin_f  and  --tudv 
lia\i-  made-  s]  .....  iallv  auri'''('a'il''  to  him.  II'-  sondit  for  M'Vrral  \i-ars 
diliiji'iitlv  in  \arions  \va\'s.  and  in  cjiMtc  a  varii-tv  of  foriii-~.  to  -'-rnrc 
tlii-  ]  pi-rinaiifiil  coiisi-crat  IOH  of  Ins  (Mat'1  to  th'1  u»-s  ut'  tlf  ni^li  ••!•  rdu- 
i-ation  in  all  triir  niod"s,  liarinunionsly,  jihy-irai.  intt-ll"'-;  ua!  and 
moral,  of  tip  •  damrhti'rs  of  th"  ln'ttrr  classic  in  I  If  rity.  Tli'-  lovadth 
oi'  ground  to  lir  (.-in  n  11  'Ct"d  \vit  h  tin-  ili-,iri-d  rdil'n-i',  u'hii'ii  he  hop"d  to 
see  limit  II]M.|I  it  and  jirujierh'  eudoU'ed.  (•<  jiii|ijied  ;.tid  ollicered.  ;.i,d  it> 
al  lonnd  inur  "]  M'une^s  to  til"  --mi-hii!"  and  !h"  1'ri-e  tV^-h  air  of  h"a\i'ii 
\\vre  faxuriie  charar!"ri-tii-s  of  th'-  |iictures  of  d.-!i^!it  \vhi"h  !.••  .treu- 
to  hi-  own  mind  and  to  t  h"  thought  -  uf  uth'-rs,  a-  h"  ofiri:  d\\  .  •;•  •  '.:hn- 
,-ia-i  i'-al  l\'  ujioii  hi-  Lfnerons  |'!an-  of  eilurat  lonal  1  ••  -i  r  -fai-Mi  •;,. 
failed  t"  intere-t  otiiei-s  -nil:  •:••!!!  Iv  in  his  ].:ir|,.  p-.--  IPP  '.-in 

etTectlNi1,  and   at    la>t    ruin-hided    to    iv>e|-\  e   the    land    i.o   i.  .!:••;.  -r    l':  .      ,     rhe 
I're.  i  Hem   solieitat  ions  ot'  |  'iirrha-er-. 

II"  i-  of  >,lender  li^'iire,  t:\e  fee;  se\en  in.  hi  -  in  height.  •  •  dark 
eomjilexion  and  lihn-k  ex--.,  and  aetise  and  fiv-h  in  I,:-.  !'.••;::._-  and 
manner-.  I  I  ••  ha  -  had  i  \l.  o  di  i  !d  reii  ; 

i'lll'.     1.    Julia    hwiuhi    I'orter,  It.  al.oiit    1  -  I  L1.  d.  \\h'  n  ;d»  -n 


I  In-    | '.  irter    (•  ami  I  v  i  r  r.,    I  .  u-teur)  '•: 

Slillolk.     I!    ,  _'.          I;     i-    l,,.lie\,.,]     to    |,a\e    lie, 

t!ip-  t  i:;ie  of    i  h"   Norman  <  'oi,'ii;e~:     (  \.\>. 


I .    -I  •  •:,  n    I  'orti-r  of  \\  ii,d-or,  (  '; . .  eaiiie 
,    I.'.:1.!!,  and    M-:.;|.-d    in     l;..J,iiry,    .M:.- 

lal'i  i'.  prd.   <  ''  . 


Col.  Timothy  Dwigkt, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  lotli  of  Dedham,  31dxs.   -45 

II.  Samuel  Porter,  his  son,  in.  Hannah  Stanley  (dau.  of  Thomas 
Stanley  of  Hartford,  Ct.),  and  removed  in  1G.">9  to  Hadley,  Mass., 
as  one  of  its  first  settlers,  where  he  d.  Sept.  (5,  1GG9,  and  she  died,  Dec. 
18,  1708. 

II  I.  Hon.  Samuel  Porter,  Jr.,  their  eldest  son,  b.  April  G,  1GGO,  in. 
Feb.  '22,  1GS3,  Joanna  Cook  (dau.  of  Capt.  Aaron  Cook).  He  was  a 
large  trader,  a  Judge  and  Sheriff,  and  d.,  leaving  an  estate  of  £10,000, 
July  29,  1722,  aet.  02:  she  d.  Nov.  IS,  1713. 

LV.  Their  son  .Justice  Kleaxer  Porter  (their  8th  child),  b.  Feb.  I1."), 
1G!)X,  d.  Xov.  G,  17-">7,  aet.  •"><).  lie  in.  Sarah  Pitkin,  sister  of  (!ov. 
William  Pitkiu  of  Connecticut.  [Their  dau.  Sarah  m.  Uev.  J)r. 
Samuel  Hopkins,  whose  dau.  .Mary  Hopkins  was  the  wife  of  liev.  J)r. 
Jonathan  .Kdwards,  Pros,  of  I'nion  College,  X.  Y.] 

V.  lion.  Klea/er  .Porter,  Jr.,  their  son,  b.  June  27,  1728,  grad.  at  Yale 
in  171 S,  was  a  J  ustice  of  the  Peace  and  J  luigc  of  Probate.  Jle  in.  Aug. 
G,  17")-l.  liis  cousin,  Ann  Pitkin,  who  d.  aet.  24-,  Xov.  7,  1758;  and  he 
in.  for  2d  wife,  Sep.  17,  1  7G  1 ,  Susanna  Kdwards  (dau.  of  Pres.  Jonathan 
Kdwards),  b.  June  20,  1  7 40,  who  d.  May  2,  ISO.'),  aet.  G2.  Jle  had 
by  his  t  \vo  wives  nine  children,  three  by  his  first  wife  and  six  by  his 
hist. 

V  I.  Jonathan  Kdwards  Porter  b.  May  17,  1  7GG,  was  grad.  at  Harvard 
in  l7S'i.  ills  brother  Moses  Porter,  b.  Sept.  19,  17GS,  m.  Amy  Colt 
and  had  13  children.  He  d.  May  22,  18.V.1-,  net,  8.">.| 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

Ill-,  x.  Rev.  Nathaniel  ])  wight,  M.I),  (son  of  Major  Timothy 
Dwight  of  Northampton  and  ^lai-y  Kdwards),  1).  Jan.  .'51,  177(',  was  of 
a  t;il!  iigure  and  strongly  built,  but  not  uf  as  line  a  physiipie  as  mo.>i  of 
his  l.n  ithcrs. 

He  >iudied  medicine  in  Hartford,  with  Dr.  Mason  F.  Cogswell,  and 
practised  his  jirofession  there  for  sometime.  Jle  was  afterwards  as- 
bistani  surgeon  in  the  U.  S.  A.,  and.  was  stationed  at  Governor's 
Island,  N.  Y.  lie  settled  subsequently  in  West Held,  .Mas>.,  and  New 
Lou  Ion,  ( 't.  (1SOG-10),  and  \Vetherslieid,  Ct.  (ISl(j-l^).  ju  1 S 1  L' 
he  relinquished  medical  jiractice  and  settled  in  the  ministry  at  \Yest- 
ehestc.r,  Ct.  (  IS  |  2-20J.  l.n  iSi'l)  he  returned  to  the  practiet'of  med- 
icine again,  and  set  tied  at  Pi-d\  idriicr,  1!.  I.,  and  afterwards  at  Nor- 
wich. <  '; .  While  residing  at  the  latter  place  he  visited  (  )s\\  ego,  X.  Y., 
and  svhiie  there  caught  ';  the  .Lake  fever,"  and  d.  June  11,  18:51,  aet. 
Gl. 

lie  was  a    man  of  sterling   integrity  and  of    humble  piety  and    kind 


;iml  u'ei  erous  tn  ;i  fault.  For  that  worldly  \visdi)t!i  whi*  h  bnir_'-  pecu- 
niary success  in  liusiiicss  inatlrrs  he  \\  as  nut  remarkable. 

lie  uas  regarded  as  a  L,'»"<1  medical  |  >raet  1 1  1<  iner.  AS  a  preacher, 
In1  was  )  >raet  teal  and  earnest,  and  tail  lil'ul  in  his  pastoral  labors. 

!!'•  prepared  a  School  <  ieo<_;rapli  v,  ihe  first  c\er  ]  ,u  1 ,1  i  ~h,-d  in  this 
country,  and  ipnte  popular  fur  .se\<-ral  years,  henc_'  in  I  he  form  of 
ijitest  imis  and  answers.  He  wrote  also  '•  The  (.'real  <v'ue-tion  An- 
swered"; and  '*  A  Compendious  1 1  istorv  of  t  he  Signers  of  t  he  |  -Vehira- 
t  ion  ot'  I  ndependencc." 

lie  deserves  also  most  honorable  reinenil'i-anee  for  hi.-  early  and 
aetive  interest  in  measures  of  ] m lil ie  relief  for  t  he  insane.  Me  was  one 
of  the  ;ir..,t  certainly,  and.  as  the  author  lielie\es.  ///••  >••  /•//  /''/••>•/  ",/-',  to 
set  in  motion  the  jiresent  wide-spread  henetieent  system  ol  State  In- 
sane Ketivats  existing  in  this  country. 

A!  tin:  semi-centennial  celebration  of '•  The,  lietreat  for  th"  In-aiie," 
held  at  Hartford,  Ct.,, Ian.  7,  1^7:5,  \h'.  (Jurdon  \V.  IJn  —  il.  a.  iife-lonu; 
re>iilen:  of  Hartford,  and  one  of  the  medical  \i>itor>of  Tiie  I,'. 'treat, 
delivered  1»\'  a| >] mint nient  the  commemoratis ->•  address  ot'  the  m  ea^ion. 
In  Lri^inx'  tip-  history  of  this  institution  (the  first,  as  the  aiiihor  siiji- 
]i  ises.  in  the  entire  countrvj  he  savs:  '•  Fi'om  all  that  no\\  aj'ju-ars, 
bot  h  ol'  record  and  t  radit  ion,  the  (  'otinect  lent  Medieai  Soeiei  v  has  the 
honor  of  initiat iiii,'  the  mosemeiits  \\-lneh  resulted  in  th"  establishment 
of  the  |;,-treat  forth,.  Insane.  J>-<  „,•/;/,•*  ISl'J,  l>r.  \,it!  >'  lh>-',,jU 
<,/'  (  '<,'.*  I, '  .-•/.  r  sent  to  the  (  'on\  i'Ht  ion  of  the  Society  //  -•..;,,  , 

iljmi,    ///.     .v //,/.-,  -I   ,,f  n  /,,->y//'/'  //_/'.,/•/</,,<'//<•,•;.,    I!,',*    Sl.it'  ,   n 

,/•„,.  ,,rr,,;,,t. ./  >.,  ,',,//,,•/  ,,,-:,r, ,-  ;„!'<, m,,,/;,,,!  <>/<•/  /•.;».//." 

It  I  iok  i  1  years  to  transform  the  surest  ion  eariie.-tly  i:i.-e!  .  i  \  \)\\ 
I  )wiurh'.  into  th.-  briek  and  mortar,  and  the  ar«-omjiai,\  in^  >••::••  en- 
dowinenis  and  local  jiros;-ions  and  ananu'eineni  s  \\hieli  ha\e  col- 
lee:i\e]\  constituted  ever  sinee  th"  \yell-kno\\n  lletre-it  at  1 1  .  \--  lord. 
That  all  the  facts  of  the  ease  mav  be  duiv  a|  >j  U'eeiat '  •  i  -hor'd  be 

reniemliered  what  was  the  s\->tem  ot'  treatment  for  the  in~an<'  \\nich 
was  i  n  \  o.^iie  in  (Midland  as  late  as  I  >  1 .1  (  -ee  |',r, , -\  e!oi  -a  •  1 1,1  I  >i  1 1  a  nnica, 
'•  M'-nt,il  Diseases,"  vol.  \i\.  |i.  -'il'^).  Th"  custom  \\:.|;  ••  ;  e.mtine 

til.-  1  n-alie  \\  hi  eh  were  in  asylums  in  low  and  da  in]  >  ee,  !ai  •  -oiai  t  lines 
in  faet  in  cai^es  and  soinetiiiK-s  chained  to  the  lioor  or  v..i  M  d  to 

mak"   them    the   butts  and   menials  of    the  11,0-1    d.-ba-.-,|   ,"  ;n.;n:i'  The 

meilieal  ti-i-atment  ,,|'  them  consisted  in  an  annual  hle-'ifj-jSjij  a  >  .1  fe\v 
.  met  i,  -  ;  \\  hil"  t  he  kish  u  as  s\  stemat  ieally  n-ed.  just  it';,  d,  a  . -\ .  n  re 

eoliilli.    I.ded     by    t  he    best     11  i .  •(  1  j  i  "I  1     a  U  t  ll  o  r  i  t  i  e  -  .          Til      \      U  el'i-  i-\  e|       i    \i  •  ;i  .jted 

]  i ', ."   u  ;', d   lieasi  -,  and   t  h<  ir  |  >a--ji  ,|,  >  \\  ere  1 1  rita  :  <  d    b\    ;  1,.  :  ;•    L, .  .  •;  ler-,  to 
i. nit'\    -   moi'lii.l    and   \  ul-_'ar  curiosit  y.       It    was  t  h"  S.  iei";  \    of    l-Vh-mls 


Col.  Timothy  Dtvight, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  both  of  Dedham,  Mass.    247 

in  England,  who  first  exhibited  any  great  radical  reform  there  in  the 
treatment  of  the  insane.  An  account  published  in  1813,  of  their  great 
success  in  ameliorating  their  condition  first  inaugurated  the  general 
humane  ideas  in  full  force  which  now  regulate  such  institutions  in 
England  and  on  the  continent." 

He  in.  June  24,  1798,  Jiebecca  Bobbins  of  YYethersfield,  Ct,  b.  Oct. 
7,  1770  (dan.  of  Appleton  Robbins  and  Mary  Stillmaii).  She  d.  April 
28,  1848,  aet.  77,  at  Wetherstield. 

She  was  thought  beautiful  in  her  youth.      Through  all  her  niaturer 
years  she  was  feeble  in   health  and  especially  in  the  latter  parr  of  her 
life.      She  was  of  a  gentle  spirit  and  a  meek  and  devoted  Christian. 
[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

344.  i.    A  child  unnanvd  that  d.  at  birth  in  1791). 

345.  ii.   John   Allen  I) wight,   b.   at    Wethersfield,   Sept.    10,    1800. 
He  spent  some  years  in  the   Southwest,  but  has  lived  for  many  year^ 
past   in   New  York,  where  he  has  been   latterly  a  real-estate   broker. 
He  is  unmarried. 

34G.  iii.  George  Eobbins  Dwight,  b.  at  \Yethersfield,  Nov.  3,  1802, 
m.  Feb.  22,  18:52,  Sarah  Smith  of  Wethersfield.  He  followed  the  sea 
for  several  years,  but  spent  most  of  his  life  as  a  farmer  (1833—08),  at 
Dunkirk,  N.  V.,  where  he  d.  without  issue,  Aug.  24,  18(58. 

31-7.  iv.  11(3 v.  Theodore  Mason  1) wight,  b.  at  AYestfield,  Mass.., 
Dec.  17,  1804. 

3  is.  y.  Hmry  C^eil  D  wight,  b.  at  Ne\v  London,  Ct.,  Oct.  22. 
180<'.,  d.  there  Sept.  17,  1807. 

349.  vi.    I  ferny  Cecil  D  wight,  2d,  b.  in  New  London,  Nov.  (>,  1807, 
in.    Nov.  5,  183:5,  his   cousin,   Agnes  Abby  D  wight,  b.   July    12.    ]81o 
(dau.  of  Henry  Edwin  Dwight  and  Electa  Centre).      Having  first  served 
a  clerkship  in  New  York,  he  established  himself  in  mercantile  busine» 
in  Franklin,  La.      Since   1852,  he  has  been   a  farmer  in  "\Yethersiield, 
Ct.      His  wife   d.  without  issue,   Nov.    11,  1839.      He   m.   for   2d  wife, 
Sept.  14,  1845,  Sarah  Arms  of  Moutpelier,  Vt.  (dau.  of  Stephen  .Arms 
and  Rebecca  Bradley).      He  had  one  child  : 

350.  1.    I  Lemy  Lyman    Dwight,  b.  April    9,   IN54,  who   d.    Jan.   3<i, 
1873,  act.  IS. 

351.  vii.   Nathaniel  Appleton    Dwight,  b.  June   G,  1^09,  d.  July  25, 
L809. 

352.  viii.  Nathaniel  Apple-ton  Dwight,  2d,  b.  Ma.y  23,  181o.  d.  Aug. 
30,   Is  10. 


'I  In'  J)i:sccn<1unt&  <>f 

:Ms          Sun  <>f  \<itfi<t  n  i>  1  I>irii/]if,  /><>///  of  Xo/'flnt  nij>f<>n, 

S"in.  in  Columliia,  S.  C.,  in  1>'.°>;>.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  \>\  th'1 
I'resl.vtery  i'|'  I  I  ope  Weil  at  I  >ecat  lir,  Ca.,  and  set  t  h'd  at  I',;  it  h,  (  ',;(. 

II     m.  Sept.   II,  is:;;;,  Angela    Hum  of  New  linm-v.  ick.  N.  .1.,  who 

was     ii.    ii!     Natche/,    Miss.,    in     I  SI  17,   and    .1.    Ill      Hilt  h,   <  la.,  Oct.    II,    Is.",!1,. 

He    in.    IMP  ;i  I'd  wife.  Xov.   I'.",,   1SI-J,   Alinii-.-i  Collins,  I,.    I  .....  .   L'"»,  1M:'. 

1  1  l:i  u.  of  A  Ic  \ander  (  'oil  ins  of  M  iddletown.  (  't.,  and  Kli/al»'th  \Vat  kin- 
S.IMI.  She  d.  at  (  iallatin,  Tenn.,  Sept.  I,  1  >  I'i,  ad.  :'i."i.  He  ni.  (MI-  .".d 
wife.  .Ijtii.  '»,  IS.M,  Sophia  1'alnier,  1).  at  \Vetherstield,  .Ian.  L'7,  \^\7 
(dan.  of  I  'apt.  .lohn  I'liliner  and  Kli/.  .ilieth  '  '.illin>  i.  H<;  w:is  settled  al 
Hath.  (la.  i  1  s:'(i'i-  d'  )<  and  afterwards  pi-eadicd  for  a  short  time  at  <  lal- 
lat  i  n.  I'l'ini.  (  1  ^  l-~»  -  t  7  ),  ret  n  nil  n1^  then  to  \\'et  hersliehl  a^'a  in  i  »  roide. 
From  April  11,  lSi',1,  to  Oct.  S,  Is,;:,,  he  had  cliaVL"1  "f  the  C,.ii^. 
('hurch  in  l'iitiir\-,  \'t.  Since  that  time  he  has  h\cd  in  \\"etherslield. 
He  iia->  MiilVred  much  for  tuaiiv  years  from  liroiidii:  !•<  ainl  other  l.n(lily 
ailments,  which  ha\  e  proventei]  his  ent  erni'_'  upon  anv  loi!'_'  or  lahoriou.-j 
pastorates.  Mrs.  Sophia  1'.  !>\vi_'ht  d.  .hilv  11.  1*7(1. 

KL'iitli  (  M-neratii  m.  J       <  'hildren  : 

THJ  fn-xt  irifi'  : 
.").".:',.    i.    (iilhert    Snowden    l>u~i_fiit,    li.    at    Columhia,  S.    (  '.,    April    l', 

1  x.'i.'l,   elitt-rcd,     I  )ec.      lSl',|,      I".     S.     \'  i  i!  11  1  1  1  ee  r   111  i  1  i  t  a  1'V   S'  T  \  1  ce.    IIS     a     pri- 

vate iii  ('o.  K  of  the  list  Vol.  Ohio  K.-L,'!.,  and  was  soon  appointed 
Sergeant  and  afterwards  Orderly.  lie  d.  at  Louisville.  Ky.,.lu!y  11, 
1  MI!',  of  typhoid  fever,  act.  l'7.  l>eari  nu'  tin-  name  of  "  a  hra\  ••  -oldiei1 

and  an  hr.mlile  de\  oted  (  'hrisi  ian."1 


'.\'<\.  ii.  Mason  Collins  I  hviu'ht  ,  1>.  at  \\"ei  lierstieM.  <  't..  (  »ct  .  '.'<.  l>t."i. 
He  .  nli-ied  i,,  Co.  i  of  The  In,  Harris  I.iuhi  C!(\:,!i-\  ,,f  \e\,  York. 
in  the  slimmer  of  lsi;i>.  He  ,,,.  |  ),.,..  L':,_  is,;^  ;,,  |  ',,•,,,  ,K  |\  ,,.  [..  ]., 
ll'-t.-i-  Catharine  liro\vnin_'.  1».  in  Krankiin  C  ...  <>..  An.  !  L',  1^1''.. 
He  is  a  plioli'u'rapher  at  rilk.i.i.r.  Iowa  !v7-">',  a>  lie  was  for  some 
yar-  at  l'alm\'ra.  Mo.  He  has  one  chilli: 
'  I.  Theodore  Mason  Dwi-ht.  1,  !-7". 

!   >!  \  I  h    <  ''ellel  at  loll.    I 

1   |.\      ':\,     I'lli/ldieth       |)wiudlt       (dan.      of      Ma:,.r     T:  |l'     L'lll       of 

N'  •!'!::•  :np!oii  and  Mars  Kd\\  ards  ),  !  ..  .!ai  .  '_".'.  I77l'.  ::i.  April  'J.  17'."_'. 
\\'il!';am  \\'allon  \\'ool  ,ev.  h.  at  "  I  >o-ori  -."  I  ..  I..  ia,.r  Ci--:,  C,,\e. 
Sept.  17.  |  7'i''  i  ,-oii  of  IJfiijaniin  \VooKey.  .1  r..  :'  n  1  A  !,'  •  Muir-onhis 
I'd  -A  ife  .  Ti.e  name  H",,,  ..  ,/_  I'resi.  \\",.,,k,.\  .  •-  M  1  .....  t'  \n- 

_•  '  •  i  •s  i  \  ,  ,  i  !    o  i  •  i  _'  1  1  1  ,  and    to    1  1  a  \  e    L_'O  n  e    1  1  1  ro  n  _•  h    the    t  •  .  1  1  .  i  \\-  1  n  •_'   -  '  '  '  u  .  •  •  i  i  i  -a  1 

,  -ha!,.'.-.  \V  ii  If  -!•_'•-.  Wnl-ii."'.  WuKiu'.  WooUey. 

'!'!,,•  lather  of  \\'m.   \V.    \V,,.  .U^y,  K-  ]..  d.   in  <ep,  .    1771.      Hi,  e-tatc 


Col.  ThnotUy  Dwiglit, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJolin,  IxAli  of  ])<:< lliam,  JIass.     240 

having  been  sold  during  tlio  revolutionary  war  was  paid  for  in  Conti- 
nental money,  which  became  so  gn.-atly  depreciated  as  to  yield  but  a 
very  slender  patrimony  to  any  of  his  children.  "\Vm.  "NY".  "NYoolsey, 
.Ks(j.,  began  life  as  a  clerk  in  Xew  York  at  tho  age  of  14.  For  several 
years  lie  was  a  partner  in  business  (wholesale-hardware  at  first,  and  af- 
terwards that  of  sugar- refining),  with  his  brother-in-law,  Moses  .Rogers. 
Having  sold  out  his  interest  in  the  store  to  his  nephew,  15.  "NVoolsey 
Rogers,  in  ISO."),  and  agreed  not  to  engage  in  the  same  business  in  the 
city  for  10  years  ensuing,  lie  removed  to  Xew  Haven,  C't.,  and  engaged 
in  the  same  business  there,  and  became,  in  1S07,  Prest.  of  The  Eagle 
Fire  fns.  ( 'o.  Jn  ]  s  1 .")  lie  returned  to  Xew  York  and  engaged  in  the 
hardware  trade  anew,  witli  his  two  sons  John  and  NYilliam.  In  lSl'7 
[aet.  (il  ]  lie  retired  from  business  witli  a  larye  property. 

lie  was  at  dillerent  times  pre>t.  of  a  bank  in  Xew  Haven,  of  the 
Merchant*'  Kxchange  (_'o.  in  Xew  York,  and  of  the  .Boston  and  Provi- 
dence  Railroad,  and  Vice-President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
Treasurer  of  the  A  ineriean  Bible  Soeietv.  and  also  one  of  the  ( 'ouneil  of 
the  I'niversitv  of  XVw  York.  He  was  one  of  the  wisest,  most  upright 
and  most  successful  merchants  of  his  day.  He  d.  Aug.  1$,  1S.')'I,  aet.  73. 


eyes  and  ipiite  handsome  features,  and  of  a  somewhat  stooping  figure. 
She  was  of  a.  very  vivacious  temperament,  intellectual  in  her  tastes, 
devoted  to  books  and  thoroughly  religious.  Says  Prest.  Woolsey  of 
her,  who  was  but  1  i?  venrs  of  age  when  she  died:  "  She  was  a  highly 
intf'Higent  and  thoughtful  woman,  timid  and  self-distrustful,  a  great 
reader  and  particularly  fond  of  poetrv  ;  and  vet  while  always  a  serious 
woman  and  training  her  children  religiously,  she  never  made  a  profes- 
sion of  religion."  Shed,  of  consumption,  Dec.  S,  IS  1:5,  aet.  11  [He 
m.  fur  a  I'd  wife.  Dee.  181."),  Sarah  Chauncey,  b.  .Dec.  2,  17s'1  (dan.  of 
Judge  <  'harles  Chauncey  of  Xew  Haven  and  Abigail  Darling).  She  d. 
in  Philadelphia,  without  issue,  Feb.  i',  1S.V>.  She  was  distinguished 
for  intellectual  and  moral  excellence.  While  having  no  children  her- 
self, she  acted  nobly  the  part  of  a  true  mother  to  the  children,  of  a 
previous  marriage.  XTever  was  the  phrase  "As  unfeeling  as  a .  siep- 
mother,"'  proved  more  utterlv  inapplicable  and  baseless.  Those  who 
address  themselves  high-minded! v  to  (he  work  of  training  with  lifelong 
energy  the  ehildren  of  others  as  if  their  o\\  n,  to  the  highe>i  and  be>t 
ends  of  human  li£e,  are  among  the  mosi  magnanimous  representatives 
of  t  he  race. 

Seventh  Generation.  ]      Children  : 

.">.">"..    i.    Mary   Anne   Woolsey,    b.    May    :!,     I7'.'.">,  m.   Jared   Scarbo- 
rough, ami  for  L'd  husband  (.lOorue-  H'oadlev. 


77"    Dcfu'cnddnffi  <>f 


."."»'>.  ii.  Kli/.al.eth  Woolsey,  li.  Oet.  •',,  17'.'  I,  111.  Fraii-'is  I  \.  \Vill- 
tlirop.  -I  r. 

!!.">7.  iii.  John  .Miiinf.inl  Woo'sev  (  t  win),  1>.  Jan.  In,  ]  7'"'>,  d.  J  ul  v 
1  I.  |S7d,  :i«-t.  71. 

."••"t^.  iv.  William  Cecil  Woolsev  (twin)  1>.  Jan.  I",  1  7'.''J,  d.  Nov. 
1  I.  1SIU,  aH.  1  I. 

.">.">'».    \.    Laura    Woolsey,  It.  Jan.     ].">,    lS(Ml?  m.  \\'illiain    S.    Johnson. 

.".I'.ll.  si.  I  'rcs.t.  Theodore  Dwi-ht  Wuol.sey,  D.D.  LL.D.,  1),  Oct.  IJ1, 
I  SI)  I. 

.'ii'tl.  vii.  Sai-ali  \\'ools.-y,  1>.  (  >ct.  L'7,  l^'>;.jln.  (  'harl'-s  K.  Ji.lnison, 
il.  at  I'aris,  France,  Fel).  l^l^art.  ('l. 


!>•>•>.  i.  .Marv  Anne  \Voolsev  (named  after  lier  t\vn  i^raudmotln-rs, 
.Mary  D\vi^lit  and  Anne  .M  uir.M.n  ),  1).  .May  .">,  17'.'-">.  in  Neu  \"ork,  in. 
Sejit.  •"),  \*\:'>,  Jared  ScarlM.rouLrh,  '».  Jan.  L'''..  17^-1  (vin  of  J"-  |>li  and 
])i'liorali  ScarboroULjli  of  lirooklvn,  ('t.l,  u-rad.  at  Yale  in  l^nl,  a  mer- 
chant at  Hartford,  Ct.  lie  d.  No\  .  !'.">,  1SK>. 

S!,e  ni.  fora  I'd  liushjiml,  Nov.  8,  Hl'.t,  Hon.  (leorge  Hoadl-'V  1,.  Deo. 
1.').  1  7^1  (son  of  ('apt.  'riinothy  Hoadley  of  North  ford,  (  't.,  and  Keh-cca 
J.inl'-yi,  urrad.  at  Yale  in  1  Si)  1  ,  tutor  there  1  Si  );')_('>,  ;i  htwyr  at  Ne\v 
Haven,  and  niavor  of  the  city  iSi'i'-iJ.  He  \vas  also  nre^idi'iit  "f  The 
Ka  !_'!'•  Hank  oi'  Ne\v  Haven,  and  renio\'ed  in  l>.">i',  aft'-r  its  failim-,  to 
Cle\  eland,  '*.,  of  which  city  he  \\as  also  once  mavor  i  l>l'i  VL  and 
ulirr.'  IP-  d.  I'Vli.  I'll,  |  S.">  7,  of  [ili-ui'isv^  act.  7">.  She  d.  at  (  'iin-inna  ti, 
April  L'S,  l>71.  ii'-t.  7s.  He  was  a  '^n-,\.\  Io\er  of  liooks,  ImtaiiN  and 
]jort  icult  me. 

l-ii^hili  <  ienerai  ion.        <  'hihiivn  : 


I-J'iL*.  i.  William  \Voolx-y  Scarhoron^h,  1».  at  Hartford.  An-  -H, 
IS]  1. 

."iO.">.  ii.  Kli/a!"'tli  D\vi_'lit  SearUoroii^h,  1..  N"\.  1,  and  d.  Nov.  l', 
ISi;,  at  Hartford. 

:;>;!.    iii.    Joseph  S.-arhoroiiLrh,  It.  and  d.  Jan.  :'.  I  ,  I>I7,  ;,l    Harif-rd. 

/It/  x>>i-i>irl   iit'li'fi't;/'    .' 

.'ili.'t.  is.  Marv  AniM'  lloadli'V,  it.  Sept.  .'!,  I^L'H,  at  Ni-w  lla\.'n.  m. 
Dr.  Thoma^  F.  I'oiip'i'oy,  d.  J  ulv  •>.  l>'iL'. 

."i'iii.  v.  I'ili/alfih  l>wi_'ht  Hoadle\,  1>.  Jin..'  11,  l^l'l1,  in.  (ienl. 
Jo.hna  II.  I'.ates. 

:j.i7.    \i.    Jnd--    C^or;,'''    Hoadley,  Jr.,  1..  at     N«-w     Haven,    JU!N     111, 


Col.  Timothy  Dwiylit, 
Son  of  Timoflitj,  Son  of  John,  both  of  Dedham,  ^Ri**.   251 

3G2.  i.  AVilliam  Wool  soy  Scarborough,  b.  Aug.  20,  181  -I,  was  a 
merchant  at  Ma/at  Ian,  Mexico,  from  1837  to  1843.  Since  184(5  lie 
has  been  a  merchant  at  Cincinnati.  He  was  for  several  years  (1858- 
71)  prest.  of  "The  Bank  of  the  Ohio  Valley"  in  that  city,  and  since 
1871  has  been  prest.  of  "'  The  Cincinnati  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Co." 
He  is  an  elder  also  in  the  Presb.  Church. 

He  m.  April  17,   IS  14,  at  Zanesville,  ().,  Sarah  Van  Bern-en,  b.  Oct. 

20,  1822  (dan.  of  John  Van  "Beuren  and  Klixabeth  Aspinwall).    His  fam- 
ily resides  at  Woodburn,  near  Cincinnati. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 

3G9.  i.  Anne  Hoadley  Scarborough,  b.  Aug.  27,  ISIo,  d.  Aug.  6, 
1840, 

370.  ii.   Sarah  Scarborough,  b.  July  22,  1840. 

371.  iii.   Ali'-e  Scarborough,  b.  Aug.  Ill,  1851. 

372.  iv.   William  WooLsey  Scarborough,  b.   Aug.    2(5,  1853,  d.  Aug. 
29,  Is.").'1). 

373.  v.   Charlt'S    Springer  Scarborough,  b.  July  23,   18.")."),   d.    March 

21,  1S5G. 

37  1.  vi.  Hubert  Goodhue  Scarborough,  b.  Feb.  19,  18.37,  is  at  Yale, 
class  of  1  S7G. 

37-~>.    \  ii.  John  Van  Beuren  Scarborough,  b.  Aug.  10,  1859. 
37G.    \  iii.    Ilebecca  Aspinwall  Scarborough,  b.  March  31,  1SG1. 
377.    iv.   Theodore  Woolsev  Scarborough,  b.  April,  10,  1SG3. 
37S.   x.    Francis  Winthrop  Scarborough,  b.  Sept.  G,  1SG5. 

[  Kighth  ( roneration.] 

3').")  iv.  Mary  Anne  Hoadley  (dan.  of  George  Hoadley  and  Mary 
Anne  Woolsey),  b.  Sept.  3,  1820,  at  New  Haven,  Ct.,  in.  Jan.  9,  184(1, 
ThoniMS  Fulhir  1'omeroy,  M.I),  (son  of  Dr.  Theodore  Pomeroy  and 
M.ary  Fuller),  grad.  at  ITniou  Coll.  in  183-"),  a  homoeopathic  physician 
at  Detroir,  .Midi.  She  d.  July  .">,  1S()J. 
(Ninth  Generation.]  Children: 

37'.i.  i.  Mary  Fuller  4'omeroy,  b.  .Inly  14,  18  I  1,  m.  Xov.  9,  1871, 
Frederic  Chase,  FSIJ.,  a  laxvver  in  Washington,  i ).  ( '.  (son  of  .Prof. 
ISteplicn  Chase  of  Dartmouth  Coll.),  grad.  at.  Dartmouth  in  18(i(). 
Have  one  child  : 

***    1.   George  Hoadley  Chase,  b.  Dee.  21 1,  1872. 

:'.sn.  ii.  George  Hoadley  Pomeroy,  b.  Aug.  2C>,  18-12,  d.  Nov.  22, 
isiiii. 

'.\*\.  iii.  Sarah  Scarborough  Pomeroy,  b.  July  31,  |S|!%  m.  April 
IS,  IS'id,  George  Norton  Ladue  of  Detroit,  a  tanru'r  (linn  of  P,  Jew- 
t-11  (V  Sons),  S11C  ,]i  April  2(',  1S7.1.  Two  ehildren  : 


1 .    Nort Mn  Ladne,  h.  .liin.  :i  1 ,  1  sr,7. 

L'.     Poineroy    Ladne,  1..  (  ).-t.   1'."..    IShS. 

.".si1.    i\.    Theodore   I'n.nen.y.  J..   March    K..    JsH1.,  .1.   |-V1,.   L'7.    IMS."1 

"•x-">.     \.     Lmnia     Fuller     Poinerov,   li.     (let.      ]'.',    IMS.   in.  at     \Va-hin<_' 

ton,  I>.  ('.,  .Ian.  I'll,  1S7:>.  .John    Kin-   I.  "id   '-MM  of  L'es.    .I.,],n    l\.    Lord 

nf  (  'incinnat  i  ).   As-,t.     I 'I'M!',  i.f  Latin  ami    I  Ili'-torn-  in    I  >ai  t  IHM:II  h  I'M!!., 

\s  hen-  In-  w;is  u'rail.  in    I  MIS. 

|  l-'.iuli!  li  (  Ji ncrat  inn.  | 

:',••„;.  v.  Kli/al.etli  Dwi.irlil  HMa.lW,  1,.  June  II.  |SL>I>.  ,u.  Mays. 
1SI  I,  HMH.  .!<»lnia  ilall  I'.ates,  1,.  Maivh  .").  |Sl7(>..n  «\'  I  >i-.  <  le.,!^,. 
Hates  ami  l-:ii/.al,eth  I  lull),  jmul.  :it  Wi-si  Point  in  I  >.">7.  I  It-  was  a 
1 ,1 1  MI  i.  in  t  lie  1 '.  S.  A .  in  the  Florida  \s'ar  and  ;i  Piri^.  <  M-II.  in  lie-  I  .  S. 
ser\  ice  nf  t  he  (  >h  in  mili  t  ia  from  A  ]  >ril  to  A  nir.  1  >'i  1 .  lie  i>  a  la\\  \  «-r  in 
(  'ineinnat  i.  (  ).  ]]<•  was  a  Slate  Senator  in  (  ihio  in  1  x'i  1,  and  a  pre-i- 
dent  lal  eleet  or  in  1^71'.  I  Ii-  resides  at  \\  oodliurn,  near  ( 'ineinnat  i. 
|  Ninth  (  ieiierat  ion.  ]  (  'hildreii  : 

.")x!.  i.  ('lenient  Hates,  1).  April  I,  i  S  !.">.  ^md.  at  Harvard  in  lx/'~, 
i>  a  lawyer  in  <  'ineinnat  i.  He  in.  June  i'."i,  1^71',  I'aiinv  Lear  I  I  i-lfe. 
1>.  N'ov.  ||,  ISH  (dan.  of  Kev.  Dr.  Edward  Vouii.n  I  lij,'li.'i',  late  A»t. 
Keetor  of' '1'rinity  Cli.,  N.  Y.  and  Franee>  Lear  Ih-nley). 

I)S">.  ii.  ( 'liarle>,  .larxis  Hates,  li.  No\.  .\  IM7,  in.  -lul\  17.  l>7l'. 
Annie  A  rthnr,  li.  .Ian.  ."»,  IM'.i  (dau.  of  I  >r.  Itol-.-i-t  Arthur  M!'  P.ahi- 
inore.  Md.,aiid  Mary  H'-niple).  lie  is  a  civil  engineer  at  (  iin-innati, 
and  i.>  <  n_'au'ed  now  i  I>7^M  on  the  ronstnu'tion  of  the  Halt  iniMi-e,  I'ii:-- 

liUI'u'h    a  nd    (  'iileau'M    I  lal  1 1  '  pad. 

."i^ii.    iii.    \Yiiliain  Si-arlioroimli    Hat<-s  1>.   l-'el>.  7,   \^~>-. 
:;-7.   i\.    M.-n-i.-k  Linley  I'.ates.  i,.  .|m,,.  I  !.  |^:.:.. 

.'iv-v.    \.    -laint's   lT-r\e\    Snup-Mii    Hate-,  l>.   At;,:.   'Jv,    I  X|'.'i. 

|  l-'.i-luli  <  leneraUMH.] 

:',r,7.  \i.  -Ind-e  <:,,,,-.•  ll..a.ll.-y.  1).  .Fnl\  :'.!,  I--1'',  -rad.  at  \V,->i.-rn 
l{e>ei\e  Coll.,  Hudson.  <  )..  in  IMI.i-  a  lawyi-r  in  ( 'inei  n  nat  i,  <  '. 
;  I  load  lev  .v  .lohnson).  II'-  ha-  In -en  t  wiee  jndu''  of  i  he  Si;  1 1.  ri,  .r  (.'•  .nrt 
of  Cineinnati  I  |s.">l- :;  and  l^"'1.1  ''"'".  and  ~i:,—  I -''.  I  I'r-.t'.  .  .f  Law  in 
t  he  (  'i  neinnan  La  w  School  i.  .t'  coiiiinercial  hi  \\  and  •  \  \-l'  ;.>•>•.  1  ""i  !  v  ; 
of  i'ijiiit\,  l"'i~-  7J,  and  since  Iv7l'  »f  iort->  and  \\iil-  .  II'-  i-  now 
(  I  v7-">  a  ineinlii'l1  of  I  hi-  St  ate  Ci  invt  init  iona  I  <  'M|I  \  '  'lit  i"ti  ,  ,)'  <  i|  i,  ,.  |  |  ,  • 
in.  \n-_r.  I."..  I-."'l.Ma!-\  Hnrnei  |',-rr\  of  (  'i  i  ,--i  n .,., :  i.  i,.  \}.,\;-],  I.  |-:'7 
i  dan.  '.t'  Sanni'-l  I  'i-rry  and  Mars  Hnrii'-t  Th'-vs  i. 
j  Ninth  (  .'eni-ra  i  ion.  |  '  'hildreii  ; 

:'.-.'.      I.      lien,-,'     ll'.adl.-V.     I,.      Fell.      [M,      |^.''>. 


Col.  Timothy  Dwic/Jtt, 
Son  of  Thnotliy,  Sou  of  John-,  I>otU  of  Dedham.  Jfe*.    253 

390.  ii.   Laura  Hoadley,  1).  March  29,  18C.4. 

391.  iii.    Edward  Mills  Hoadley,  b.  Sept.  7,  I860. 

[Seventh  (Generation.  | 

3")l).  ii.  Eli/abeth  Woolsey  (dau.  of  William  W.  Woolsey,  Esq.,  and 
Eli/abeth  Dwight)  b.  Oct.  0,  1794,  m.  as  his  2d  wife,  Jan.  i".),  iSKi, 
Frances  Bayard  Winthrop,  Jr.,  b.  March  2n,  I7'';7,  in  Boston,  .Mass, 
(son  of  Francis  Bayard  Winthrop,  afterwards  of  Xew  London,  Ct., 
and  Xew  York  and  Elsie  Marston,  dau.  of  Tlios.  -Marston  of  X.  Y., 
merchant),  grad.  at  Yale  in  1S()4,  a  lawyer  in  Xew  Iia\en  Ct.,  where 
he  d.  March  21,  1841.  She  d.  Oct.  2S,  ]Sii3,  at  W.  Xew  Brighton, 
Staten  Island. 

[liis  first  wife  was  her  cousin  .Julia  Ann  Rogers,  b.  in  17SS  (dau. 
of  Moses  Rogers  and  Sarah  Woolsey),  who  d.  April  14,  1811.  His 
father's  residence  in  Xe\v  York  was  where  The  Bank  of  America  now 
stands.  | 

|  Kiyhth  Generation.]      Children: 

392.  i.  Theodore  Woolsey  Winthrop,  b.  Oct.  31,  IS1<>,  d,  Se]»t.  29, 
182G. 

3'.i3.  ii.  Eli/abeth  Woolsey  Winthrop,  b.  X'ov.  21,  1S20,  "Jives  un- 
married at  Staien  Island  (West  Brighton). 

394.  iii.  Francis  Bayard  Winthrop,  b.  Dec.  27,  1S22,  d.  Feb.  22, 
]823. 

3 '.'.">,  iv.  Laura  \\"inthro]>,  b.  Sept.  1 '5,  iSi'."),  m.  William  Temple- 
ton  Johnson,  Ii.  May  23,  IS]  4,  in  Xew  York  (son  of  William  .Johnson. 
Reporter  of  Cases  m  the  Courts  of  Xew  York,  and  Maria  Templeton, 
dau.  of  Oliver  Templeton  of  X.  Y.  and  Catharine  Brownejohn.  (See 
Hist,  of  Strong  Family.  \\.  o3ii-7. )  He  was  grad.  at  Columbia  Coll.,  X1. 
Y.,  in  1S32,  and  was  a  lawyer  in  Xew  York.  lie  d.  in  London,  Eng., 
<  )ct.  2S,  iSCiS.  CJiildren  : 

•:    1.    Elizabeth  Wintlirop  Johnson,  b.  Jan.   12,   I 
W:.:    •> _    ( )livcr  Tcni])leton  J oliiison,  b.  June  2'.',   ls.~>|. 

•').    Lanra  Winthrop  Johnson,  b.  Mav  21,  iSt'i.'}. 

.")'.H'I.  v.  .Major  Theodore  Woolsey  Winthroji,  b.  Sept.  22,  !  Si»S}  grad. 
at  Yale  in  lS(s,  became  aid  and  military  secretary  to  (Jen.  (Sutler 
in  the  late  war,  and  fell  at  Big  Bethel,  Va.,  June  10,  lSl'>l,a1  the 
head  of  a  small  force.  lie  was  the  author  of  •">  volumes,  all  published 
wii  hi  u  a  year  after  his  death  three  of  them  romances,  "Cecil  I  'reeme," 
"John  i'.i-ent,"  and  '•  Fd\\  in  Brothertoft  ;  ""  a  book  of  travels,  "•  The 
C'anoe  and  Saddle;''  and.  one  of  miscellanies  called  •"Lh'e  in  the 
(  'j "'ii  A  ir.  lie  was  unmarried. 

397.    vi.   Col.  William    Woolscy   \\'inthrop,   b.   Aug.    3,   [S31,   <;rad. 


7  In  Jh'-srcmldnts  <>f 
L'.")  I          Snn  i'/'  .\  ttllntnit  I  Dwiylit,  /><>tli  of  \<>rtL<nni>t<>n, 

at  Vale  in  I>.">1.  He  \\ent  into  the  late  war  Oct.  lS<il,;is  |>t  l.t.in 
a  ('n.  ot  llerdans  Sharpshi  ioters,  ami  \\.-is  nia<li>  ('apt.  in  --aim-  An_r. 
1  >!'>:_'.  I  n  I  In-  spring  of  1  Si'..')  he  was  ordered  to  the  I  In  reau  of  Ai  i  litarv 
.1  ll>l  i'-r  I  n  \\  asllington  as  A  sst .  .1  lld^e  A  il  \  ocale  (  -I-IM-I  al.  I  !  i-  u  as  1>  re- 
vetted March  1  Si ;.")?  (',>!..  "  for  honorable  services  iii  the  Held  and  in  his 
depart  mi-lit."  lie  is  still  in  tin-  military  si-r\icc  <.!'  the  ci.iuitrv  ami 
reside.-^  uniiiar'/ird  (  1>7:'>)  at  Washington. 

,">'.|v:.    \n.     Sarah  (  'haiincrv  \\'int  hrop,  1).    Nu\'.    L'S.    IS.'K).  d.    >"pt.   .'in. 

l  >;',!. 

.'5'.1'.1.  viii.  Sarah  (  'hail  ncc\-  \\  int  li  I'Mp  I'd,  1 1.  .Ian.  7.  1  '-•">!,  in.  in  1  X|i  I , 
'J'hcudoiv  Wcston,  grad.  at  Vale  in  Is.".:',.  Shed.  Mar.-h  .">.  |M'>|.  He 
is  !>v  pr«)te-~>iiin  an  eiin'ineer,  and  has  lieen  einploved  mi  the  ('rdun 
\\"ater  Works.  lie  is  now  (IS7  I  )  audit  or  of  The  Ivj  nit. •,!,],•  l.if,.  \\^. 
(  'o.  The\  had  one  cln  Id  : 

:|::|::|:     1.    '1'lieodure  Wiutliro]>  \\'cston,  b.  <>ct.  .">,   l>'iL'. 

[  Se\  cut  h  <  u.'iierat  ion.  | 

.".."i".  iii.  John  Miunford  \Voolsoy  (son of  AVin.  A\'.  \V(»)l>ev  and  Mli/.i- 
Keth  1  > \\i--hi  ),  1..  Jan.  10,  1  7'.1"'),  irrad.  at  Vale  in  1 S  1 ."»,  a  hardware  mer- 
chant in  NI-NS-  \  ork.  and  afterwards  a  land  a^ent  and  capitalist  in 
Cleveland.  <>.  lie  removed  in  I  Sol*  to  New  lla\en,  Ct..  and  resided 
then-  until  his  deatli.  Hem.  May  L'l'.  ls;',i>,  J,.UH-  Andrew-,,  h.  |),-e. 
ISO:1,  (,latt.  of  Dr.  John  Andrews  of  Wallingtord,  Ct.,  and  Abigail 
Atwateri.  lie  d.  Jnly  II.  1  S7d,  aet.  7 1,  and  was  Imried  at  Do-v.ris. 
I..  I.  Mr-.  Wool>'-v  and  IHT  daughters  are  now  (Is7ti  tras  liin^'  in 
Kurope. 

]  l-'.i-ht  h  (  leiiera:  ion.  |      <  'liihln-n  : 

IIHI.  i.  Sarah  ('haiinccy  \\'nol>ev.  1>.  Jan.  L".1,  !>:'."'.  1  noun  as  a 
popida  r  writer  for  neu  >paper>  1 1\  tin-  name  of  "  Susan  '  'o  ..  !•  i-e. 

(ill.  ii.  Jam:  Andrews  Wool>ry,  li.  Oct.  L'.\  l^:',i.  m.  I;.  \.  Menrv 
Albert  V;irdiev,  e'rad.  at  \'rde  in  ls.").">,  tutor  there  in  l>->^.  I 'rot'.  no\\ 
in  the  Kpi-M-opa!  Seminary  at  M  iddlet  o\\  n.  ('t. 

***     iii.     Kii/.abeth    Dwi^hi    Woolsi-y,  b.    April    L' 1 .    I".".-. 

***     i\.    Theodora    \\'alton    Woolsey,   b.   Sept.   7.    l>|n. 

**:i:  v.  \\'illiam  Walton  WooUey,  b.  Jnl\  I -.  I  -  IJ.  ,,,.  June  |, 
1  Mi'.t,  (  ai  harine  i  Inckin^ham  ( 'on  vefs  ( ilan.  of  I  i  •  •!,.  (  'ha  ri'-s  '  .  (  'mi- 

Vel'S     J  lld^e    of   I  he    Supreme    (  'oliri     of  (  )h|o  i,          I  I        i  -    ;,    pi;i  nl  e|-  at     A  il.eli. 

S.  ('.        lie     has     had    one    eh  i  Id,  <  'la  ra    Constance     W, ,,  ,1  -,  _\  .     !,.     Jan.!', 
|-7l'.   who  d.   June    1  I,    |>7L'. 


Col.  Timotliy 
Son  of  Timothy,  Sou.  of  J~olt.n,  both  of  Dedlicun,  Mas*.    255 

AVni.  AV.  AVoolsey  and  Elizabeth  Dwight),  gracl.  at  Yale  in  1813, 
studied  medicine  and  became  an  auctioneer  in  New  York.  He  in. 
March  1829,  Catharine  llebecca  Bailey,  b.  May  20,  1K)4  (dau.  of  Genl. 
Theodorus  Bailey  of  New  York,  and  .Rebecca  Talniadge,  his  2d  wife. 
Theodoras  Bailey  was  SOIL  of  John  JJuiley  of  Poughkeepsie,  1ST.  Y.,  and 
Letitia  A'au  Wyck,  dau.  of  Tlieodorus  Van  Wyck  of  Fishkill  and  Mary 
Creed).  He  d.  in.  New  York,  Nov.  14,  184U  :  she  d.  in  New  Haven, 
Ct,  July  24,  1S44. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

40i'.  i.  Anne  Eliza  AAToolsey,  b.  Jan.  22,  1830,  m.  Samuel  Fisher 
Cannalt. 

403.  ii.  AVillisun  AValton  A\  oolsey,  M.D.,  b.  April  24,  1831. 

401,  iii.   Tlieodoru.s   Bailey  AVoolsey,  b.  31arch  ;~>,    1839,  m.   Oct.  1, 
18i;:',,  Alai-y   Hughes   l>ailey   of  Fordham,   X.    Y.    (dau.    of  Nathaniel 
Platt  Uailey  and  Eliza  Meire).      He  is  a  commission  flour-merchant  in 
Now  York.      She    d.  Aug.    9,  18(54,  without   issue,     lie   m.    for  a   2d 
wife,  Juno    2-~>,    18<JS,    Kate,  dau.  of  Dr.    Thomas  AVard   and  — 
Lorillurd. 

40").  iv.  Caliiarine  Cecil  Woolsey,  b.  Dec.  5,  1840,  resides  unmar- 
ried in  New  ^  oi:k. 

402.  i.  A  une  Eli/a    AVoolspy,  b.   Jan.   22,    18.30,  m.  June   .">,  1800, 
Samuel  Fihlier   Carmalt   of  "  Lakeside,"  in  Frieiidsville,  Susquehanna 
Co.,   I'a.,  b.  June  ('),  1S31    (son  of  (Jaleb  and   Sarah    (Jurinalt),   a   large 
land-o\\  D;T  at  Eake  \\"yalusing.  Pa.     Jled.  Jan.  27,  IS'Jl  :  she  d,  Juno 
27,  1803. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 

4or>.   i.    Cathai-ine  \Voolsey  Carmalt,  b.  July  19,  18(U. 
4-07.   ii.    Samuel  Woolsey  Carmalt,  b.  Jan.  2-~>,  ISC..",. 

[  Iviglith  <  Itineration.] 

4o:l.  ii.  AVilliam  Walton  Woolsey,  M.D.,  b.  Ajuil  2  i,  1831,  siudied 
medicine  at  N'ale  M^ed.  Seminary. 

.lie  in.  Oft.  4,  1>.V>,  Fanny  Sheldon,  b.  at  .Newport,  N.  C.,  April  9. 
1^:12  (dau.  of  Isi-ael  Sheldon  of  Orange,  N.  J.,  an<l  Mary  Wallace 
Jlordcn).  He  was  a,  ]ihvsieian  at  l)iibu«iue,  Iowa,  whci'e,  he  d,  May 

20,  ls:>7. 

She  m.  Jan.  2S,  1SG2,  for  a  2d  husband,  \\'oolrsey  ilogers  Hopkins, 
(son  of  Hon.  Samuel  Miles  Hopkins  of  Albany  and  Sarah  Kli/abeth 
Jioger.-.  grand-daughter  of  P>enjamin  \\"ools(>y.  Jr.,  Mst[..  of  Hosoris,  I.. 
E).  lie  is  by  profession  a  civil  engineer.  From  1.SIJ1  to  I8(')i)  Jie  was 


I.'.')!)  .S'f///    < >l'  .\  il/lt'l /t  ii  I    I  >  ll'li/ltf,   Ixiflt    <if  \  <i/'f)i<l ui II/DII , 

r>ri;,'ade,    I  M  \  IMOII  ;iiiil  <'or|is    (  v>ua  rt  erma-^ter,    I".  S.   A.,  iiml  afterwards 
(Ju.irt  I'l'ina--!  er  in  eharu'1'  "I   military   railroads.  I 
l>r.  Win.  Wi.iilsi-\   had  inn-  child: 

•I"---,    i.    ('athariue   Walnm    Woolsey,  1>.  ut    I  >ulni<  pie,  .1  ul  v    K.    |S.V,. 


|  Seventh    (  leii'-rat  i'  ui.  | 
:i.V.i.    v.     Laura    Wools -V  (dan.    of  Win.   W.   Wool.sey    ami     Kli/al-.-tli 

I  tum'lit  ).  1).  .Ian.  I:!,  I  MM  i,  in.  April  L'.  I  M.' 1 ,  \\'i!liani  Samuel  .l"hn- 
SMII,  li.  I  >fc.  I  .">.  IT1.1')  (son  ul'  Samuel  \\llliain  Johnson  anil  Su-aii 
Kdwards.  dan.  of  I'ierpont  Kdwards  and  !•' ranees  <  l^den  of  New 
Haven,  <'t.).  u'rad.  a'  1'nion  ('oil..  N.  N ".,  in  l>l  I.  at  iir-t  a  lawvrr  in 
Ni'\v  \  ork  and  an  r\trn>i\  <•  land-ownrr  in  \\C>IITH  .\i-\\"  ^  ork.  now 
(  1  S7  1  )  a  resident  of  Si  ral  ford,  (  't .,  as  for  MHIH-  \rcar.s  [>a^t ,  \s  hi-n-  also 
lie  was  liorii. 

[  Mis  prandial  lu-r,  \\  illiain  Saiinifl  .Jolinsoii  of'  Si  rat  f  >rd,  was  one  of 
tin1  fraincrs  of  tlic  ( 'onstit ut  ion  oi  t  he  I  nil  ed  States  and  -I  ud^e  of  the 
Si!|ierior  ( 'onrt  of  (  'onn.  (  1  77'2  -  1  ).  See  hui^ln's  'I'ravels,  \  ol.  i.  p. 

l'li").  "  111  was  one  of  t  lie  II  lost  re>|  >eet  a!  >le  men  of  whom  this  foil  lit  TV 
can  Itoast.  '  Ills  father,  Ivi'V.  I  >r.  Samuel  Jnliusuii,  the  tirsi  epi-iMjial 
jui  nister  of  St  rat  I'oril,  \\'as  "the  fat  hei1  of  e|ii>eo]iaev  in  (  'on  tier  t  lent.1 
]|e  wash,  at  (uiilfonl,  <'t.,  Oct.  I!.  h'i'."'i.  LTrad.  at  N'ale.  in  171  I.  and 
tutor  there  (  17  h'>  -1 '.' ),  in  id  I  'resident  of  K  in^'s  (  'oll'.'ur»'  (now  <  'oinni'iia  >. 
I  !'•  d.  in  1  77l',  ai-t .  71'.  I  le  was  i  lie  son  of  Samuel  .lohn>i  >n.  \\  ho  was 
the  son  of  \\  illiam  .lohnsoii,  lioih  deaeoiis  ut'  tin1  (  '  HIL.'.  (  'hureli  of 
<  iuilford.  Ct.  lloliert  Johiisun  tJie  settler,  tiither  of  I  >ea.  \\  il- 
liam of  ( Jui  1  ford,  came  from  k  nnxMon  ii|'oii-l  I  nil.  > :,  \  , ,. \  ,\t ;  ( •, .%  |  '.;IL,-.  _ 
and  \s  as  one  of  t  he  tirM  set  1  lers  of  New  I  i  a  \  i-n.  aiioiit  1 '  ''.'<7  !. 


I'] iii'ht  h  ( ienerat  ion.  ] 

I"!',  i.  Su-in  Iviwai-ds  .l,.!in-o!i.  I.,  in  N,-\\  N'-r1,.  Maivii  I  •_',  l^i'.")} 
in.  .Inne  L'7,  lvi'il,  \\'ii!i-'m  llenr\  Hudson,  li.  in  Li'dU.  |-!n^..  I'"i-li. 
I  L'.  I>1'<)  (son  of  .)os,.j,h  liuiUon  of  1. 1'.. d-.  and  a  t'o-ru  ard-  of  Ne\\ 
\'i  i;-k.  and  I'll  l-'i  i  l.a\  ert  \  Touki-r).  I  I  e  v.  a  led  l'\  an  aei'idi'iit  on 

til-  N.  Y.  and  New  Haven  \[.  U.  at  Siamford.  ( 'i .,  Ma\  7,  !>•''!.  No 
issue. 

•11<).  ii.  Samuel  William  -I  ohn-i  MI.  li.  <  >et .  ;'7.  I--J-,  in  N-\\  \'ork, 
--r.-id.  a!  I'rinecloii,  N..I.,  in  l>l'.'.  and  in  !,iu  ai  l!.ir\ard  (  ..;!.  in 
!>:>!,  m.  .Mareh  1.  ls;,',l,  l-'iviie,-,  Ann  ,s  .1,,  I..  <)<•:.  :.'!.  l-l'''i 

(dan.  of  Iviwai'd  l''i  i  UT  Sa  ml.  -r-  .n  of  Sn  lil.  !d,  l-'.i  ,u..  a  nd  -I  n  '.  ia  (  'an  ,\.  , 

1 1;.  1 1.  of    I     ;,;;,-  (  'aroU    of    N'eU     N'ol'ls).          A    IV    idel,!    ,.f    .Malliarol,'   .  'h.    N.    \" . 

Th'  -\'   ha  \  ••  I  iiit   one  child  : 


Col.  Timotliij  D wight, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son,  of  J~oJt-n,  l>ofJi  of  Dedlumi,  Mass.  257 

•ill.  1.  William  Samuel  Johnson,  1).  at  Ellicottville,  Cattaraugus 
Co.,  X.  Y.,  Dec.  1,  1859. 

412.  iii.   Laura  Woolsey  Johnson,  b.  in  New  York,  April   3,  1837, 
m.  Dec.  8,  18G3,  Dr.  William  Henry  Carmalt,  1).  Aug.  31,  183(5   (son 
of  Caleb  and    Sarah  Carmalt,  of  Lakeside,  Pa.),  a  physician  in  New 
York.     Children : 

413.  1.  Ethel  Carmalt,  b.  Dec.  3,  18G4. 

414.  2.  Lawrence  Johnson  Carmalt,  b.  Sept  3,  18GG. 

415.  iv.  Woolsey  Johnson,  M.D.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1842,  grad.  at  Princeton 
College  in  18GO,  and  at  X.  Y.  Medical  College  in  18(53,  was  for  two  years 
surgeon  in  the  N.  Y.  City  Hospital,  and  is  now  a  physician  in  New  York. 

[Seventh  Generation.  ] 

3(50.  vi.  Prest,  Theodore  Dwight  Woolsey,  D.D.,  LL.D.  (son  of 
Win.  W.  Woolsey,  Esq.,  and  Elizabeth  Dwight),  b.  Oct.  31,  1801,  at 
New  York,  grad.  at  Yale  in  1820,  tutor  there  (1823-5),  studied  theo- 
logy at  Princeton  and  New  Haven,  and  spent  several  years  in  Europe 
in  study  and  travel  (1827-30).  Ho  was  Professor  of  the  Greek  Lan- 
guage and  Literature  at  Yale  from  1831  to  1851.  He  was  chosen 
President  of  the  College  in  184G,  and  ordained  at  the  same  time  a 
minister  of  the  gospel.  He  resigned  the  presidency  in  July  1871 . 
He  in.  Sept.  5,  1S33,  Elizabeth  Martha  Salisbury,  b.  Nov.  30,  1812 
(dau.  of  Josiah  Salisbury  of  Boston  and  Abby  Breese).  "She  was  a 
most  <rodlv  and  in  every  way  excellent  woman."  She  d.  suddenly 

o  ^  i/  ./  j 

Nov.  ."),  1852.  He  m.  for  a  2d  wife,  Sept.  G,  1854,  Sarah  Sears  Prich- 
ard,  b.  March  3,  1824  (dau.  of  Gilman  Prichard  of  Postoii  and  Mary 
Briggs).  He  is  the  author  of  the  following  college  text-books  :  "The 
Aleestis  of  Euripides,"  "  The  Prometheus  of  Aeschylus,"  "  The  An- 
tigone of  Aeschylus,"  "  The  Electra  of  Sophocles,"  and  "'The  Gorgias 
of  Plato  ;  "  and  also  of  three  legal  works  :  "  Introduction  to  the  Study 
of  International  Law,"  "  Essays  011  Divorce,"  and  "Divorce  and  Di- 
vorce Legislation;"  and  of  "A  Volume  of  Sermons."  Since  his 
resignation  of  the  presidency  of  Vale  he  has  continued  to  give  instruc- 
tion in  the  college,  as  in  international  law  to  successive  classes  in  the 
graduate,  department  ;  and  he  gives  lectures  likewise  in  the  law  and 
theological  schools.  Beside  also  preaching  from  time  to  time  on  special 
occasions  of  various  kinds,  he.  has  written  law  articles  on  important 
questions  of  the  day  for  different  leading  newspapers  and  magazines. 
He  has  delivered  a  course  of  lectures  of  laic  on  polytheism  and  foreign 
missions,  at  Anclover  Theol.  Seiu.,  .Mass.  I  le  is  an  active  member  like- 
wise of  "  The  Bible  Revision  Committee"  in  this  countrv,  which  has 
been  at  work  for  a  year  past  or  more,  in  union  with  a  similar  commit- 

17 


Till        1  >/   *l'<    ItJlfltfx     «f 

Si,  /I    nl'    \(<t]nlil'nl    I)il''nfJif,    /m///    o/'  .\  nfljul  ill    ifnii  . 


pfe]  >a  1'inu  :i  n<'W  :ini  mpro\e  \i-r-on  o 
til-  Scriptures.  IT'  was  lln'  I'resi,!,!,'  of  "  The  K\an_:>lieal  Alliance," 
\\ho-"  !ar.;v  and  \erv  i  n!  <  Test  :  lr_:  si'-^iniis  have  so  r'-c''ntl\  t  >TID  i  i;;i  '  -'d. 
Yale  ('olle^e,  like  c\  cr\  I  him_'  el-r  ill  the  worid  ilia!  has  liad  a  L'rand 
a'id  enduring  lili1  <>t'  its  own.  reveals  amoie_r  (lie  elements  of  n^  historic 
I;TO  \vtli  a  succession  of  >u<-li  iiiuii!ai!\  ei  mnected  a^i-nen-s  and  in'iu- 
ei.i-e.s  fur  L,r;'"il  a>  Sel'\  CS  lu  inaki-  a  de'ullt  Illllid  ci  Hit  eln|  ilal  ill^  llii-lil 
<  \  '-la  in  i  \\  it  li  delimit!  :  "  !,'>  !  u  ha:  ha:  h  <  '»  >'\  v.  ron^h  I  !  "  I  n  a  serii-s 
i  >t  art  i  el  es,  li\  e  in  nuiiilier.  udi  ieli  a]  i]  >ea  red  in  "  Tlie  Ne\\-  Ki  inlander  '  in 
1^7^  and  1^71,  and  \vhieh  have  siuee  1  .....  n  gathered  into  a  -mall  Svo, 
pi..  1  lu.  entitled  "  \'ale  College,  The  Ne\v  I'lra."  l>y  Timothy  hui-ht, 

1'rof.    ill    the   Theol.     I  >epartllient.    the     la-t      ihl'ee     ('resident-  (if     N'ale  are 

thus  fliaractcn/cil  fur  sulistaiue  (  pp.  1  '  M  i    v)  : 

••  Til  ••;•(•     ha\e     l)i'c!|    three    L.M'eat    periods     in     tlie    hi-torv   (if    tlie   eoll/-^e 

sini-e  the  lM-_finnin^  "f  tlii1  present  ceutui'V.  Tiie  tir>t  \\a>  a  ereative 
p  -I'io  1.  in  \vhieh  ihe  col  K-L;-"  \vas  lir-l  e-,1  a  1  d  i  -d  n  -d  .  iii  any  lii^h  or  true 
M-n-e  of  ihe  word.  li  is  the  unaninioii>  voice  ot'  Ins  i-ont''mporaries 
a:id  siiecessors  that  I'l'e^;.  hwi^hi.  \\'!:o  then  eaiii"  to  th<-  lead'-r>hi  ;  >  of 
the  in-^i  it  ut  ion,  add'-d  to  a  ^enei-ous  svmpathv  with  all  l--arnin^  a 
thorough  k'liowled^"  of  tnen  and  a  nio.-t  inspiring  iiiitlin>ia>in.  :-innu- 
ki'iiiL;'  I  ear  hers  and  pup'.K  alik-1  1>\'  his  mtlui'iicc  to  hi^h  ineiita!  and 
in  ira!  aeti\it\'-  a  man  liini^elt  of  lar_;e  hear!  and  far-reaehini,'  \  i>ion, 
an  1  Lfr'-a'  alninv  to  or;4'ainxe  and  direei,  and  ot  coiiiliiaiidiiiLr  intht''iiee 
o\  er  all  around  hrn.  In  th.'  slleeeediliui  period  (I  'rest.  l>a\  s  ad- 

ini:ii>t  rat  ion)  trailit  mns  were  l:\''d:  foundations  wt/re  taad  .....  Mire; 
and  foives  \\lneh  had  i  .....  n  pro'_'re^.-,i\-i-  in  the  i'oriii''r  u'eip-ra  '  !•  'ii,  in 
1ii"ir  action,  \\cre  inad'1  eoi,  -i  'i-\  at  !  \  e  then.  (  'a  I  in  n>  •  -~.  \\i-.-  j  MI  l^lil"lit  , 
the  >lo\s  and  >tead\  ino\  eni"in  ot'a  i|Ui''t  mind,  t'u  1  1  •'['  miiejl'-d  Lfeiule- 
lii'-^  and  lirilllie.^-..  Wel'e  hi--  .  jlla  ll!  i"S  of  pre-elilllient  till;1---  foi'  h;,  ^'r.  a! 
a'.id  -pi'Clal  \\olk.  Thll--  \\ere  llie  U'o.  .d  |-i->uit>  of  tiie  erea'i\e  era 

\\hieh  had  ju.-t  i  nded  secured  for  all  coming  nine.  In  tip'  third  period 
fl'ivMdenl  \\"ooKe\'>  admiiii-t  ra  '  ion  i  i  In-  -i-liolarlv  lite  of  th,'  college 
\\as  eaiTied  to  a  tar  li!'_di''i'  d"\  'lojuii'-nt  t'lau  es'er  liet'ore.  Acciira''V, 
I  ],.  i  roii^l  i  !!••-<,  1  1  read  t  h  and  ri'-'ti  n  ~-  of  ae.  i  u  !•  i  !  ion  \\  ere  mad'-  the  si  H- 
d"!it  ^  I'l-lt  aim  in  in--  work  L-\ond  an\  pom!  -  o!  aMainnp'nt  pr^s  \>  .u^l\ 
l',':i.  h.-d.  The  l,,ve  of  leariiinu'  l'-r  l.-arnin--"-  -a  k-.  a  i.d  t  !„•  ud"i'\  :nid 
l..'aiit\-  ot'  its  adornments  to  a  cnh  i\  a!'-d  miiid  l.'-came  in  a  hi^h'-r 
>.  i:  -••  than  e\  i-r  tip-  in-~pi  i  i  IILT  pov.  er  -  'I  all  \s  i:  !i  in  the  ci  r.'le  ot  t  he  lie 
i>:i:utio!i.  A  iiol.le  e\amj'l''  >tood  in  fu  !  I  s  i  -ion  I  .,•('.  M-e  all  CMS,  of 
a  I'hri-lian  scholar,  halini:  all  deception  an<l  pi  i  •!  .  •!  i  -  •.  holding  up 
I;;  !a!idard  of  th  n'oM'^h  I  ru'  llt'lllla"->  of  f'.-.'llii-  avd  plirpo,.'  f:i  evi  |-\ 

ki;.d    of    intellect  nal    and    moral     elTort.       The-e    thi'ee     st  andard  hearers 


of  tlic  higher  Christian,  edtication  in.  the  new  world  came  in  a  succes- 
sion \vhirh  \v;i;s  best  for  the  \vclfarc    and  growth  of  Hie  threat    cause,  to 
•svhich    they   ministered  the    fulness  of  their   life   and  strength  for  the 
good  of  man  and  the  glory  of  Mod." 
|  lughth  Generation.]      Children. 

.]>;/  jlrxt  n-'ifi',  : 

-I  l''i.  i.  Edward  Salisbury  Woolsey,  b.  June  10,  1834,  d.  Dec.  17, 
IS  I .">,  of  scarlet  fever. 

I  17.  ii.  Kli/abeth  \Voolsey,  b.  Nov.  30,  1S3.">,  d.  of  scarlet  fever,  Dec. 
17,  184:3. 

4  IS.  iii.  Agnes  AVoolsey,  b.  J  tme  3D,  18:>Sjin.  May  14,  1S('>.",  Rev. 
Edgar  I.aing  I  leermance,  b.  .April  .">(),  IS.'}.')  (son  of  Kev.  Henry  iieer- 
niance  of  i\  inderhook  and  Catharine  l.aing),  grad.  at  Yale  in  1S.">S, 
and  at  iheXew  Haven  Thcol.  Seni.  in  ISiil,  pastor  of  the  Dutch,  lie- 
formed  Church  at  Castleton,  Uensselaer  Co.,  X.  Y.  (18G1— 9).  Since 
1871  lie  has  resided  at  ISe\v  Haven,  (I.  lie,  lias  just  settled  in  the 
ministry  at  \\"hite  I'lalns,  X.  Y.  (March  1871).  Children: 

::::;::::     1.    Theodore  AVoolsey  Heermance,  b.  31  arch  "2'2,  1872. 
Laui-a  \Voolsey  1  leermance,  b.  Alarch  21',  1874. 

410.  iv.  William  \Valton  \VooIsey,  b.  J'une  12,  1840,  d.  Dee.  .°>1, 
IS  I.",,  of  scarlet  fever. 

420.  v.  I  .aura  AVoolsey,  b.  June  22,  18)2,  d.  of  typlioid  fever,  March 
23,  ISI51,  aet.  18. 

-121.  vi.  ('atharine  \\"oolsev,  b.  .Ian.  17,  ISto,  d.  June  7,  Is.")-!,  of 
inflammation  of  the  bosvels,  at  Amhei'.st,  Ma^s.,  when  on  a  journey. 

122.  vii.  Marlha  \Voolsey,  b.  July  7,  LS47,  d.  at  Jerusalem,  rales- 
tine,  Dec.  r.?  IS 70,  of  bilious  dysentery. 

-1 2-">.  viii.  ileleii  AVoolsev,  b.  Aug.  7,  IS49,  d.  of  same  disease  as 
her  sister  Martha,  at  Jerusalem,  Dec.  8,  1S70. 

424.  i.x.  Theodore  Salisbuiy  Woolsey,  b.  ( )ct  22,  1  852,  grad.  at  Yale 
in  IS72,  no\v  (JS7r)  studying  law  at  llerlin,  Prtissia. 

./>'.•/  wuit'l  n'ij'i1 : 

42").    x.    Mary  1'richard  NVoolsey,  b.  Sept.  1,  IS.")."). 

•I2i'i.  xi.  John  Muir.son  \\'oolsey,  I).  Feb.  1  •'>,  18.")8,  d.  of  tyjdioid 
fever,  March  1:5,  18G1. 

127.    xii.    Ueoi-ge  \Yoolsey,  b.   May  2,    [SGI. 

12S.   xiii.   Edith  AYoolsey,  b.  July  2,  18(>4. 

|  Seventh  ( l-eno ration.  | 

."iii,  vii.  Sarah  \Voolsev  (dau.  of  \Vm.AY.  \Voolseyand  I'liixalieth 
l)\vigl:i  (  b.  Oct.  27, ISO."),  m.  April  I'.i,  Is,")."),  (Charles  Fi't^deric  Johnson, 
h.  Sept.  ID,  |S(J1:  (only  son  of  Kobert  (...'.  Joluison  of  Slratfoi'd,  Ct., 


'/'//'     I >>  .svv  inltlnfx  <>f 
•_'»'.<»          ,S'///  ni'  \ttftuinii  !   Jtirt.tlif,  !,<,/!,  nt'  \urf!«inij>f<>ii, 

and    Catharine    i'.ayard,  dan.    of    Nicholas     I'.avard    of    N"e\\    York,  ami 

Caiharine  I  ,i\  inir-l"ii  '.  ll«'  is  a  u'ratid -on  M|'  II. m.  \\'iili:iin  S.  J.,hn- 
MIII.  aln-adv  described  a--  an  I'lui  ii'-i.t  inn--!  an<l  stale-man.  II'-  \\a-~ 
cilncal'-.l  as  a  lawver,  but  lia  s  1  n  •_'  1 «  ••  n  |  in  '\  i  h  I .  .  I  1>\  iii  li'-aitli  tV'pin 
jiraet  1-1  n'_'  liis  |irote--iiui.  lias  speiii  hi-  hi--  as  a  L'(  ri:'  I'Mna  n-l'a  run  r.  i|.-- 
vntiiiil  liilusi-lf  to  n-ailili^  :ilnl  stU'lv,  at  <  >\M •_'.>,  N.  Y.  Sh.'  il.  ai  1'ari-, 
France,  F<-1>.  L'S,  l>7'>,  act.  •'>  I. 

|  Fi^rlit  h  ( Jriierat  inn.  I      <  'hilili'i-n  ; 

•lL".i.  i.  Charles  Frederic  .Johnson.  1,.  Mav  S,  Isiii1,,  in  New  Vurk, 
j,M-ad.  ai  \'ale  in  Is.")."),  \vas  Assi:.  1'r. >t'.  nf  Matliematics  in  I'.  S.  .\a\al 
School  at  Annapolis,  .Mil.  (l.v'('>-\  when  teinjmrarilv  ailjourned  i,,  New- 
jiort.  li.  I.,  to  1>"H).  lie  is  now  (  I  >7:> )  a  re.-ident  <>t'  (  Iwe^u.  ;m<l  is 
Sujit.  of  •' The  liristol  IIMII  Works"  at  thai  plaer.  ||,.  m.  .Ian.  '1  1  , 
IS?!',  FH/.al)eili  .).  .McAlj.ine,  .lau.  of  l|.,u.  \\'m.  .1.  Mi-Alpin-  of  I'itt- 
tieM.  Mass. 

•l.'iii.    ii.    Susan  .Johnson,  b.   Dec.  L'S.   1>:;\  ,|.  May,    l>.')'.i. 

!  .'1 1 .  iii.  Anna  31uirson  Johnson,  b.  iu  1 s  1",  resides  unmarri'-  1  in 
(  )WCLTO. 

1  .">!'.  iv.  William  Woolsey  Jolnison.  b.  June  L' I.  |^||,  ^rad.  ai  ^'ai.• 
in  1  >'•:.'.  was  Assi.  I'rof.  of  Matliematics  at  the  ('.  S.  Nasal  Seho..]  at 
A  niiapoli-,  Md.  (l'x'it-!'i,  I'rof.  ot'  Mathematics  ai  Kenvon  ( '..ji. ••_<-.•, 
I  iauil  pie  i'.  <  ).  /  1  X7( '--  i.  and  since  1  >•"-  at  St .  J.  dm  -,  (  'oil. ,  A  nn.t]  »  >iis. 
H,.  in.  AUL'.  1-.  1st''.1.  Su-anna  L"VeretI  !'>;;(  cii.'il.-i-  (dan.  ot'  \(<-\'. 
lirede  J'.atcheller  of  Annapolis).  TVS,,  children. 

***       1.    (  'harles  \\'iliiam  John-on,  b.  in  (  lambier.  <  >..  AUL'.   1  -'-  1  X7(>. 

!--::;*       L'.     The.nl,. re     Wool.sey     Johlls.ni,     b.   in   (  ) We_'o.    N.     V..Jlllie      1, 

l-7i'. 

!.">.").  v.  Kat  hai'ine  I  la  vard  J  olmson,  \<.  aboin  1  v  1  •'.  i  -  a  -'  M  !•  :.'  "f 
iiaini  ilr_f  at  I  'an  -.  I"  I'aliee  |  !>•,;',). 

|.",  1.    \  i.    Nicholas  I Jayard  John-oil.  1>.  S, •],;.,    1  M'.'.  d.  early. 


I  Si\i  h    I  lenerat  i'  'in  ] 

II.;.    xii.    C..1.     (Veil      Dwi-ht     l-on     of     Mi;  Tinr'tliv      i»v:;_|§     ,.f 

\,,,  •ihanij't.'ii    and     Mary    Fd  ward- >.   b.  .I  sine    |n.  1771.        Ib     v,  a 
ivirli'1!'  \ear-  a   deputv  sherill    and    an    a  Me*  n  ill'-'  r,  and  a   i-<>!'>!i'-i   .•!    inil- 

ji  ja.       1 1,-  wa-  a  memb.-r  of  I  he  Slate  1,'^NaMn  ••  in     1  -  1  •_'.       in    I  -'..'!.  a! 

t),,.    :i,_r,.    ,,f    ."id,    he  retired   to    his    farm    ..('    -  ime  .",1111    ae|-.-s,  |  .p  '\  i  .;i-l  v 

,,v.!,.<l     b\-   hi-     fath'-r    and     L'ralidt'a :  h>  T     D'AlL'iit.  Thi-   was  a    oa  i  '    ,.f   a 

s-t  rin  of  land  of  like  widt  li  tliroii'_'liont,  e\t"iidiic,f  we-t  ward  to\\".  -i  ha  ni]'- 

i 

t,,n  (  7  miles  di-tant  i,  said    to    have  bel.  niu'ed   t.(    ( ',  ,|.  '|'im,  ,th\     |i\\iuht. 


Col.  Timotlnj  Di 
Son  of  Timotlty,  Son  of  Jolui,  both  of  Dedliam,  3f((8*.   201 

Like-  liis  mother,  Mary  Fdwards,  who  was  the  only  one  of  the  Edwards 
large  family  that  continued  to  reside  at  Northampton  to  the  end,  so 
Col.  Cecil  Dwiglit  was  the  onlv  one  of  the  large  family  of  DwigLts  that 
chose  that  ancestral  spot  for  his  permanent  home. 

lie  was  a  decided  Christian,  but  made  no  public  profession  of  reli- 
gion, from  his  strong  condemnation,  it  is  believed,  of  the  habit  of  the 
Northampton  church  in  admitting  unconverted  persons  to  full  com- 
munion on  the  half-way  covenant  system.  Jle  was  distinguished  for 
the  positiveuess  of  his  moral  convictions  and  conduct,  and  for  his  .sim- 
plicity, modesty,  gentleness,  industry  and  energy.  Jle  was  much  em- 
ployed as  an  arbitrator  in  matters  of  difficulty,  and  actiyely  promoted 
the  material  interests  of  the  town. 

1 5  is  personal  appear., nee  was  fine.  Standing  • ">  feet  S.1,  inches  high, 
with  broad  shoulders  Mid  a  stout  muscular  frame,  he  had  also  a  large 
Lead  with  a  face  of  regular  features  and  piereing  black  eyes.  Jie  was 
full  of  anecdote,  wit  and  fun.  and  of  sparkle  in  his  conversational 
habits. 

Me  m.  . I  line  17'.'^,  Mary  Clap,  1).  Feb.  ll',  1774  (her  parentage  not 
ascertained ),  a  strong-minded  energetic  woman.  Six;  was  described 
thus  by  Madam  Klioda  J /wight:  '"A  woman  of  the  utmost  moral 
excellence,  not  decidedly  graceful  or  intellectual,  but  exceedingly  gen- 
ial, and  so  a  lady.  Sue  was  a  blonde  of  very  fair  complexion,  with 
light  blue  eyes  and  black  hair,  but  all  of  her  1  1  children  had  \  ery 
black  piercing  eyes  and  dark  complexions,  like  their  father." 

lie  d.  at  his  son's  house  at  Moscow,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  L'G,  1  S.'i'J,  act.  G5  ; 
she  d.  .May  1C>,  1S4-1,  act.  70. 

|  Seyenth  generation.  |      ( 'hildren  : 

43.").  i.  William  Cecil  Dwight,  M.I).,  b.  March  4,  1790,  d.  May  6, 
18o3j  act.  .14. 

•!-»'').  ii.  Charles  Maurice  Dwight,  b.  April  l'7,  l^Of),  a  merchant, 
intelligent,  energetic,  and  pious.  He  d.  unmarried,  Feb.  i_'S,  lsi'1). 

l-">7.    iii.    -Mary  Ann  J)wight.  b.   Dec.  i',   ISOI,  d.  Sept.   I,   lS(r_'. 

•l.'.S.  iy.  Ceorgv  Alfred  .Dwight,  b.  .Ian.  7,  LSM:>?  d.  ,1  an.  !".»,  JS-iS^ 
act.  !"). 

1  :'>'.'.    y.    Henry  Augustus  Dwight,  b.  March  7,  1^04. 

41H.  vi.  i-:ii/.abeth  .Dwigl,;,  b.  March  1  1,  1  SIM',,  m.  A  pril  24,  1-SJ3, 
Samuel  Warner  Ivirkland  (son.  of  ^Martin  lvir!<land,  of  J4unt  ington, 
Mass.,  an-!  Khoda  \\"arner.  ,,'ohn  Ivirkland  of  Xorwich,  <  '(.,  I  lie  father 
oi'  Martin,  \\'as  brother  to  Key.  Samuel  Kirkland,  the  mi-~>i( mary,  of 
('lintiin,  (  )neida  Co.,  N.  \.).  a  man  of  intelligence,  enterprise  and 
piety.  lie  \y;iM  (-ngiiLjeil  for  some  years  in  the;  jewelry  bu^ine»,  in  New 
Orleans,  La.,  and  afterwards  in  landliolding  (^ici'ations  at  the  North, 


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iv-idiiiu'  aiioiit  e<|uallv  :il  N'ort  hainpt  on  and  Ni-\v  \  nrk.  !!>•  <i.  at 
Ne\\  (  Irleaii-,  l/l.,  of  coii'_'e>t  ion  of  the  l.raili,  All'_r.  1  x.  \^~>{]. 

Sic-  i>  in  lii-r  -eiieral  ph\si<p|e.  a>  IPT  form.  ca>l  of  face.  dark  coin- 
|.!e\ioii  and  lar-e,  pieiviii'_'.  I'lacl-:,  <-vi->,  \erv  iniirh  lil-,i-  li<  i  l>v.  i-h' 
n-lal  I  \  '  ">  '  >t'  llli'  precei  I  Hi;,'  ^client!  io]i.  Hie  re.-,lde>  a!  Hartford.  *'(. 

(l>7h.  I'Yoiu  ln-r  niaiiv  farts  of  interest  here  detail*  d  concerning 
\ariiiiis  nii'iiil)cis  ut'  tin-  tamiiv  liavr  IM-I-H  L.'aiii'-i|.  N,  •  >  i>->iif. 

III.  \ii.  K.-\.  TiiiMilix  l»\\iufln.  !'.  .M.-i\  L'.'I,  |su7,  <i.  <>'•'.  I-"-.  \^-'<->, 
act.  L<v;.  Ill-  \\  as  L.Mail.  a!  AnilnTM  I'ull.  in  ISL'7.  aii'l  Iiitni-  lin-.-r  in 
|s;)i'.  !!••  stinlii-il  i]ic(ilo_ry  ;it  \.-\\  llav.'ii.  (':.  (l>."il!  '_'  i.  I  'r^jiarinn 
]iiin-c!t'  tur  ini-^-ii  inar\  service  in  S\ria.  lie  \\ent  in  N'-v,  \nrl-;  to 
studv  iin-dic]  in-,  and  uliile  jirac't  isin^;  hi-.  ne\\  an  in  a  cit\  hn-pnal, 
caiu'li!  llie  Mnall-]io\.  In  i'ccovei-inuf  tVom  ii  lie  t<,<ik  culd  ai  'I  had 
|iletiri>\'.  which  ended  in  c<iii>iiiii|itiiiii.  and  at'i-T  a  year'.i  rapid  deelme- 
he  di-'d.  like  hi>  t'aiher  lieforc  him,  a;  Mo>co\v.  N.  ^  . 

lie  \\-.is  an  earner,  d--\ni--d  ('lin^tiaii  and  a  superior  scholar.  lie 
had  a  line  round  i'aee,  \vit  h  iaru'e.  Mack.  >-  a  re  him;  e\  i--,  and  }••'.  i  'lack 
hair,  an  open  forehead  and  a  t're-h  aiiimaled  countenance. 

I  !l'.  \iii.  Alary  l>wi-ht,  1..  .July  I.  I  SUM.  ,).  |  ),.,..  L-ti.  |>;)j.  .,.  -.  -;,. 
at  La\\'reiice\  ille,  \  a.,  \\here  >!,,.  \\-i~,  ii-adiinu  as  a  e.'"\ern'-.-"  in  a  pri- 
vate i'amiiv.  Sip-  1  H  .re  o  I  T  t  he  pal  ni  in  her  famil  v  for  iieaui  \  and  la.eiil, 
accori'liiiL,'  t"  t  h'-ii1  e>;  imate  of  her. 

ll-"i.  i\.  Surah  h\\i-_-ht,  li.  .Inne  !  7,  !XM.  iaiiLi'ht  .-eli,,,.]  ii.  h<  r 
earlier  \ear.s  at  Nort  liainpion  and  N--\\'  l!a\en.  and  still  laii  r  ;n  \  i  r- 
•_finia.  l''or  maiiv  veal's  .-he  >n  ;i'e|-,  -,  i  much  |'rmn  ^oisl.  ii'vinua:  ^--r'.li- 
a  in  pi  '  Hi  1  1\  hi  r-el  t'  in  liece^Mi  at  e.|  I  ,;,:  cin  -i  fu  !  -•  1  1  1  ;  nd  .  i  ,  ,  i  .  i  :'i  li^ 
seri'lieK  inanv  se\i-re  Iriai.--.  >he  d.  Max  l''i.  l^ii'i. 

•111.    \  .    .fount  1  i:i  11     Kdu  an  U    I  >\\  i-'n  i  .   \i.   A  pri  i    !''_'.    i  v  1  I  .  d.    M     \     i  v. 

I  ^."i1  I,    ot'  ci  'lisil  111  p!  loll. 

•II."..     \i.     l.anra     \VooUey     l>v-.iul,i.    !,.    June    .'i.    !  -  j  7.    in.     l>r.     .M-.- 

(  'lark  .....  '    Lav    (  'a  ml  .rid-",    Ma    -  .  and   d.   Jan.    1<'>.    i  .     l'i. 


I  :',.•).    i.     \Villiam  (Veil    Dwiuht.    M.l>.,   L.    M;  !-l.    I. 
c;:]    -Midi--   h"   pur-Ued    at    tic-  N'eU     lla'.'   n    Medi.-a 
v,  ii  li     I  'r.     Nathan     Smith    of   thai     cit  v.        II-    i    .     \  •;. 
lot  !••   \\'iiinerdin_f.  li.  J  nne  L'I  »,    I  7 '.''.'   (  da  ,;.  i  -i'  .1  • .    :.  '    i. 

din-   :•!    d    Catlmril,..     1  •':,,  i  1 1, ,-, ,  1 , :,  1  n  ..        SI,,     d.    Ju.   ••    1.",. 

'I'd    \'.  it'e,  .1  ni,e  L'  I.    !  v-"."..    !  .-i  ura     I .'  idim 1    T.  ' 


N.    N  .  I.        She    re-id,  d    at'l.  r   hi-    d.  atli    a'    '  :••:;•     •  --. 
a'    1'i.nu.e-,    Mich.,  uhile  tln-re  on  a    \i-it.    Mai-.'h    7 

II  "I.-!      :•'        Mo-e,CA.     i.i\in_'     -,,,!     Co..     \.      \    .. 


Col.  Timotliy  Dwiglit, 
Sonof  Timotlnj,  Son  of  Joint,  loilt  of  DedJiam,  Mass.  20).'> 

was  for  some  years  the  business  agent  of  Benj.  Woolsev  llogers  ibi 
large  tracts  of  land  in  the  Oenesee  Vallev.  I  le  was  fond  of  books  and 
of  cultivating  fruits  and  flowers.  While  a  Christian  at  heart,  he  did 
not  join  any  church.  He  was  a  man  of  generous  ideas  and  instincts 
and  full  of  public  spirit.  He  was  fine-looking,  of  medium  si/e,  strong 
features,  black  eyes  and  florid  complexion  and  sloutlv  built. 

He,  with  44  others,  many  of  them  like  himself,  physicians,  returning 
homewards  from  a  recent  medical  convention  in  r\ew  Vork,  was  un- 
fortunately on  the  X.  V.  A:  N.  H.  11.  .11.  train  which  on  31  ay  (i,  ]8.~>.°>, 
fell  at  Xorwalk,  Ct.,  through  an  open  drawbridge  into  the  stream  be- 
neath. He  was  taking  a  somewhat  wider  circuit  homeward  than  usual, 
in  order  to  see  on  the  way  his  eldest  son  at  Cambridge,  31  ass. ,  who  was 
pursuing  then  his  studies  there.  He  d.  in  his  full  strength  of  years 
and  knowledge  at  (lie  age  of  .">4. 

[  Eighth  ( leneration.  |      Children: 

./>'.'/  Jlrxt-  irlf,'  : 

41').  i.  Catharine  A.ugusta  1)  \vight,  b.  June  10,  1.S27,  m.  I  Ton.  John 
I!.  Crosby. 

•11-7.    ii.    3Iarv   .Joanna  Dwight ,  b.  ,\  ulv  1,  1S2X,  m.  Hugh  T.  Brooks. 

4  is.  Hi.  Justina.  3iade!eine  Dwight,  b.  Feb.  22,  "JS30,  in.  James  3E. 
Bingham. 

Itij  second  ivife  : 

440.   iv.    William  Cecil   Dwight,  b.  .July  22.   1S34. 

•!')().    v.   Theodore  Talbot  Dwight,  b.  April  22,  1S.",('). 

l.")I.  vi.  Charles  Maurice  Dwight,  b.  Mai'ch  !>,  1S.")S,  a  lawyer.  He 
resided  for  some  years  at  1'oniiac,  Mich.,  and  was  while  there  chief 
clerk  i'or  several  years  (18G2— ">)  in  the  provost  marshars  oilice  for 
that  militarv  district.  In  lx'<)(i  he  went  to  Omaha  City,  .Xeb.,  to 
reside,  and  d.  there  unmarried  .June  30;  lSii7,  act.  L".',  of  tvphoid 
fe\'er.  lie  was  a  warm-hearted,  c'arnesf  voting  man.  He  \\as  interreil 
at  .Pontiac,  .Mich.,  by  the  side  of  his  mother. 

•C)2.  vii.  Kiuily  Strong  Dwight,  b.  Aug.  l(i,l.S10,  m.  Sept.  I,  iSiJ.0,, 
(jeorge  Peabodv  M(;tcalf,  b.  Ajiril  l".i,  1  S.">  I  (son  of  Mlias  I'ealjodv  .Met- 
calf  of  ( ienesoo,  X.  V.,  and  Maria  Miner),  a  nierchanf  at  (JeneseOj  X.  V. 
They  ha\"e  had  two  children: 

|.">.">.    1.   Thomas  Drake  3Eetcalf,  b.  Nov.  12,   ISC.f-. 

::::;::;:    2.   Charles  Dwight  M(  :ca!f,  b.  Mairh  20,  IS70. 

1-">I.    viii.    Henry  Augustus   Dwight,  b.  Oct.   I  .">,   bs' 
merchant  at  Sioux  Citv,   fowa,  tiiiiiiarrieil   (1^7."»). 

1  •"'•">.   ix.   .Jonathan  Edwards  Dwight,  b.  April    I'li, 
teiideiii  oi  gas-works  at  Sioux  ('i!\,   !o\\'a. 

1">I5.    \.    Laura.   Talbot    D\vight,  b.   |'\.-b.  2">,  ISIS,  in.  as  hi-:   2d  wife. 


7  In    I  ><  xi'i  inlii  /if*  a  f 
'2l>4  X»/t   <*l'  .\  <i/}i<t  n  i<  I   Ifn'n/lit,  li/i/Ji  at'  A  ortltil  nijifon* 

.Mav  I1."'.    |s71,(Mis   r>e\i-rl\    I'lartun,  a  jolilier  in    rrockerv  and    <|iiccns- 
\\iiiv,  :il   <v»ninc\.  111.,  1).  .March   11,  1  M:'>,  in  Md.  (sun  of  O.  Sunnier  I'.ar- 
i  .  in.  n<  i\v  of  <  Jumcv,  a  i  M!  (  'a  nil  i  lie  Snow  ).      Thev  have  one  child  : 
I.     Kmilie   Dwiiihi    llarton,  1..   .March    11,    Is?.'!. 

I  II'P.  i.  ('alharinc  Augusta  Mui-'hi,  1>.  June  |d,  1  >l'7,  in.  <>ct.  1>, 
1-1'.'.  Hun.  John  I'.urll  (Yosl.y.  k  .May  11.  |Sl'.»  (sun  of  .Icdulhun 
<'io>li\  ;iml  Nancv  I'liidl).  lie  \\asa  I'arnici1  for  sunn-  \  rar.->  (  1  .**.")'.'—  'is  ; 
at  I'alimra,  \\  is.,  ami  a  incinlicr  al  nnc  nine  of  the  \\  is.  li-^i~!al  ure 
(isi'i.")).  Hr  I'oidrs  nu\v  al  (  ifiicsiMi.  N.  V.,and  is  a  cnnlractur  mi 
tji"  Rocln'shT  and  Stale  Line  II.  IJoad  i  I>7  I  ). 

Me  \\as  fur  ti\-c  \ears    cniphived    as    <^u\  eminent   >ur\e\nr  in  South- 


Ninth  <  leiierat  ion.         (  'hildreii  : 

I."i7.    i.  \\'iHia]n   I  >\\  iu'ln  <  'r,).J,\  .  1>.  Se],i.    11.   ls:,ii. 

IT'S.    ii.  Theudui-e  Wilinei-din.u'  Cn^.y.  1..  .Inly    H».    1>:>''.. 

ir.'.i.    iii.  (ieoruv  ISneil  Crosby,  1».  Sept.  i'J,   IS.'iS.  d.  Sept.  L'.\   l>."i!'. 


|  I'l-l      eenerat  on. 

117.  ii.  Mary  Joanna  I  hvi^ht,  1>.  July  1.  1  >l'S.  ni.  N'ov.  I'll,  Is"i7, 
lln-h  Torl.eri  i  '„-,„,  k>,  1,.  A  j.ril  1  1',  fs  1  7  (-,,,11  of  1',-nedici  I'.rc.uk-,  of 
I  'earl  I  'reek,  and  previously  of  (  'he^l  lire,  (  't.,  and  M  ai  ian  .McNair  ),  a 
fa  I'll  n  i'  at  1'earl  (  'reek,  \\'voniilm  Co.,  N.  Y.  Me  \\  as  in  ot  In  T  t  lavs  I  he 
iimninee  on  th.-  anti-slavery  lieki'i  1'ir  Lt'ivi-riior  of  the  S;ate. 

|  Ninth    <  lenerat  ion.  |      (  'hildreii  : 
Pin.    i.    Mar\    !)\vi^lil    15  rooks.  K.  June   1.°,.    1-:..",. 
I'll.    ii.    Charlotte  Wilnierdinu'  I'.m.iks,  1».  An--  -.    !>"'.">. 

1'il'.     iii.      I'.ene.licl     llrooks.  1'.     Kel,.     1:5,     I-:.-. 


[  I'j-'li!  h  <  lenerat  ion. 
MS.    iii.   Jn-tina  .Madeleine  Ihviu'ht   (d-iu.  of  l>r.    U'illiani  ( '.    I  > 
and  < 'harlutte  \\"ilnierdiiiLf),  1>.    l''el>.  __,    lx.">".  in.    I  >ee.  .".  I .   K>o,  .lames 
M   n, rue   |>i  n^liain.  li.    l''e'i.  .">.   1  xi'^  (>'  iii  u|     Murace    i  >i  n^haiii  and   llaejid 
1 1  I'A  ard  \a    ia\v\  er  ai    I  "alnivra,  \\  iscun>.in  (  I  x.ni    7-  '.  and  >in<-e     1  X7l' 
at    <  'hip]iewa    Kalis,   \\'i>. 

i  N  i  i,;  h  <  iei.i'i  at  i"ii.         (  'h  ildren  : 

I''.:1.,    i.    (  'liil'urd    hssij,!    hin-haiii,  !..    I  >.•,-.   L'L1.    I  -.".7. 
K.  1.    ii.     \Vali!  r   l'.-rc\    I'.in-ham.  L.  Jul\    L'  I  .    i  '- 

iii.     ('alh.iiilie    Ual'elia    111  i  ,^'ha  m,   \<.   Jan.    1    '.    \^-''>7. 


Colonel  Timotliij  Dwiglit, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  lotJt  of  Dedliam,  Mats.  205 

Laura  R,  Talbot),  b.  July  22,  1834,  in.  Oct.  5,  1859,  Ellen  Jane 
Newton,  b.  July  31,  1837  (dau.  of  Horace  Newton  of  Moscow,  Living- 
ston Co.,  IS".  Y.,  and  Clarissa ).  He  is  a  farmer  at  Moscow,  and 

agent  for  the  sale  of  agricultural  implements. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 
4(59.   i.  Evelina  Drake  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  29,  1800. 
470.   ii.  Clarence  Newton  1) wight,  b.  Jan.  23,  1804. 
iii.  Leicester  Tinley  1) wight,  b.  1872. 


[Eighth  Generation.  ] 

450.  v.  Theodore  Talbot  I) wight,  b.  April  22,  1830,  m.  April  23, 
1802,  Helen  Vanderbnrgh  Pdchardson,  b.  Sept,  f>,  18-.H)  (dau.  of  Hon. 
William  Alexander  Richardson,  of  Quiney,  111.,  U.  S.  Senator,  and 
Cornelia  Hempstead  Sullivan;.  He  -was  quartermaster  and  commis- 
sary (with  rank  of  captain),  (Jan.  1803 — March  1804),  on  duty  at  Da- 
venport and  Iveokuk,  Iowa,  in  the  late  war.  He  was  afterwards  sent 
to  IVmbina,  Dacotah  Territory,  to  settle  a  large  number  of  claims 
against  the  I".  S.  Govt.,  contracted  by  Hatch's  Battalion  of  Minnesota 
"Vol.  Cavalry,  which  called  him  to  Fort  Garry,  B.  A.,  (March  1804 — 
Nov.  1804).  He  was  next  sent  as  Depot  Quartei master  to  Sioux 
City,  Iowa  (Dec.  ]804 — June  180o),  and  then  (June  180.1 — Nov. 
181).")),  to  Houston,  Texas,  to  act  in  the -same  capacity  there,  and  was 
amon<4  the  iirst  of  the  army  who  entered  Texas  after  the  surrender  of 
Kirby  Smith.  In  November  180")  he  resigned  his  commission.  He  "was 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Omaha  in  1800-7,  and  was  at  that 
time  also  Supt,  of  Indian  Affairs  for  the  State  of  Nevada.  Since 
May  1807,  he  has  resided  in  Quincy,  111.,  where  he  is  now  Supt,  of 
"  The  Quincy  Coal  Co."  He  has  had  3  children  : 

471.  1.  William  Richardson  Dwight,  b.  April  19,  1803,  d.  Dec.  3, 
18(14. 

***   2.   Helen  Pdchardson  Dwight,  b.  March  14,  1808. 

*:::*   ;>_    |.](iwiu  Turner  Dwight,  b.  July  25,  18tj9,  d.  Sept,  23,  1S73. 

[  Seventh  ( ieneration.  | 

43s.  iv.  George  Alfred  Dwight  (son  of  Col.  Cecil  Dwight  of  North- 
ampton and  Mary  Clap),  b.  .Jan.  7,  181)3,  m.  about  1830,  -Mary  Chris- 
tic  Schoedde,  1).  Jan.  29  1.812  (whose  father  was  from  Saxony  and 
an  olliccr  in  the  British  army.  Iler  mother's  name  was  Arnold,  and 
she  was  from  Amboy,  N.  J.),  sin;  d.  Aug.  1800. 

She  was  of  dark  complexion,  and  had  round,  full,  black  eves.  He 
was  small  and  slender,  and  of  dark  complexion,  remarkably  active  and 


'/'///      A  .v,-,  t,<I<lnfx    <>f 


,li-ri,l,'il1y  int.-lli-i-lual.       II.-.  I.    Jan.    1".'.    |S|S,  art.    |.\      Tl.rvha.l    Jniir 

cliil.  If.  n  : 

I7'-'.  I.  I'orili-lia  Siunsl.iin  hui'Jit,  1,.  <>,•(.  !•_'.  |s:U,  ha-  n-M'-.l 
for  inaii\  \rar.s  in  I'.'troil,  Mi.-li.  N.d  li.-iii'.:  :iU<-  lo  LT"  to  ''i1'  \\ar 
h.-r-'-lf,  -li.-  hiiv.l  a  Milist  it  uir  1.1  iv|in'.viil  IPT  in  .-am).  airl  !:••!.  I  in 
"  I  h>'  |.  •.  >]>li''s  \\  ;ir  "  t',  ,r  (  ;>i<l  ami  I  ip-i  r  o\\  n  i  'i_rht  I"  fiv  lit'.'  air  1  fiv 
>,„...,!,. 

17."..    I'.     Kmilv  Sici-li-   |)\\i^ljt.  whud.  sunn. 

171.    •>.    I'll  n  ih~  Si  >  'i-lc   I  >\\  i-'in  ,  '2<\,  \\  lin  d.  a.'t  .  :'>  \  i-ars. 

17."'.      1.     <  ;,M,r_;V    Alt'lV.l     I  Kvi;_')lt,    (i.    a^.'.l     1     \rar. 

|  Si-\  ni!  li  <  Iciifi'ni  ion.  | 

•I  .">'.i.  v.  lliMir\'  An^ii^uis  l>\\'i-_flii  (son  (,('  ('.,].  (  V.-il  hui_'lit  aii.l 
Marv  ('lap).  1>.  .Mai-i-ii  7,  \^»\.  a  i-l.-rk  t'.r  MUM'-  Vf;ii>  in  tli"  liar-lu  ai'.' 
>!(.]•.•  dl'  .Ijiiin-s  |)\vi^Iit,  l-ls'i.  i-Mii  ol'  I'n'si.  Tiniotliy  Il-Aiulii  ut'  \'al.-i. 
a!  1'iit'T-ilimx'ii,  \'a.,  ^ra-1.  at  \\'iiliani>  C»ll.,  Mi--.,  in  I-:".':  ii  • 
.tu.li.-.l  ih.-olo-y  a!  N.-\\-  ii  -iv.-n.  C:..  an-1  K  t-l  \Vin-U  ,r.  I  I  .  -  v,  ;,  ,  t'.  .,• 
'_'"  \rars  ami  inorr  a  rla-.siral  t.'arlifr  at  tiii-  S.iutn  at  'I'li-^ralo  .-i  ;iu  i 
I  )fiiio]n  >li-..  Ala.,  aii'l  N.  ii't'olk  anil  liicliiiriinl.  \  a.  Sinn'  |  ^i',u  i,.'  i,-,^ 
ri'-ii  i.-'l  at  NI  >rt  lianip;  '  in.  M  ass. 

!!••    in.    i  >.•!•  .•nil.  T     1.    H.")^.    Kii/ali.'tli     I5i-iiil!i;il],  l>.  in     l^'1^    i.l'i'i.  ..t' 
CMJ.I.  NVilliani    r.i-iuni-ili  <>\'   N.-\v   I  lav.  MI.  <';.).      She  ,1.  (  ),-t.  L'.'.    \<\:\. 
II--    in.    .lulv    111.     lviM.     l.u.-ia     hui^lii     (-Ian.    <>f   \\'i!iiani     l>\'.ij!i:    o 
Stiir!iri.|_ri-.    M,i-.-.,  an.J   A  inar\  Ui->   h'i-ki1.       i  Srr  >iili-".ju.-n!    |M_'". 
i'.iu'ii'  n  (  i--!ii  •)•;,  :  i'  'n.         I  'i.i  i'lr.-n  : 


I7'I.    i.    <  'harli-s    An,'iisius    I  iv.-i^'n!.   I,,   in   Tn-i-al  .  .-a.    Ala..    N 

I  >:'.:».  .1.  in   ( 'iii  -a-n.  111.,  '  ».-i.  -s.  !  --'.:.'.  a.-',  i1:;.     '•  I' 

fill   1.1. -inline  of  i|,i-  rlainis  of  ,- ut\v,i'-,|   '.'i-ii. 

ot'  a    h  Ij'ii'  •'•  !l  f"    1  n    t  h"   s.  iiil.    !r-   liail    !'••%' 

io  W 1 1 1 1  •  1 1    IP-  U  a  s    - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  1 1  s  i  •  •  1    .-  ;  I   1 1 1  •• :  i !  \  ,    IP-   -    ;il  :     "    i 


177.  ii.    I  l>Miry  (  '  '.-il    l>u  iulr.    I.,   i':    \  • 
(  ',ii.';iin     in     <  '.i.    A,    L'Tili     I!  •_".     Ma    -.    \"'if 
l;i,,.,..k,.   |-!-HP|    am!    at     ih-  i 
of   !.'  'iioi-.ilil--   -•  r\  ii-  •  IP-  i-.--i  _'.•-.  I    !  i  :  -  ••'  >i:i  '.••-.  ' 
;:    :n'  •!  .-|ia    :  '     :,  '      I  I  a  I'1  f  ')'•  i  ,    <  '!  .  ,    v.'n<  T.  •     IP  •     ha  - 
lia-t.         II.    I,,.    «  >,-:.    o.     I-''..'.,     \i,ni.-    Maria    \\   ,  ; 
•.!'  \\  :  ••:.   .       [..urn,  Wri  '],:  ..f  I  i  :  i'1'.r.l.  «'  . 


Col-  Timothy  Dwiglit, 

So) i-  of  Tiiiiotlt tj,  Souof'Tolin,  l>otl>  of  Dedlicun,  JT^/.v-s'.  207 

***   -2.   Charles  Augustus  Dwight,  1).  Xov.  2$,  1870. 
***   :'?.    Annie  Maria   Dwight,  b.  March  :>0,  and  <1.  April  2S,  1873. 
-179.   iii.    Ceorge  Alfred   Dwight,  1).  and  d.  in  Tuscaloosa.  Ala..  Oct. 
1843. 

.11  ij  H<'/-(>,iil  irij'i',  : 

480.  iv.  William  Fiske  Dwiglit,  b.  Aug.  27,  1850,  d.  at  Norfolk, 
Va.,  Sept,  10,  lSf>l. 

48!.  v.   Elizabeth  Anna  Dwiglit,  b.  April   lo,  1 852,  at  Norfolk,  Ya. 

4S2.  vi.   Kllen  Amelia  Dwight,  b.  July  27,  ls:>i. 

4s:!.  vii.   Alice    Kvelyn   Dwiglit,  b.   July   2S,   185G,  at    Xorl'nlk,  'Va. 

4;;l.  Aiii.    Mary  Ida  Dwiglit,  b.  April  15,   is.")'.!.  !(t  Northampton. 

4s.-).  ix.   (Jeorge  Alfred  D\viglit,  b.  .March  22,  1S01,  d.  in  1871. 

4S:i.  x.   Theodore  Fiske  D  wight,  b.  Sept.  1!>,   l.si;:5. 

[  Seventh  ( Jeiieration.] 

-1  I"),  xi.  [.aura  \Vuolsey  D  \vigl  it  (dau.  of  f(ol.  Cecil  'I  hvight  and  .Mary 
Clap),  1).  Jnno5,  is  17,  m.  Sejit.  t>,  isl-!,  Moses  Clarke,  M.i  >.,  b.  in  Atkin- 
son, N".  II".,  .Jan.  is,  1818  (son  of  (.Ireenleaf  Clarke  and  Julia  <  'ogswell, 
dun.  of  Dr.  William  Cogs\vrll  of  Atkinson),  grad.  in  his  m-dical  studies 


from  i '-' i  1  To  his  death.  She  taught  school  in  early  life  in  Virginia, 
and  Northampton  and  J  )errv,  N.  1 1.  Sin;  was  a  long  and  patient  sufferer 
from  sickness.  "  ller  life  was  a  remarkable  instance  of  the  spiritual 
triumphing  over  the  material."  She  d.  Jan.  ]i>,  lS5s.  |lt>  m.  for  2d 
wife.  i;i  iSiin,  Fanny  Hastings  of  Brooklyn,  N.  V.  Shed,  in  Dee.  IS'iO, 
and  h  •  m.  for  3d  wife.  Fob.  10,  ]S()  i,  \vidow  Hannah  Clarke  ntt  Hastings 
a  sisi  •]•  of  his  2d  wife.  l[e  d.  March  27,  1SG4,  act.  !''». 
[JMghth  (Melioration.  Children: 

4S7.    i.    William  Cogswell  Clarke,  b.  Aug.  12,  1845,  d.  Aug.  2,  IS  17. 

4SS.    ii.    |j!lum  Dwight  Clarke,  b.  Aug.    l>\7,  d.  July   1.    1852. 

4S:i.  iii.  Maurice  Dwight  Clark.-,  b.  Nov.  2,  1851,  grad.  at  Amherst 
Coll.  in  1";7I,  is  associate  editor  of  '•  The  .Manchester  Mirror  '  of  3!an- 
uliester,  N.  II. 

•li'fl.  iv.  Charles  (Ji.-cil  Clarice,  b.  April  t  •">,  ISol-,  is  now  in.  Harvard 
<  'ollege,  in  the  class  of  1  S7 •!. 

[  Creenh-af  ( 'larke  of  A  tkinson,  was  lineallv  descended  from  Nat  ha  n- 
iel  Clarke  of  Newbury,  Mas--.,  a,  merchant,  who  d.  tiiere  in  !'::'!-.  Mis 
child:""!,  beside  Dr.  M  O.MS  Clarke,  were,  William  Cog.swell,  Francis, 
Sara',  Crcenleaf  and  John  i!adger.  I  Ton.  William  C.  Clarke,  A ttor- 
ney-Ceiiera.l  of  Xe\v  1  La  in.- [ih  ire,  \\a.s  his  uncl  •.  | 


Th>    A.s-r,  i, <l< nit  of 
•_y,S          Si, ii  t,r'  \iill, iii  it  1  />>/•/-////,  /"////  o/'  \nr/Ji<iinj>f'ni, 

Nun  hampi  "n  Mini  Mar\  Kdward- ),  l>.  at  Northamptun,  .1  illy  I'11.  177'', 
in.  l»c.  i,  l^'ij,  Kh-.-ia  ( Vntre  (dau.  uf  Timuthy  and  ALTIH-.^  (Vntre), 
1'.  MI  \\  Y,!  llartfurd,  (';..  .March  S,  17-L1. 

lie  kept  pnlilic  ImuM-  at  Manlius,  N.  Y.  (1S1L>  17),  :ui«l  at  Ithaca, 
N.  \.  (  1  v  I  7--- ).  lie  was  industrious,  temp'-rat'-,  mural,  sim-en^ 
tVahk  Mini  diantalile. 

MI-  \\a.>  in  ln-!_J,t  u\er  ii  fei  i,  of  a  \i-rv  en-el  !i_'nn-  anil  a  tine  cuii- 
slitutluii.  Mini  Weighed  ."iii.'i  |niiilii]>.  his  \\al>I  meaMinnu'  ''  feet  ''  inches 
in  dit  h.  I  I  i>  ft -at  lire.-,  \\-iTi-  liainUi'in'-,  ami  In-  |  »  issrssi'il  ^rcai  niu,-'-iil;ir 
]n>\v,-r.  Mr  liM'l  a  I'ii-li  nn'1'nliuii-.  Vuii-r  Mini  was  a  >ii|n-n"r  siii_''  r.  I!'1 
was  aKi)  n-markalili-  fur  tin-  Imuvaiicv  uf  liis  >j.irii^,  and  aliuiindi-d  in 
NSII  and  iv|iarlri-  Mini  tin-  l"\c  uf  fun  ^i-ni-rall\'. 

l>f,-diiiu'  uin-r  \\iili  a  jii-nuriuus  man.  wlm  >iuud  lun^'  calciilai  in^  lii^ 
j'.'iinii--;  in  ]>:i\  lir^  li  mi  a  d'-'il ,  In-  sa  id,  "  ^  un  ri  mind  nn-  ut  a  M  rt  hu  ll-t 
in  Mil  >;•-!•  i  iiar  !  um-  •  ki:  -w,  \\  1m  carrii-d  a  In  i_f-km  |'Hr-  -,  an  1  r\  .TV  nun' 
thai  a  cent  came  uut  ui'  it ,  it  calnc  ^  it  li  a  u'runt."  i  Ic  a'><nindi-d  in 


\\  li  Hi-  I  i  \  MIL.'  at  I  ;  liaca  lie  ]  ';;>-cd  uia  da\  t  \\'u  lncii  i  iidra  vuriliii  t»  I'uil 
a  liarri-1  uf  [iniasli  \\\>  a  jilank  inr  >  a  \vau'un,  \vln-n  tin-  plank  lii-ukc  and 
tin-  liarri'l  t'.-il  tu  the  ^n.iuid.  "  Stand  a-idc,"  In-  s  dd.  :i;id  i-ul!;n,Mln' 
liarn-1  up  IM>  l'-i;x  In-  put  11,  wt-iLjliiiiuI  nmri'  llian  ."11111  11^..  n,;<>  tin- 
\\"au'1 'ii.  "  Yuii  nndiT^i and  rij;lit  u'dl  tui'a  ln'^inin-r  iiu\\-  tu  luad  put- 
a-li."  >aid  urn-  u|'  iln-m.  ••  \'es  !  "  >aid  In-,  "yuii,"  they  l^'inj;  Imth 
tup'T^,  "  u  nd--r-t,i  nd  mih-ii  Iieiier  r-iliiiij;  in  iln-  di'di. 

He  d.  in  Cuuperstuwii.    N.    \'..    Mav    HJl.a.-t.    17.      Sin-  d.  m    l-'rank- 
lin.  I. a..  .Ma\   :'iii.   I  >.")'. i.  .-:.•!.   77.  li\  in^  in  widu\\huud  fur  .'i."i  \i-ai->. 
[  Se\  entli   <  Icin-rat  lull.  I       (  'li  ildn-ii  : 

t'.'l.  i.  Sarah  Mlixal'i-ih  I  >  v>  Ldit ,  1 1.  .Ian.  >,  lx|i-.  in.  .lu.-tu-  Hull 
IJatld.une,  I-;,.,.,  and  d.  Marc',  L'II,  I-:.!'. 

I'.'l'.    ii.    Tiniuihv  Centre   l>\si_dit.  li.   A  ni_f.  -•"'.    l>Ml'>. 

r.'.'l.  iii.  Tln-udure  An-uii  |  »\\  i_!, ; ,  1 ,.  (),-t.  1':'.  I  -^  ^.  n.  Su-an  \'«.>r- 
hee,  uf  lYinceti.n.  N.  .1.  N.-  childn-n.  11,-  d.  in  1-17. 

I'.'l.    i\.    . \-n-    Ali'iiv    h\vidii,h.    -lnl\    1  L',   !  -  i  •  i.  in.  <  >.-! .   I ->."•:'.,  her 

CUllMll.     l|e|,l-\     l',-dl       |  )u  idll.    b.    N'u\.     I''.      |M'7      (>,,|,     uf      1,'iS.N 

I  >v,  r_M!i  and  Iji-liecra  Kuliliin-.  -ee  piwiuii-  p:;^-  ,  a  mi-rci,;.:it  at 
l''r.i  n!;  1  in.  I/i.,  furini-rlv,  I  MI  i  fur  .>.-•%  i-r;d  Year-,  pa  •'  a  ri  --^id'  -ni  uf  \\  >  '  h- 
er-tidd.  <  ';.  She  d.  ai  l-'ranklin,  La..  Nu\.  I  I.  1  -:'.'.'. 

I1.'.'.,  v.  II.  ni-y  Kdsvin  -;uidi:.  I..  .Inm-  I:1..  !  -  I."..  II--  v. :,-.  an  ad- 
\eniui-'-r  in  i  .iHv  lit'e  lipun  iln-  s'-a,  and  in  irri  d  a  ilau^h'<  r  ..' 

time   uf  ,,||,.   uf  iln-   ,-lliel',   uf  iln-    Sull  ill    S--a     I -land  -,   and    had    ill,-   . 

ti-i-j  AL'I.I---.      She  i>   iiu\s    i  Ix7^''i   li\in_;  lln-re,  and    i^    'In-  \\it-    uf    !>.-a. 


Col.  Tlmotlnj  D 
Son  of  Tiniofli  y,  Son  of  Joint,  lofli-  of  Dwlltani,  J/^x.v.    200 

Cater  of  Rarotonga.  lie  was  for  some  years  a  planter  in  Louisiana, 
and  has  been,  for  several  years  in  Honduras. 

490.    vi.    Ebene/er  Robert  Ihvight,  b.  June  111,  1MO,  d.  soon. 

497.  vii.  Mary  1-M  wards  .1) \vigl it,  b.  April  1,  1818,  m.  J)r.  \\'arrcn 
Lynian  of  Franklin,  La. 

491  i.  Sarali  Eli/abeth  Ihvight,  b.  at  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  Jan.  8, 
180."),  m.  May  24,  1  820,  .Justus  J  [nil  .Rathbone,  Esq.,  b.  June  19,  1790, 
(s3ii  of  Rev.  J  )avid  Ltathbone,  a  Baptist  clergyman,  and  Xaiicv  Wailes), 
a  la\vyer  at  C'tica,  X.  Y.  He  \vas  an  elder  in  the  4{ef.  Dutch  Ch.  of 
that  city,  and  active  in  promoting  its  interests.  JFe  was  a  man  of  ear- 
nest ideas  and  generous  sentiments  and  thorough  piety,  and  courteous 
and  hospitable.  She  d.  of  consumption,  March  20,  18.12,  act.  47:  he 
d.  M, iv  29,  1801,  act.  (>."). 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children  : 

41.18.   i.   A  son,  unnamed,  b.  and  d.  .April  1,  1827. 

41)1).  ii.  Mary  I ) wight  llathbmie,  b.  July  12,  1828,  m.  James  O.  Pease 
of  I'hiladelphia. 

r>(H).  iii.  Andalusia  Rhoades  llalhbone,  b.  .June  11,  1830,  m.  Thomas 
Van  Emburgh  ot'Utica.  Shed.  May  1-"),  18.">7. 

501.    iv.    Sarah  I'mford  llatliboue,  b.  J\ily  17,  18.°,2,  d.  July  2,  18:10. 

r>02.    v.   Justus    Henry    llathbone,    b.  Oct.    2!),  18:>9,   m.    Aug.    11, 

1^02.   iv.nma    Louise  Sangei',  b,  at    LTtica,  Dee.   17,   1S.">'.>  (dan.  of  ( Jcrry 

Sanger  and  Lucretia  Ann  Stewart).     He  resides  at  AYashington,  !).('.: 

he  was  a   clerk   in    the    Commissary   Department,  but   for   some    years 

past  li.is  liL'.'ii.  m  the  Treasury  Department.      .He  has  a  child  : 

•")('.•).    J.   Mary  Clark  Liatlibone,  b.  Sept.   10,  180-1,  in  Washington. 

409.  ii.  Marylhvight  Eathbone,  b.  July  12,  1828,  m.  Dct.  .°»1.  IS^O, 
James  ()livei-  Pease,  b.  Jum;  1,  1818  (son  of  Gamaliel  l.'ease  of  Wash.- 
iiigton,  .Miss.,  and  Frances  Fry  <  >liver),a  domestic  commission  mercliant 
in  Philadelphia. 

j  Ninth  Generation.  ]      Children  : 

rid},   i.    Robert  "Ratlibone   I'ease,  b.  in  TTtica,  July  21,  1.8.")  1. 

r>n.").  ii.  Fi'iinces  I'ease,  b.  in  Philadelphia.,  Dec.  20,  lsf>.">,  d.  June, 
2S,  1SOS. 

.ri()().    iii.    Mary  Kli/abeth   I'ease,  b.   Dee.   17,   IS")"),  d.  Aug.   19,  1857. 

•"1)7.  iv.  Sarah  D  wight  I'ease  (twin),  b.  Dec.  17,  18.V>,  d.  Xov. 
[808. 

;")i)8.    v.    Lucia  Pease,  b.  Aug.   1,  18.")". 

•">(>'.).   \  i.   James  Oliver  Pease,  b.  in  ( iermantown,  Pa.,  March  7,  l8Gn, 

,")!().    vii.    Livingston   I'ease,  b.  March  14,   1801,  d.  Aug.  2,   1^01. 


L'7"  -S'//    "/'   .\  </f//:l/li'l   .1  >il'i'/lit.    lin>Ji    of'   \ni-fjitlni    'fun. 


[  Ki'^lil  Ii    (  .•  nera!  I'  ' 
-"'I'll.     lii.      A  miaill.-ia      llhoa'l''-     Iv'athl.olie.    It.    .lillie     I    I.     lv^'>.    III.    .\H'_f. 

I.'.  I-.'!.  Thfiiias  Van  KM,  l.m-li.  I.,  in  iJ.-llil.-lL-in,  N.  V.,  .lul\  :il. 
I  v'_'.'  .  -  -•  'I:  i  '1  I  •  I  iliert  \  ;iii  Kniliiir:_'li  ami  .M  arv  (  •  riliinu 'i.  I  I e  i e  -h  les 
il.  III,;..  .-'he  .i.  Max  i.'',  1>:.7. 


•"ill.    i.      Kreiierie     Kil\\anU     \  'an     Kiiil. 
N..v.   IL'.   !>.">!.  .1.   l-Vli.  L'l,   I >•;:>. 

•Ml',    li.    Mary    Hella    Van     Knil.ui-li,    1».    in     I'tiea,    Fi-li.    '.',    1>.V..    .1. 


|  Si  \i-ntli  <  "•niTittiiHi.  | 

I'.'J.  ii.  Tini'ii  ii\  -(  'i-ni  rr  I)\\i--]it  (MUI  (if  I  Ii-nrv  Iviv.  in  |i\\i^fli:  ami 
Kl'-rM'a  (\-niri-i,  \>.  An--.  l'.">,  IMM;,  m.  Srjit.  .".,  1  -•:'>:_'.  (  'a:  iiai'ii.''  Ivl- 
ii  ii  n  1 1  l>i  itu.  li.  ( >i-t.  I  L'.  i  M  1:1  ( tl.-ui.  of  . I  (.In  i  KiliiiMinUii.il,  K-|..  I',  in  I'.  !in- 
i.ur^li.  Scoilaii.l,  irrail.  at  Trinii;,  ('nil.,  l>uMin.  ami  (atharii,  Mf- 
I  'i  'iia  'i  i.  ;iN>  >  1 1.  in  Milin  bur^'li .  M'1  cuii  if  wit  li  Kim  in -I  I  ami  '  •'  m  :  -  as 
an  I  i  i  -ii  rcl'u^i-r  i')  ilii>  i-miiiti'v  in  l!i''  lri-li  ]-i-l  n-llii  in  nt'  17'"".  II'- 
\\a-  a  lawyer,  aii'l  aftt-i-wanU  a  im-rcliant.  at  Tn.x.  N  .  \  .,  ami  v.  a>  a 
iii'-i-r'hani  afterwards  at  \\ati-rtn\\n,  N.  ^'.  !!••  <\.  at  Kii.  _-:"!.. 
('aiia'ia.  A  si--tt'i'  i't'  .Mrs.  ('atliarinc  Kilinunilsion  \\a>  iii<-  \'.  ! !'  ••  ft' 
.1  HI!_'I  •  •'  f  -iii  la  l"'f  rinali  of  '  >no  IM  iau'a  ('<>.,  N  .  ^  . .  v.  In.  wa.-  i  !.'•  i';. '  ii'-l' 
of  the  Safi-.y  l''umi  .\ei  t'.r  liankinu'  in  tlii^  State). 

i  !,•  \,a>  a  <-!ei  k  tor  .-'-vral  \i-ai  -  in  earl\  life  at  1 "  i  iea  ami  <  >-v. ,._-,., 
ami  af:.-r\var<K  fm-  L'"»  years  iv>i,ir  1  al  I'.iaek  lio.-k.  N^".(h  .'.!•. 

uln-l'i  in-  uas  liif-I  of  ilie  linn-  l>.-|.:i:\  (  'i .  i  1.  -et .  .:•  ,,''  I  'i;-i ,  ,|.,>  :.l--r 
<  ',•••  ,\  _;•:  •  \\  .  (  'ii  nt '  in.  !•'"!•  man  v  \  ears  |.;i-i  IP-  l,.-i-  !  .,•,•: .  .;._...  !  in 
l.u-i;;'  •--  "1  \ai'iou>  kinii-  al  N'fN\  ^  fi'k,  a-  in  t'.  ir\\  a  n  i  i '  i_;  _'"  '•-!- 

\\ai'i|.  i-i''-e;  i  n_;  ^a  >-N\  or  k  -,  iii-.-ii  1 1!1.;'  in  enal.  ariin_'  a-  -|"-'-;;.l  .._•  i  :  ft' 
i  h'-  I  .  S.  l'r<'a.-urv,  ami  i  >  iif  \s  (  !  x7-">  i  en^a^i  il  MI  t  ii<-  (•••!  •'•:!••;,  ot' 
elailn-.  a-'aili.-t  lln-  I  '  li  it  i-il  St  a!  e>.  I  I  1.-  la  mi  I  \  iv-ii  lr-  a  i  llall'ln.  !!•• 
.-.jn-ii'l-  iii-  winter-  ah\a\>  in  \\  a-liinj; "  n,  I'.  < '. 

j  Mi  jlit  ii  (  ieii'-ral  ion.  |       (   ni  :•  iivn  : 

.*  l'.\.  i.  •  I ,  .-•  ]  'i  1 1  m-  I  !•  'iia|.ar:  •  I  '  A  i^ir  ,  i ..  in  \l  in--  iin\  i  !!••.  N  i.:  _ara 
(  ' ....  N.  ^  ..  .ln!\  I'.1.  I  v."t.'i,  i'i.-iiir-  \ininarrifil  ai  llml'in. 

/'i  !.    ii.      I  I,,,.-,-    l'a\  -on     ilarker     huijil,   L.   a:     I'.iaek    |;,»-k.    N.    N".. 

No\.  17.  l  -:;."'.  anil  .i.  there  .May  :'.,  I  ^.".7. 

.'.  I  .'.     in.     (  I  e.  .)•_''•    I  'a  \'-i  >n      I  'a  i  is  i  r    I  '\\  i^hi  .    L'I  I,   i  >.   at     salil1'   plai'e     Kelt. 

I-'.,  l  -:'.-.  '!.  An-.  :;.  l>:;s. 

.li1'..      i\.       A'_M.es      Aill'V       hwi^lli,     ii.     lilel'e       .lall.        I",       1>!'».       ll.      l'i       '.      •<. 


Col.  Tinioili  ij  Dwiglit, 
So/i  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Joint,  lotli  of  Dedlicun,  Jfa**.  271 

517.  v.  Albert  Sutherland  Dwight,  I).  Sov.  10,  1841,  at  ]  Slack 
llock,  entered  in  the  late  war  llic  I  .  S.  A.  of  Yols.  and  was  ."id  .Lieut, 
in  the  1 .").") tit  Regi.  (»f  X.  Y.  '\Tols.,  I'd  Corps  (Hancock's).  Jlewas 
killed  at  Petersburgh,  Va,,  -June  22,  ls<i4,  act.  22. 

.">18.  vi.  (George  PJIVSOII  ISarker  Dwight,  3d,  b.  Feb.  28,  1843, 
at  1  Slack  Hock,  lie  lias  been  a  clerk  in  the,  X.  Y.  Custom  J  louse,  in 
"Tin;  "Debenture  Department"  ( 1 8<;.~>-8)5  in  the  X.  Y.  .Post;  <  Mlice, 
(18()8-!))}  and  since  I8<)',)  in  "The  !  nspectors1  Department  "  of  the  Cus- 
tom 1  louse. 

f  Seventh  <  Jeneration.  ] 

4(J7.  Aii.  ^Lavy  Edwards  Dwi^lif  (dau.  of  Henry  Edwin  Jhvi^ht  and 
Elerta  ('''litre),  b.  Api'il  1,  lS)S,  ni.  .Marcli  1,  lS|-t),  .Joseph.  \\'arren 
Lyman.  M.D.,  l>.  in  i  lopkintnn,  N.  Ji.,  April  12,  isOs  (son  of  Jlenrv 
J. \nian,  uf  ('oncord,  X.  li.,  b.  in  177"),  and  d.  in  1N2!.),  and  Sai'a.h 
Lonu',  It.  in  Jlopkinton,  X.  li.,  in  1  7's<.>,  and  d.  in  Lawrence,  .Mass.,  in 
is.V.i,  dan.  of  .Dr.  .Moses  LOHLC  ami  Lucy  Harriman),  <^rad.  at  the 
]\lCilical  De[»artiiient.  of  .Dai'tmouih  College  in  1829:  a  physician  at 
Franklin,  La. 

I'liglith  ( icneration.  j      ( 'lnldren  : 

,')!!».   i.    Henry  D\viv;ht   Lynuin,  b.  Dec.  20,  1840,  d.  Dec.  13,  1853. 

r»2i>.    ii.    Theodore  Dvviglit  Lyman,  1).  April  1 1 ,  18  42,  d.  J  uly  7,  18. 13. 

•V_M .  iii.  Sarah  Lvman,  b.  An;,'.  8,  1S(4,  m.  Aug.  14,  l8i)l,  Simenn 
15.  Sm  i  i  ii.  .1  le  d.  in  1  8('>7. 

;")22.    iv.   .Josepli   \\'arren   Lyman,  b.  March  2.    18(('i. 

f»2.">:    Y.   'I'heodore  Lvman,  "     d.  April    !,   l>-">2. 

'-  twins,  b.  Oct.  2C>,  181-7. 

.")2  L   vi.    Dwiglit  Lyman,    .'  d.  Dee.  2,   1S17. 

r)2">.    \ii.    Allies  Lvman,  b.   AULC.   1  1 ,    18-1',). 

.")2ii.    viii.   James  Porter  Lyman,  b.   Dec.   13,   18.")0,  d.  (Jet.,   I8.">1. 

1  I-'ourth  ( Jenei'ation.  ]      See  ]iagt;   lid. 

.">  1 .  ii.  ( 'apt.  Samuel  Dwight  (son  of  Justice  Xaihaniel  Dwight  of 
Xiiri  Iiamptou  and  Mehitable  l>artridgej,  b.  June.  -^,  Hi'.)!'),  lived  1irst 
at  Suiiield,  < 't.,  where  his  name  appears  on  the  records  as  Samuel 

Duiu'hl,  gentleman.  Me  removed  ere  long  to  Middlennvn,  Ct..  and 
re.-id-'d  there  between  1731  and  i7-'.s,  and  perhaps  longer.  Me  ai'ler- 
wanU  ]-riiio\cd  to  Somer>,  ('{.,  and  Knlield.  ('t.,  where  he  <1.  <)ei.  ;',, 

17'''>.  ael.  1 17.  -Me  v,'i,s  in  hi-,  earlier  vears  an  ensign,  and  :ippr;irs  1>\ 
lhi~.  name  in  some  family  records,  but  i>->  commoidy  designated  as 
CM  pin  in.. 


/  )<  scC)ni(t  Itf*  «>/    ('tint.    X 
Tin    S/i/i  <>t'  .\ ///I/it // /i  I  Jhrtt/lif  at'  \urflnt  in 


Mem.  June   ls;    hi'.'.   Mary    Lyniiin,  It.  in    h'i'.ii;  (dan.  of  Lieut.  Jo]m 

I.  vman,  .Ir..  of  Nurlli:mi|itnn,  :iinl  Minduell  Sheldon,  li.  in  I'>''>''>,  d:tu. 
of  Daac  Shehh  li.  Jr.,  of  Noi  tlnsinpti  n.  :md  Sal  ah  Warner,  of  Hat  field, 
Ma-.N.  I'.v  ;i  previous  marriage  to  .lull!)  1'oliierov  nt'  NI  )l''  li;i  mpt  i  >n, 
she  liiid  ;i  <l;iil.  Kxperienee  who  jn.  I'll  iciic/cl'  I,  vman  of  Northampton, 
and  afterwards  of  Durham,  Ct.).  Sin'  d.  Jan.  177(>.  art.  Ml,  at  Kn- 
lield,  Ct. 

|  Kift  It  (  General  ion.        (  'hildren  : 

.'•L'7.  i.  Mni-y  Dui^lit,  1..  .March  L'.  17l'l,  in.  Dani.-l  Il;dl.  Jr.,  of 
.Middlctown.  (  'i.,  \vli.  •!•«•  six-  d.  Jan.  L'  1  ,  Isiiii. 

"il'S.  ii.  Si'tli  hui^lil,  1).  .Mav  1'!,  !7--">.  d.  Nov.  7,  1777.  at  SOUHTS, 
(  't.,  art.  .")  |. 

.V_",).  iii.  Sil.yl  I)\\i--ht,  1>.  <  )ct.  S.  172"),  d.  .Maivli  |H,  \1<\.  Slio  in. 
(  'ol.  Simeon  |)\viLjlit  of  XN'arrcn,  .Mass. 

.">:»(».  iv.  KIi/a!ietli  Du-i^lit.  1>.  ..Mav  J  L',  17l'S,  in.  MIIS«-S  Cliajiin  of 
Solnrl's,  Ct.,  d.  Oct.  I  I,  1SI)7,  art.  7'.'. 

;").')!.  \.  Mliliu  i)\vi^lit  of  l.onL,Mnrado\\-,  Mass.,  li.  March  L'l',  \~:\(>, 
d.  l>rr-.  l!l,  |  Sill,  art.  7'.». 

f>:>:?.  vi.  Al)i;ili  l)\vi--lit.  1).  at  M  iddlnown,  (  't  .,  A  i  >ril  '_".'.  17")-,  in. 
Col.  Nathaiiirl  Terry  of  Kn!ir!d,  Ct.,  d.  June  1  1,  IS  1C,,  art.  S  1. 

,"'.")."».    vii.    Daniel    Mui-lit,  h.   March  I'll,    17:',:',     I,  d.  April  L'7,    17:>l. 

y.\\.  viii.  Daniel  I  >\\  i-li!  ,  M  .  1  >..  I.,  at  M  iddletown,  Ct.,  Maivh  L1'.', 
17."'  I-"',  d.  in  171'",  act.  L'.'i.  at  Ticonderoi,';!. 

:>:'.:>.  i\.  Ksther  Duiu-ht,  I,.  N,,v.  S.  17:57,  at  Middletown,  helieved 
to  ha\  r  died  earl  v. 


fiJ7.  i.  Mary  Dwi-ht.  !•.  Maivli  L1.  I7l'l,  in.  Maivli  I7.".s.  Daniel 
Hall.  Jr.,  of  .MiddletoNvn,  Cl.,  I..  Dec.  17.  171  1  (son  of  Daniel  Mall 
of  Middlrtowi,  and  l'hr),e  \\'ard,  dan.  of  Thomas  \\';,rd  of  Middle- 
io\\n  and  llannali  Tappan).  He  d.  at  I'liitield,  ('!..  act.  Ml;  she  d. 
Jan.  L'  !  .  l>0'.i.  at  .Niiddletov.ii.  act.  SS.  Ili^  children  \\ere  all  l>.  at 
Middletown.  |  Daniel  Hall,  Sr.,  I).  Jan.  1  _.  |i'>S  !',  was  son  ..f  John 
Mall.  Jr.  | 

[Sixth  (  ienerat  ion.  I       Children  : 

;>:;•;.  i.  lather  Hall.l..  Jan  1  L(.  17.".-  li.in.  Stephen  Hall.  Nothing 
i'nrtlirr  i>  kno\\n  to  the  \vriii-r  coi  .....  riiiiiu  the-.,,  parties. 

:.:',7.  ii.  Al.iali  Mall,  li.  Dec.  L',  171",  in.  lleiijainin  dark  of  \V,-I- 
lield.  <  't..  d.  March  |S,  |  -IS,  ael.  S.'i. 

."i.'ix.    in.    A  son,    iinnaiiic'd,  li.  J  unc  .'I".    1  i  I  '_',  d.   Me  \  t   da  \  . 

."i.'i'.i.    i\.    Jonathan    Mall,  IP.    No\.  1'-,    li  I.'!,  d.    nnmarrieil   in   ('harles- 

!  .....    S.     <  '. 


])wi<jld  of  Enfeld,  Conn., 

Sou  of  Timothy,  SoH-ofJoli.il,  both,  of  Dedham,  ILrss.  27.3 

• 

540.  v.  Mary  Hall,  b.  Nov.  3,  1745,  in.  Hon.  Eliphalet  Terry  of 
Entield,  Ct.,  cl.  Jan.  10,  1833,  act.  87. 

-HI.    vi.   Paniel   Hall.  b.  Aug.   1(5.   1717,  cl.  Oct.   13,  17.15. 

542.  vii.   Klilm  Hall,  b.  .March  23,  1749-50. 

543.  viii.   Oliver  .Hall,  b.  Aug.  30,   1752,  d.  at   Charlestown,  X.  H.. 
Jan.  1,  1822. 

544.  ix.   riu-bo  Hall,  b.  June  23,  1  75  1-,  d.  Xov.  2,  1759. 

545.  x.   Soth  Hall.  1).    -May   2.  175(i,  lived  at  Keene,  X.  H.,  and   d. 
unmarried  in  his  early  manhood. 

537.  ii.  Abiah  Hall,  b.  Pee.  2,  1740.  m.  about  1 7(53.  .Benjamin 
(Hark  of 'West Held  Parish  (Middletown,  Ct),  b.  May  2(5,  173H  (son  of 
Joseph  Clark  of  West  field  and  Miriam  ( 'ornwall).  He  \vasa  man  of 
largo  frame,  and  strong,  and  was  made  a  cripple  in  later  life  by  the  fall 
of  a  tree  upon  his  back.  Ids  occupation  was  the  then  almost  universal 
OTIC  of  farming.  Hi;  was  a  man  of  great  decision  of  character.  She  "was 
small,  of  a  light  complexion  and  blue  eyes,  and  of  a  lively  tempera- 
ment. Their  t»  sons  were  all  like  their  father  in  form  and  si/e.  but  one, 
Oliver,  who  resembled  his  mother  in  his  physique.  He  d.  Dec.  21', 
JSin;.  act.  70.  She  d.  March  IS,  1S2C>. 

[Joseph  Clark  of  Middletown,  the  father  of  Benjamin,  d.  June  8, 
17<">5  :  Miriam,  his  wife,  d.  -May  27,  17/2.  They  had  beside  -Benjamin, 
their  sou,  Joseph  Clark,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  2(5,  1733-4,  and  Timothy  < 'lark. 
b.  May  2,  1742.  | 

Benjamin  (-'lark  ami  wife  were  Episcopalians.  The  Dwight  family 
generally  in  all  its  branches  has  been,  more  inclined  towards  Con^'i'eu'a- 
tionalism  and  Presbyterianism  than  any  other  form  of  denominational 
effort. 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

54<i.    i.    Daniel    Clark,  b.  Juno   24,   17(54,  lived   in   Bronson.  <  >!:io.  d 
Feb.   ]  I.    1S21I. 

•>!7.  11.  Benjamin  Clark,  b.  about  17(i'5.  m.  .Margaret  Graves.  lie 
was  a.  merchant  in  Craftosbttry,  Vt.,  where  he  d.  in  1838,  aet.  abonl  7", 
His  son  J'.enj.  (Mark,  :Vi,  1).  in  Charlrstown.  N.  II.,  Julv  1'i.  |SU5. 
grail,  at  l)artnioulli  in  I  S.">4,  was  for  several  years  a  teacher  in  Crbana. 
O.  Since  |S5S  lie  has  resided  at  I'.Ioomlieid,  Ivdgar  Co.,  111. 

lie  had  a.lso  a  dan.,  Clarissa,  who  m.  a  Mr.  \Vhii  ney  (.if  (  'raftesliurv,  Vt. 

5  IS.    iii.    Oliver  Clark,  b.  .July    Ii'.,   17(58. 

5|'.i.  iv.  .labe/.  ('lark,  b.  about.  1770.  d.  in  early  life,  unmarried,  on, 
('at  Klaml.  one  of  the  IJahamas. 

550.  v.  I'hebe  ('lark,  b.  July  1.  177:!,  m.  Nathaniel  Bowers  of 
Middletown,  Ct.,  d.  Oct.  1,  1846. 

18 


I  ><  .sVV  Ili/llllf*    III      (    1 1 1  if .     ^(Illll. 

L'7-l-  '/'//'    .W  (,/'  \dtlnuii'  /  I>ir'njht  of  XiH'tliimjiton, 

.V.I.    \i.    John  Clark.  It.  Jan.   .".I,    I77'i. 

.V-J.  vii.  Lue\  Clark,  b.  Dee.  :j  | ,  177*,  m.  ( Jiles  Wilrox  of  West- 
field.  I  'I.,  d.  April  1  L'.  IS.",  1. 

."•-"•:;.    \iii.    Luther    ('lark,    b.    Nov.   '-'.'I,    I  7SO,  d.  J  line  S,    Is71,aet.   'JO. 

.".Id.  i.  Daniel  ('lark.  It.  June  L'l.  17'il,  m.  about  I  7s.\  <>live 
Do\\d,  b.  Jan.  I  L',  17(>7.  He  was  a  farmer  in  \\Yst  fi. 'Id.  ('I.,  and 
afterwards  at  Slierburne,  N.  Y.,  and  I'.ronson,  <  >.  lie  d.  Feb.  11, 
ISL"J  :  she  d.  Jan.  L'7.  IS.'lS. 

[  Fiijlitli  generation.]      Children: 

.Vt|.  i.  Abiah  Clark,  b.  Feb.  I.",.  17s7,  in.  lle/.-kiah  Warner 
\\'ih-o\  (,f  \\'intieid.  N.  Y.,  wliere  she  d.  Aie_'.  .".I,  is:',  1. 

,W>.    ii.    Ilalsey  Clark,  li.    May    1 1>,    I  7S'.I,  d.    Feb.    ls:5'_>. 

.'OH.    iii.    Jabr/  Clark,  b.  Oct.  l'S,    I7'Jl. 

.V.7.   iv.    Letter  Chirk,  b.   Feb.    IS,   I7'.i7. 

."t.'tS.    v.     Daniel    L.   Clark,   b.    Au^.   :_'.">,    I  7!»1>. 

•V.'.i.    \  i.    (  »!i\e  (  'lark,  b.  (  >,-(.    IS,    ISIIL'. 

:»i5ii.    vii.    Aldeu  Clark,  1>.  June  .">,   I  sin1,,  d.    Feb.   IS.°,L>. 

:.•;].    \iii.    Fric  Clark.  It.  Nov.    1  1.    I  SI  111. 

.V.I.  i.  Abiah  Clark,  b.  Feb.  1.°.,  17s7.m.  Nov.  L>7,  ISOh,  He/ckiali 
\YarnerWilcox  of  Westlield,  Ct.,  b.  Jan.  S.  1 7S.').  wljo  removed  at 
i iiiee  after  his  marriage  to  \\  inliehl.  I  [erkiiner  <  '<>. ,  N .  \  ..  whert1  he 
wa-  a  i  an  ner.  Sin-  d.  Anu'.  ill,  IS.",  1.  Me  \va>  alive  and  \\ell  iii  ISii!) 
when  last  heard  from,  and  t  hen  S  1. 
|  Ninth  vvnerat  ion.  J  (  'hildren  : 

."ii'iL1.    I.     I  I  ose.a  (  '• .    \\  ileo\.  b.  ,1  id  \    il,    I  S  1  O,   ii  n  man  led. 

.V>.",.  ii.  llep/ibah  C.  Wilcox,  b.  Jan.  L'.'i.  Isll.m.  Sept.  II.  Is:,i), 
1  >aniel  |  ).  (  lohlen  ot'  Sardinia.  N.  ^". 

."Mil.  iii.  <  Hive  Wileox,  b.  (  let.  :'.!,  |s|i-,.  m.  |,;i;,e  I'.iielJin.  a  <lruii 
•j  i  t  iii  Flkharl,  Indiana.  The\  ha\e  I  \\  o  ehihlreii,  ||<  rbrrt  and  Mar\. 

:.'',."i.  iv.  Liijah  \\'.  Wih-ox.  b.  Jnl\  I,  I-:.'!,  a  men-haul  in  '  Vdar- 
vilh.  llerkimer  Co.,  N.  \'.  Hem.  Maivh  1 1 1.  1  -:,i  i.  |  ,\  ,1  ia  M.  Strait 
i,  Mareh  I.'!,  [S-j:i.  Shed.  June!'.  \-:,7.  leasing  ,u,,  ehildre,,.  Her 
b,.|-i  II.  and  l-'rank  < '.  \\'ileo\.  Mem.  for  ;,  -Jd  uif.1.  Feb.  L'S,  | -;,s. 
Tie  re.si  I'.  \\"inehester.  b.  Jan.  :>,  Is;',.;.  Th.-\  l.a\ .-  ..m-  HiiM.  N.-l!\  L 
Wilmv 


Fi-ht  li  <  leneral  ion.  j 
,  .     ix.     I..  -'.T     <  'lark.    I,.     Fell.    IS.     17'.'7.    in.     >r|,!.    s,     |  s  1  , ; .     K>tl,,.r 
|'o\  i-r.  1 1.  iii  >h'-ri  111  rni-,   N  .    \  ..   A  n^".   v,   I  7'.1'.1  :  a  t'arui'-r  in    I  Iron -on,  <  >., 


Dwight  of  Enfidd,  Conn., 
Sonof  Timotliy,  /SW  ofJ~ohn,  both  of  JJedliani,  jbfass.  273 

for  several  years,  but  for  30  years  past  or  more  a  resident  of  Norwalk, 
Ohio. 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Cliiklreu  : 

566.  i.   Eli/a  Chrk,  b.  Aug.  22,  and  d.  Aug.  26,  1818. 

567.  ii.   Erie  Clark,  b.  Aug.  25,  1815),  d.  March  12,  1820. 
5G8.   iii.   Charles  (.'lark,  b.  June  10,  1821,  d.  July  23,  1823. 

569.  iv.  Clarinda  Clark,  b.  July  8,  1823,  in.  May,  12,  1810,  H.  B. 
Tucker. 

f>70.  v.  Cynthia,  Ann  Clark,  b.  March  10,  1826,  in.  June  1  7,  1849, 
Peter  P.oughton  Iloyt  of  Xorwalk,  O.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1821. 

571.   vi.    Fhilo  Clark,  b.  Aug.  29,  1828,  d.  Feb.  28,  1832. 

•372.   vii.   Kinily  Clark,  b.  July  29,  1830,  ,1.  Oct.   16,  1831. 

•373.  viii.  Fanny  Anginette  Clark,  b.  Xov.  1.3,  1832,  in.  Nov.  17, 
18.30,  II.  J.  Sni  ion. 

574.  iv.  Louisa  Ellen  Clark,  b.  Aug.  10,  1837,  m.  March  25,  1864, 
.  F.  Uedlirlu. 

.575.  v.  Mary  Foyer  Clark,  b.  Jan.  22,  1840,  m.  C.  W.  Flinn,  Sept. 
8,  18(12. 

576.    vi.    Amelia  Jane  Clark,  b.  Nov.  28,  1841,  d.  Oct.  27,  1842. 

The  la»t  three  svere  burn  at  Nor\valk,  O.,  and  all  the  preceding  chil- 
dren at  I'iruiiMtii.  (>. 

|  S'/veiii  h  i  lenerat  ion.  j 

51.8.  iii.  Oliver  Clark,  b.  July  16,  1768,  m.  Jan.  24,  1791,  .Martha 
Strong,  b.  iK-c.  30,  1771,  at  Middle  Haddani.  Ct.  (dau.  of  Josiah  Strong 

'  ^  O 

and  Marv   M'an-is,  dan.  of  I  )ea.   ]><,-njn.  Harris  of  Middle  Haddani  and 

previous!}   of  Bridgewater,  Mass.).      lie  \vas   a   cloth-dresser  at  .Middle 
lladdam  and  prosperous  in  his  business,  and  in  his  later  life  ;i  fanner. 

He  v\as  of  short  stature,  compact,  tough  and  wiry,  of  a  full  chest, 
abounding  in.  the  spirit  of  work,  and  remarkable  for  his  immense  en- 
ergy of  \\ill.  llr,  complexion  was  fair,  and  his  eyes  were  of  a  light 
blue  ciilor  and  sparkling,  in  which  respects  as  also  in.  his  temperament, 
he  resembled  his  mother.  lie  was  lithe  of  limb  in  his  old  age,  ami 
could  run,  jump,  climb  a  tree  or  mount  a  horse  with  the  agility  of  a, 
youth.  .In  J.81i),  ;d  the  ago  of  78,  he  \isited  his  son  \Vareham  in. 
Albia,  lo\\;i.  Lfoing  westward  from  (Chicago,  450  miles  l>y  stage,  taking 
his  ,-oi!  b\  surprise,  encountering  as  so  much  sport  tin-  severe  fatigues, 
as  many  younger  than  he  would  have  deemed  them,  of  such  a  long  and 
hard  journev . 

[F.ighth  Generation.]      Children: 

577.  i.  Uussell  Clark,  b.  Feb.  II,  1.792.  d.  in  Berlin,  Ot.,  Jan.  L  I, 
1855. 


•_'7''  77"     N"//    <>t'  .\  <it!i<l  ii  i<  I    />>/'/,////.   of  \»i-flni  in  ['Inn , 

:.?S.    ii.    I'oily  Clark,  1..    l>,c.  L'S.    IT!'.1',.  <1.  .Ian.  '_'  1 .    17'.' I. 

.'>7'.'.  iii.  Mary  ('lark,  L'd,  1>.  Jan.  7.  I  7'.'."',  in.  .Midia--!  Sleuart  of 
Mi, 1,11,'  lla, 1,1am. 

.Y-MI.  ix.  llosi-llu  (Murk,  I..  May  i'.  17'.'7.  in.  Alfred  liailcy  of  Ilo.-ky 
Hill.  <  'i. 

:»M.    v.    Kevilo  Clark,  1..  -Inn-  L'7,   I  7'.'!',  d.  April   ll1,   I  Mil1. 

">>•_'.  \i.  Asa|)h  1  >oane  < 'lark,  l».  .lulv  .'In.  1  so  I ,  m.  in  l-l'i'  Harriet 

Sleuart,  dan.  of  Michael  Ste\\arl  of  Portland,  ('t.,  a  c|oih-dr IT  ill 

\Vilh.u-hl.y,  (  >.,  \vliriv  Ii,'  ,1.  Sept.  !»,  Is.'lL'.  a«-t.  .".1  :  had  :'.  .lau.M.ii-rs. 

.">>.">.    \n.    I iciijainii)   I  larris  < 'lark,  Ii.  .luii,'   !•">,   l>(i.",. 

."•SI.  viii.  .|,.lin  Sirun^  Clark,  1».  Oct.  L'S,  ISd.'i,  ,1.  Nov.  1  !.  l^.'i'J,  at 
.New  Yi>rk  \\liili'  t liri'c  on  I'lisini'ss. 

:».V  i\.  .Marllia  Clai'k,  Ii.  Nov.  17,  lM»7,  m.  C.ml.  .Jaiiirs  \.  I'al- 
nicr  ot'  Nc\v  I  la\  en,  ( 't. 

:)Mi.    x.    l.utlin-  Clark,  Ii.    Marcli   7.    1MI..1.  An-.    '.'.    1>1.">. 

"1.^7.    \i.     Nun.    \\'ar,'liain  (Jrant   Cl.-n-k,  K.  .l;ui.    I1'',    1 S  I ."». 

.")SS.    xii.    Sally  .Maria  Clark,  Ii.    April    L1:1.,  1  v  1  .">,  in.    lvi\\in    1 1  urllnit. 

.'iS'.i.  xiii.  Susan  Ann  Chirk,  \>.  Mav  17,  1SI7,  in.  as  lii^  L'd  \\itV 
Ccnl.  .laino  N.  I'aliniT  of  New  lla\eii. 

:.77.    i.     Itussell    Clai-k.1i.     FeL.     M,    17'.'L'.    in.     Max  ."in.    l-l:;,    Sarah 

ChiMs  of  Middle  Had, lam,  b.  June    L',    17'.'l(dau.    of  Syhoter    Chihls 

and   Marv  (  'uiie )  ;    a  tanner  a  1    I  Jerlin,  (  't.  :    a    man    i  it'  st  r<  nii;  nund    and 

ofthoi'uu-h    upright  n,--.-.       lied.    .Ian.     II,    I>.V>.  aet.  ii:i  :    >h-  ,i     Aiiu'. 

|  N  in!  h  Cenerat  inn.  |      (  'hildn  n  : 

:.'.'( i.  i.  l.uther  llussel!  (  'lark,  Ii.  in  I  Midley.  Ma-..  Max  -  '..  1-11,  in. 
.luU  I'.'i.  I>.V>.  Julia  Carr-.\\a\.  I  I  e  ,  I.  A  11  _'.  I-',.  !>•',  l.ai  l'.eaiif..r  .  N.C. 

:»'.M.  ii.  Uosella  Clark.  Ii.  in  Oxford.  .Ma-.,  April  \<\,  1^1''..  n,.  \IILT. 
L'l',  H:il',  KIlM-ri  -l,i>eph  Clark.  1..  .Ian.  L':1.  1-1"  M.II  of  .l.-,^j,  Clark 
and  Sarah  I  !an  'ill,  a  fa  rim-f  ai  1  '>,-i'li  n,  C|. 

."i '.i'_'.  iii.  John  ( 'iark,  Ii.  in  O\f«.rd.  Ma—..  !>.-,•.  '.',  1-17.  m  in  l>">i', 
Sarah  Ill-hop;  a  fai'iii'T  in  Alliia.  lo\\a. 

:.'.'.",.  iv.  Hope  Siron-  t'lark.  I,,  in  Mi. LI!"  lladdam.  C;..  K.-l,.  17. 
!-L'n.  111.  JniM-  •>.  \^-'-^.  N  ielic,l;(>,  ll.-rrs  ••)'  Camden.  Me.,  a  saiimaker: 
'.i  e|,,|,|,.  i,.  I),,  d.  March  |.">,  iM'.'J. 

.Mil.     \.    Sarah    ( 'Iii  hU    ( 'lark,  Ii.   in    S,'\m .(''...  Inne    -,     !-!':'.    d. 

I   >ee.     7.      I>L'I. 

.">'.'•"'.     \  i.    Sarah    Ciiild>    Chirk,     Ii.    in     Si  \  i  M,  ,1 1  >-.     \..\.     |»i.     I -I'.i.     m. 
N'..\.    -I,    I-.V.'.    K,-\.    Nathan   ('oilman.   1..    Auj.    I  :'-.    i-l'."..  in    < 
\\ .  i      .       •  >n  i  •!'  1 1  u  I'n     C.  ilemaii  and  \\'eall  h\    I  i  u    -.,  11   .  a  teacher  i :,    \  i '  >ia. 


Dwi(/Jtt  of  Enfield,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  botli  of  Dedham,  J/^x.v.   277 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

r>81.  v.  Revilo  Clark,  b.  June  27,  1799,  in.  Jan.  ISIS  Rebecca 
Bush  of  Portland,  Ct,  :  a  merchant  at  Washington,  JST.  J.  Ho  d. 
April  12,  1802.  He  had  ">  children. 

1.  Joseph,  an  engineer  on  a  steamship,  who  d.  at  sea.  2.  Emily,  who 
in.  Nathaniel  Sawyer  of  Xe\v  Vovk.  3.  James.  4.  Ifenry.  •">.  Fanny. 

.">S.">.  vii.  Benjamin  Harris  Clark,  b.  June  13,  1803,  m.  in  1824 
Hannah  Johnson  Lucas  of  Middle  Haddam,  b.  Nov.  24,  180.'?  (dan.  of 
John  Lucas  and  Hannah  Johnson).  He  d.  Oct.  10,  183-'),  at  Wil- 
longhby,  O. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 

:>9<'>.  i.  John  Han-is  Clark,  b.  Oct.  9,  182-"),  in.  ]>ee.  21,  18f>3,  Sarah 
Jane  1'enfield,  b.  Jan.  9,  1832  (dan.  of  Hiram  Augustus  "I'enlie.hl  of 
Portland,  Ct.,  and  Sarah  1A  McXary),  a  farmer  at  .Portland,  Ct.  :  has 
2  children. 

-VJ7.  ii.  Kmily  Starr  Clark,  b.  Nov.  17,  1*27,  in.  Oct.  17,  1848, 
Jose])h  Klijah  Hull  of  Meriden,  Ct.,  b.  June  22,  1  S24  (son  of  Elijah 
(I.  Hull  and  Mary  Lewis),  a  manufacturer  of  tinners'  tools  at  Hamil- 
ton, < ).  :  •")  children. 

.">9S.  iii.  Harriet  Langdon  Chirk,  b.  Sept.  4,  1830,  m.  April  7,  18.19, 
Henry  I  )e  Wolfe,  b.  Oct.  1  3,  1X29,  at  Rocky  Hill,  Ct.,  lives  in  Berlin, 
Ct.  :  2  children. 

[Kighth  <  leneration.] 

•">s:>.  ix.  .Martha  Clark,  b.  Nov.  17,  1807,  m.  Aug.  24,  1824,  Gen. 
James  X.  I 'aimer  of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  a  civil  engineer,  and  Surveyor 
General  of  Connecticut,  a  man  of  large;  brain  and  full  of  work.  She  d. 
Sept.  20,  1S33,  act.  2">.  .lie  m.  for  2d  wife  her  sister,  Susan  Maria 
Clark.  April  19.  1835.  He  d.  Sept.  ISijC),  in  the  lunatic  asylum. 
She  resides  in  New  Haven.  He  had  .1  children,  all  but  one,  bv  his  2d 
marriage. 

•~>S7.  xi.  Hon.  Wareham  Grant  Clark,  b.  Jan.  1 1'>,  1  8  1  3,  m.  Aug.  21, 
IS43,  Jane,  Love  Raukin.  He  is  a  farmer  at  Albia,  Iowa.  He  went 
thither  in  |Sl-l),  and  ''took  things  in  the  rough:  made  his  own  farm, 
dug  his  own  well,  erected  his  own  buildings,  planted  his  own  orchard, 
and  imw,  in  happy  independence  of  want,  enjoys  the  fruit  of  his  pa>! 
labors.''  He  was  a  member  of  the  convention  that  formed  the  first 
Constitution  of  the  State  of  Iowa. 
[Ninth  Generation.  ]  (  'hildren  : 

•")99.    i.   Oliver  Strong  Clark,  1).  Jan.    12.   1SJ.:>. 

f'OH.    ii.    \\"m.   iVrissnitx  Clark,  b.   .Vug.  9,   IS  Id. 

'iOl.    iii.    Wareham  (rrant  Clark,  b.  Aug.  8,  JS-18. 


/ >,  \,  •/  in/tint*  tif  di't.    Sii/nL 


t'.HL'.  i\.    Alfn-il   l!ankin  Chuk,  1>.  May  S.   Is.'iii. 

I'.n;1,.  \.    Kmily   li.is.-lln  Clark.  1,.   I-',-!,.   HI.  Is/ii'. 

tin  I.  \  i.    .l.ilin    Kitssi-ll  <  'lark,  1..  .Ian.  '.'>,    |S.V>. 

lid.").  \ii.    James  l-'ram-is  (  'lark,  l>.    I  >.-.-.    I  >.    Is.'nj. 

1'ilni.  \iii.     A-aph    1  >oam-  Chrk.   1..    <».-(.    L.".'.    |S.")S. 

i'iii7.  ix.    Charlt's   II.  -nry  ('lark.  1>.   Nov.  N.    l^'ill. 

I'.IK.  x.     ||M,,HM-   Iv.-s  Clark.  1,.    Drr.   L'">.    |S''.l'. 

•  in'.1.  \i.     r»Mijn.    i-'raiiklin  <  'lark,  1>.    h'.-l).    I  >.   I  V1i"i 

lild.  xii.    Ivluin   I  jitli.-r  (  'lark.  1..    |-'.-l..  U  I  .  I^'i7. 

[  Mi^lit  li   <  Jrii.M'at  im 

.")SS.  \ii.  Sally  .Maria  (  'lai'k,  1>.  April  •_':'..  |s|.").  m.  An--.  L'''..  H.'ii', 
l-Mwin  llurllnit  of  Mi.l.ll,-  lla.l.lain,  an.l  Miin-1.  M.  l-ll.t'.»r  a  lM 
liusbainS  I  >amc!  I'jliltal^  nt'  sunn1  jilact1.  Shi-  ha.l  1>\  II>M'  tir>!  iiiarria^t; 
a  s.ui,  I1!  hviu  lliirllnii.  wlm  is  a  luainitai-t  mvr  "!'  oak'nii  in  I'.a'ii.  .M«'. 

[  S.'\'tMit  li  <  icinM'at  i'  >ii. 

.")."•().  v.  I'h.'l..-  Clark  (<lau.  of  r.-njii.  Clark  <.f  \V.->:  li-M.  <  ';  .  ami 
Abiali  Hall).  1).  .Inly  1.  177.".,  in.  I  ).-<-.  !'•;.  IT'.'J.  N'athani.'l  U..W.TS  of 
Mi.l.llftowii.  Ct.,  li.  l-Vli.  I:1..  1771  (sou  nf  I'.I-UJM.  I'...  \\.TS  of  |',l:ih.lf..r.|, 
Ma--.,  ami  I  l.'pxiliali  Sa\au"':  who  was  LrrainUou  .  >f  l!.'\-.  1  1.  i.jainin 
|!O\VIM-S  of  Mi.ldl.'  I  la.l.lani  i.  a  fannri-  at  \\'r-'  ii.-l'l.  (  'i  ..  a  IP  1  "a  man 
of  ho-nnral.lr  life."  Mr  ,1.  May  I'."..  1  >:'.L'  :  >li.-  .1.  <  ».-i  .  1.  I  -  I-'.,  u-T.  7.".. 
lt'\.  li.Mijaiiiin  l!o\\-.M'>.  li.  at  I'ill'MMca.  Ma.--.,  in  171"'.  i:'i;i'l.  at 
MarNard  in  17.".."..  \\a-  pastor  of  t  lir  clinr.-li  at  Mi'Mi''  I  la.l.lain.  Ct., 
forni'-'l  S"jii.  l'  1  .  17I1'.  on  \vliirli  .la\  In-  \va-  orilain.-.l  pa-i  >r.  II.-  .1. 
Ma\  1  ''i.  I  7'i  I  .  "a  ilcvot.-il  inini-t'-r  of  tin-  u'1  '-|"'l." 

!  Ki_;],!  h    <  !cii«M':it  ion.         (  "hi  Mr.-n  : 

HI  I.    i.    llarl.-y   I',,,  A.  T-.  1..  i  ».-i.    1  I.    17'.'"..  .1.  '  '.-:.  _".    I  •>• 

'ill',    ii.    \ViMiani   I',  .w.-r^,  !•.  <  >••'.    1'.'.    17'.'  I. 

(|  1  '•'>.     iii.     I.  HI  In  M-    I'.'.u  '<  l  -.   li.   -Ian.    L'1'.    I  7  '.'7. 

•  ;  I  I.    i\.    Ann-iia    I1,  .v.-i'-.  li.   Mar.-li  L'".    17'.'.',  in.   \\ 

Ul  I.    i.     Mai-l.-s     U.,W,T>.    1-.  <  ».-l.    1  I.    17:'"..  ai    i   !, 
7.     l^l.'i,     I'.i-nlali     i;..'..M't>    (.Ian.    of    KL-n.-x.-r    a'.d     h 
\V.--t  tii  -lil.  Ct.  ).  ;i   man  of  la  rur'-  la  in  I-  •.  I   |n-i>]»-ri  \    in    \\  • 
.1.    Nov.  >.    l>'i|  ;    In-  .1.  (  >.-:.  I.1".    !*•;>. 
i  N  in'  li  (  .fii'-rai  i'  m.  |      <  'hil.ir.Mi  : 

r,l.-|.    i.       I'li.-L-    l!oNs,-r>.  ii.   N,,\.  L'l.    I-!''.,  .I.  : 


I'.]-;,    ii.      l.uilii-r  |',,,U,M->.  li.   April   L1.    I  -I'.'. 
•  •.  I  7.   in.    llarli-y  N.-\\.-'.l  l',',\\.-r>.  I..  .In!,.-  '.'. 

''  1  ^.     i  ',  .      S'l-lnMl    lla\-     l'io\\  i-r.H,    i'.    Ma\     L'1'. 


Dwiglit  of  Enfield,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timotliy ,  Son.  ofJolui,  loOi.  of  Dedlicim,  3f<(3*.  27(.> 

G19.  v.  Henry  Jalon  Rowers,  b.  Aug.  2G,  1828,  in.  May  2-").  1S.~>3, 
Julia  Klizabeth  Clapp,  b.  April  22,  182G  (dan.  of  Edward  Clap})  of 
Northampton,  Mass.,  and  Hannah  Wright),  a  farmer  and  mechanic  at 
Westfiekl,  ( 't.  Xo  issue. 

(i20.   vi.    Francis  Bowers,  b.  Feb.  12,  1832,  d.  Oi-t.  14,  1834. 

GIG.  ii.  Lutlier  Bowers,  2d,  b.  April  2,  IS  19,  in.  Xov.  1.  184 1. 
Emily  Hannah  Starr,  b.  April  22,  .1823  (dan.  of  Samuel  Starr  of  Mid- 
dletown,  ('t.,  and  Martha  Wright,  of  Northampton).  She  d.  Feb.  20. 
1849;  and  he  in.  for  2d  wife  Xov.  2G,  ISO,  Mary  Louise  Stevens, 
who  d.  without  issue  Oct.  21,  lS."i2.  lie  in.  for  3d  wife,  April  d.  18f>3. 
Hannah  Wright  Clapp,  b.  Nov.  If),  .1831  (dan.  of  Fldward  Clapp  of 
Northampton  and  ILanuah  Wriglit).  A_  farn\er  and  mechanic  at  .Ber- 
lin, Ct. 

[Tenth  Generation.]      Children  : 

Jji/Jirt*t  wife  : 

G21.  i.  Charles  Clapp  Bowers,  1).  at  Berlin,  Aug.  7,  18-1  L;.  a  sales- 
man at  Xew  .Haven,  Ct.  He  in.  Oct.  18G1,  Maria  Morris  Cable,  b.  at 
E.  Hartford,  Ct,,  Aug.  2,  1*43  (Ylau.  of  Thomas  Cable  and  Martha 
Ann  Nant/);  a  member  of  the  IGth  Conn,  llegt.,  and  wounded  at  the 
battle  of  Aiitietam,  .^fd.  Has  had  3  children.: 

(122.  1.  Kredsou  Cable  Bowers,  b.  March  21,  18(13,  at  l.5<:rlin,  d, 
July  20.  18G9. 

G23.    2.    Lillian  Maria  Bowers,  b.  July  9,  18G."),  at  New  Haven. 

*:;::;:     3.    Crace  Bo\vers,  b.   Feb.    11,  1S73. 

G24.  ii.  Ktigene  Starr  JJowers,  b.  Jan.  3 1 ,  1S}4,  m.  Dec.  -1,  18(17. 
Anna  May  Gilbert,  b.  Feb.  1.7,  18  19  (dan.  of  Thomas  Smith  of  Bir- 
mingham, Ct.,  and  Mary  Ann.  Gilbert),  was  a  machinist  at  Nc\v  Ha- 
ven, (.'t.,  is  now  JA.  II.  mail  agent-  on  the  Naugatuck  .11.  Road:  \\as  ;•, 
musician  in  the  late  war  in  tin;  Union  army  in  the  1  1th  Conn,  liegt.. 
( 'o.  B.  Two  children. 

***    1.    Louis  Gilbert  Bowers,  b.    May  1,   18<;s. 

***   2.    Fi-edson  Kugeno  Bowers,  b.  May  7,   1*72, 
lly  Uii.nl-  n'ifi' : 

('•  2.">.    iii.    Edward  Luther  Bowers,  It.    .May  4,   I8."i"). 

|  Xinth  ( leneration.  j 

(117.  iii.  llarlev  Newell  B'>\\ers  (son  of  Harley  Bowers  and  Beiilal. 
lioberts),  b.  June,  U,  1S2.'!,  in.  Sept.  2.  1SIG,  Julia  Ellen  \\'ilcox,  b, 
Jan.  7,  I  *2G  (dau.  of  1'lii-ha  B>acou  Wih-ox  ami  Hepxiltah  Coi'nwell). 
a  merrhant  at  Berlin.  ((f..  whei'e  lie  d.  July  2-">.  l-s-"tS.  ( 'hiKiren  ; 

H21!.  I.  Geoi-ge  X'.'Well  Bowers,  b.  Nov.  23,  ISl'.l.  n  sahvsman  at 
Berlin. 


/ ><  N( v  inltintx  of  (\n>t.  .SV////7. 
•JNII  'I'/,,    Son  ni'  ,\  ittlmnliJ  I)ir/ifJif,  of  \ort1i<iiii)>toi), 

iiL'7.  i'.   Kdson  Wile,,\  r.owers,  1..  June  •_'.  ls:>:5. 

I'll'-'.     ."•.     ('lani    A'lu'Hsta    I'.owers,    1).    All;,'.    1  !',    1  >">•">. 

I    NillMl    I  o'll'Tat  |(  ill.    I 
lilS.     i\.      Stephen     lla\s    Holers,    1,.     M  ;i  V    I'M.     1  >  L'.'I  .    1 1 1 .     NoV.     1  .">,     lSl',11. 

Harriet    Kllen    Vale,    1).   An-,'.  •">,    ls:5.-|  (dau.   of    Lev!    Yale  of    Meriden, 
l';..  Mini   Alii^ail   Kllei,   I'.aeon):    a  farmer  al    West  ti.-].l.      < 'hililivn  : 

0  •_".'.    I.    Willie  Stephen    Huwt-rs,  1>.   !><•»•.    :'ii.  IM'.],   .1.  .Ian.  ."».   I  Mil', 
il.'iii.    I'.     Haiti*'   Kllen    r.iiwcrs,  li.   Jan.    •_'">,    I  >'!."•,  d.  .1  un<-    !'>,    l>'''."i. 
I1,:1,!.    :'..     Kll.-n   I'.mlali    Unwi-rs,  li.   Frl..  L',    isijj. 

I'..".!'.      !.       Lr\i     Yale     l',.i\Vrl->,    1).    Julv     l!l,     l>Ml. 

^:*:;:     ."».     l-'rank  Stcplirn   I'mwcrs,  1».  Jan.   1' 1 ,    |s7n. 

!  Mi^lit  li  <  M'ncrat  K  HI.  | 

till',    ii.    William     lingers    (sun    uf     Natlianii-1     l!u\vnN     an<l      I'li'-lii- 
rlarkl.  1..  Oct.    1!'.    17'.H.ni.    A|iril    L".i,    1>P'..   Almira    I'.ail.-y.  1..    Marrh 
I'M.    |  7'.'7,  dan.  of  <  'al.'li    I'.ailcv  of  <  'n>in\v<-ll,  (  't.,  an<r  Klixalirth  'I'u.-lU), 
a   mn^-liaiit   ami  tanm-r  at    licrlin,  <  't. 
Ninth  <  ii-ni-rat  iim.  j      ( 'liildrt'ii  : 

'•,:;:!.  !.  M:,j.,i-  \\'illiam  Xatliani.  1  Uow(-rs,li.  (h-t.  ll.lM7.ai  Mi.l.ll.- 
t'Avn.  I '!.,  read  la\v  in  early  life.  1 1  is  life  was  urn-  nf  remarkalil'1  lm-i- 
iii--s  aeti\itv — al  tirsl  fur  se\cral  Ne\\  ^  uik  IIMIISCS,  and  al>n  in  lite 
iar\  and  ji'ihtieal  ways.  Ills  military  title  In-  n-erived  tY'>m  ln-in^  ..11 
lip-  (  '•<  /v,  *  -rni  IT'S  stMll".  lleuas  cii-rk  fur  a  time  «['  thr  < 'onneel  lent 
llnn~f  of  liY]Dvsent;iti\rs,  and  ai'iei'\vard.>  ]>ri\ate  secretary  tn  tin- 
I'..>tmaster-(  Irnei-al  I".  S.  The  I'M  last  years  <.f  his  life  he  de\, ,(.••!  to 
•  •  1 1 1 1  •  1 1  n  if-  -.-»>!  1 1 1 1  lit'  1 1 1 1  d  •  - 1 '  \v  i  •  1 1 1 1 1  (_f '  (  1  ^  ."'.">  7 1'  i  i  n  the  i  •  1 1 1  ]  1 1 1  •  \  m  ••  n  t  >-  u  ( •- 
ee-si\e|v  of  "The  llartf.ird  Kire."  "  A  ll.uny  (  'i  t  \  ."  "  1 .1  \  ,-i  | ,. ,  .'!  and 
b.n.l,  n  "  and  -Clc.l.,-"  I  1,,i.1|,;ii,i.'>.  M-  v.,-,.  ,,!•..  Vi,-.- I'K.-M.  ,.f  ••  The 

I'illllilnl      I'lle    I   '.i."    'if     I  lal'l  ''.I''  I.    alld      I.e.-.lllH-       il        lXl'-"l      U'elie]-;,!      n^.    H!       ,,(' 

-•  The    National    Kire  (  ',,.   of  Hosi,,,,." 

1  I  .     ','.  as  a    Inali   of   .-,11  j  ii  i  lor    mental     en-  i'  >\%  1 1,'  -1 1 1  -    and     _i'e;i!    ,  \-    •;; '  ;  \  e 
aliili'v.   '_'e',ia!    and    ^'•nenm-,    in    \t\~-    instmefs.    m,,]    \,-r\    --a^aei'iii-,    in 
mea-.uiii^    ill'-    rharaetei's    and     talent-,    of    oilnr^.        1'..]:^    :  h'  >}••  ••>  L'h  i  \ 

j;ei;i,il.e,  ll'lllhf.d  alid  holiest  111  the  eielneliis  o)'  his  ehai'ae'i  r  a!  d  eon 
d  net .  f  'lid  of  his  ]  i  ro  less  loll,  alid  a  lua  n  ot  !:i  1  _;••  e\  |  ,.-i  1.  lie,-  n,  |' ,  i,,-  \\  a> 
,,!ie  ••!'  llie  fol-'-most  leader.-,  ill  Ills  s],e,'i;d  e.'i  I  i  I  1 1  _'  li,  .iii  l||e  land. 

I  1  i  •   i  i.   ii('    a  j  .o]  i]e\  \  .    sllddeld  \  .   at    Saratoga.   J  u  la     '.'< ;.     '  v  7  L',    i  '.    hi-    I  n  d 
a1    ni.hi .  \\  i;  li  no  foi  e\\  arniiiL'  of  t  lie  n.-ar  a|.|ii .  •;..-!i    .  t'  an  •  \  •  nt   -1    -  .1  - 
|..\\|   d     in   Iii-   fri'-ii'U.  and    uhlie   in    ]  n  is-~e--i-  in.    a  ;  'I  •;.•'•,•  !v,   of    a!"« Mini 
-,  i_i  >|-  i  if   In  ill  v  and     mind.       At    \\  hat     hour  . .('    tip-    n  i-h  t ,  and   u  it  h 

ho'A     nilieh    or    Ir.'A     illlle    e.  in  -,-loi  1  -in  -ss    of      li \ei,r.    ip       d"pal'i  d     troill 

t:   ;        ;.'.-.    !,.,  on.     Kl.oUs.   a-   III    the   Im  iniiliL.'   h"    \\  a  -    )'•;', d   dead    ui'i.ll;. 


Dwlffld  of  Enfiel'l,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son-  of  Join,  loili  of  Dedlicun,  Mats.    -81 

He  was  unmarried,  and  his  love  for  his  early  home  remained  tender 
and  strong  as  in  the  days  of  his  youth;  and  he  was  himself  much  be- 
loved in  return  by  those  whom  he  so  fondly  cherished.  He  was  an 
easv,  earnest  and  eloquent  platform-speaker,  and  was  a  man  of  strong 
religious  convictions,  reverent  of  the  Sabbath  and  of  the  sanctuary. 

(53k   ii.    Oa,leb  Bailey  Bowers,  b.  April  21,  1820,  at  Westfield,  Ot, 

035.  iii.  Samuel  J) wight  Bowers,  b.  at  Berlin,  Aug.  19,  1825,  ni. 
Nov.  18,  1852,  Martha  Wheaton  Dowd,  b.  at  Saybrook,  Ct.,  May,  11, 
1834  (dau.  of  Benjamin  .Dowd  and  Anna  Wheaton),  a  merchant  ill 
New  York,  residing  at  Elizabeth,  X.  J.  Two  children  : 

G3G.  1.  Lloyd  Wheaton  Bowers,  b.  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  March  9, 
1859. 

***  2.  Martha  Dwight  Bowers,  b.  at  Kli/.abeth  N.  J.,  Aug.  28,  18(59, 
<1.  June  15,  1870. 

(537.  iv.  Alfred  Llovd  Bowers,  b.  Nov.  7,  1828,  a  merchant  at  Kast 
Berlin,  Ot.,  m.  June  17,  1872,  Sarah  Burdett  Cutler,  b.  at  Springfield, 
Mass.,  June  20,  1838  (,lau.  of  David  Marble  Cutler,  b.  at  Ward,  Mass., 
Oct.  1(5,  1811,  and  Maria  Burdett,  b.  at  Lancaster,  Mass.,  Sept.  12, 
1805,  who  were  in.  Oct.  23.  1832).  One  child: 

:    1.    Marian   Kli/.abeth  Bowers,  b.   Dec.  8,   1873. 

031.  ii.  Caleb  Bailey  Bowers,  b.  April  21,  1820,  m.  Nov.  8,  1849, 
Fanny  Maria  < 'utler,  b.  Sept.  20,  1827  (dau.  of  Luther  Cutler  of  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  and  Nancy  Baldwin),  a  Fire  Ins.  Agent  at  New  Haven, 
Ot.  (London  Assurance  Co.). 

[Tenth  Generation.]      Children: 

038.  i.    \Villiaiu  ('utler    Bowers,  b.    at   Springfield,  .March    17,  1851, 
now  in   Yale  College,  class  of   1874. 

039.  ii.    Ivlward  Augustus  Bowers,  b.  at  Hartford,  Ot.,  Aug.  2,  1857. 
(5  to.    iii.  Fann\    Almira  Bowers,  b.  at   Hartford.  Oct.  31,   18.")!*. 

(ill.    iv.  Dwight  Kliot   Bowers,  b.  at  Olare.mont,  N.  II.,  .March,  1800. 

[  Seven!  h  ( Jeneration.  | 

GL">.  iii.  Hon.  Luther  Bowers,  b.  at  M  iddlrtown,  C(.,  Jan.  2(5,  I  7(J7, 
m.  Sept.  17;  18]  7^  \\Valthy  Goodrich,  b.  May  22.  I7'.'0,  (dau.  of  Ansel 
Goodrich  and  Bathsheba  Boot  ),  a  mechanic  and  landholder  in  \Vest- 
tield.  < 't.,  and  a  State  Senator  and  an  useful  public  man.  lie  d.  A  [nil 
7,  1859  :  she  d.  Oct..  2,  1807. 

[Kighth  OtMieration.  ]      Children: 

Oil',    i.    Lois  Goodrich     Bowers,  b.   Mav  2(5,   18  1 8,  m.  Sept.   11,   |s51 
Klisha     llollister,   1).    March    22,    1817,    at    Ollastenbury,    Ct.    (son    of 
Thomas  and  Sypha  Hollister).      lied.  Jan.    M,  18(5:;.      Children: 
013,    1.  James  Goodrich  Hollister,  b.  Jxtly  11,  1852. 


J  >t   AVV    It  I  It  til  t-^     <>f    (    '<l'f.      Mtlllll. 


•'ill.      •_'.      l.ntlier    liowcrs     IlolliMer,    I).    .M;(y     |l>,     I  S.V.I. 

li|.">.     il.    S;ir;ill     Lloyd     I5ower.s,    1>.    Sept.     L'.'l,      1-L'l.lll.      NoV.     I''..     1>I<>, 

Morri>  Mailcy,  M.D.,  of  Tinisvillc,  I'a.  (son  i.t'C.,1.  Ilichani  I'.ailcy 
ami-  lligi-y).  She  <l.  at  Springfield,  Mas-;.,  Jan.  II.  Is.'di. 

(  'liil.hvn  : 

•  i  !•;.     I.    K:nm:i    Lloyd    I'.ailcy,  1».   .fun-  L'l',    !>  ll'. 

'•-17.    '_'.     l|..wai-.|    IJ.iili-y,  1).    Man-li   H.    |SJi5,  a    |J.    II.  rl.-rk. 

|  Sc\  cut  h  (  iciH'i-atinii.  | 

ill  I.  i\.  Aurclia  Uowcrs  (dan.  of  Natlianir]  I',,  .\\  ••!•-,  ami  l'iicl>.- 
Clark).  1..  March  I'd.  17'.'!'.  MI.  April  I  S  1  11,.  \Villi.ini  I'luiuK.  I..  Dec. 
1'7.  1  7'.  '  I  (son  of  .la  nn  -s  IMnnili  ami  Anna  <  !  i-i>\vi  >hl  ).  a  tai'im-i1  in  \\'oi- 
lidd,  Ci.  lli'.l.  Nov.  IS,  1S.V,);  she  ,1.  March  I'.'.  1>7I. 

[  l-li^hili  (  icnrration.  j      (  'liildrcn  : 

(US.  i.  .lane  I'ltiiuli,  1).  Fell.  I'"1,  1S17,  in.  \\'ii!iani  \\".  I'.acon  of 
New  York. 

1'itli.  ii.  Louisa  I'luinl).  1).  Aug.  I  •_»,  ISIS,  in.  Fno.-li  r.  II,-,!!  ,,f  On- 
arUM.  Ml. 

(i.'iii.  iii.  Aurelia  I5o\\'crs  I'lnml),  1).  .Ian.  "',  lxl'l.  m.  ll<-nrv  I'.lton 
JJoliin-on  of'  I  hirliam,  I't.,  Sept.  ii,  I>II.  !!'•  \\'a>  K.  Anur.  I'1,  l^l'1. 
ami  >on  of  Kieliard  Koliin^on  ami-  -  Tarni.  •!.-,•).  II-  .1.  I  >ee.  .">. 


She   m.  f>  .r  I''!  lm-liaml.  Jan.    In,  iS'i  1  ,   I  >r.  Si-'phcn    (  M'-I-N  cnor  I  luli- 

l.anl.    1..    <  >.'t.     I"',,      ISlh.     1'l'of.    of    Ol.stetl'ics    ill     Vale    ('-,  liege.         NM     i^He 

\>\    thi>  la-.;    in,!  i'ri:i_fi-.       \\\    tip'  lir-i    niari'iau'c  -~he   had  one  child. 

<>.")l.  I.  ll-ni-y  M''|\ii|,.  H  iliiiiMin,  li.  An_c.  L'l,  1M.">.  a  ci-  il  in 
Ne\V  Vi.rk. 

It.")!'.  I.  l|.-|eii  Marr  I'liiiii'i'.  1».  Mai-ch  L'7.  I  x  L1  i  .  m.  a--  hi-  L'l  wife. 
Fell.  I'1,,  !v")|,  ('apt.  Ji.hn  iiari-y,  IP.  M;nvh  PI,  l^n'.i,  foi-inefh  a  sea- 
captain,  luit  for  he\cral  years  pa-^i  a  rc^icleni  of  M  iddlcii  .\\  n,  ('i. 
Thejr  children  a  re  : 

liri.'l.    1.    Lmiis   l-'rye   liarry.  1>.   Sept.  L'.'I.    I  ^."i^. 

('i.'il.    L'.    Samuel    I'innili    I'.-iri'v.  K.  Jan.  '>,    lv"l. 

I',:.:..    \.    William   Wallace   I'lnml..  1..   An-.    I  -.    I  -L'.\ 

f'l.'n'i.  \i.  Caroline  AuL,'u.>t:i  I'lnml',  h.  Ji.U  !'.  1^.°,  1.  d.  I  >ee.  I'u, 
1-17. 

•  ;:.7.    \  ii.   .l.iv-|,liii..-    M  irion    I'lum1.,   I..  April    l_.    i-:;-,  d.    .In! 


l.    .lair- 


J)wi<jlit  of  JSnfield,  Conn., 
Son  of  Tlmotlnj,  Son  of  Jolm,  loth  of  Dedliam,  Jfass.  283 

town,  Ct.,  and   Abigail   Tavlor),  a  merchant  in  New  York  (dealing  in 
safes). 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children.: 

<5")8.  i.  William  IMuiub  Jiacon,  l>.  at  Middletown,  Ct.,  April  17, 
1837,  m.  Nov.  9,  18(51.,  Emma  Parsons  Whittemore,  1).  Aug.  3,  1839 
(dan.  of  Key.  'Williams  Howe  Wliittemore  of  Southbury,  Ct.,  and 
Maria  Clai-k  of  Xew  York).  He  was  grad.  at  Yale  in  is.'iS,  and  spent 
three  years  in  Europe  in  travel  and  study.  In  18(il  he  entered  the 
U.  S.  A.  of  A'ols.  as  adjutant  in  the  ~>th  X.  Y.  Cavalry,  and  remained, 
in  the  serviee  for  three  years,  being  when  he  left,  Lt.  Col.  of  the  same 
regiment.  He  resides  in  New  York.  One  child: 

(ir>9.    1.   Mary  Corinne  Bacon,  b.  Oct.    1,  ISC,.-). 

GOO.  ii.  Theodore  Clifford  JJacon,  b.  at  Middletown,  April,  3,  1842, 
was  in  Yale  (1  S.">9-(>  I  ),  and  left  college  to  join  the  1st  ('mm.  Kegt.  as 
adjutant,  April  19,  18(il,  on.  an  enlistment  for  three  months.  On 
Sept.  4,  ISU1,  lie  re-enlisted  as  regimental  adjutant  in  the  f>th  X.  Y. 
Cavalry  I'egt-  On  Sept.  1(5,  18(52,  he  was  appointed  by  President 
Lincoln,  eapiain  and  asst.  adj.  general  and  assigned  to  the  stall"  of 
Cenl.  John  P>eaiiford,  chief  of  cavalry  in  the;  army  of  the  .Potomac, 
and  after  hisdeath  in  Dec.  ISii.'i,  to  the  stall' of  Major-Cenl.  Alei'ritt  of 
the  Firs!  Cavalry  Division  of  the  .Potomac,  where  he  remained  until 
leaving  I  lie  armv,  Feb.  18(54. 

Hem.  March  I'l,  I8(',:>,  Susan  T'.reeze  Mr(iraw,  b.  Jan.  11,  1843 
(dan.  of  Nicholas  McCraw  of  Seneca  Falls,  N,  ^^,  and  Eli/abeth  Proal 
of  X.  Y.).  Me  is  engaged  in  banking  in  New  York. 

They  ha.  \  e  one  child  : 

(i(il.    1.    Alexina  Proal  "l>acon,  b.  Feb.  7,  18(5(5. 

(5(52.  iii.  Wilbur  Russell  P.acoii,  b.  March  2">,  1844,  at  Middletown, 
grad.  fit  Yale  in  lSi;r>5  a.nd  at,  (.'olumbia  Coll.  Law  School  in  1S(57. 

[Eighth    ( Jeneration.  ] 

(519.  ii.  Louisa  Plumb  (dan.  of  William  Plumb  and  Anivlia  P>o\vers), 
b.  Aug.  12,  1S!8,  m.  Oct.  21,  1N39,  Knoch  Channcey  Hall.  1..  Sept.  19, 
IS  IT)  (son  of  Jonathan  Hall  of  Middletown  and  —  —  Savage),  a  mer- 
chant in  (  Miaru'a,  III. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      ('hildren: 

(5i5;'i.  i.  \\'allace  l^ilon  Hall,  b.  Sept.  7,  181-2.  He  was  paymaster's 
clerk  in  the  Gulf  Squadron,  of  the  I'.  S.  Xavv  on  board  the  Colorado. 
1  le  d.  A  HU'.  '_'  I,  I  SI)."). 

'5(51.  ii.  Kdward  Gordon  Hall,  b.  .1  une  II,  |S|),a  sergeant  in  an 
111.  regi.  lie  d.  l''el»,  1 11),  ISii:!.  (,f  fever  in  camp,  and  \\as  buried  on 
the  hank--  of  the  Mississippi,  near  Yick.sbu.rg. 


/>!•  .xw  HiJant*  fif  (  \tj>t.  X((ntl. 
'/'//'    .S'<///   r//'  \tlfluliiiil    I>ii'i</]if  <>l'  A 


(•,«;:..  iii.  i>ui-ht  iWrrs  Hull,  ii.  i-vk  L'l,  is  17. 

lil'ii'i.     i\.     l;..l.erl    Sa\age    Mull,   1'.  -lu!\    L'i'>,    I  *.">(».         l',.-iir_r     "f    full    *\/.i- 

and  manl\    -t  ivngt  li   In-  Mirn-.  •,!,•,)    h,   hi,  clfin-ls  to  enli-t   a^  a  -  .!di"r  in 
the  late  \\ar,  although   luit    II    vear>  of  age. 

[    KlLill  I  ll     (  ielirrat  lull.  I 

li.Vi.  v.  \\'iHi;,ni  Wallace  I'lnnil)  (son  of  William  I  M  u  ml  •  a  1  n  1  Anre- 
lia  liiiwrrs)  1-.  Au_;.  1";,  I^L'"',  in.  Oct.  ">,  l^.'il,  \'ir^ini;i  A  11.1:11-1  a  (laic, 
1..  I'Vl,.  II,  !>:;:')  (dan.  <>f  Kran.-if,  Cult-  ..f  M.-ri.l.-n.  <  't..  ;u,.l  Mary 
^'all•).  I  Ic  is  a  fanner  ill  Mfr'nlnu  (  ':  .  I  Ic  \vas  a  sergeant  in  l  lie  Sor- 
oiiil  ('nun.  Ili'^t.  fur  tlirrc  \rars  anil  luok  ]>art  in  inanv  liatlli'S. 

[  Ninilt  <  M'lirrat  inn.  |       (  'liililrcn  : 

ii'i".    i.    .loM-jiliinr   Mariun    I'liiinli.  \>.   -Inlv  !'•"'.    I  ^  •"'•"'. 
UilS.    ii.   Tl  ......  lore  Walt.-r  I'lnniK,  l».  Nov.  L'I!,   isrul. 

i!')'.1.    iii.    \Villiain    riiunli.  1».  Au_r,    1  '_'.    l>»il. 


|  Scvcntli  <  Iciu-rat  ion.        (  'liililrcn  : 

"i.")!.  \i.  .lolni  Clark  (sou  of  U.-iijaiiiin  ami  Ahiali  Halli,  li.  ai  \Ve>t- 
ti.-M.  ( ').,  .l;m.  :')!,  I  77'i.  in.  Am:.  1s.  1  7s  1.  Su-an  Mr.  Ii.  in  i;.-li..l.otli. 
Ma--..  A  HIT.  1  x,  I7SI.  Sin-  il.  without  issue  iii  l^l!1.  ainl  In  •  in.  .Inlv 
">.  1  v  I'.1,  t'ir  I'd  wife  l.oi-.  llalilwiu,  1>.  in  17s'.1.  I  Ir  was  a  nn-i  diaiit  at 
Si.  .) olm.-Jinrv.  \'t.,  \\h<'i'e  lie  \\a--  killed  liv  lirini:  tliro\\u  tV"in  hi-  car- 
riage,—  a  man  ot' great  heiiex  oleiire  and  carursl  piety. 

|    Klu'hl  h    (  lelieral  I'  ill.  j        <  'hlldl'ell  : 

tp7! '.    i.    •!<  >hn   (  'iark,  d.  an   intant . 

•  )71.    ii.    Su>an    Ann    ('lark,    1..     Ma\      I  _,    l^lT.,    m.     Nn\.     !'"•.     l>"i'i, 
I>r.     Ka  \etle    .It-u.-tt     of     Nasliua.     N.    II..     \\liere     .-he  d.     All,.     '.    lv-"'_. 
lea  \  Iliu   a   dan. ,   (  'arrir  .1  r\\  it  ! ,   \\  in  i  d.   x  ii  in. 

i'i7l'.  iii.  .1'ihn  I 'lark.  Jr.,  1..  Mar.'ii  .".",  I  XL'.\  L'rad.  ai  \"irni"lil 
I  ni  \  i-r-l :  \  111  lx!x.  .-Mldl'-d  la\\  and  |'l'a.-ll>rd  a'  St.  I'a'ii,  Minn., 
\vlii-l'1  ilia\lHLj  li"'1!!  rolilii-d  and  mil  rd1  !'•  -d  I  ir-  d.  I1'-'-.  L". '.  I"-'  '•'•. 

ti~-">.     i\.      I  ''"Ilia  mill     l'>.    I'iark.    \>.    Mar.-ii      I'.1.     IVL'7.    In.     Jlll\      L'L',     !v-""''. 

Kli/ali.-tl,   l'i,.|.-r\\ 1. 

II"!  r-ide.>  at    Si  .   ,1  i  ilin-l:iir\  .    \'  I  . 

I  N  i  n!  Ii   (  I'-iierat  ion.          (  'h  I  Idtvn  : 

I'M  t.    i.    <  ';in  i"    Kli/al'i-ili   (  'lark.  I..    April    I  I  .    1  <>7. 
I'M"',    ii.    Kmil\    l.'ii-  <  'lark.  1..    AIILT.   L'..   I  x- 

I'M''..     111.     S.I  -an     Ivl-l,   I  lark,    I..    Jlll\     L'  I.     !-'>". 

•  ',77.    r,.    All—  <  'lark,  k  S,-|,i.    I  L'.    1  >''..".. 
>7-.    \.    <;.•., I---   I'.,  i  'lark,  I..  .Ian.  :.'!.   l>'i''.. 


Dwiglit  of  Enfold,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timotliy,  Hon  of  Joint,  lofJi  of  Dedliam,  Jlfa*$.   285 

[Seventh  Generation.  ] 

f>">2.  vii.  Lucy  (..'lark  (dun.  of  Benjamin  ('lurk  of  'West field,  Ct,  and 
Abiah  Ifall),  b.  Pec.  31,  177*,  m.  Feb.  7,  lso.3,  Giles  Wileox,  b.  Aug. 
28,  177U  (soil  of  Giles  Wilcox  of  Westtiold  and  Rachel  J>owd),  a  far- 
iner  in  Westlield,  Ct.  Jle  d.  Sept.  20,  .1841  :  she  d.  April  12,  1834. 

[Eiglitli  Generation.]      Children: 

<M!).  i.    Rachel  Wilcox,  1>.  April   1  I,  1S<>4,  in.  Seldeu  (!.  Kly. 

(ISO.  ii.  Susannah  Clark  Wilcox.  b.  March  <>,  ISOU,  in.  William  D. 
Starr. 

CM.  iii.  Lucy  Ann  Wilcox,  b.  May  12,  1811,  in.  William  F.  'Board- 
man. 

•  182.  iv.    Iforace  Hall  Wilcox,  b.  .May   17,   1827. 

1170.  i.  Rachel  Wilcox,  b.  April  14,  1S1(4,  m.  April  2,  I8-J7,  Selden 
(iiltsoii  Kly.  b.  Aug.  1,1S(>]  (son  of  Selden  Kly  and  I  !C]>/.il)ah  (iibson), 
a  farmer  ;it  C'rom \vell,  Ct.  All  their  children  dead,  and  not  a  grand- 
child. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children  : 

G8.">.  i.  Jiwight  l-]ly,  b.  Oct.  2,  IS/JO,  a  teacher  at  Cromwell,  d.  Jan. 
31,1  81')."),  of  consumption. 

u'S4.    ii.   Lucy  Kly,  b.  Jan.  .">,  1837,  d,  Feb.  7,  ls:'>7. 

08.").    iii.    Km  ma.  Klmira  lOly,  b.  June  !«,).   1831),  d.  Feb.   1:!,  isili. 

(58i'>.  is.  Giles  Wilcox,  Kly,  b.  July  1,  1S41,  m.  Ajuil  27,  lSiJ4? 
(.'harlotte  Alice  1'arnard  (dan.  of  Judah  Harrison  Barnard  of  lilooni- 
tield,  ('t.,  and  Sarah  .1  Jlakesley ):  a  farmer  at  (.'ronnvell.  lie  d.  March 
1,  18(5;-). 

(587.   v.   Gibson  Kly,  b.  Oct.  22,  IS}:1,,  d.  Aug.  1!',  184.). 

[  Kiglith  Generation.  | 

CiSO.  ii.  Susannah  (.'lark  Wilcox,  b.  March  0,  JSllh.  ]n.  Jan.  12. 
1842,  William  !>.  Stan-  b.  Jan.  !<'>,  17"!»  (son  of  J0se],h  Starr  and 
.Mai'garet  Duncan),  a  printer  at  Middleto\\  n.  Ct.  lied.  (let.  2(i,  Is")"). 

|  Ninth  Generation."]      Children: 

I)8S.  i.  Lncy  Emma  Starr  b.  Nov.  b'>.  1>12.  m.  Ju|\  10,  ISiiH,  |-;(|- 
\\ard  Traev  .lohnsou.  a.  sailor,  rcsiiles  now  at  ( 'rom\vell  :  lia>  a  son. 

(is|i.    |.    Duncan  Starr  Johnson,  b.  Jnly  21,   isr>7. 

'»!)().  ii.  huncaii  Siarr.li.  Aug.  I  S,  1  S  I  S.  a  clerk  in  I  lart  ford,  <  't.  : 
drowned  Julv  1.1,  JS(.;7.  in  the  Connecticut. 


f  >>  .sV--  )!</<!  lit*    (>f    ('llj'f.     Silllll. 

-JS»>  '/'In     Sn n    i>l'  .\  itfjidnh  I    I>il'/i/Jif  til'  ,\  <>)-lli(luij>fnn. 


I  N  i  m  h  '  e-nerat  inn.  |      Children  : 

I'i'.il.  i  \rthnr  I'.ipardmaii  k  April  L'\  IN.",'.',  in.  AM_'.  l' I  ,  1  »V_', 
Mali:,  L'li/.-il.etli  Padd.pp'k  l.lail.  "f  S.-lh  James  Padd...'  ..t'  I  Y..m  \\.-\\. 
Ct ..  and  Lnrimla  Ken  VP>H  )  a  farmer  at  Cmm  \\vll.  I  1 .1  -a  •  in  : 

I'I'.IL'.    i.     i-'rank   <Ya\\  I'm''!    |',<  .ardnia  1 1 .  li.   (>.-t.    In.    Is-'.i'i. 

i','.i:>.    ii.    William   I5nanlinan.li.   .May    1.    |SH.<I.    S.i.t.    1.    1M1. 

I'i'.M.    iii.     Harriet    M .    l!..anliii:iii,  1>.  July  L'.">,    I>i:i.  d.    Ail','.    II.    1M.".. 

|  Ki^lit  h  <  ii'in-rat  ii  >\\.  ] 

IISL'.  iv.  ll.iran-  Mall  Wilcnx,  1).  .May  17.  lSi'7.  in.  May  L'7.  1  S.VJ. 
Klvira  Lncivtia  Lane,  I..  May  :'.<>,  1>:'.L'  I. Ian.  <>\'  Ci-l.-Mj,  Lan.-  -it'  Kil- 
lin^w.  irili.  ('t..  ami  I'i'm-y  M.  KrU.-y)  a  tanner  in  \\'c>!  ti-M.  (  'i. 

I  Ninth  (  Irnerai  i<'ii.  |      <  'liildreii  : 
r,;i:..    i.    i;(1-,alie   Khira  \Vik-ox,  1>.  A].ril  (',.   Is:>:{. 
H'.H;.    ii.    |)wijrht    l-'.ly  Wilcox.  I..  .Maivl,    I,    IS.-).-,. 
(V.»7.    iii.    <  >Hn  Clark  Wilcox,  b.   Fel..  L'7.    iS.V.i. 


i.ullier  Clark  KOII  .»{'   Ueiijamin  <  'lark  and   Al-iali    Mall. 
e-,;  .'''..   I..    N..v.   •_':'..    17>n,  ,,i.   I  ),.-.-.    L'.'i.    l^lll.    Pamela    I  '•  .rt--r  nf 

an\ili'-.  \  L.  i'.  !•''•!•.  "'.  17X"'  (dan.  »f  \\'illiam  P.irt.T  .  ,t'  P..\t'ird. 
;'"..  and  Marv  Ad.  tin-).  11"  was  a  inerelia!  it  .-it  St.  .),.!  !';i'v,  \'t. 
v|  '7  i>7  ).  and  Mi  'T\v.ir<  i-  a  ta  rmer  i  I  v'1.  7  i  7  I.  and  I  '  -i1  I  L'  \  ear>  i  >n 


d.    a!    lip-  u'l'ea'    a_fe  i't   !"1    v.-ai  '--    am  m  •!•••.   .illi'1   v. 
L'l,    1>I  1,  a"l.   :.'.». 

••  !!••  \v,i-  a  man  i't  Lfi'eat  ener^v,  i  MI  i-^ri  '  \'  and  h-: 

In  jii-i  iiii'  pi'1  ilf  iu'efe-i.^  i.t    reli^'i'iii  and  ei  1  n  ."a  !  I  •  '!  i    in 

I  I-'.-  _•],'  ii    <  Ii-nerai  i^n.  ]      I  'liiMr.'ii  : 

p;1'-.     i.     Si;,  an    <  'lark,    k     An-.     I'',.    1-  I  :.'.   ,1.    All.,'.    L'. 
p'.'.p'.p.    !  i       V    -..n   unnamed,  k   and  d.    in    1  v  i  .'I     !  I  . 
7i)p|.    iii.    Sn>an  I  Mark.  iM.  L.   Jan.   L1^.    1-1  !.    m       I 

and    l'..r  a    L'd    lui-nand.    l!     \      J.^,-|,li    S.   (  lalla-l,-  -i. 

;ppi.   ,.    r.ti,  :,.-ii,.-  i  'L-nk.  K.   \n-.   I'.',  l-i:..  ,i    --. 

7"J.    \.    '       i.arin.-   P.ih-ii  I  'lark.  IP.   An-.  L",1,    1  -  !  7. 

I;,  d:;.  id.  I.I.  l>. 

7-i:i.     si.    Maitlia    I'-rt.-r   <  Mai  I:,  k    An-    -I,!-;'!', 


'Dwifjltt  of  Enfield,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  XOH  (>f  Jolui,  l>otli  of  I)<<<lli<im,  ^fciss.  287 

Aug.  23,1843,  Rev.  John  Hopkins  Worcester,  D.D.,  of  P.urlington, 
Vt.,  1).  May  28.  IS]  2  (son  of  Pev.  Leonard  Worcester  of  Peacham,  A"t,, 
and  Elizabeth  Hopkins),  grad.  at  Dartmouth  in  18.'53,  and  tutor  there 
(IS.').")-!.)).  He  was  settled  over  the  2d  Cong.  Church  in  St.  Johnslmry, 
Vt.  (lS3'.t--4(;),  and  over  the  first  Oh.  in  Hurlington,  Vt.  (1S47-54), 
whore  IK'  has  had  for  several  years  a  hoarding-school  for  young 
ladies.  Jle  in.  for  a  4th  wife,  Oct.  28^  18~>1,  Catliarine  Fleming. 
His  first  wife  was  Sarah  T.  Wheeler,  dau.  of  William  Wheeler  of 
Peacham,  Vt.  :  and  his  second  wife  Harriet  K.  Strong,  dau.  of  Dea. 
Klnathan  Strong  of  Hardxvick,  Vt.,  whom  he  in.  Nov.  30,  1840.  See 
Hist,  of  the  Strong  .Family  by  the  author.  He  had  a  son  : 

70  i.  ].  John  Hopkins  Worcester,  Jr.,  L>.  April  2,  181."),  grad.  at  the 
University  of  Vt  in  1SG~>. 

Mrs.  Martha  P.  Hopkins  d.  -Vug.  23,  1848,  and  a  son  b.  at  same 
date  \\'as  buried  witli  lier. 

[Kigliih  generation.] 

70(i,  iii.  Susan  (lark,  b.  Jan.  28,  1814,  in.  .April  21,  183.1,  Dr. 
Thomas  Ooodrich  Let',  b.  in  181)8  (son  of  Judge  Thomas  Lee  of  New 
Britain,  <'t.j,  Superintendent  of  the  ^McLean  Insane  Hospital  at 
Chariest ou-n.  Mass.  J le  d.  Oct.  21>,  IS.",(;,  ;,ud  sh(»  m.,  Aug.  I(J,  183!», 
Kev.  Josej.h  Steelo  ( lallagher,  b.  Oct.  2-1,  JSOl  (son  of  J'.enjamin  Gal- 
lagher cf  New  Vork  and  Frances  Coles).  lie  was  for  111  vears 
( isi'i!--:',!',)  ;L  Lieut,  in.  the  L'.  S.  A.  :  studied  theology  ai  Andovrr  a.^d 
I'rinceiun.  and  settled  as  pastor  of  the  2d  Presb.  (  'h.  at  Orange,  X.  J. 
(1S37~")0);  in  Is.") 2  became  General  Seci'etary  of  (lie  I'nion  Tlieol. 
Sem..  N.  V.,  and  in  lsij:5  was  made  also  Treasurer  and  Director  of  the 
sanu.  Itesidence.  IHoomlield,  N,'.  J. 

|  Ninth    (ieneration.]      Children: 
70.").   i.    >Fartha  Codwi.-o  Gallagher,  b.  June  23,   IS 

7H'i.  ii.  Lutlier  Clark  Gallagliei',  b.  .March  2f>,  1842.  d.  Oct.  295 
1872.  aet.  30. 

707.  iii.    Joseph  Douglas  Callaghei-,  1).  June  1'S,  18D  I.  in   Uloomliehlj 
N.  J.,  is  a  dork  in  <'hi<-;,go  (with  (.'ram;  I'rotherK). 

708.  iv.    CathaiiiH!   Leo  (bdlagher,,  1>.  in   P.loomfichi,   Aug.  ]!,    IS.")."), 

700.  ii.  Lr.ihev  Clark  (iallagher,  b.  March  L'O,  |S4i»,  m.  April  I, 
18113,  Louise  Van  Soling.'ii,  b.  A  ;ig.  .">,  IS)  I  (dan.  of  lleni;\  Van  Sol- 
ingen  of  New  N'ork  and  ^iloain  Hill  of  Alexandria,  Va.j.  lie  was  a 
bookke.-pi-r  in  N<-\s  N'ork  and  lived  in  Hloomfirld,  N.  J.  She  still 
resides  there.  I  le  d.  Oct.  20,  I  872,  a(^t.  30.  Ho  had  Ichildicn; 


/  ><  si'(  •// 1  Id  n  /.v  <  >T    ('(/lit.    .*V /////. 
L'SX  '/'//'     Xi>it    <>f'\(lfji<tili<l    / '//'A////,   i,f'  \<>rt]ni  in  i'l«n, 

*v;:    I.    ll.irry     \';in    S., linden    (  ialheji-r,    1>.    Dee.    L.V,,    1  >''.:'..  d.   A  u.;. 
1  1.    |Si;.\ 

:   i'.    Horemv  Louise  (iallnirher,  h.  Oct.   1.".,   !>''>.">. 
•:    :'-.    Mabel    \';in  SolinLvn  Callauher,  I,.    Maivh  '.),    iMl'.i. 
***     I.    <  'lai-k  Cailau'her,  b.  -June    !»'.,    1*7:'>. 

|  Mi^lii  li  (  lem-rat  imi.  ] 

7<i'_'.  v.  Catharine  I'.iiell  ( 'lark,  li.  Aiiu'.  -".'.  1  s  I  7,  m.  May  I.  ]>!!. 
11. .11.  Isaac  Fletcher  Uedlieid.  l.l,.l>..  h.  April  |H,  lsn|  ISM,,  of  Dr. 
I'rl,-'  Itr.llirl.l  ot'  \\'.  '1 1 1.  T.-li.  -M .  Vt.,  atnl  llaiiliali  I'ark.'r).  L.'1'ail.  at 
I  >arl  IIKMI!  li  iu  1  "-l!"*.  mir  of  tin-  jinl^''*  t'<ii-L'."i  vcars  (  I  >.'}."i  (in)  ,  Pf  the 
Sii|irciin-  ('(Hirt  ut'  \  rniiiiiit.  ami  tor  tin1  la-t  -^  \cars  <>\  tlie  UMf  il> 
('iii.'t'  .lu-.ii<-r.  !!«•  has  rr.^idnl  in  M<>ni  |>rli.-r.  \"t..  and  \Vi]nl>.>r.  \"  i . . 
and  lattcrlv  in  IIM-^IOII,  .Ma>>.  II'-  \va^  <m«'  of  tip-  ]-e<-eiii  ('niniins- 
himii'i1^  to  adjust  I  .  S.  claims  against  (I  reat  lirilain.  He  \vas  I'l.'t'.  at 
I  >arl  ni' inl  h  (l^'^-'i])  of  .Medical  J  urisjirudi'iice.  He  published  a 
\\ork  on  Kail\\'a\'  Law. 

Nint  h  ( lenerat  ion.  ]      (  'hildren  : 
;«)'.».  i.   IVIeg  i;edti«-ld.  b.  s.-p,.  i:,.  1st:?,  d.  Aujr.  I''-,  1*11. 

71(1.  ii.    Thomas  Lcc  liedtieid,  b.  and  <l.  Sept.  :'),    Isj}. 

71  I.  i'ii.    Mary   Sniitli    Kedlield,  b.   Aujr.  !'.    1SH5,  d.  Sept.    L'.    IM'.L'. 

7r_(.  iv.    Anna    Pamela    Ite.ltiehl.  b.   Sept.    II.    |S(7. 

71:'..  N.    Luther  Clark   U-dtield.  by.   Dee.  L'.\   |s:,n. 

711.  vi.    Susan     Mariha     I.Vdtield.    b.     Maivh     i,     |s;,:>N    ,,.    Sept.    L'7. 

is:,:1,. 

71."'.    vii.    I'detcher    Mutton    II--  Ili.-hl.  b.    <  >,-t.    I.    I-.''  !.   d. 
is:,:,. 

|  Si\t  h  (  ieuerai  ion.  |      See  pau-'  '2~ '•'<. 

."i|ll.  v.  Mars  Hall.  b.  \..\.  il,  171-"'.  in.  !>•  ,'.  .",.  i  7 ' '.."-.  .1  i  n  I-'.-  l-'Ji- 
phai"!  Tei-ry  oi'  l-jili-id.  <  'i..  'o.  Dee.  17  I:'!.., n  of  Lphiaiiu  'I'erix  and 
Aiin  t'oliin.s).  a  la\\\'i-r  at  Llitiehl.  ib-  \\a-~  appointeil  ,lu>tiee  i.f  i  he 

(  J  Hi  il'll  III  III  1  i  l  ^.  alid  ell'  iM'tl  (r  i|-  '.\'.\  \  e;||-v  -  ;;,•,•.  --.^1  \  i  •]  \  r.  -pfi' -'•):!  .ii  1  \  e 
to  til''  Slate  As-i'lllb]\  i  177'.'  1  x  I  '_'  I.  to  I  lie  I  i  1 1  ie  i  if  1 1  i  .s  d  e;i  t  ll .  |  !;  ]  ~  *~  ' 

In-  \s  as  e|..ei.-d  'Town  (  "h'l-k  :  in  I  7 '. '  < ,  •!  1 1  d  •_'•  •  .  >  f  I' n  iba  t  e  :  and  in  I  7'. '>. 
.1  ud_r'-  -it'  t  h-'  <  ''Hint  \  (  '"iiri  uiiie'n  varimi-  n;!:.-,  ,  he  held  aft  <-i  v.  ai'ds 
,-i  |.  OIL'  a--  lie  li  \  i-d.  I  b  v>  as  ai-,o  a  deacon  in  the-  Ki  I-M  <  'i  iiej.  (  'ii. 

I  I  •     \\  a-  a    man  ot'  tine  feat  ii  iv-.  am  I  of  a  d  im  ma  lid  i  i  i^T  and  at    i  h'1   -.a  me 

lillie   ;it  I  raet  i\e    pl-i-.-elic.-.          I  I  e   d.    >lldde|  1 1  \      \  ,  ,  \  .     L' .     1  -  1  '_'.    a-  •  I  .7  '  '.          I  b 

u'a-  hrnlh'T  lo  ('ni.  Nathaniel  Terrv,  u  iio  in.  \biah  Dvvi^'ni.  t'>r  the 
hi-i"r\  of  u  iioin  and  their  de-e.-mlant.i  >ee  ^uo-.  pii'nl  pa^-^. 

M  !•.-..    Mai\    i  Hall)    1  errv   \\  as  a  woman  «.i|    nnieii   iier.soiia!    bi-aui  \',  ill- 


Dwlyld  of  Enfield,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Xon  of  Jolt  n,  lotli  of  Dedliam,  Jfass.   289 

tractive  in  her  manners  and  full  of  positive  womanly  graces  and  virtues 
and  distinguished  for  her  mingled  energy  and  prudence.  She  d.  at 
Hartford,  Ct.,  Jan.  10,  1833,  act.  87,  for  '2  \  years  a  widow. 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

710.   i.    Esther  Terry,  1>.  .Jan.  5,  1707,  m.  William  Kibbe  of  Canan- 
daigua,  X.  Y.,  d.  March  7,  1850. 

717.  ii.    Simeon  Terry,  b.  Out.   17,  1708,  d.  Sept.  10,   1701. 

718.  iii.    Mary  Terry,  b.  .Nov.  27,  1770,  d    unmarried  Dec.  20,  18")  K 
710.   iv.   Mabel    Terry,   b.    Feb.    10,    177:5,   in.    William    Barton   of 

Hartford,  Ct..  and  afterwards  Rev.  Dr.  Evan  Johns  of  ( 'anandaigua, 
X.  Y..  d.  .March  1,  1858,  act.  8."). 

720.  v.    FJiphalet  Terry,  b.  Dec.   25,  1770,  d.  July  8,  1840;   act.  72. 
at  Hartford,  ( It. 

721.  vi.       .Lucy  Terry,  1).  March  1770,  d.  unmarried  Sept.  4,  1707. 

722.  vii.     Judge  Seth  Terry,  b.  Jan.  12,  1781.  d.  Xov.  18,  1805. 

723.  viii.   Abigail  Terry,  b.  Jan.   17,  178:;,  d.  Oct.  5,  1802. 

724.  ix.     Roderick  Terry,  b.  .March  2,  1788,  d.  Feb.  0.  1840. 

710.  i.  Esther   Terry.  1>.   Jan.    5,  1707,  ]ii.    June    17,    1702,  William 
Kibbe,    b.    March    4,    1707  (son    of  Isaac    Kibbe    of    Kntield,  Ct.,  and 
Margaret  .Ferry),  a  lawyer  and  afterwards  a  merchant  living  at  Canaii- 
daiguu,  X.  Y.      lie  d.  Aug.  4,  181  I  :   she  d.  March  7,  185(>. 
[Eighth   Generation.]     Children: 

725.  i.      J'ersis    Kibbe,    b.    at    Enfield,   March    2-"),    179:5,   lived    un- 
married in  ('anandaigua. 

720.  ii.  Simeon  Terry  Kibbe,  Es<{.,  b.  Aug.  3,  170}-.  d.  Jan.  20, 
182."),  at  ('anandaigua. 

727.  iii.    Mary  Kibbe,  1).  Aug.  7,  1708,  m.  Orson  Benjamin,  Ks<j. 

728.  iv.   Esther  Kibbe,  b.  Sept.  21,  1790,  lived  unmarried  at  Canan- 
daigua. 

720.   v.   Emily  Kibbe,  b.  Sept.  7,  1.800,  d.  unmarried  in    1*2-1. 
730.   vi.   Caroline  Kibbe,  b.  Aug.  0,  1803,  d.  April  21,  ISOfi. 

720.  ii.  Simeon  Terry  Kibbe,  b.  Aug.  3,  1704,  m.  July  20,  1819,  his 
cousin  Lucy  Terry  Barton,  b.  Oct.  18,  1707  (dau.  of  Oen.  William 
Barton  of  Providence,  .It.  1.,  and  Mabel  Terry),  grad.  at  Yale  in  181"). 
•a  lawyer  in  ( 'anamlaigua.  lie  d.  Jan.  2".  1*2"). 

|  Ninth  Generation..]      Children: 

7:51.    i.    William   IJarton   Kibbe,  b.  April   10,    |SL>(),  m.  Sep.  20,  18:)."), 
Jane    Klixabeth    McKnight,  b.  Oct.  28,  I  8:5 1  (dau.  of  John  and  Sarah 
Abbe]   McKnight  of  Islington,  Ct.)      One  child  : 
732.    1.    Josephine  Barton  Kibbe,  b.  Sept.   1",  1*50. 

19 


/  >,  si',  H,  1,1  lit*    lit'   ('(ijil.     Sit  nil. 
•J'.HI          '/'//•     >»'"//    nf'  Xttfltttllttl    /'"'A///',    ',/'   \nrflKli,  iffoil, 

7;l:;.    ii.    !•:  Iw.u-.l  N-.n-.n  Ki!,!,,-.  1,.   Nov.    !'.»,  ISL'-J,  il.  .Imp.  |«.i.  |s-_>:$. 

I.Mrs.    Sim.  •mi  T.    Kilil.i-.  m.  <»rt.  I1,].   IsiM,  .Im]^1    MOS..S  Chapm  of 

I!..,.  l,,-,!rr.  N.    Y.      !!<•   il.Oct.    K    lsi;.i.      Mis  \\i.|.t\\-  .still    ivsi<|i-s    in 


Kl_;ll  I  ll    <  irlnTa  t  loll.  | 

7  _'7.  in.  M  ir\  l\  i  lii  i  •,  1  1.  A  n  _;.  7,  I  7'.  '>,  in.  S  '|>t  .  s,  I  v  1  7,  <  >rsi  >n 
l>  MI  j.-iinin,  KSIJ.,  !>.  ;it  Siutli  K.iT.'mniit,  Ma---;.:  :\  htwvcral  I'anaii- 
daiu'tia  ;<nd  Sin  rotate  (I'm-  tiir--!-  terms  of  otli.-c)  of  (>niaiin  I  'o., 
N  .  ^  .  Mi1  il.  Sr|it.  l".  I.  IN  ii  I,  ;i  Ii  1:1  1  1  ot'  1  ill  I'^l'll  \  .  prompt  It  Ui  It1  :tlnl 
In  ill'  n'  in  ln>  Jin  it'r^ii  in. 

Ninth    <  Jrnrral  ion.        (  'Iiildrcn  : 

7:'.:.  i.  \Vil!i;tm  Kililtc  IJiMijaiuiii,  1>.  .Inn.-  is,  |s|s.  m.  Nov.  1>I'.', 
Iraiiri's  ItrlloNss,  li\rs  in  San  Krancisro,  aii'l  ha--  i-liihlrrii,  Fraiin1.-. 
.M  a  ria  ami  (  >TM  HI  (  'lai'kr. 

7-']-1.  11.  .Inila  .Maf\  iiciijiililin.  1>.  l''rli.  7,  l^i'ii.  1,1.  in  lM->  lli'iirv 
\an  I  >r!  u'l'ii,  ri'hiilrs  in  Nr\\  \ork.  (  Inldri'ii:  l-jmna  l,'iin-a.  \\iioin. 
in  iNoii  C.-oru''1  H.  N<'\vcll  :  I  Icnry,  (  'harlcs  .M  ih-s  ami  K.liiiiiinl  I'.urk.-. 

7  ."iii.  in.  (  'arolini1  Ailclaiili1  I  »cnjaiiiiii,  Ii.  .J.Mii.  •"),  I  >>!'-.  in.  Nov.  I  x  1  !  , 
i;,-v.  William  lia!l  of  XVi-sili.-ld.  N.  Y.  <  'hildivn  :  C.1.,^--  I'.i-nja- 
niiii.  Mar\  KiUl.c,  Adi  laid.-,  \ViIliain  and  .lulia. 

7:17.  i'..  I'illa  CiLin.-lia  I',  •njamin.  Ii.  ()..-;.  17.  IS'.'.",,  m.  Nov.  |si:». 
'I'h.  id  .|."i>  S.  Si-.ivilli-  of  \\'iliia:n>;.  •.)•!.  I'a.  (  'hi  Id  ivn  :  Julia  I'llla. 
who  m.  in  Isi'i'i  \\'.  \\  .  l-ain-i1;  llarrirl  hram1.  Anna  l''loi-a  and  \\al- 

1  rl'. 

7.">v.  \.  llarri'1!  A  n^i-lica  I',  •njamin,  Ii.  <  >rt  .  L',  I  >L'ii,  m.  Sfjit.  1^1'.'. 
.Iain.'-  I''.  l>-'i:i  of  \\  1  1  iia  m^|  mrl  ,  I'a.  <  Inldrni  :  ivimnnd  AIIL,'II>MI^, 
Mar\  I  'urn  'III.  .li'iinv  l>  'iijamin,  \\  illiam  l-'h-ld.  <  'i  ira.  .lanii'-. 

i  ii'.1.  \i.  Kdmiiirl  llnvi^'1  I  >'-n  lam  i  n,  Ii.  .lni\  I'1.  !XL'V,  in.  in  l>."> 
Sarah  Miti-hrll:  i-t^iili's  in  NV\\  ^^1,•k.  (  'hildn-n  :  .Mar--u-.  Mary, 
|-'ra  n  k  ,  I  •'.<  1  mn  ml,  1  1'\  i  nu. 

71".  \ii.  (  »r>on  Au^iisMis  llcnjamin,  1>.  No\.  1  •_'.  I  >.".".  .1.  hc'r.  7, 
l^'il'.  !!••  m.  !•'••''..  lx->7,  Aliiah  I  (art  \\  I'll.  I  'hildrm  :  l^'i-i-di-ni1 
and  .1  1  ih  n. 

711.    \  in.    T'.  MM  1  \    I  IIP  i_f.  -ip1    I  ''  'ii  ]  i  m  in.  1  1.     \  |  >n  i   .'.    i  v.".  ,'i,  d.  i  n    I  s."i->. 

7I'J.  IN.  Mil  /.a  I  I  a  mi  1  1  <  >n  I'M  iijamui,  1>.  M  ,i  \  I  ">,  I  x.  ">•">.  r<---i  <.!'•>  mi 
1  1  1  a  r  r  1  1  •  d  a  I  '  a  1  1  a  1  1  d  a  I  '_;  n  ;  i  . 

i  ).">.    \.     I,  HIM,  a    Mai  ia    Susannah    lii-njamin.  1>.   S.'p'.  .'i.    l>|n,   r.-i.ii-; 
n  nnia  rrii  d   a  i    (  'a  na  lida  1^'iia. 


Dwiylit  of  ~Enfiel(l)  Conn., 
Son  of  Tiiiioiliij,  Son,  of  Jolt  /,-,  hotJt  of  l)edlulni,  Md**.     '2(Jl 

Hall),  b.  Fob.  10,  177:5,  in.  Juno  1.1,  17!)7,  William  Barton,  b.  at  En- 
field,  Ct.,  Dec.  IS,  1771,  a  merchant  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  and  Providence, 
11.  I.  Ho  (1.  Jan.  l('),  iNl.^,  act.  l'.>.  She  in.  after  22  years  of  \\idow- 
hood  in  1840,  Rev.  J)r.  Evan  Johns,  of  Caiiandaigna,  1).  in  Wales, 
Eng.  Xo  issue.  He  d.  in  IS!!):  she  d.  .March  1,  lSf>S,  act.  So. 
[Eighth  Cenerat ion.  ]  (Jhiltlreii : 

741.  i.  Lui-y  Terry  Barton,  b.  Oct.  18,  1707,  in.  her  cousin  (Simeon 
Terry  Ivibbe.  Sec  above. 

74.").   ii.    .Benjamin  Barton,  b.  Nov.  3,  170!',  d.  Aug.  -7,   18o(.'». 

74-ii.  iii.  William  l>arton,  b.  -lunc  1,  JSdl,  d.  uninarricd,  Dee.  2, 
1820. 

717.  iv.  J']lixa  J.Jarton,  b.  31  ay  1-"),  180;"),  m.  ITenry  Hamilton  of 
Buffalo. 

7  IS.    v.   (.'aniline  IJarton,  b.  Oct.  24,  ISO!),  m.  William  Ihixton. 

74!).    vi.    Mari-iet   J5arton,  b.  July   IS,  IS!  1,  d.  May  27,  ]S.°>0. 

7 •"'<).  \ii.  Marv  Terrv  l»artou,  b.  April  S,  IS]."),  m.  Aug.  S.  1  s:',s. 
Horace  It.  Latimcr,  b.  Aug.  :>(),  1^11  (sou  of  Boxalool  Latimer  and 
Kaucv  -  — ),  a  clerk  in  Nc\v  York.  Xo  issue. 

7  r>.  ii.  Kli/.a  !5arton,  b.  May  L"),  ISO"),  m.  Jan.  IS.  182."),  Henry 
Haiiiihun  of  !>ii!lali>. 

|  N inth  ( !enoration. ]      <  'hililren  : 

7-"il.   i.    Mary   Klixa    Hamilton,  b.  Dec.  4,  1825,  d.  Jan.  5,  1830. 

7-"i2.  ii,  Caroline  I']lixab:!th  Hamilton,  b.  Oct.  22,  IS.'JH,  m.  Sept.  17. 
1S.")1.  l^rauk  M  (',)it  of  IJuffalo  (son  of  (Icorge  and  Hannah  Coit). 
2S  me  <-lnldren. 

7")->.    iii.    \\'illiam  Henry  Hamilton,  b.  Aug.  2C>,   iS.'jS. 

7"'!.   iv.    Benjamin  Barton   Hamilton,  b.  Juh    20,   1S!2. 

7")-").    v.     Claude  'I'ei'rv  Jlamilton,  b.  Sept.    11     1S4C). 

|  Kighth  ( ronoration.  | 

7  is.  v.  Caroline  Barton,  b.  Oct.  24,  1800,  m.  Aug.  50,  1  828,  William 
lluxton,  I),  in  A  berdee.iishire,  Scotland,  .J  uly  2,  1  71'7.  lied,  av  !'>uli'alo, 
June  7,  1842. 

[  N  inth  Generation.]      Children. 

7-V>.    i.      Harriet    Llux-ton,  b.  June   It,  18:50,  d.   Feb.   17,   1833. 

7">7.  ii.  William  Kuxton,  b.  Jan.  22,  lN'')2,  in.  Se|it.  ;"),  1S.~J1,  Mary 
A.  lloxvell  ;  :»  eliildren. 

7.")S.  iii.  ('harles  Kuxton,  l>.  I  »ee.  17,  ls::,:5.  in.  .Inn.  2,  |S(!I,  Chris- 
tine A.  1  >odge  :  2  children. 

7-"i!i.  iv.  .hlli /.a  Hamilton  Iviixlou,  b.  ()cl.  hi,  |s;!ii,  m.  |)ennis 
Donohoe,  b.  June,  L82.">,  in  !)u!Jin;  Ireland,  British  Consul  at  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.  :  2  children. 


I  ><  SI'/  11(1(1  llf*    <>t      ('(lilt.     Sl/lllJ. 

•Jl'i*       '/'//'    Xon    <>r'  .\<itli<i n /< !  />//•/'////,  o/'  .\<>)-t}i<inij>l<ni, 

7i'ill.  v.  .M:irv  l.atimer  Knxlon,  Ii.  Mav,  111,  |S||}  in.  A]>iil  L'S, 
|M;:>,  Thomas  I',.  Nun-is  of  Hull-do;  i'  .•]nl<lrni. 

Mr-,  Caroline  (Harton)  I  \\\  \  t  on,  in.  June  I  o,  I>I7,  \\"liliain  I'ea- 
i-uck.li.al  l.\ons,  N.  Y.,  .Ian.  I!:.',  I  S  1  I ,  who  d.  al  I  '.iilia  In.  .)  tine  l>''>7. 
N  1 1  i.--ue  l>\'  I  Ins  marriage. 

|  Kiidit  Ii    ( Icneral  ion.  | 

71'.'.  vi.  Harriet  harton,  1>.  .July  is,  |S||,m.  Nov.  I.",,  ISJS?  ||,,n. 
Lrvi  A.  NVanI,  1..  at  lladdam,  ('«.,  .Ian.  .".I.  l>n|  (M,H  of  Dr.  l..-\i  \Var-l 
and  MrliiiaMr  Hand).  Sin-  d.  May  l'S,  I  S.-,(  I,  ;,,.| .  |  S.  ||,.  l,as  \,,;-n 
Mavor  ot'  I  Joi-lirsliTj  and  licld  inanv  HIIJH  >rt  ant  ci\il  and  cccli->ia>t  n-al 
ollicrs  in  tlic  citv.  llr  li;us  also  limit  at  Ills  o\s  n  cxjifiix1  a  I'p'sii. 
rhurcli  in  tlial  cilv  (having  a  special  ritual  in  its  t'urni  ot'  sci'Vici-  and 
worship)  of  \\  hid  i  lie  lias  licrii  IOIILJ;  an  rldiT  :  1  ch  ild. 

7»51.    1.    William   I'.arton  Ward,  1).   -May  '.»,    |S:JO,  d.  .Inly  L'<>,    \^'^>. 


|  Sc\  flit  ll    <  iclirrat  K  HI.   | 

7 L'n.  v.  Kliplialrt  Terry  (son  of  .Indu''1  Kliphald  TCITV  of  Knti.-ld, 
Ci.,  and  Mary  Hall),  I).  Dec.  l'.\  177ii,  in.  -June  I  S.  |Sll,Sall\  Wat- 
son,  li.  A  ii'j;.  I  7 ^-"'  (dan.  of  .loli n  \\'atson  <>['  ]•].  Windsor,  ( 't.,  and  Anne 
l!liss).  She  d.  .April  '.i,  ISM.  He  in.  .lune  ,\  IS17,  for  I'd  \viiV. 
Lvdia  ( 'oil,  1».  A  u^.  .'11,  17sS(daii.  of  \\'lieelir  Coil  of  I're-; ,  ,n,  I  i . , 
and  Sil.yl  Tra-yj.  She  d.  Sept.  l'.  |S:5I.  lie  d.  July  S,  |S1H.  He 
\\  a  -  a  merchant  at  Hart  ford,  ( 't .,  and  one  of  iis  "  huiioi-;il>le  men." 
,Maii\  of  the  lieiicvolent  inst  it  nt  ions  of  llartt'ord  o\ve  much  of  their 
pi-oent  pi'o^j lent  v  to  his  \vi.sdom,  persc\  erance  and  liln-ralit  \". 
MIL; hi  h  general  ion.  |  (  'hililreii  : 

l'>i/ j!,:-!  /'•''/'   / 

7''.!'.    i.      Iv  1  \viii  Terry,  1 1.    March    I.   Is  |  •_'  ,1.  April    1".    \*\f>. 

71'."'.    ii.    Sarah    A  nn  Terry ,  1  >.   Marrlii',    1  x  I  I .  m.  lj!  [u  ard  (  'arrinu'  on 

of   ('o|el,ro,,k.    Ct. 

Hi/  si >•,,,,,/  ,/•;/;  .• 

7'il.    iii.    M;ir\     Hall    Terr\ ,  li.  .1  une    .",.    ! -L'n.    ,,,.    ( 'harlc-,  ( '.pllin-,    of 
Hartford,     Ct. 

7I>.~>.    i\.    l.\dia  < 'oil  Tcrrv,  IP.  .luin-  L'x.   IX'_'L'.  d.  Sepi.  .">,,   IM'.",. 

7''-''..    v.    i.uiiki  Terr\,  I..   March    L'''..  I  >L' I,  m.  M:  \    l>.  I>:.L',  William 
l-'.llioti     Chuivhill,  Ii.    f'e'o.   L':l,    1S|;,,    at      Middle!, i\\n,  Cl.   (-on    ,,f   .le- 
Chii  rclnll   a  nd  Cat  harinc   Smit  h  i,   a    luerchaiii    III    N  c\\     \  oil-.  .        No     i  -.-lie. 

7''7.      \i.      I'lllplialet    Tel'l'\  ,    li.    .llll\     L1,     I^L'1'. 

7'i-.    MI.    l.ydia  ('.. it  Terry,  1..  .June  L'l,   |-L'-'.  d.   An-.   Is,    |-:;|. 
?'•.'.'.    viii.    A   child  h.  and  d.  S-nt.  1'.    Is.'JI. 


of  En  field,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timofliy,  Son  of  Jolin,  botli  of  Dcdliam,  Mass.  203 

70:').   ii.   Sarah   Ann   Terry,   b.    March    2,    1SU,    m.    Aug.   4,  1835, 
Edward    Carrington,  b.   May  18,  1810,  at  Oolebrook,  Ct.  (son  of  Jesse 
Carrington,  M.D.,  and  Hannah  Dennison).  a  farmer  at  Colebrook. 
[Ninth  generation.]      Children  : 

770.  i.   Edward  Carrington,  b.  Aug.  1,  183(5,  d.  Aug.  8,  183G. 

771.  ii.    Edward  Carrington,  1).   at  U  art  ford   Fob.   15,  18:58,  grad.  at 
Yale  in  1859,  and  at  the  Columbia  Coll.  Law  School  in  18(52.      In  Oct. 
18(12,  he  enlisted  as  I'd    Lieut,   in   the  143    N.  Y.    Kogt.  of  Yols.      In 
April  18(53,  ho  was  aid-de-camp    to  Genl.  Wads  worth   of  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac.      In  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  IK;  had  a  horse  killed  under 
him.      lie  was  next  placed  on  the  stall' of  Major-Gonl.  No \vtou  of  the 
First  Army  Corps  in  the  Armv  of  the  Cumberland,  under  General  Sher- 
man.     TIL  the  bloody  conflicts  of  the  campaign  ending  in  the    capture 
of  Atlanta,  he   took  his  full  share,  shrinking    from  no  duty  or  danger. 
After  the   fall   of  Atlanta,  Genl.  Newton  was  put   in   command  of  the 
military  district  of  Key  West  and  Tortugas,  and  he  was  appointed  pro- 
vost judge.    He  was  killed  March  (i,  18(55,  by  a  rifle  ball,  while  mounted 
and  leading  a  column   of  attack   at    Cedar    Keys,  Fla.      His   intellect 
was  of  a  high  grade. 

772.  iii.    Edwin  Terry  Carrington,  b.  Sept.  13,  1839,  a  merchant  at 
Winona,  Minn. 

773.  iv.   Sarah  Carrington,  b.  July,  1813  d.  Sept.  1843. 

774.  v.    Sarah  Carrington,  2d,  1).  May  3,   1.84(5. 

775.  vi.   Catharine  Carrington,  b.  Aug.  8,  1818. 

[Eighth  Generation.  ] 

7(51.  iii.  .Mary  Hall  Terry  (dan.  of  Eliphalet  Terry,  Jr.,  of  Hart- 
ford, (  (t.,  and  Eydia  Coit),  b.  June  3,  1820,  m.  Sept.  1,  1840,  Charles 
Collins,  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  b.  April  2,  1817,  at  Blandford,  Mass,  (son  of 
Amos  Morris  Collins  and  Alary  Eyman),  a  dry  goods  commission  mer- 
chant, at  Hartford,  Ct. 

[  Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 

77(5.  i.  Lydia  Coit  Collins,  b.  March  2G,  18 14,  m.  June  8,  18(54, 
William  1'latt  Ketcham  (son  of  Treadwell  Ketchain  and  Mary  Van 
Winkle),  grad.  at  Yale  in  1*152,  and  at  Columbia  Coll.  Law  School  in 
1*(51,  a  banker  in  New  York. 

777.  ii.  Charles  Terry  Collins,  b.  Oct.  1.4,  1815,  grad.  at  Yale  in 
lNi»7,  and  went:  afterwards  to  Europe  for  travel  and  study. 

77*.    iii.   Clarence  Lyman  Collins,  b.   I-Yb.  22,   1*4*. 

779.    iv.   Arthur  Morris  Collins,  b.  July   1 0,   1*51,  d.  Jan.  3,  18(51. 

7*(|.   v.    Louise  Terry  Collins,  b.  Jan.  5,   1*55. 


ti.-l.l.  <  !..  :.:i.l  M:.l-\  Hall)  I.,  -hill.  IJ.17Sl.il.  Nov.  l>.  Ism.,  a.'t.  M. 
I  I  f  in.  .luiM'  •"'.  1  x  I  •'.  A  mi  <  •  i'i'\\',  1>.  i  n  I  ''I  rin  1 1 luii. i  in.  Km_r..  M  i  \  ' '.  I  7  ~^''< 
(dan.  I'f.li'hn  <  i  i vv, .  li.  111  I  ,i'i.'.--i  i-r.  Kn_'.,  .!;in.  I7~>7.  \\li-i  il.  in  !'.•'- 
Km.  M . •!>-..  -Inly  'J.'i,  is:!  I.  and  Marv  (  'oil man).  Sin-  •!.  <»,-t.  L'I'.  l-:;."i. 
I  I  ••  in.  .1  uii'1  7.  I  *o  i  .  I  I  annali  Sh.'i  iard,  1>.  -I  n  ni'  L.',  1  7'.(."i  i  i|;m.  of  I  .'•  \  . 
Marr  Slmpard  of  laltlr  < 'oiii|.ton.  I!.  I.,  ami  D.'liorali  I  la-kin- i,  wit  li- 
mit i--n.'.  Slic  (1.  ai  Amli'T-t,  Ma--..  .lul\  '.'.  ISI'>7. 

II'-  was  a  lawyer  in  1 1  ari  t'i>i-i|.  (  'i..  I'm-  I'.M  vrars  ami  moiv  i  I  sn  |  >',', ). 
mad.1  |>roliat.'  j  ml  -.  •  in  I  vi^  ami  i'  i  r-:  I  !••  •  IP  I'-r  i  >\'  I  lr-  *  'n  \  <  '•  i;;ri  in 
1  SIiiJ.  \vliilc  a'  !  !i  •  sain  •  t  nn  •  '  'i  i  \  .1  n •  !•_'  •.  11"  \s  a-  al-i  •  niii-  i  if  1  In1 
ordinal  I  );r.  el"!--  nf  "  Thr  Am.  I  >i-ai'  ami  1  >n  mK  A  -\  lum  "  a  ;  Hart  l'..ni, 

<  'i ..  a  !!•  1  l'i  >r  '_'•'  vcars  i  he  (  '.  iiiimiN-ioiirr  dt'  ii  -  iicnnaiii'ii!    t'u  m  I  :    a    CMI-- 
]»nrat"  iiiiMuh  •!•  ill'  tin-  A.    !'..<'.    I-'.  M.  tor  many  v.-nrs  (  I  *«  I'l-i'i.'i ,  ;     \"i,-r- 
I'l'f-t .  of  "  Tin1   A  in  'riraii   (  '  >li  m  I/a  i  1 1  m   S  i  •!'•:  v.      ami    Tivasin  d'    •  •!    i  lii- 

(''inn.    l>;-;im-li    of    tlr-    sam  •  ;    a   Trn-i t'   Tn  •    Tn  •  il.    S -m.    at     Ivi-t 

\yimi-'>i-.  <'l.    mow    I  Ian  t' i|-'l  ).   ;:ml    a    '1'ni-ir,'  ainl    \"i>ilor    "t'   ill  •     An- 
di  i\  '•]•  Tii1 -ol.    S.-m.  ;    aU'l    for  more  I  lia  n    ! ( '  vrar-  a   di-ai-on   iii  i  h'-  '  'i  'i;'_'. 
(  'huivh. 

!!<•  wa-  tall  and  slriid'T,  and  li'-inu'  \cr\~  jii''-''i-i'  and  lioip'-t  in  ii^'ii 
wi.rd  and  d-i-  1.  In1  \vent  1>\  tip-  naiiiu  in  hi-  i-arii'T  \vars  of'  "  tin'  in-i'dle 
of  tlie  lav.." 

]  Iv.  _'i ;  'n  '•  '>  ''I'-rat  ion  |.      I  'h  i  Mr-  •!!  : 

7*1.    i.     Ann.'  T-rr\.   I..   An-.   L1-'..    Mil.  m.    lion.    Da.ni.  1  Cai'dn-r. 

7*1'.    ii.    Arthur  T.-!V\.  i..   M  i\    17.    !  -  !•;. 

7-:;.    iii.   .Ind-"  S  .-.I,   Mall  T.-n-\.  I..  <  >.-i.  <.   !-!--. 

7V  !.  i '-.  .  l\iixal»  •'  li  <  ;i'"\\  T.'i-rv.  1'.  «  I.".  •_':.'.  !  ^i'l'.  m.  a-  Ii  i-  L.'d  \\  it'.-. 
Nov.  il1.  l^.'m.  |;  -\.  \V-di  -r  Cl.irU.'.  h.h..  1..  Ai.r'd  •"'.  I-^i'J  - m  of 
\Varn  •••  15.  <'!arU  •  ,,!'  Mi  i  li--i  ,wn.  C'..  a:,  1  \:r.-ul  -.  -:M  I.  : 

Vitl.-  in    I  ^.".7  :    I'rof.  ,,f  (;i-,"-k  at    M  ,'hii".  Ala.  :    ].^-  ry. 

I  't.     I  1  -  1  I     ."M.  ai     Mart!'.;.!.   <  'l..    I'd    <  'h.    I  h  M--r.---r    Si. 

I'n  -!..  <  'ii..    N>  u    York    .  K<:'    '•!  >.  and  ,,f   i  •     IY..-I-.    i  'n..    lluilai.. 

!*••.!    71  i.    No  i-  n  -.      II     d.  at   I'.iiilalo.  -r-:  i.  M.  x    2:\.  [-71. 

7-."i.    \.    .lam.-  T.-n-y.   I..    May   1^'.    l-'J-1.. 

7-'''.    \i.   \Villiam   I '.a  .-i  on  Tm-y.  IL   !><<•.    I".    I-L'7.  d.   \  .\.    1  i.    h-iV. 

7-  I.  i.  A:i'i.-  T.'ivy.  Ii.  \'i-.  -1'''.  lcl  I.  in.  -I":  -•"'.  I  -•"••>.  H-n. 
I  »ani"l  <  iardm'r.  I.,  in  I'.-i.  r-Ktir-h.  N.  N  ..  \i;L  :.'  I  .  I7'.1:1  i  :.  of 

(;.•.,,•_•-   I  ;   :i-dm-r.    aft.  -r\\aid-    "f  Tl'"\  .    N.    ^"..  ami     l..|      ,<     I  >  .  v        \     ._'ad. 

at    I    ni"i,   <  'oIl-L:  'in    !  -  i  7.  a    lauyr  a'    Ti-.\  .    \.    N  ..    \      -  -ia:      .Imi.-.. 

<  l\  ,  ,•  a  :  ••  i   T'Tmiii"!'.  .1  m  !•_'•'  at    I  'liamli'-r-.       11"   v.  a  -   tin-  an'  1  or  .  ,f  ••    1'h" 
M..|      I      l.a\\     of     Nali-.l:-,"     "   A    Tl'a.'l     on      K'   :•!•  ••    I  1..V 


Dujjyltt  of  Enfidd,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  Loth  of  Dedham,  Jfass.   295 

"  A  Tract  on  the  Law  of  Rebellion,"  "A  Law  Opinion  and  Treatise 
OH  the  .Burning  of  the  Harvey  J5irch,"  the  first  ship  burned  by  '-The 
Nashville,"  a  "  Confederate  "  privateer,  and  "Gardner's  Institutes  of 
International  Law/'  lie  d.  in  New  York,  where  in  his  later  years  he 
lived  and  practised  his  profession,  Jan.  12,  ISC)/).  His  widow  removed 
to  Ihiffalo. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children  : 

7S7.  i.  Elizabeth  Gardner,  b.  in  Troy,  April  20,  1838,  d.  April  1G, 
1841. 

788.  ii.  Eugene  Terry  Gardner,  b.  Sept.  2G,  1840,  took  most  of  the 
College  course  at  Williams  in  the  class  of  18(12,  and  was  grad.  at 
Columbia  Coll.  Law  School  in  Mav  1SG3,  a  iawver  in  Ne\v  York. 

78'J.  iii.  James  Terry  Gardner,  b.  May  C»,  18-12,  grad.  at  the  ^Poly- 
technic School  at  Troy,  in  1SC>2.  he  entered  the;  (/.  S.  service  in  the 
late  war,  and  was  put  in  superintendence  of  the  erection  of  earth-works 
in  the  harbor  of  San  Francisco.  lie  resigned  the  service  in  1SG4  and 
took  command  of  a  company  of  engineers  to  explore,  map  and  describe 
the  Yosemite  Yallev,  and  of  a  topographical  corps  afterwards,  under 
Genl.  Mcl)owoll,  for  exploring  Arizona.  In  October  JSGG  he  was 
appointed  head  topographical  engineer  of  field  practice  in  the  Califor- 
nia Geological  Stare  Survev.  In  1SC>S  he  was  appointed  head  topo- 
graphical  engineer  and  second  in  command  of  the  whole  party  engaged 
in  the  I".  S.  Geological  Survev  of  the  40tb  parallel  of  latitude. 

[  Ki^hth  ( leneratioii,] 

782.  ii.  Arthur  Terry,  1).  May  17,  1S1G7  in.  Oct.  1  8,  1S3G,  Caroline 
Clarke,  b.  in  Hartford,  March  1,  1820  (dau.  of  Ansel  Clarke  of  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  and  -  -  Pease).  She  d.  without  issu:\  Nov.  2!>.  lsr,3. 
lie  is  a  retired  merchant  in  New  York. 

7S.').  iii.  Setli  Jlall  Terry,  Esq.,  b.  Oct.  8,  1818,  m.  Oct.  .".,  18.")O, 
Jlarriet  Leonard  Sprague  of  Salem  ,"\l;tss. ,  b.  Nov.  2.">,  1S22  (dau.  of 
Josi'ph  \'].  Spi'ague,  Esi|.,  high  sherill' I'm-  :')')  years  of  Ksse.x  Co.,  .Mass., 
and  Sarah  Leomird  P>artlett,  his  2<1  \\ite).  I  fe  \\-a.s  gi'ad.  at  l'ni(!ii 
Coll.,  N'.  Y.,  in  ls:)l)  :  a  lawyer  at  Troy  X.  Y.  (18-12-8.  and  at  Roches- 
ter, X.  V.  ISol-Ci(i).  In  lsr>r>  he  !'einu\c:l  to  i  >i  nu'hamton.  and  en- 
gau'ed  in  the  manufacture  of  leather,  but  in  |S('t'.i  returned  io  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  at  Rochester.  lie  has  been  for  uianv  years  an 
elder  in  the  Presb.  ( 'hurch.  His  wife  "dits  with  ability  a  magazine  at 
Rochester  in.  the  interest  of  the  orphan  asylum  of  that  city,  as  a  mat- 
ter of  religious  benevolence. 


L)(,'<;        '/'//,     .S',///  r//'  \itfli, i i/i'  /   hirnflit,  of   Xurtlitni  jitou, 

I   N  hit  ll    1,'eneral  inn.   |        <  'llil'll'i'll  : 

7'.'i>.  i.  \Valt  •!•  Clarke  Terry,  b.  at  K'ichesfer,  .)  uly  s,  I  >.~>s,  d.  .1  nne 
7.  isi-.ii. 

7'.'1.    ii.    Set  h  Spi'amie  Terry,  b.  Sept.  L'.),   isi'ii',  at    Itm-hoter. 
7'.'J.    iii.    <!ratv  Mirilett  Terry,  b.  at    Uoclie.stcr,   I  >.•••.  .".I.    |sr,  1. 

I  Seventh  (  M  MM -rat  inn.  ] 

7l'->.  \HI.  Abigail  Terrv  (dan.  of  .lnd'_f('  Kliphalet  Terrv  and  Marv 
Jlall).  b.  .lannaiy  17,  I  7S.">,  in.  May  I  L',  \>\'l,  Y.\  >h  ra  iiu  I'ciUiT,  a 
faniH-r  at  l-lntirld.  (  't. 

j  Kiijlii  h  (  Jriicral  ii  >n.  |       (  'liildrni  : 
7 '.':;.    i.   lili/.ab.'t  h    I'nitcr.      7'.'t.  ii.    I'lliplialrt   'I'rrrv   I'MihT.      7!'">.  iii 

ll.-nry    I'niiri-.      7'.|ii.    i\.  Sim i   l'<>tt<-r.      7'.'7.    v.    .Mary    I'nttrr.       N«i 

nn  in-  cnnld  be  asi-crtaiiicd. 


|  Si-vt'iitli    <  Ji'inTat  li  Mi.  | 

7l'l.  i\.  M.IH.  IJudcrick  Terry  (son  of  .Ind^'1  I'lliplialet  Ti'iT\  and 
Mary  llalll.b.  March  L1,  1 7SS,  m.  On.  II.  1-11.  Harriet  Tayh.r,  b. 
Max  IS.  I7'.i|  idan.  of  l!ev.  John  Tayh.r  ..f  Knlield,  <'t..  and  Kli/ub.-tli 
Terry.  See  Mtb-  •  jiii'iit  |>a^e).  ||>>  was  a  merchant  at  I  [art  \'<  <rd.  ('t., 
a  IIP 'tuber  iif  tin-  ( 1i  I  v  ( 'miiifil  for  inaiiv  vcars,  a  ineiulier  nf  t  lie  >tai  '• 
h'_i-!anii'e  and  I'lvM.  of  "  Tlie  l'!\i']iaiii:'e  Hank." 

Mr.-.  l.\  dia  II.  Si^'Hiriiey,  the  |  met  e--,,  \\fi.te  i  Im-  i  if  him  in  an  nbit- 
nar\  not  ire;  "  ( 'h-ar  ^MHI!  sen>e.  ht'_di  inte^ritx',  resperi  i'nr  indn>:r\' 
and  [irubitv  e\cn  in  the  humble.-,!  stations,  siin'eritx  in  tip-  e\|in->sion 
of  opinion-*,  eonsiane\  in  tVieinUhiji  and  undoubted  pi^iv  were  ainniiu' 
hi^  eharaeterist  jes.  Mnell  liiiuil!  l>"  said  I'f  thai  eliei  'I't'ul  and  IMV- 
ini;  spirit  \\hich  inade  e\  ery  one  nndi-f  his  runt  --ii  happv.  >aid  an 
em  i  in -i  it  N.  N  .  inert  •haul  \\lin  kin-w  him  \\.-ll  :  "  I  ean  think  nf  no 

hi_diei-   duly    than   to  eherish  all   that    wa->  L;' 1    in     his    charai'tei1  and  to 

piulit    bv   it." 

Si,,,  d.  l-Vb.  7,  1S|  1.  ||,  m.  for  L'd  wife.  I  '•!•..  L'"'.  I  -  I  I.  l.n,-\  <  '-,it 
I  !iph-\ .  b.  Jan.  II,  I  si  i:;  (dan.  of  I  iwi^ht  I !  iph'\  nt'  N,  «r\s  i'-h  I  .andi  m:. 

1     !.,      iilld        lf]ii/al)"l  h      •'  .ii1).     widow      at       tl|i'      lillie      nf      I  '..,,  -\,.  ;;  ,     \\    .      |li|-e    ,,f 

N..r\\  it-li,    Ct.      She  ,1.  at    Norwich,  ( 'i.,   M;,\    -.    l-i'.7.    ad.  hi.       lied. 

l''ell.     '.'.      IS   I'.',    act.     lit). 

.  .edit  h  (  -i-nerat  ii  in.  |       <  'h  i  Id reii  : 

//y  _///•,>•/    irif,  : 

7.'-.  i.  I.',  i  I  -ri.-I<  T,.IT\,  h.  ,lul\  !'•'-.  l-l."». 
7'.''.'.  ii.  K  la.nnd  Terry,  I,  Max  L'.".,  1-17. 
"-"I),  iii.  Harriet  '|Vrr\.  1».  March  1"'.  1  x  1 '.'.  in.  .la  ni"-  II.  Ta\h.r. 


I)  w  if  jit  /  of  ]"jnt  fid/I,  Con  n  ., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  lotl  ofDedham,  J/^-.y.    297 


801.  iv.   John  Taylor  Terry,  k  Sept.  0,  1*22. 

802.  v.    Jane  Eli/abeth  Terry,  1).  March  3,  182.").  m.  James  ().  SLcklon. 
80.",.    vi.    Frank   Henry  Terry,  1).  April,  U>,  1*27. 

804.  vii.    Lucius  Hall  Terry,  b.  Oct.  2-"),  1*30. 

80").  viii.  Edward  \Vyllys  Terry,  b.  Fek  3,  1835,  a  merchant  for 
some  time  in  former  years  at  Xobraska  City,  lives  now  unmarried  at 
New  Orleans. 

S(M).   ix.    William  Buckingham  Terry,  1).  May  2,  1811). 

70S.  i.  Roderick  Terry,  b.  -Inly  2ii,  1  *!.">,  m.  Oct.  2<)}  l*4o,  Sarah 
Ann  Pierson,  b.  March  21,  1*20  (dau.  of  I  Ion.  Isaac  rierson,  M.D.,  of 
Orange,  X.  J.,  and  Ann  Cram),  a  merchant  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  residing 
iit  Broadbrook,  (  't. 

[  Xinth  General  ion.  |      Children  : 

807.  i.  Henry  Taylor  Terry,  b.  Sept.  10,  18-17,  grad.  at  Yale  in 
1*011,  is  a  lawyer  in  I  larti'ord,  (  't. 

805.  ii.    Annie    Fiersoii   Terry,  b.  "Dee.  7,  1*40,  m.  in    1*71    Charles 
Oriswold  Bartlett. 

80!).  iii.  .Jane  Kli/abeth  Terry,  b.  April  1!),  1*">35  resid(.'S  at  .liroud- 
brook,  Ct. 

*10.    iv.    Hai'riet  Collins  Teriy,  b.  March  11,  18.")(;. 
811.    v.    Edith  Harlakenden  Terry,  b.  April  4,  ISIiO. 

[  Kighth   <  leneration.  ] 

70'.'.  ii.  Ivlmnnd  Ten-y,  b.  .May  23,  1817,  m.  March  8,  IS.")."),  Anna 
J'i'eiiiice  (dau.  of  John  II.  IVentice  of  Jirooklyn,  X.  \".,  and  Sai'ah 
l'a\is)t  gi-ad.  at  Yale  in  ls:)7,  a  lawver  in  Xew  ^"ork,  a;id  resides  in 
Brooklyn. 

[Xinth  Generation.]      Children: 

S  i  2.    i.    Edmund  Roderick  Terry,  b.  June   II,  1S.V>. 

81.").    ii.    Marian  -Jane  Terry,  b.  Jan.  2U,   iSiiO. 

81  1.    iii.    John  IVeniice  Terry,  b.  Sept.   30,  ]8i;l. 

81.1.    iv.    Arthur  Hall  Terry,  1).   April  7,    18H3,  d.  Feb.  Id,  1*70. 

*!<;.    v.    Wyllys  Terry,  b.   Dec.  (i,  1*1)4. 

817.    vi.   Eliphalet   Bradford  Terry,  b.  Oct.   I.,  I860. 

***      vii.    Hemy  FoNvler  Terry,  b.  May    12,   1808. 

***      \iit.    George   Davis  Terry,  b.  J-'elf.  5.   |*7o. 

*:!:*      ix.    James  Taylor  'IVrry,  b.  Oct.  *,  1*72. 

|  Fiu'lith    <  Generation.  | 

800.  iii.  Ilai-rirt  Terry,  b.  March  I"),  1*11),  m.  Dec.  II,  I*a2,  James 
lldiry  Taylor  (  son  of  James  and  Fli/.abeth  Taylor  of  Smiderlaml. 
Mass.  ),1).  Maix-h  23,  1^11,  a  mrrchani  at  Charleston,  S.  C.  JL''  d- 
Feb.  :5,  1872.  See  Xo.  M  |(i.  i.  Infra.  One  child. 


I  h  xi't.ntlitlit*  <>t'  ('//'/.    Silinl. 

-M'S  '/'In      Sun     i,f    .\(ltfillll  ii  I    ./  >iri<llll.    dl'  .\ofljitl  III     'f'HI, 


,   ,.   Terr\     Ta\  lor,    1..     Ma\     •_'•>.     Is:.!',. 
*"l.      j\.     .Inlm     Ta\lor     Te|T\.     1..      S'|it.    '.I.     |S-_'J.      111.      .lulv      L'L1.      IM''>, 

Kli/.il..-ili    I,1-.  •  IV  •!.  1  1.  i  in.    !.  I  *L'  ;  r,  |:,,i.  ,,f  I'Ye  |..,-i.-  T.  lv-i  of  N.-W 

York    ami     |-'.ii/:il.  '!  1  1     Lock  Woo  I    .  .f    I'll  hi_;-e|,orl,    ('(.).         II"    i-   :i    liP'lvhalll 

iii    Ne\\    \  <>rk   i  I'!.    I  l.    M  pir:_'an  A-  (  '(i.  ).  re-i<lim_'  in    I  r\  iir_'i.  m,   N.   Y. 

j    N  1  III  ll    <  .'em-rat  jcin.   j          <  '  1  1  i  1  <  I  I'l  •  1  1    ! 

>!'.'.  i.  Kn-,|,-n<-  I'IM-I  Trn-v.  I,.  May  It.  |S  17.  .i.'r:i.l.  ;il  Valt-  in  l>'-.!», 
a  iii'-r.-liniil  in  Ni-w  \'i.]-k  (  ll'i\v!:iiii|.  '1'i-rrv  «v  1  1  uiii]i]irc\  >).  in.  l'<\i  •>. 
!-7::.  Kll-ii  Mill,  l!;iti,-ll  i.I.-m.  ..I1  ll'.n.  II..I.I.ii.s  |i;ui.-il  .,1'  N.,i-r..lk. 
<  1.  1  aii'l  nv-iilo  at  .M  unlclai  i-.  \.  .1  . 

Sl'li.  ii.  |;,.v.  If.Ml.-ri.-k  T.-rrv.  1..  Aj.ri!  I.  Isl'.i.  i.'1-ii.l.  al  V:,|.-  in 
1S7<>,  has  >|n-iit  t  wo  yi-ars  iii  A  inloVi-r  Tii'-ol.  S"in..  ami  i^  ii  »\\  .  i  >7-"') 


!  Ki'_rlii  Ii  ( Ii'iii-rat  i-ni.  ] 

Mil'.  v.  Jan,-  Kli/alM-tli  'I'.-n-y.  1>.  March  o,  !>L'"),  in.  I).--.  1-.  l-l."'. 
-laiii'-s  0.  Sln-Moii,  1>.  An-,'.  ISl'l'  f'snii  of  .lain  's  Sh"l.l  ,11  nt'  I '.r  M  ,k  1  \  11, 
N.  Y.,  aipl  Ann  -  ).  a  farm  •!'  at  C.'ii"\a.  N.  V.  She  ,1.  M  ay 

1  -  !-.        II-  n  -!-!••>  now  a!    !5|-m,kl\  n.       <  »m-  chil.l  : 

Si'  1 .  1  .  .la  IP-  "!'•  -n  v  Shdi  Ion.  1..  Scjit.  I  -  \<\.  i-  no\v  i  I  ^7:'  I  i  ra  '.  •  •! '.  i '  :iT 
in  Kni-o|ic. 

>".">.  \i.  l-'rank  ll.-nr\  T.-ITN  ixmr.f'  I ,'.  n !.  -i-i,-k  ami  Hai-ri.-!  T.-rr\l. 
I..  April  I'1..  I^L'7.  in.  -Ian.  L'.  K>".  Martha  1,'iph^  I'.irj.'.  i..  :n  llari- 
t'oril.  I'L.  -Ian.  7.  1"1'7  l. |;IH.  of  IJackii^  \\'.  I'.i r_'e  of  Norwich.  <'t.. 

ami    Lm-\    (  ', ,ji    IIi]i|..\  )  ;  a   m.-r.-'na  :;t   in  M  il  waul      •  -  <  • Iri.-h  »v  Terry  I, 

\\  Ip-re  Ii"  ha  -  refilled   -iiicc    I  x.».>. 

'  N  ini  h   '  Icnerat  ion.  |       (  'ni  Mren  : 

>!'.'>.    i.     Klorence  '|'i  rr\  .   Ii.    Api-ii    I1',    l^.'l. 

MM.       ii.       Kile,,      Hi;  ,  ]ey     Tel, A.     I,.      MaV      7.      |-.'i    I.     .!.     <    IcI.     L' -\      l^-l. 

M'7.  iii.  I'lli/a   Terrv,   Ii.    April    •"'.    lv-""'.   'i.    Apni    I'.'.    1-.""'.. 

>L'S.  i\.  Kli/.a    I  '>n  e!<  i  icjliain  Terry,  IP.   April    1 -.    lv."'7. 

M".i.  v.  Kii.i.k  Tavlor  Terry.  IP.    An-'.   L't.    I-.V.'. 

-:;n.  \i.  Henr\    lnr_'e  T.-rr\ .  Ii.   .lulx     I-"..    I  -•'-!'.  .1.    '         .1  1.    I-'".1. 

I'J  -ill  ll      I   leliefat  |i  III. 
.-'l|.       \  i  i  .       I  . :  I .  •  i  l !  -,     I  I  .  i  !  I    TI  • :  •  l  •  \        -, .  .  1  i      (it       I  I '  i '  I '    I  I  e ! ,       •  i  :  1 1  i     I  I  a  f  r  1  •  •  1         I  .    1  1  •  \ 

!..    <  )  ••  .    •_'."!.    I  -;',  ).    ni.    <  I  •;.    L'.'i.    I  ^.'rj,    I  I  aim  i  h    I  .  -    lia     \  Ml  .•-!:.    '«.    >.-pt.    '. 
I  -."ij  l-l:r.i.  of  I  »r.   A.lreon  of  IJaltiinoiv.   Mil.,  an.  i   iv  ni',    <  iai---   l..-,irm-.l 


J)w  iff/if  of  Enfn-ld,  Conn., 
Son  of  Thnoflnj,  Son  ofJoli  n,  loth  <>f  'DnlUarn,  Ma**.    209 


She  (1.  Juno  2(1,  iSlil,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  1  1,>  m.  fur  I'd  wife,  Oct.  2o, 
1S(>.">,  Mrs.  M.ary  Elizabeth  Manlev,  n''<'  Robards,  1).  in  Edgecombe  Co. 
X.  ('.,  Xov.  2-°),  1829  (dull,  of  William  Henry  and  Ann.  Eli/a  Ifobard.s 
of  Arkansas).  He  is  a  merchant  in  Xew  Orleans,  La.  (Lacey,  Terry 
A  .Co.) 

J  Ninth.  Generation.]      Children  : 

J>>/  ftrxt  I'-if''  : 

Sol.    i.   Emily  dates  Terry,  b.  Aug.  22,    IS."):1),  d.  May  2,  iSoo. 
8o2.    ii.    Lneins  Tavior  Terry,  b.  Sept.  2'i,    1S.~>(>. 
8:5:5.   iii.   Elizabeth  Terry,  b.  Aug.  oO,   ISoS,  d.  .)uly  21,  18.")!). 
831.  iv.   Isabella  Clerc  Terry,  b.  June  12,  I8r,o. 

lit/  KirinnI  i'-if  i'  : 
***   v.   Edward  \\'yll\  s  Terry,  b.  31  ay  2()?   I8ii8. 

[Sixth  Generation.]      See  pa^e  27-">. 

oM.  vi.  Paniel  Hall  (s(,n  of  Daniel  Hall.  Jr.,  and  Mary  Dxvijjlit),  b. 
Auo-.  Ill,  1747,  in.  May  1:5,  1770,  Kaehel  ['.lake.  Me.  d.  June  18, 
1811,  of  palsy,  aet.  <'>!-:  she  d.  Sept.  8,  183(.i,  aet.  88.  He  was  a 
farmei'  a!  Middletown,  C/t. 

[Seventh  Generation.  |      Children: 

8.").").    i.    hanid   !!aii,  b.  in   1771.  d.  unmarried  ^Fai'ch  l-"»,   18:52. 

8:5i).  ii.  Sai'ah  Hall,  b.  .lune  !<!,  177"),  m.  Josiali  Lan^don  of  \Vil- 
brahaiu,  Mass.,  d.  Oct.  2,  IS.")."),  aet.  80. 

8:57.  iii.    Jonathan  Hall,  b.  Oct.  29,  1777,  d.  Sept    20,  18(50,  aet.  82. 

8:58.  iv.   Setli  Hall,  b.  Dec.  :51,  1780,  d.  June  2,  178(j. 

8:5H.  v.  Oliver  Hall,  bapt.  .March  21,  1782,  d.  unmarried  Oct.  G, 
183(5. 

sin.   vi.    j 

..     •  Twin  daughters,  b.   I  'ec.  •),  1  i  ^-),  d.  the  next  day. 
81  I  .    vi  i.   ) 

8)2.    viii.    A  daughter,  b.  and  d.  Oct.  8,   1  78<i. 

81:;.  ix.  Seth  Hall,  2d.  b.  F,4,.  2.  1787. 

811.    x.    Clarissa  Hall,  b.   March  17,    1.789,  d.   March  9.    1790. 

8lo.    xi.    Stephen   Hall,  bapt.   Xov.    ].">,   1791. 

81(1.    xii.    Joseph   Hall,  bapt.   April    12,   179."). 

Soii.  ii.  Sarah  Hall,  b.  June  hi,  177"',  in.  Feb.  10.  ISO!,  Josiah 
Lanu'don,  i>.  Jan.  12.  1  7(i"»  (son  <>{'  John,  and  Kiimce  Langdon),  a 
farmer  at.  NVilltraham,  Mass.  He  d.  I'd).  .">,  I  So."):  she  d.  Oct.  2, 
I8oo. 

|  l\iu;hth  ffeneration.]      ('hildren: 

817.    i.   Josiah    Hooker    Langdon,   b.    Feb.     IS,    18O2,    d.    Maivh    29, 


1  )<  .svV  /!<]<! //As-   c//'  ('tint,    Siliitl. 
."><>()        '///'    N/>//   <>('  .\  <ifli<i nit  I   I>n'/</lit,  al'  .\  orfJid in iiton, 

SI'.'.  111.  Sarah  Fll/a  Lail-don,  li.  .Ililv  '_'!',  l^H'i,  III.  (';il\in  Stcb- 
l.ilis  ,it'  \\'illir;ili;tlil.  Ma>s. 

>">".    i\.    J»hn  Wilson    Lan-don,  1>.  .Line   II.    IMIS. 

>-"'!.    \.     Mary    Ann    Lan-don,  k   An-.    17.    I  >  I ."..    in.    Nov.  I'd.    I-.",!, 

John    \Ye,|ey    ISliss,    1..    Sept.    l'.\    lSd7    (sol,    of  Al.e!    and    I'l.rl.r   I'.liss),   a 

fannrr  in   \\  illiraliain.      <  >nc  child  : 

s:>L'.    1.    Sarah     Hall     I'.liss,  1..   April     L".»,    IS.",!i,    in.   M;iy    1,    !>.;!,.!,,- 

>r)ill      Alltholiv    <  lillrtt      oi'     New     l,clialloli      Sprill-x,    N.     \".     (son    of    J.-iv- 

iniah  and   Fanny  (lillcit),  a  teacher  at  <  'ainlirid^',  Ma>^. 

SlU.    iii.    Sarah   I'lli/.a   l/mu'don,  1).   .Fnly  L'L*.    IMII',,  ,,i.  .Ian.    1''-.    1  <:!.•), 
( 'ah  in  Stehliins,  1».    March  •'.  \77*  (sun  of  Fldad  and  Ann  Stel.lnns  i,  u 
i'anner  at    \\'illirahani.      lied.  .Ian.   L'l',    J  x-"i'.'. 
Nint  h  <  leiierat  ion.         (  'hildreii  : 

S.").0),    i.    A   son,  unnamed,  1,.  Oct.    1:'..   1>.">I.  d.   Oct.  1".'.    1  "•.">!. 

S,"il.  ii.  l!t-v.  Cahin  Stelibins  of  ( 'hicoj.e.-,  Ma»>.,  1..  April  L'l'.  Is.",-;, 
in.  AULT.  ^.  1s''"'.  Lucin.la  31.  I'.eeln-  of  Wiil.rahain,  \:  No\.  S,  l^lo 
iilau.  ot'  Maicu^  and  Maria  IVelie). 

S .')•">.    iii.    Amelia  SieMiins,  1>.  ()ct.  S,   ls:')7.  d.  ,\o\.   ll',   Iv"i7. 


1  l-'iu'hlh  <  M'lierat  ion.  | 

S."'".  iv.  .lolin  \\'ilson  l,anurdon.  It.  -June  II,  1  sus,  m.  N*o\ ,  1s.  I^!M. 
widow  l.\dia  Louisa  Mc('ray,  b.  SepuS,  |snS|dau.  of.lo>e|,h  and 
l.\dia  M  orri-  of  Filing1  m.  (  'i.  )  :  a  fai  iner  at  \\"i  Ibraham.  Shed.  Nov. 
1'.").  I  >!."».  and  he  in.  April  L1  1 .  lx!."'.  Fmily  Anna  Stel,i,in-,  i..  J  »ec.  17. 
J>L'l'  i  da  H.  of  Li  n  her  and  Lin -ma  Si  <  •!.!.]  n^i. 

[Ninth  <  !e]  ierat  ion.  j       (  'n;  idri  n  : 


v'\'ent  h  <  leiierat  ion.  I 
>:i7.    iii.    Jonathan    Hall    (>..n   of   |).u,i,-]    Hall     and     I,';.,-],,-!      I'.lak.    i.   1,. 
Oct.   L".i.    1777.    in.    Sept.    M.     I>IIL'.     ('athaline     Sa\a-e    of    M  id-lli-tow  n, 
('t.       I  L- d.   S.-pt.  l'n)    |sr,ii.       I  |e  \\as  a  farn.er  ai    M  l<  h  ii-i  o\\  n. 

1-juiii  h    <  ietierat  ii  m.  |      I  'hildreii  : 
>:i'.».     i.     Sell,   Sa\a-e    Hall,    1 1.    July    I  I1.    l^'."i. 

•'.it.    ii.     Harriei     Hlake    Hail.  L.    An-.-,    l-i'.\m.    haniel   Miner   l',a- 
coii  '  .f  M  iddl'-tosv  n. 


DwiffJit  of  _Enfd<l,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy )  Son  ofjolm,  lofji  of  l)<:<Hiani,  J/<Y.S-*.    301 

8(51.   iii.    Horace   Dwight   'Hall,   1>.    June   21,    1808,   m.  Nov.    1832, 
Sarah  M.  Hughes  of  Middle-town,  and  had  six  children. 
802.   iv.    Enoch  Chauncey  Hall,  b.  Sept.  ]!>,  18];"). 

859.  i.  Seth  Savage  Hall,  b.  July  12,  1803,  ni.  May  13,  1828,  1'hebe 
Hubbard  of  Middletown. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 
8(53.    i.    Henry  Hubbard  Hall,  b.  Oct.  1-%  1829,  d.  Aug.    13,  18  19. 

804.  ii.   Walter  Hall,  b.  Aug.   18,  1831,  in.  April  1800,  Sarah.  Doug- 
lass, Avho  d.  March   17,   1803. 

805.  iii.    Charles  Flisha  Hall,  b.  Aug.  1,  1830,  in.  Oct.  1 800,  .Marian 
Gleason  of  Middlei<>\vn,  '  'i.       lied.  Oct.   10,1804-.      Children  : 

800.    1.    Arthur  Gleason  Hall,  b.  Oct.  0,   1801. 

807.  2.   Annie  Catharine  Hall,  b.. Jan.  4,  1803. 

808.  3.    Helen  .Marian  Hall,  b.  April  -i.   1804. 

[Eighth  Generation.  ] 

800.  ii.  Harriet  Blake-  Hall  (dan.  of  Jonathan  Hull  and  Catharine 
Savage),  b.  Aug.  2,  18').">,  m.  May  2,  1820,  Daniel  Miner  JJacon,  a  fann- 
er at  M  iddletown',  ( 't. 

[.Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 

8)9.  i.  Mary  Jane  .Bacon,  b.  May  2,  1827,  in.  Cyrus  Birdseye,  April 
2:1.  18.M. 

870.  ii.    Knoch   Bacon,  b.  .Feb.  22,  1829,  d.  June  1(5,  18:53. 

871.  iii.    Ellen  ,M.  .Bacon,  b.  Oct.   17,  1830. 

872.  iv.    Harriet  M.  .Bae.m.  1;.   Nov.  2:5,   1838,  d.  .May  30,   18|0. 

873.  v.    Augusta    .Bacon,   b.    Feb.    2,    1840,   in.  May   2,   18.VI,    Isaac 
Hall. 

874.  vi.    Harriet  "Bacon,  2d,  b.  .May  -1-,  1847,  d.  Aug.  11,  18:>'.». 
87").    vii.    Clara  C.  liacon,  b.  Feb.  -1,  1819. 

[  Fighth   ( Generation.  | 

802.  iv.  Enoch  Chauncey  Hall,  b.  Sept,  19,  1815,  m.  in  18.")'.)  Louisa 
.Plumb  of  Middleto\vn,  ( 't.  lie  resides  in  Onaiga,  ill. 

[Ninth  (Generation.]      Children: 

870.  i.  Wallace  F.  .Hall,  b.  Sept.  7,  I8|2,  d.  in  1.8.03,  in  the  (.'.  S. 
naval  service,  near  Ne\v  <  trlcans. 

877.  ii.    Fd\\ardG.    Hall.  1>.   June  II,  |8|(.      lie  d.  in  Ids  country's 
service  as  a  soldier  in   1803,  near  Memphis,  Term. 

878.  iii.    Dwight   .15.    Hall,  b.    Feb.  21,    1817, 

879.  iv.    llobcrt  S.   Hall,  b.  July  2">,   I8.">o. 


!>,.-«',  tlt/tftlf*  "/'  (  'l/l't.  Xlttlll. 
.".ii-J       '/'//'•  -s'«//  "/'  .\><tlt<tni<  /   />>/•/;////,  of  \ortJitiinjiton, 

|  Sr\  ml  h  <  !riiri-;ii  mil.  | 
SI.",.    i\.    S,'lli     Hall    (- I'     haiii'-l    Mill   ami    lla.-lirl    Ulakr),   I,.    I'Vb. 

L'.   I  7>7.  m.  S -pi.    1,   I  s  |  | ,  H,.|,/il,;ili    S;i\:i_LT'-  id'  Miililli'iuwn  :   ;•    t'.inn.-]- 

ill     .\li.MlrtD\\  H.    ('!. 

|  KiLi'h  i  h  <  Irm-rat  mil.  I      I  'hil'In-ii  : 

-  '.    i.    i  '.i  li-n-iii  •    Hi!!.  1).  .1  :m  •   S   1^1 '_'.  in.  M  u-.-li    I  _'.  i  ^  .">J.  >  -t!i 
(I.     I'liinil),    a     fanner    in     M  i'Min  D\\  n.       I  l;i'l  rliiiih-i-n  :    Mary,   \\';H|IT, 

I  li'liri.-l  !;i,    Sri  li.    S'-lilcli,    \\'i!li:ilil. 

ssl.    i,.    Klixul.-tl.     Ihill.    1 1.     N,,v.    s,     |sK    i,,.    Mj.ivli     1 1'.    l>.",7, 

S\  1  \  rslcl1    \\   ih'iix,   ;i     t.H'luc]-     Hi      M  itlilld  u\VII.         1 1  ill  1      \\\<>    Mills  :      I  I  '-Iir\', 

l».    May   :i,    IS.-5S,  an. I    Kilwunl.   1,.  .lui.r  L'S,    |S||. 

»:_'.    iii.    William   S.-ili    llali.  1>.   An-.    !.    I^IS.  ],,.   \\\^.  i'.,    |>|u,  .lane 

Sa\a-.'ui'  .Mi(|,ll,-t,,\vii,  h;1«i  ,-liil.livn:     Luilii-r,  1».  N«-v.  11,  IMi'.   \Vil- 
iiain,  h.  0,-t.    ll'.    |sj  |.  :iii<!   Mary,  1..  <><•!.  S,    I-  |S. 

SS.".  iv.  Sti-j.lii-n  liali.  1).  .liin.  I '.i,  i>L'U.  in.  Oi-I.  li.  1M1,  Kii/iiln-tli 
i'.ailry  ,,!'  Mi.MlciMwn.  Shr  il.  March  '.'.  l>li.  II.-  in.  i<n-  lM  nit'.- 
A.li-iiui' M.-ilinir  of  Mi.Ml.-  NaiMam.  ( 'i.,  S.-jir.  II.  1>M.  II--  •!.  N.iv. 
l.\  Is;.  I  :  .,!„.  ,!.  N,,v.  •;.  isr,:,.  i  'hiMivn  : 

////  jlr^t  >'•:/>  : 
--  !.     1.     Mun-is   I'.ailry    H.-ill.  li.  .hinr  L'.\    l-i:l. 

/:.'/*>>• '"•':/•'  -• 

-<».    '2.    Cliarlr,     ||.,I],    ],.    Auu'.    L'-'i.     I  SIT),, I.    |),r.    L'l.    Is-1,  |.   fi-.in    :i 

W.  Hi  lr  1    IVrr!  \  r.|    ]  n    I  lir     I     .    S.    liilN  ill    sr|-\  ]rr. 

>-M.    ::.    Kii/al,  -ill    Hall.   I,.    Maivli  S.    |S|7. 
S<7.     1.    'I'liunia-    Mall,  I).    Maivli   S.    |>  I'.i. 
SSS.    :,.    Si,-|.li,-n    Mail.   I,,  .la',.   L'!,    |  s;,J. 

."'ll1.  \ii.  |-:iilin  Hall  I.MIII  (,!'  hani.-l  Hail,  .lr..  :,n, 1  Marx  I  >\\  i-Ji  I  i.  li. 
Mai'.-li  I'-"..  I  7  11'  .">". 

II'-  1 1  \  ri !  !M,-  .,.  MM'-  vrars  in  I  1  an  la  h.l.  (  'i ..  anil  \\  i ;  li  i;  i  -  \\  J  t'.  •  \s  a->  rr- 
rrl  \  n|  1 1\  |r|  I  .-r  |V-  ''n  I  hi-  i  liiii-.-li  in  I  ha!  pia'-i1  \<  <  1  hr  \\v~^  cinircii  IK, 

.Mi.|.H.-i..\vii,  <':..  April   s,   I7s.\     Tii.-\   ha-i   a   - : 

---J.  I.  <  i,-,,,--,-  Hall,  I,;,)!'.  .Inn  '  IL'.  I  7-.'-.  .,:  Miilillrli.wn.  Tiir\  air 
>a  111  I  '  >  lia  \  r  I-I-IIM  i  \  nl  ID  Sr|  J  ID.  N  .  ^1  . 

."'!•"-.     \  iii.    <  >:i\<  r    I  I  ail    i  -.n    «.!'  I  >ani"l    I  lall.  .1  r..  ami   Mar\  i  >\\  i^lii  i 

li.    AMU.  •"'".    I  7-'L',  (  I.   S.,   m.     ND\.    h'i.    I  777.    I  I,D:!..I!I    T.-rr\  .  ),.  <  ifi .    I11. 

I  i  .""'•(• l:iu.  (.f    I!,  njaiiiin    anil    llaiinali    '1'n  r\    ,  .1'  I'!: ,  li.  hi.  <  '' .  i.  I  I  ••  \\.-i-* 

in    I  'm-   h:,ni.'-  ,    ami       a.l.lh  l'\     Ini-iii".-^    a!      I  '.ha  :  I-    -1    m  n.    N.    I  I  ,,  a  i  a  I    v.  a- 

\S  D|  I  ;|      \\   ill  -II     iir     \\  rl|t      I  l|r|-r       I  i||  I      ~r  \  r||l  \     I  I'  'I  la  I'-,     ami     l''|'l      all     r-!  a  I  r     I  D    ll  1  > 

In-:  •    ,  a1    hi  -  'I  -ai  li.  D|'  s  1 1  n  i.i  M  n  i.        |  |,    \\  a^  an  ih' InM  i-inii^.  h"n<  .ra  i  <\>  •  ami 


benevolent   man.      He   d.  .Inn.  1,  1822,  act.  70:    she  d.    Oct.  3,  1842, 
act.  Sf,. 

[Seventh  Generation.]      < 'hildren  : 

Ss'.».  i.  Horace  Hall,  b.  Oct.  S,  177*,  giad.  at  .1  )art  mouth  College 
in  17!>S  :  a  ini'ivliant  in  B  >sn>n  (Jam  's  iV  <'.>.),  and  of  large,  wealth  at 
one  time,  and  afterwards  at  Charlestown,  X.  11.,  where  he  d.  unmarried, 
Oct.  20,  JSC)1,  act.  S3. 

S'.lO.  ii.  Setli  Hal!,  b.  .March  4,  178(5,  d.  in  18  IS  at  The  Insane 
Asvluni  in  Philadelphia. 

S!>1.  iii.  .John  Hall,  b,  Feb.  2S,  17S'.),  became  imbecile,  and  d.  Dec. 
12,  I80(i. 

This  branch  of  the  11  all  fauii.lv  has  thus  become  entirely  extinct. 

[Fifth  (Generation.]      See  page,  272. 

f>2S.  ii.  S,Mh  I)\vi;;;!n  (son  of  Capt  Samuel  I)  wight  of  K:i!i -Id,  Ot., 
and  .Mary  Lyman),  b.  Mav  21,  1  723.  in.  O,-<.  2i',  171-">.  .Joanna  Kel- 
logg, >>•  Dec.  2.'),  1727  (dan.  of  dipt.  Joseph  Kellogg  of  Fort  j)um- 
mer,  Vt.,  I).  Xov.  S,  ir.(.!|,  and  Ilaohel  Devotion  of  Shrllield,  ( (t.  .Jo- 
se[ih  K ''ilo^Lj  was  the  son  of  .Martin  K'-llog^  of  Jlatfield,  Mass.,  and 
afterwards  of  SiilUrld,  ('i.,  and.  Sarah  Dickinson,  his  2d  wil'c,  dan.  of 
John  Di"ki:ivm  of  lladh'y,  Ma-s.,  and  I1' ranees  Footc  of  \Vrthcrsiield, 
Ct.,  widow  of  Samuel  Lane,  b.  aboill  lii">!')-  Scth  Dwight'  lived  and 
died  at  S:»mers,  (A.  lie  was  a  man  of  <^>od  abilities  and  energetic  in 
business.  lie  was  for  manv  vear.s  the  high  sheriff  of  Hartford  (Y>.,  Ct. 
He  d.  Xov.  7,  L777,  aet.  54:  she  d.  April  !•">,  177(),  act.  •!'.). 

[Ivollogs   Lineage?. 

Martin  i\"liogu-.  tin?  gi'andfath"r  of  Mrs.  Joanna  Mvellog--)  Dwight. 
was  th"  son  of  Lt.  Josep!i  Kellogg — a  weaver,  of  Fanning)  on,  ('t.,  and 
afterwards  of  .Boston  and  of  Iladley,  Mass.,  who  d.  in  1 707-S,  act. 
about  S<)  -and  .Joanna,  his  wife,  who  d.  Sept.  1  1,  It>i'><>.  He  in.  for  a 
2d  wife,  May  H,  1(5(57,  Abigail  Terry,  b.  S  -or.  21,  K54-I),  dau.  of  Ste- 
phen 'Ij'i'ry,  one  of  the  !ir.-4  settlers  of  Windsor,  ( 't.  Lt.  .Joseph  Kel- 
logg commanded  the  soldiers  from  Iladley  in  "the  Falls  light/'  lie 
left  1  1  children  surviving  him  at,  his  death.  -Martin  Kellogg,  son  of 
Lt.  Joseph,  m.  Dec.  In,  l(iSl,  Anna  llinsdale,  b.  Feh.  i'2.  h>i)(i  (dau 
of  Samuel  HiiiMlale  and  Mc-hiiahle  .Johnson).  She  d.  .Inly  I'.i,  J'iS'.l. 
and  lie  m.  for  I'd  wife,  Fek  27,  h'l'.M.  Sarah,  \vido\s  of  Thomas  Lane 
and  dau.  of  John  Dickinson  of  lladles.  \\\^  children  l»v  ihis  I'd  mar- 
riag'1  \\eiv:  I,  ('apt.  Joseph  Kellogg,  b.  Xov.  S,  Id!)  I.  2.  Joanna  Kel- 
logir,  !>.  I'eb.  S,  li;!i:',.  :;,  K.-b-eca  Kellogg,  b.  Dec,  22.  lli!)5.  1, 
Jonalhan  K-liogg,  b.  D(;c.  17,  JiJ'JS. 


/  >,  .sVV  il'Iil  III*    <>f   <  '<l't.    Xitllll. 


\\'illl     tllf-M'     I    fhildrfll   In1    Was   carrifd    o|)"l.\     thf    |-'ivi;<'ll    and     Indians 

|-V1>.  '_".',  17'i|.  wla-ii  ihf\  luirni'd  I  ),  ,•'  li.-ld,  whi'i'f  lif  was  thfii  li\iin_', 
and  Ki|'i  for  \i-ars  in  prison  in  <  'anada.  Tln-\  all  ho\\i'\i-r  ivturnrd 
in  lip'  •  -i;d,  r\ci'|ii  .luaiiiia.  wlii>  man  led  an  Indian  rlii'  t'  and  had  chii- 
•  li'i'  i  l'\  li  mi. 

('apt.  .JoM'ph  krllo^r  (MHI  of  M;,riin  kfllo^),  1).  Nov.  S.  1  il'.t  |  ,  m. 
Maivh  I  H.  |,  |!»,  Ka.'hfl  Dfvotion  (dan.  of  John  h.-votionof  SuHi,-ld, 
('(.).  ili'i1  ln-o.,  Kc\.  I'liiriii'/j-r  I  >r\  '  i!  ii  m,  !_ri"id.  at  l!af\ard  in  I7(|7, 
was  t'  >r  ;I  I  vr  irs  lu-ai'lv  i  1  7  1  '  ]  II)  "a  l'.ii'  lit'nl.  I'  T\  i'iil  ,  l>"lu\  '••!.  -in- 
ri'->i'nl  ]>a>ti  >r"  a  I  Snlli.-ld.  (  't.  (  'apt.  .lo-i-pli  l\dlo_^'  1  .....  an  if  an  Indian 
mi  iTpivi  '•!'.  and  h\fd  1'or  M-vci'al  vi-ars  at  l''ori  I  >innim-r.  N't.  ,  and  took 
part  in  "  'I'lic  Alhanv  '1'i'fat  v  "  in  17"'!.  II"  d.  An,'.  I  x.  I  7"'."i.  i>ii  tin- 
(i-,Wf^i)  |-]\j  ifd  n  ]•  in.  aft.  'i."'.  and  w  a  >  liiirifd  in  Sdic  iif  rtad  v,  N.  N. 
St.  ,lo--fpli  in  M  i'-lii^an  i>  -^aid  to  liaVf  liffii  naiiifd  tVom  liim. 

l!"l'i',',-a  Kfllo^'if  i  -i^ti-r  of  (  'apt.  .loM'pli  )  in.  T.-'hi.  A-idfV  of  \\'i--;- 
tifld.  .Mas>..  and  d.  in  1  7">7.  a'  '  hio]io^\va!_ri'. 

.Martin  l\  "Hi  IL'L;'.  •'  r.  (wlio>f  nritlicr  \\a-~  Anna  1  1  1  n.-dal'  •  >.  }\\'<-<\  at 
Nfv.  '.n^ion.  <  't.  II"  m.  Dorothy  Clicsti-r  of  \Vrth.  -rslirlil.  <'t.  T'n-ir 
dan.  Jfinima  Kfiio^'_'.  1  ..  Au_'.  L'(.  17  !'•">.  in.  Mii;.iii  k'-nt  of  Si;!];,  -Id. 
son  o!'  Sainiifl  kfiit  of  Sutlifld  and  Aliialt  l)wi^iit.  Sff  sulj.MMiiifiit 


[Sixth  ( !>•  Deration.]      ( 'liildn-n  of  S  •;  li  and  •!  oaiina   I  >\\  iir'nt  : 

>.''-'.  i.  |-]>'h'r  hivi^'i1,,  ii.  S','.  ;'.  i.  171!.  in.  .l.'hn  Ai!i>,  of  Su- 
nii'i'-,  (  '; ..  and  for  I'd  liu^liand  \^-:\.  A  ai'on  Norton  ,  i|  Soni'-r--. 

>•.':'•.  ii.  .l..:,-ui,:m  Dwi-hi.  !,.  Au-.  7.  17!  '..  d.  a  .17.  a;  Knlidd. 
('t.,  April  I'.1.  1  7'i-';.  \viii!  •  atti'iidin^  -"h"ol  tlifiv  !' nmd  d.-ad  in  hi-  l>"d. 

M1!.  iii.  Sainiifl  l>\\  i  dit.  ii.  .Jniif  I.  17lv.  d.  a!  Soinrrs,  ('t.,  nn- 
niarrii  d.  (  *rt .  L1  I.  I  77"'.  ai'I .  L'7. 

ML").     1\.     .lo>  -pit     I  )A  i  Mil,    li.    I  >,'!.    '.',     I  7-"'    '. 

S'.i'',.    \.    .loaiina    I  >  .vi^'iil .  1 1.    I  >  •  '.    I'.1.    1  7-"'  '•'>.   in  .   S  ••  1 ,     1  lurliank. 

>:<7.    \  i.    K-i"lifl    i>\\  idii.   1>.  -Ian.  L'  I.    i  i  •"'-'.  in.    I  >ani-'l    I '.url-aiik. 

M's.    vii.   s.'th   DuiJ.t.  1 1.  April   s.   I?;,;,  .1.  Apiil   1".  1  >:.'!.  aft.  f,|. 

>'.''.'.    \iii.    Alphciis   hvsidn.  Ii.   April  7,    17'i". 

lt«ri.    ix.    A   rhild  ilrii  d.  at   l.irth,  <  >.•'.  :'•!.    1  7''.  !. 

'.ml.  x.  ( 'iiarloMf  liwiir'at.  I-.  No\.  -1.  I71'-'.  in.  A -a  <>lni-:.-ad  o|' 
|-]n  li"  id.  I  't ..  and.  for  a  I'd  h  unhand,  A  L  1  Sik'- -,  a>  1.  i  ^  '_'d  \\  it".  Si  if 
d.  .lui\  1.  1-1'.\  a.-t.  ••,!'. 

'."'I'.    \i.    l.-i-    hwidit.    1-.     Mav  !'.    17''"'.  in.    Ali-l  ..n.fi-. 

I  '"..  and   d.     \n-.    I  >"'!'.   a-1.   :i'.. 

.    i.    [•!•>; J M- r   I  >\\  i-ht,  I*.  >"pt.  ">i  i    I  7  1  I,  i,i..  .,-  ni-  Jd  u  jff.  I  >t  '  .  l!  i  . 


of  Ewfield,  (fo>ui., 
Son  ofThnoilnj,  Son  ofJolui,  botJi,  of  'DcdJidni,  Jft/^s.    .305 

1770,  John  All  is  of  Somcrs,  Ct.,  1).  Aug.  8}  17:54  (son  of  I'ev.  Samuel 
Allis,  the  first  iniuister  of  Somers,  1).  Dec.  1  "2,  170.'),  grad.  at  Harvard  in 
17:2-1-,  and  (1.  Dec.  18,  17%,  act.  '.H',  and  Hannah  Sheldon,  dan.  of  John 
Sheldon  of  Doerfield.  .Mass.,  and  Hannah  ( 'hapin,  dan.  of Japhet  ( 'hapiii 
of  Chicopee,  Mass.,,  and  granddaughter  of  Dea.  Samuel  Chapin,  the 
settler),  lie  d.  Nov.  1-1,  1774,  aet.  40.  She  in.  .Jan.  3,  1787,  Dea, 
Aaron  Horton  of  Soniers,  Ct.  He  d.  ..Vug.  ]:>,  1800.  Xo  record  has 
been  found  of  the  birth  of  anv  child  to  her  by  either  marriage. 

[The  first  wife  of  .John  Allis  was  SarahBurt,  dan.  of  Dea.  Xathl.  Hurt 
and  Sarah  Ohapin.  By  this  niarriage,  which  occurred  May  1  1,  1  7<>2,  hehad 
2  children:  1,  Sarah  .Allis  who  in.  .Justus  Billings  of  Soniers ;  2,  Electa.J 

8!)-").  iv.  Joseph  Dwight  (son  of  Seth  Dwight  and  Joanna  Kollogg), 
b.  Oct.  !),  1750,  in.  Feb.  :5,  1780,  Susannah  .Lawrence  of  Stafford,  Ct. 

From  the  Ch.  records  of  Soniers  it  appears  that  ho  \vas  dismissed 
Xov.  !>,  1794,  to  a  church  about  to  be.  formed  at.  \Viidersburgh,  Vt. 
A  quit-claim  deed  from  him  and  his  brother  Seth,  dated  at  that  place 
in  17'.)!',  would  indicate  that  he  resided  there  for  so\eral  years  at  least. 
He  afterwards  removed  to  J  Jarre,  Vt. — somewhere  bet  wen  J  800  and 
1804,  and  in  1 8:!2  to  <  'hamplain,  X.  V.  Here  all  further  traces  of 
him  and  his  family  are  lost. 

Charles  Carpenter,  the  town-clerk  of  Harre,  Vt.,  wrote  thus  of  him 
to  the  author,  a,  few  years  ago  :  "  1  To  was  a  very  good  old  man.  J  fo 
was  called  b\  the  people  here  Deacon  Dwight.  1  remember  that  in 
1812— l.'S  lie  and  his  son  Joseph  carried  newspapers  on  a.  route  through 
Barre,  Orange,  1'lainlield,  etc.  They  were  both  men  of  feeble  health.'' 
He  was  the  .first  town-clerk  of  Barre,  N't. 
Seventh  Generation.]  Children: 

00.").  i.  Samuel  .Dwight,  b.  Oct.  4,  I  780,  m.  Aug.  12,  1804,  Sabra 
Grout  of  Barre.  ('  He  was  a  man,''  says  the  town-clerk,  "  of  onergv  : 
he  trafficked  about,  but  became  embarrassed  and  I  of!  town  before;  the 
rest  of  the  family.  They  went  from  here  in.  18:52,  fo  Champlain,  N. 
\.  ;  which  is  the  last  known  of  them  here.  Joseph,  Jr.,  and  Susan 
were  unmarried  v*  hen  they  left."' 

Samud    I  )wight  had.  one  child. 

(,IO  I.  i.  Xebina  La.wrence,  Dwight,  b.  at  1  Jarre,  I'd).  22,  1S07.  kepi, 
ali\'ery  stable  at  Syracuse,  N.  N'.,  where  he  was  killed  Aug.  20.  1811, 
by  an  explosion  of  gunpowder  in.  a  burning  building,  with  seme  .'50 
other  persi  ms. 

!M>;>.    ii.    Susan  Dwight,  b.  .May."),   1782. 

•  'Oii.    iii.    Zeiiina   D\\ight  (a  son),  b.   Mav  5,   I  781.5,  d.   Aug.  I'.'i,   1787. 

(Jd7.    iv.    Joseph   Dwight,  Jr.,  b.  June  5,    1.781. 

20 


/  h  xt'i  ii<J<i  iif*  ">'  Ciif.  S<llitJ. 


I  S]  \!  !i    L.'I-:MT;I!  ion 

>',">.    \.    .Inatina    l»-.\i--|ii    (d.m.  nf  Si-tli   h^i-Jr   i  if'S     •  d  .In.inna 

K.  •!;»-_i.  1..   I  >.-•-.    I'.'.   I7.">."..  m.  .him-    I."..   I7>L'.  Si-tli    I5iirk.uk  (l.i-..ih-r 

tn    I  >.i!il'  I      I  '.in  l>;i  1 :1\.    u  li<>     111.    In  I      -il'!'     l.'a'-ln-l  '.        Sip-  il.   i  ill  i\  .       '1  1.'  V 
ha.  i   Miii'  Mill   ;in<  i   |HT]I:I]I-.  lnni't1  : 

'.'"''.,     I.    Mariin     I'lin-kink    (dalrnf   l.irtli  i.nt    t'n.ind)  wim    il.    -Ian.  7, 


>'.'7.  \i.  Ka.-lit-l  I  »\\  i-ln.  I.,  .hinriM.  I7.V>.  m.  I  >.-<-.  1771.  l>ani«-l 
I'lii  i'l  iaiik.  li.  in  I  7  I  ">.  ;ii  Su  lli'-id.  (  't ..  a  i'a  rm<-r  at  r"v>ni'T--.  (  'l .,  \\  lio 
I'l'-iili'il  t'Ta  f"U  vcai's  |>rr\  inti-l  v  at  Kutii-M.  ('',. 

II'1  %v;i>  a  111:111  nt  iiuci  niiliiiinl\'  strung  |i(i\sci->  i  >\'  iniipl.  ainl  U-'1'!  In 
t  !'V  c:l>fS  ln'tnlV  j  UM  irrs  nt'  tin1  Jic.ir.-  all  I  \\  a  -  \'1I'\  .-- 1-,  1  i  t'l  i  i  ill  i  il --' 'li  i  all  • 

ir'inu  Ii-Ljal  ilitliculi  ics.       Ilr  \\a-^  I'l'inarkalilr    t'nr  \n>  ]if|--'-\  I'i'aiifi-  in   liis 
niiil'Ttakiin.'^.     Id1  \vas  lain11.    I  d-  >!.  I  >-•<•.   L".i.  I  >.">  1 .  ;n-i .  >'i  :    .-in1  'i.  .Ian. 

If.",.      IS  |    |.    ;,,.[.     >S. 

|  S  •%  en!  li  ^''iii'i'ai  ii  in.  |      <  'liililri  n  : 

'.")1.  i.  Saiiinr]  I'.urliank.  li.  at  S  iiii.Ts,  May  1'.").  177''1.  '1.  <',-t.  i'.i. 
17'.'.\  art.  I'.I. 

'.'ii."..  ii.  Srtli  !)\\-;::'nt  Unrliaiik.  li.  l'Vl>.  1'".  I77>.  tn,,k  j'art  nt'  th.- 
i-')1,!".''-  cniirsi-  ai  \\"iilia!ii>  ('.ill.,  stinii'1!!  la\v  at  lii'Mmn.  (  t..  \\'-\\\ 
\\".'-;  a'i-1  -1.  in  1^II-!L'  ii'-ar  i ''li'-.iu'".  !!••  m.  K-viali  Ih.iiliiiis 
i  il  1 1 1.  n)1  I  >r.  !  I  ir  i-li  i  n -,  nt'  K  !  1 1 1  h-'i  \ .  (';.).  >iif  1 1.  :~<  ><>\\  aft  '-r  him. 

I'll.',,  ill.  IJ.-i.-li.-l  iJiirhiink.  !•.  .Inn.-  L'l.  177'.'.  in.  Ii.-.-.  i'J.  I  >•_'!'.. I  MIII.-S 
Sj  i  •!!'•  r.  ]  u  -']••'•  i.|'  ;  !!••  1 1' •:;.•••  HI  Snin'T--.  ami  a  man  i .}'  >i;  jn'i  I.T  ai'i  il  - 
tii--.  ^li--  .1.  r'-  'n.  1  '..  I  >'i"'.  a.-t .  >."'.  i-.  lainii,^;  ri-inai  kai'i  \  in  •!  j-1,  \  ~i.-;;l 
and  nn-ntal  fa.-r.li  ir-  in  i  In-  !a-t. 

'.UI7.  i\.  I'l-i'-r  I'l'.iriiank.  i..  .li;l\  !_'"..  17X1.  d.  n  i,  iiKii'rini  -iaii.  17. 
I  ^  :'..">.  a-  I  .">.">.  I  I  --  v.  a  -  a  lav.  \  .  r  .1  '  \\  •  I  I  i  -.  .  .  \  :  .  ••  |-  !',  .1  u  a  i !  t  ]:•• 

li.-i--'nli  .!  iiiu  !  >v,  ii-  tin-  lianlr-i.  knn;,i.--i  ,-.,.  •••ii-'lil  \\itli  r\- 

ji'-.-'ali:  rniiiidrnrr  In  him  al:d  Ir  \\  a  >  •:;!'••  ;  .  n  ,.:<-•  i  'ii-'lu. 

'.'n-..    v.    I;,,;],    I',, ,,!,;, ,,k.    I,.    .I,;,,.-        .    !  7-:;.  ...  i,  d    A.;v    L'J, 


III  I  :  ;.  i.     a  1.'  I     a      -nil  Hi  I      I  l|i  1  _f  111.     lit.     ;H  ;.  I     ll-  -.'    r-  .• 

\ .  iiiii'_r'-r  I'ri'-nd  -.       Sip-   mad.-  it    I,-  i    .-:,..  • 

!"•  '.    •.';.     I.  .i-     I!  u-l..mk.  I'.    I-'rl..    1".    17 
nd!i_'t..!i.    \' : . 

'."I".    ML     |l.,,d    !     r.ini.aids.     I..     M  .:••       !••.     17-7.  .i.     a;      I 

M,  •-..  .h  1\  :.'."..    I-'1.:.,  a.-t.  i'.-. 

'.'M.    \iii.    .Inanna    lluii.;.:ik.  !..  '  >.•!.    [n.    1  7-v.  d.  unman 


Jjirttjfit  of  Enfold,  Conn., 
Son  of  T'unoiliij,  Xou  of  Joint,  nofh  of  iJedJtctm^  J/^.s.v.   307 

Oil',   ix.   Jonathan   Hm-bank.  }>.  Aug.   IS,  179i>,  d.  Dec.  .">,   179:2. 

91-).  x.  Jonathan  Hurbaiik,  :2d.  1).  Nov.  :2.  17'-)!,  d.  uniiiaiTiod, 
Oct.  !!»,  1  Si?  I,  aet.  '21,  at  I'.altimore,  Md.,  where  lie  was  engaged  in. 
trade:  a  young  man  of  .strict  integrity  and  of  winning  manners. 

Ull.    xi.   Samuel   1  lurK-mk,  b.   Feb.   !>'>.   1797,  d.  April   _".'.   1797. 

91.").  xii.  Sophronia  IJurbank,  b.  in  1799,  a  victim  of  ill  health  from 
her  childhood  and  insane.  She  d.  Feb.  1  .">.  1  S.V.I,  act.  'ill. 

In  l(S(i(i  tin;  descendants  of  the  above,  \~2  children  numbered  but 
eleven,  and  they  themsehes  were  all  dead. 

909.  vi.    Lois    r.urbank.    b.    Feb.    10,    1 7S.~>,   m.    Xov.     IS  1.9,    James 
Smith  of  SuiHeld,  Ct.,  a  farmer  in  Wilmington,  N't.      Sic-  d.  J  tine  lSi2r>5 
aet.  -1  I . 

[Eighth  ( -enerat  ion.  |      Children: 

9  1:1.    i.    A.  daughter  that  d.  soon. 

917.    ii.    Horatio  P.nrbank  Smith,!).  Aug.   12,   |Si'i».  d.   Feb.  1,   iSl'.O. 

91S.  iii.  i.orcn/o  Austin  liurbank  Smith,  b.  No\.  1;>.  i  sl'.!.  svas  a 
teacliei'  in  Ai'kansas.  lie  was  foi'ced  into  the  rebel  service  and  taken 
capiive,  ;md  d.  in  Isii.")  in  prison.  lie  m.,  whom  not  UM/ertained,  and 
ha'.l  \\'-'(>  sons,  Albert  and  Austin. 

919.  iv.  Alfred  Smith,  b.  .]  uly  .'5,  1  Si'."),  went  to  Arkansas  in  1S.V2 
aiii!  d.  there  in  one  week  after  his  arrival  in  September  of  that  vear, 
net.  _7. 

917.  ii.  Horatio  l>urbank  Smith,  1).  Aug.  1 1',  ISl'J,  m.  I'jnily  L. 
Coleman  of  Wilmington,  \  t.  "lie  was  a  farmer,  industrious  and 
eiHi-rjiri.-niL;'.  happv  at  home  and  resp:ict<id  abroad.  lie  d.  of'  con- 
sumption Feb.  I,  |Si)(i,  aet.  !  7.  She  m.  for  a  I'd  husband  a  .Mr. 
Graves. 

j  Ninth  (  lonerai  ion.  j     <  'hildren  : 

91'U.   i.    Alfred  D-.viglit  Smith,  b.  A]n-il    10,   1S.V.S,  d.  Sep.   I  (i,   IS.K'.. 

9iM.    ii.    William  Ivlwin  Smith,  I).  S:'])t.  :>,   1>">I.  d.   Keb.   1.   |SG1. 

9l!±    iii.   .lames  Horatio  Smith,  b.   April  l'7,    IS.")!',,  d.   Nov.  JS,   ISiio. 

9L':i.    i\.    (  'lara  Annette  Smiih.   l>.  Jan.  L'S,    IS.VS5  d.  Jan.    I.    1  S.V.I. 

9'JI.    v.    Ilariow   Hurbank   Smith,  b.   Nov.    i  I,  |SiiU.  d.    Dec.  L'O,    ISli;}. 

I'liglll  h    <  lelieral  ion. 

910.  vii.    Daniel  Inirliank,  b.   May  l-"i.  1  7S7.  m.  J  tine  In.  IS  19.  I  .aura 
Colron  ol    l.ongmeadow,  Mass.  (<lau.  of  Demas  Culri-n  ami    Mary   Wool- 
worth),  a  tanner  at    Longmea  low.      Shed.    Mai'cli     I'.',    IS.V.5;    he  d,  at 
Suliieid.  <  't..  July  1;.")3   JSij."),  aet.   7":, 


;;ns      '/'//,   .s', -//  "/'  \iii!i<ini<  /  /'>/•/',////.  o/'.A"^/'//^////y//o//, 

!  \ int h  <  iciHTat  ii'n.       ( 'In |i ITCH  : 

'.'•_':,.  i.  ('h.'mnccy  (Inuili-icli  I'-m-kink.  l>.  A  !!•_'.  '>,  !>•_'!.  <!.  i»,-t.  1<. 
1^17.  :t  maim  fact  mvr  of  jr\vclr\  in  \e\va  rk .  N  .  -I . 

!!•_'•'..  ii.  Mar\  WooUorth  I'.nilank.  \>.  Apii!  L".I.  1  >:'•."•.  in.  . I  nl\  I1."-. 
IS:,L(.  Dr.  Lester  N.il.le.  b.  in  I'.landf.rd.  Ma-..  Nov.  il.l-1'.i  (-mof 

John      Nolile    jillil      Irene      liol, iii-oii  ).    it     dentist      in      Wa-hm_'1on,      |  ).     (  '. 

<  >ne  child  : 

'.'L'7.    I.    Ali.v  Louisa  Nol.h-.  1..   Mard,   |s.   is;,:,. 

!'L'S.  iii.  Daniel  hli^kinr  I'.urliank.  I..  Jan.  L'7.  I  ^L'1'.  in.  .Inm-  _'.', 
!>.">:',.. I .TU>|I;I  I'.li-,.  I,.  Dec.  L':>.  I  VL'">  niau.  «f  .lames  I'.li-,  «\'  l.uii'_f- 
inc;idn\v.  Ma>>.,  and  I'luiiicr  ( 'handli-r)  :  a  tarni'-r  a!  I  .•  'ii'_'in'-.-idci\\ . 
Tiirv  had  f<  'Ur  diildrrn  : 

;IL".I.    I.    James   i'.li^   r.uritaiik,  \>.  July    !•">,   lsr>l. 

(.i:',(i.    i'.     Kiiiiicc    L'Miixi    Uurhank.   I).   Oct.,    1H,    1  -O7. 

I'!',!.    :',.    Mary   NVi.nlw.irtli    I5url.ank.  I,.   Aj.ril  !'.    IM'.O. 

(.i:ii>.     I.    William   I'.nrliank.  1>.    May.   Id,    l>'il'.  d.    |-M>.  '.'.  1  ><;.".. 

IK'i.'i.  i\.  l.uiii-a  I'hilinda  I'urhank  idau.  of  Daniel  Hurliank  and 
I  /nir.t  (  '  ,1 1  MII  i.  1 1.  Jan.  L'.~>,  1  >L|V;,  i ,  mk  cjii'i'  i  >f  II>T  a'_fi'd  fai  lier.  \\  h:  >  \\  as 
a  cri]i]ilc  friim  )-IicninatiMii,  and  d.  Nnv.  1',  I  Mi  I.  act.  .'M. 

'.i:',|.  v.  Samin-1  Duiu'ht  Hurl-auk.  1>.  March  7.  Is.'lu.  m.  April  ."•. 
1>""'.  llarri'1!  |!li^-  (dan.  <>f  Jaiii"-^  lilies  <>\'  I  .<  iir^m"ad»\v  and  I'lnnicc 

<  'handler  /:  a   mainifaet  HTIT  of   L;'<  'Id  and  sil  \  er  >j  ,ect  acle-,  ai    Sjirin^tie]i|. 
Ma».      <  'hildren  : 

!»:i:,.    I.   <;,,!•_.•  Dwi^hi    Iliu-liank.  li.   N..V.  x  1^.">7. 

!'o''i.    L'.    A    -'ii.  unnamed.  1).    April    I  s.    l^''.'i,  d.    Ma\    .">.    l^<'.'i. 

!»:',7.  \i.  C-,]^-  Mar>'irdl  I  In  I'S'ank.  1,.  Mardi  t.  l^:1.  I.  m.  Jan..".. 
l^i'i'i,  ('arrie  Amelia  (I.ildeii.  i>.  at  I  '•enni  i._;'i  •  MI.  \  i.  (dan.  >'i  I'-ei-hard 
(I.ildeii  i  if  N.  Y.I.  li"  i-  cii^a^i-d  in  lui-iiie^-  \\iii,  Salnilel  D.  I'-ui1- 
lal.k  at  Spi-inu'lield. 


Six:  h  <  M  nerai  i.  in.  ^ 

x'.'-.       \  ii.      Sel  1,      |    K\   illill  -    J  !'.     (  -'II     ol'     >      :   '.     |    i        i  -  .1        ..    ; 

Joanna    K  "ilo^  i,  1,.   A  pri!  .'I,    I  7-"'7.  m.    Dec.    '...    1777.     K-;i,.  r     I  Va||    i 
Feb.   .;.    17.'-  (dan.  of   Al.iel    I ',...,-,.  of  So,,,,.,,.  (  ••..  :,|..|   I-;-:!,..,-  )  ,. 
All-mi     I, '.'7  he    m.     for    L'd    \\ife    Ai.i_-,il     K  ,       ,,•.,,     ,  ,|'    (  , , ., ,  i  ,\  .     M     - 

(dan.    of    I  ».  a.    Win.    Ka-iman   of  (  Iraiilix  n   of    I  >•  a.  J.  -  p 

l',a.--i  l.  a  1 1   -ii    I  >-  ei  •  I  eld,  a  I  id    a  f  1 1  ru  a  l'i  i>  o|    I  I  ;i   i  .  \       \1 ;:  ~  -.       a  i.d    I'.i :.  a  i  " 
Mo-.'leN     of    I,!.,     !,-;,l.lll'\.    <  'I.  I.         >he    \V;,,    1 ,.      in     |7'-''.    and    d.    ill       •.     II;   - 

!.'\.  Ma--..  N.,\.  ::.   I-:;::,   a.-.  r,7.       !|,    d.    \p,  il   !".   l-L'l,       li-   li\. 

in    \\  .    Si.riicjiield.    Ma    •,       and     Son,. a'-.    I  'i.  II; 


Dirujlit  of  Enftld,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of 'Joint ,  both  ofDedham,  J/^.v*.  -'509 

He  "was  of  medium  height  and  of  light  complexion — a  congregation- 
alist  in  faith  and  practice. 

[Seventh  Great-ration],     Children: 

]>tl  li'i'*t  "'if" : 

938.   i.   Estlier  D  wight,  1».  June  (1,  1  7SO,  m.  Josiah  Hall  of  Somers,  Ct. 

[139.   ii.   Abiel  IVasr  Dwiu-ht.  b.  April  1,  1  7*2,  d.  March  K),  1S."><J. 

910.  iii.  Seth  Dwighr,  b.  -May,  17S4,  a  farmer  at  Sinners,  d.  unmar- 
ried, March  23,  1814. 

9-11.   iv.    Lyman   i.hvighi.  It.   Feb.,   I7sr>,  d.  .Jan.   1*2G,  aet.    10. 

94-'.  v.  Lois  D\viglit,  I..  Oct.  8,  1788,  m.  Alplu.-us  Pease,  d.  .Alarch 
2,  1S(50. 

91o.   vi.   Henry  Dsvigitr.  b.  May  I  790.  d.  1831. 
It  i/  wotid  I'-tfti; 

91  L.  vii.   Abigail  Dwiglit,  b.  in  1798.  d.  Sept.  12,  18o2. 

91").    \iii.    .Jonathan    D\\ight,  b.  aliiiui  L^OO,  d.  .June  8,  1829. 

91H.    ix.    Oeorgi'  ]>\viglit,  b.  about    JN02,  d.  noon. 

947.   x.  ]{PV.  .M'oM-ly  Dwiglii.  1).  Dec.  >:!,  isok 

in<.  \i.  Clarissa  !> \vight.  b.  M:iy  8,  1807,  m.  I  I':u-vey  'D.uiks,  d. 
Jan.  20,  18(10. 

9.",s.    i.    Kstber    Dwiglit,  b.   June    d.    1 78o,   m.    Jan.    d,  1 79,-.  .Josiali 

Hall,  b.  Jan.  12,    1770  (son  of  Josiah  Hal]    and    Klixabeth   Kusscll),  a 

fai'iii"!1  ai  Smners,  -•  a  man  of  MI  rong  mind  and  considerable  eceenl  rieit  v, 

who  never  came  oil' second  best  inajoke.'1      .1  le  d.  Sept.  .">,  1S02,  aet.  7d. 

Kightl]  generation.  |      ( 'hildren  : 

91'.'.   i.   Louis  Mall,  b.  Aug.  27,  171)0,  d.  Oct.   23,    I80o. 

9:»D.  ii.  i-^tlier  .Hall.  b.  -May  1.  1801,  m.  O/.ias  'I'mesdel!  of  LMon- 
Kon,  Ma.ss.,  d.  lN'o\-.  2">,  iNdl,  aet.  do. 

9")  I.  iii.  .M  iranda  .1  l.all,  b.  Jan.  2,  lso3.ni.  (  >ri-in  Xewton  of  Suaiers, 
and  l'»i-  ji  2d  hu^hand,  O/ias  Truexlell,  as  liis  2d  wife. 

!).')2.  iv.  Abigail  Hall,  b.  April  21,  lSO.1,  in.  Lewis  Taylor  of  Long- 
meadu\\'.  Mass. 

9-")3.    v.    Mir/a  Hall.  b.  June  7,   1S07.  d.  of  croup   Dec.  21,  1810. 
'   9.")!.    vi.    Josiah    Le\vis    Hall,   1>.    Dec.    21,  ISO!),  d.  of   crotiji  Jan.  G, 
1811. 

9.V>.  vii.  Abiel  Teas.-  Hall,  b.  July  2-1,  I S  !  1 ,  d.  of  spoiled  fever 
April  JS.  IS  12. 

9.V>.  \iii.  llai'rici  I  lall,  b.  .1  nm-  •">,  1  S  1 :'».  m.  Sidney  May,  and  fora  2d 
husbainl  Sirphrn.  Cady,  and  for  a  3d  husband  ..Millss  Tlii'all  of  I'llling- 
ton,  (  'i .,  and  for  a  1 1  Ii  husband  Benjamin  Mills  of  Ycnum.  Ci. 

9")7.  i.v.  Olive  Almena  Hall,  b.  Aug.  9,  I81(i,  m.  Alfred  Taylor  of 
JjOiicnneadow. 


Ax,-,  /i,l,li,tx    at'   ('i/it.    Sill  ill. 


'.'."in.     ii.     K-ther    Hall.  1>.    M.-iy    I.    I  >"  !  .   in.    .1  a  11.  L".'.    I  -  L'7.  <  >/ia-  Tril"-- 
drll  .if    M.  HI-MII.    Ma--.,  a    farmer    in    S'.mei-.-,  <  'i.       II'-    il.  nf    a  p..ph  \y 
,lul\    '.'.    lx'>i:    -li-  'I.   "f  pi  "'iri-y    NI.V.  L'.'i,    1  -'>  I  .  a-i.  'in. 
!  N  i  in  li  "Vi;er;it  i'  in.  |      (  'li  i  |i  I  ivn  : 

Ids.   i.    M;ir\  s  iphia  True-Jell,  1..  N..V.  ."id.  lsi';i.  111.  \,,\.  L\    i  -..."i, 
|;  'V.  (  c!iarl"-  A.   M-rrill  of  th"  M"th<i.!i-t  (  "n..  -iaihme.1  >ucc 
Milhilli-.  M;i-..  Liitl.-   <'i»!u|ii..n.  I,'.  I..  l!:,/:,i-.|\ill.-.  M;>  -..  .M,<1  II.  ,  .-k- 
j  is  ii'i  .  M  .1  ->.  .  u'ii  'i''1  1  1"  ir  i'>v  (  i  x7-'i  i  !•'•  -i'  I'--.     <  'iii  M  P-II  : 

li'-.n.    I.    KliM-rTi-n.^l.-lI  .M.-ii-ill.  I.,  in    MilK  ill.-.  .M:i-..  .J:m.    I.IM'.O. 

!n;i.  l'.  M;iry  iv-il,T  M.-rrill.  1..  at  Liul.'  (  '..!n].i  ..n.  I,'.  I..  !»,--.  !:'•, 
[sol.  .1.  :ii  M\>tic.  (  ';..  .May  '.i.  |S,;i. 

***  :',.    KU1--  A.l,-ll;i  M.-n-il!,    !•.  I  )  •  ••.  !•'..  l^-;7. 

'.'I'll',  ii.  n/i;is  K.hvin  rrnir>.li'll,  1).  Dr.-.  11.  1  s:',:',.  ;l  f;irin,.r  jn  >,,I:;. 
(•!•-.  in.  April  I'.',  l^'''1'.  Ani'-li.-i  I'.'a-"  (.Ian.  "f  Srili  I1.  -a--  nf  S.HHIT.-). 

'.n;:1,.  iii.  S:inf..r(l  NUI-IMII  Trn.  -<!.]!.  1..  O.-i.  l'.  !-:;•;.  .-nli-t.  -1  in 
Anj.  l>!'il',  in  lli-1  I  L'  iM  It'u't.  N.  ^'.  V"I-.,  \va>  in  the  l,a'ti.'  ,,f 
A  hi  i'  •;  a  ';].  .M  .  I.,  ah'l  >hal-c.  1  \vit  li  i  lie  lit  ll  A  TlilV  '  '.  >r|  i^  l'i  :.  11  i  :  -  t.  .j's 
ami  ti'iaK  iin'il  •'ilie  liatlleuf  the  \Vil.leriie—  -."  \\ln-ie  he  \\a-  in- 
Stalillv  l<i!!e.l  .May  lith.  l>iil.  In  >1'1  i  i  iiT  the  nllice  nl'  >er^eaiil.  Sai.l  his 
cajiiain.  "f  him.  "he  t'ell  \\hile  l.ra\«-i\  aii'l  <•>  «  >\  !\'  d'  'in-j;  hi-  ilu:v. 
'1'h"  .1  aiii  "i'  iai  niliei-  niie  v.iiiihl  ha\e  L:'i\en  n.e  >.  i  much  |'ai:i." 

j   Ki^l:1  h   (  leiii-rat  i.iii.  | 

!'.i|.  iii.  Mil-am  la  I  la  II  .  <ian.  «.f  .l.-iali  1  lall.  .1  r..  jiml  K-rher  I  )  ,\  i_'h;  |. 
h.  .laii  I1.  lxl|-'i.  m.  Aprn  !  XL'.>,  I  >rn  n  \e\s  i--:i.  a  .-a  l.i  :r  i  -ma!.,.-i'  in 
S"  m  ei--.  !!••  li.  nf  f«ii  i  -i  i  in|  ii  inn  a'  Spriiiu'li'-i'l.  Ma--..  Apiil  ]  i  <_  |-ii'. 
She  111.  I  )  i-.  h-  '''I',  f.ir  a  L.M  hi!-!  -a  mi.  <  »/ia-  Tri.  -'!•  i  i.  M-.  -\  i'  <\t-  hll-'nalnl 
of  h>-r  -i~i.-r  K-tiier.  N.>  chihiren.  lle.j.  .lu!\  '.'.  I-''.:',.  >h.-  i  - 
in  >•  liner.-. 

(.'.VJ.    ix.    A  Li  -'ail    Hall,  li.    April     '_'  1  .    l^'i."'.    m.    I  ).-.-.     L".'.    Ml'l.    !/ui- 
Ta\h.r    nf     I  ."ii'jlii'  a.'l"\'.  .    Ma--..    \>.    in     >;  I  :<  :  I'M  :  i  i.   (  ';  ..    in      I-M". 
Ma\     I.    1-  i."'.        II"   Ml.   a-aili. 

N  in'  h  '  ieii'-rat  i-  HI.         <  'iii  !'  Ir.-ji  : 

It.'.  I.     i.     I,   ui-    ilail    Tavl'.r.    Ii.    l>.  ,-.   L'7.    I-1'L1. 

'.n'l.'i.    ii.    ('harhiiie     Maria     '1'avlnr,    I..    Mai'.-h     'J''.     I^L1."',    m.     April   L'. 

I-!''..       |la\i'l       l.alhr.ip     "!'      l.'.M-IM--a.|n\V.      Ma--..     L.     >     pi.      I'''..      i-|^.     a 

farm,  r  i  -  ......  f   .In-.-ph    I  ..a  I   i  r.  .p  a  m  1    (  'amlim-    |\  i'nl.e    i,f    I  .  •:  _  m.    i.  i.  ,u  '. 


J)w iyli t  of  Ent -field,  Conn . , 
Son  of  Tiinotlty,  Sun  <>fj~ohn,  /WA  of  D^llutm,  3£a*x.    .'Ul 

9(>7.  2.  Nancy  Jane  Lalhrop,  b.  Dec.  10,  1852,  is  likewise  a 
teacher. 

90S.   iii.   Charles  Claudius  Taylor,  1».   .March,  24,   1*27. 

909.   iv.   Orrin  Newton  Taylor.  !>.  May  20,  1S:>9,  d.  Dec.   1  i,   IS.",!. 

970.  v.  Alonxo  Pwurht  Taylor,  1).  May  :>0,  'I  Sol,  d.  July  0.  1S.°>2. 
971    vi.    Mary   .lane    Taylor,    1).   April    30,     !S:!3,    m.    Dec.    25,   1853, 

Caleb  Ferry  Moody  of  Longmeadow  (son  of  Seva  bloody  and  Asenath 
Ferry),  1>.  in  lSi'3.  They  have  one  child  : 

972.     1.    Herbert  Moody,  1,.  Sept.    10,1855. 

97-").  vii.  Alonxo  Xcwton  Tavlor,  1>.  Sept.  \,  l.s .'?."),  in.  March  ;"),  1S.")4, 
J.ouisa  15.  ('olloii.  (dan.  of  (»iis  and  Abigail  C'olfoii  of  Sjtrin^lield, 
Mass.).  He  is  a  paper-box  manufacturer  at  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
( 'hiidrcu  : 

971.  I.    Howard  AVarriuer  Taylor.  1>.  .Inly   1  t.  1850. 
97-").    2    Albert   Newton  Taylor,  i,.   1  >ee.    \~\   1804. 

970.    viii.    Klixa  Ann  Taylor,  b.  1'eb.  S,   1.S37,  d.   Feb.  2(i,  \^'M. 

977.  i\.  Sarah  l-llixa  Taylor,  b.  April  24.  1S39,  ju.  iu  lsr»9,  Alex- 
ander Howard  of  Northampton,  Mass.,  b.  .'.la\  10,  1S:',0,  ;l  I'arnier  in 
\Vcsthainplon,  !Mass.  Children: 

97S.    1.   Lewis  Howard,  b.  March  19.   lN<',0. 

97'.*.    2.   Carrie  Howard,  b.  May  I'.i,   |Si;2. 

980.    :',.    Nelly  Howard,  b.  March  27,  1805. 

9S1.  x.  Myron  Dwiyht  Taylor,  b.  May  1,  1.8t2.  He  enlisted  as  a 
soldier  iii  the  lat"  wai',  and  d.  in  ho^piia!  at  Brandy 'Station,  \'a.. 
;\larch  25.  18(i4,  a  Christian. 

9Sl>,     xi.     .losiah    Harrison    Taylor,    b.    .May    1,    1815,    d.    June     1. 


904.  i.  Lewis  Hall  Tavlor,  b.  I  >ec.  27.  ISi'i',  a  paper  manufacturer 
at  Springfield,  Mass.  (( Irecideaf  A:  Taylor),  and  pui>lisher  of  the  "The 
S[iriniitiel<l  Dailv  L'nion "'  for  several  years  (iS('><>-72)  and  an  acii\e 
business  man  in  other  ways,  in.  Sept.  4.  1S41-,  (Jaroline  I'jhira  I'otwin, 
(dan.  of  Itobert:  I'otwin  of  J'l.  NN'indMii1,  ('t.,  and  Jemima  <'ol!in>) 
Children  : 

'.IS:1,,   i.    Herman  Lewis  Taylor,  b.  April  21.   IS47. 

984.   ii.    Frank   Hall  Taylor,  b.  July,  22,   1S51. 

9S5.   iii.    Ida   Fli/abeth  Taylor,!).  Oct.  :'.!.   1854,  d.   Doe.  2.">.   1S57. 

9Si;.   iv.    Nellie  Jane  Taylor,  b.   Dec.  .">,   1S5S,  d.  Sept.   17.   Isdl). 

9S7.    v.    Minnie  Fli/.abeih  Tavlor.  b.  Oct.    H>,   1S5'.I. 


/  ><  .S77   lt<l<(ltf*     <  >1       ('tll't.     .SV////7. 

oil!          Tin     ^<>ll    of   \  (/'liitltif  I    />//'//////',    nf  \nrtlnrilij>f<Ui, 

a  inamifact  urer  of  paper-boxes  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  a  dealer  i  n  n'al 
(state. 

Tent  li  (  1  1  -in  Tat  it  in.  |       (  'li  i  Id  re  n  : 

f)SK.    i.     l-'.ila    .Id.sephine   T.-n  lor,  li.   I-Yli.    17,    IS17,  in.  .lames   I'..    I\ini4 
of  Sj.i  infield. 

'.»\>.    ii.    Charles  (  >n-ick  Taylor,  1..  (  )ct.  IS.    |  ,s  \\\. 

JH'li.    iii.     Knnua   Adelaide  Taylor.  I..  Jan.  L'  !  .  IS.'IL'.  d.  l-YKl'l,   |sr>i>. 

'.i'.1  1.    iv.    Kmma  Adelaide  Taylor,  1>.  .Ian.  :>,   Is:.  1. 

I'!'-.    \.    Ceor^e  Claudius  Talor    1>.    I'Y1».  L'.".,    Isfxi. 


[   MlLjllI  ll    (  !e  lie  rat  inn.  I 

!l.">i'>.  \  iii.  Harriet  I  lall  (dau.  of  .Jo^iali  I  lall.  .1  r..  and  Ksther  Dui-ht  ), 
1).  .Inn.-  -\  [Sl:5.  in.  May  1.  ls:Jl,  Si.Iu.-y  May  «,f  M.  \Viinlsur,  ((. 
i  sun  df  Samuel  Mavand  ('lari>-a  Smi  t  li  ),  1>.  .1  an.  '_".'.  IMIS.  lied,  at 
Suinrrs.  April  II.  ISlS?aet.  In.  She  in.  for  a  L'd  liu-l.aiid.  Sept.  L'  I, 
1  S.">  1  .  Stephen  <  'adv.  a  fanner  at  KlliiiLfii.ii,  ('(  .  (M.II  of  A  l.ner  (  'ad\  and 
Mary  l!'ilnie>).  1».  Mav  17,  I  7',1'.1,  at  Siali'nrd.  He  \vasa  farinei-  and  a 
man  «\  e.\emplar\  rharaeter  as  a  Christian.  lie  d.  .Max  "_'!',  I  ^."i^.  She 
in.  fur  a  .'1,1  husl.and.  Dee.  |:i.  ISHl.  M  illys  Thrall.  I,.  May  In.  I  7'.*'.» 
I  SMI  i  of  I  leu  l.e  1  1  T]  i  rail  uf  Kliinijt  on  and  (  'elinda  hoi-man  ).  a  fa.  riner  at 
Kllin^'Mi,  Ct.  lied.  May  ll.lSd:..  She  m.  fnr  a  h  li  liu>l.and,  -Ian. 
1  .  1  S7  1  .  I'n'ii  {aiiiin  I'lll  is,  li.  at  LdliLJineadoxv,  M  a  -^..  .1  an.  1  ''.  \^\  \  i  >>  Ml 
of  I  I  ar\  ey  V.\\\-^  and  Jeru-lia  Spencer),  a  fanner  at  Vermm,  (  't. 

'l'i   Mi'>.     Harriet    (Hall)     Kills,    the    author    o\scs    \cr\    nianv    df    th" 

I'a'1!^    hele    (|e!allet|    col  icel'l  1  1  1  1  LT     'he     decelldailis     (if    S"(ll     |)\VlL;'ht.    -Ir..    dt' 

Sdiners.  ('i.       She.  like  hall'a  do/en  other  elect    lad\    helper.-,  n-xer  t'elt 
that   she  cdiild   help  loo  much   the  ",'ood  cause  underiakeii   l.\    him. 
I  N  i  iii  li  n'e  nerat  ton.  I      (  'h  i  Id  i  'en  : 

//'/  //'/'.-•/   in"  ,',-i'ii/'   i  to   Sidiiev    Max   I   : 
'.•!'."..  i.    -luiia  Curtis  May.  I,,    h'el,.    i'7.    \^:\;>.  m.    l-'eip.    17.    1s!1.'.    1'an- 

i"l      I.everell       IlllU'oee.    a      Lfroc:'!'     Ill     Sp  r  i  II  -'(  i  e  i  ,  |  .     Ma—  lied.     All-'.     '•'<  I  . 

IS.ll.         Olieehild: 

'.i'.'  I.  1.  I'Yaneis  Max-  I  iu^iiee.  li.  Max  '.',  Is.'.n.  i-,a  clerk  in  Spriii'_'- 
tield.  Ma-s.  (  \vith  I  >.  II.  r.i-iurham  ,V  (  '...  |. 

'.'.'"i.  ii.  KniiU  Nexxtoii  Max.  li.  April  L'L*.  lx."'."'.  in.  Au'j,'.  ]."«.  !  x">'1, 
(  Icdi-^e  \\e-le\-  1''  rec  1  1  1  a  1  1  ,  eiiifau'ed  at  \\  .  Mi-r;den.  ('!..  in  making 
I  >i  it  annia  xs  a  re.  No  children. 

'.'•.'',.   in.    K!i/.i    l)Ai^;,i    Mav.  li.  M  iv  :..    I-  M.  m.    Kd,.    17.    I  >.">:». 

\\'i,::  .a  llarri-on  M.,,,,|\  of  I-].  \Vii..|-.r.  <  'i..  a  l-lack-miili.  lie  d. 
a;  I'aiiii-iot,.  ,  ,f  cdn-umpi  ion.  !•',•)..  II,  IM'P!'.  >ic-  m.  I'  M-  a  L'd  hu  -  'and, 
l-'el..  L'n.  1»;:',.  Maxid  A.  Iliieheock  of  Some.-,.  ('!.,  a  xsodUn-ter. 

S!,e     has     ,„„.     child. 


Dtriijlit  of  fc  1  1  fit-Ill,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  >So//  of'ToIm,  noflt  of  Dedliam,  J 


***   1.   Etta  May  Moo  \v,  b.  Aug.   I  1, 

997.  iv.  Ella  Sidney  May,  b.  Oci.  7,  1*4G,  m.  Dec.  10,  18<;:>,  Jolm 
Edwin  Billings,  formerly  a.  dry  goods  merchant  in  Somers,  Ct.,  but  of 
late  a  fanner  there  (sun  of  Ceorge  Billings  and  Amelia  Field).  Chil- 
dren : 

***    1.    George  'Randolph  Billings,  b.  Jan.  0,  18G9. 

***  2.   John  Edwin  IHllings,  b.  April   19,  1*70. 

J>i/  Ii/'i'  xi'i'oii'l  ntn  I'i'iniji'  (to  Stephen  duly)  : 

908.  v.  Amasa  Dcland  Cady,  b.  July  .'!  1  ,  18">2,  ;i  clerk,  is  now  from 
poor  health  out  of  business. 

|  Eighth  (  ieneration.] 

f»r>7.  ix.  Olive  Ahneiio  Hall  (dau.  of  Josiah  ]  Fall,  Jr..  and  Ksiher 
D  \vigh  t  ),  b.  Aug.  0,  181(3,  m.  April  !•>,  1S.J7,  Alfred  Taylor,  l>.  June 

24,  1817  (son  of  Seth  'l'a\'lorof  Longmeadow  and  Mary  Silcox). 

[  Xinth  (veneration.  |      <  Children  : 
!)99.   i.   Elixabeth  Taylor,  b.  Fel».  -1,   1838,  d.  Jan.  24,  1839. 

1000.  ii.   Olive   Elixabeth.    Taylor,  1>.    Feb.     I  :>,     1840,    m.    Aug.    28, 
]8f)l,  Sherman  I).  Borter  of  Sprin^iield,  Mass.,  a  candy  raaiiufacturer. 

1001.  iii.    Selh  Taylor,  b.  Nov.   12,   18Ki. 

1002.  iv.    :.Miiry  Tiiyloi-,  b.  Juno  18,  181!),  d.  April  1852. 
10n:».   v.   Ethan  Taylor,  b.   Aug.  :>0,  is.ji;. 

[I'jighth  (  lenei'at  ion.  | 

9.")1.).  xi.  .io^iali  Harrisim  Hall  (son  of  Jo.siah  Hall,  Jr.,  and  I-lsiher 
Dwi.irht),  b.  Xov.  22,  1822,  in.  Nov.  20,  1844,  Julia  Ann  Potter, 
b.  July  .">,  LS27  (dau.  of  Syria  Potter  of  Sterling,  Ct.,  and  Phebe 
Vaughn). 

[  Ninth  Generation.  |      Children: 

lOOL.  i.  Mortimer  Josiah  llall,  b.  March  17,  184(5,  is  a  joiner  in 
Springfield,  M.ass.  lie  m.  May  19,  ISo'S,  A'iola  S.  Littli;  (dau.  of 
John  I  A  ti'lc  of  Somers,  (  't.  ).  No  children. 

lOOT).  ii.  Vei-neda  I'hebe  Hall,  b.  Jan.  27,  184-8,  m.  Dee.  9.  !S(i8, 
Franklin  J.  S\veatland  of  Soniei-s,  ('(.  .lie  keeps  an  intelligence!  olllee 
in  !  lart  ford,  (,'t.  No  child  i-rn. 

lOOi'i.    iii.    James  Albertus  Hall,  b.  July   1'),    18JO. 

I  Se\  cnth  (  leiierat  ion. 

9.")!'.  ii.  Abiel  Pease  Dwiglit  (son  of  Seth  I  >\\  igln  ,  J  r.,  of  Somei-s, 
Cl.,  and  !•:.->(  her  Pea^e),  b.  Ajiril  I,  1782,  in.  April  i.  1810,  Olivo 
Randall,  b.  at  Knfield,  (  'I.,  Aug.  10,  178(5.  lied,  at  \V.  Springlield, 
\vlici-i'  hi1  li\'ed,  and  \\'as  a  coopei1.  March  jo,  iS.'ii'i.  She  d.  Oci.  12, 
isti.'i,  act.  77. 


j  K'-,riii  li   I  1,-ncral  ion.  |       <  'liililrcn  : 
Inn7.    i,    ||rm-\   I  >\\  iu'lii.  1'.  -luii-  |i>.  1-1:.'    il.ai    Ailianv.   N.    Y..   N'..\. 

I  .">.     I  -'  >'_'.   :i  ••!  .     'it  I.        II'-    \\  as    :i      |  >la  lio-i  linker     ;il      A  !  !).•(  li  \    :     ;i     lii'-Milid'  o 
til,-    IV-,!..    Cii.        II-'    in.    M  iv    S,    |s|-_>,     |{i,-||..|     I,-,.,,,.    Van     Wan-  .....  .  1). 

July  I'  !.    I  ^Pi'nhu.  of  ISM  i-    Van    I  '.'-IP-  >:n  of    l'a'cr>on.    N.   .l.i.       Sii--  .1. 
al    I'.rooklyn.    N.    V..    April   .",.    |S.VJ.       Cl.iliiivn: 

pii'^.  I.  I.  \IMIII  Kaii'lall  l>v>Lrlit.  I".  at  I'atcrson,  N.  -I.,  April  1  1. 
I>  li'i.  a  rlcrk  at  All.any. 

IIMI'.I.    -J.    i;:i.-!n>l     In-jii-     D'.xiuln.    1,.    Aj.ril    l'J.     1>.M,    .1.    AM..     L'7, 

1  >:.L'. 

lulu.    ii.    <'li:irli->     r.a-'kiis    Dv.-ijii.  1..    .In!;,     1.    isi'l.ni.    S-pt.    L'l. 
[Sir,,   llarri'-t   -lain-   I  '..-iiinii   of  l;.  -  ••  1  1  1  ;-   Hill-.   M:i>-.,  !'.  S.-pt.    U7.    I  >!''') 
(  i  Ian.  of  Tin  >^.  .)(•!!".  TSO!  i    !!  -;u  -nt    an-l    L'l.-in  la    I  ,  i  rip-  i  ).  a   j  •  >iir-|-  at    \\". 
Spiin-t'rM.    Ma---.,  anil    \\iliiraliaiii.    M;t>s. 
Ninth  <  ii-iu-ral  ion.  j       <  'liil  Ir.'ii  : 

lull.  i.  IJ-iyal  r.,-ni'-ni  lUvijJit,  li.  ai  \\".  Sprin_rli"M.  .Inti'-  lv. 
is  lit. 

i  HL'.  ii.  A]..!.  MI/  .  .i.-ir-i-s  in  i),vi^;,i,  i,.  n  •-   ,->.  i<>  i.ai  \v.  s;,,;.,^- 

li.-l.l. 

I'll:!,  iii.  Sarah  Laii-'doii  I  )\\  iuht  .  1  1.  MaylM.  I>"'L'.  at  \\".  S;  ,i  in--- 
li.-M. 

Pill.  iv.  ('iiai'lcs  ll.'in-v  Dwiu'lit,  li.  at  \V.  S[if!n_Mi.-l.l.  -Ian.  I'l. 
l-."il. 

lul'i.  v.  Lu.'iinl.-i  Lirn-1  I  )>yi,'!it.  li.  at  \Villir.iliun.  M.i  —  ..  An_'. 
I-'.  i>."'7. 

lan-ii-t    .l.ili-    l>-.\!_ht.    li.  a'     \\'ili'|-alia.ii%    Aii^.    1'7.    Is."1'.1. 


[  Sf\  cut  li  (  Icucrai  ion.  j 

'.«  I  1.  iv.  I.;,  in  in  I  >>vi_r!it  (  -  .n  o!'  -  -  h  I  i-.\  i  ^',-  .  .1  ,-..  .  ,t'  S  -m  --•-.  (  '; 
:in.|  K-ii..  r  IVi--l.  !..  K--li.  17-;.  ii\.-  I  ai  I-!  Hi  1,1.  «  ';..  .1.  Jan.  I-- 
ad.  PI.  ||c  in.  .Mai-ilia  I'ii.-lp-  of  |  laiMt'or.i,  (  ';.  |,1  ,;;.  ,,|'  1  I,,  .,!••!  l'n--!p- 
Sip-  rcino\  '-.I  after  \\\^  ilcat  h  to  N'crnioiit  . 

i  !•'.  i^'li  1  1  1  (  Iciicrat  ion.  j       (  'ni  M  1  1  n  : 
Pil7.    i.     l.ynian     I'ii-lp-    I  )\\  i^lit,    I..  J  u'^v    1  1  .    I  -  !  :'<.  l--t   at   -•  ..  a- 

Mlpp,  .-   'i.   ill     I  >.".<>. 

|ul<.     ii.     Mai-\      h'Ai-'lit,     uhc'ii    liorn 
lii-t  or\  .   not   a-r>Tt  a  i  iicil. 


|  S.-s  .-ill  li   I  ii-ii'-i'at  ion.  ! 

'.'  lL'.     \.     I.  .!-    I  )\\  i-ii'    i.latl.  of  S  ••!)    I  >  A  i^iii.   -I  i'..   a 

i,    I  »,•:.    L',    17--.   in.    -Inn  -    L".i,  I  -  I  L'.    A  loli  -n-     I '••-,!-• 

.!.,:  ,.   J.\    17-."'      f    llnl'u  I',  a--  ami     Kiel,   i  '--!• 


(1.  March  2,  1800,  act,  71- :  she  d.  -Ian.  12.  IS.IC,,  act.  77,  "  ii  woman  of 
superior  judgment,  energy  and  endurance,"  abounding  in  power  of  will 
and  the  lo\'c  of  \vork.  Man  v  instances  miv;ht  he  quoted  of  her  ability  and 
readiness  to  meet  at  any  time  a  severe  strain  upon  her  physical  strength. 
Lot  one  sullies:  In  the  vear  1  S.">0,  her  husband  had  contracted  to  deliver 
to  a  purchaser  several  hundred  cords  of  \vood  at  a  specified  time.  The 
time  had  arrived  for  beginning  to  dra\v  the  wood,  and  her  husband 
was  absent  from  to\vn.  A  heavy  snow-storm  had  meanwhile  sur- 
rounded ihe  house  with  d  lifts,  and  her  bovs,  who  had  been  directed  to 
draw  the  wood,  were  but  mere  lads.  Determining  to  put  things  into 
shape  herself,  she  rose  at  4  o'clock  in  the  morning,  while  it  was  yet 
dark,  and  dug  a  passage  with  her  own  hands  to  tin1  barn,  fed  the 
horses,  returned  to  the  house,  and.  preparing  their  breakfast  for  them, 
got  the  two  VOUIILC  teamsters  (but  12  and  1C)  years  of  age)  oil' to  their 
work  by  C>  o'clock.  A.  spirit  of  petty  self-indulgence  and  of  physical 
inefficiency  did  not  characterize  in  those  days  the  women  of  the 
land. 

[.Eighth  (Generation.]      Children: 
101'J.    i.    Alpheus   Dwight  Tease,  b.   Dee.    I  C>,  1  8  1  4. 

1020.  ii.    Cordelia  Tease,  !,.  Sept.  25,   IS  1C.,  d.  March  27,  'lS2:j. 

1021.  iii.    Henry  i'ease,  b.  July  IS,  L81S,  d.   Feb.  27,  18.%. 

1022.  iv.    Miranda   Pease,  b.  Dec.  20,  JS21,m.    about   1SI-C,,   Luther 
Stevens,  1).  in   IS17.       tied.    Dec.    17,    ISI'.I.      One  child: 

102:5.    1.    Luihera  'Miranda    Stevens,  b.   Feb.  2  1 ,  ls:>0. 
102  i.    v.    Esther    Celestia    L'ease,    b.    Jan.    27,    1S2C>?  m.    (.'liarles    L. 
Titian  y. 

101'J.    i.    Alpheus    Dwight     I'ease,    b.    Dec.     H5,     ISll.   ni.     Sept.    27, 
1840,  L'liebc  Hills,  b.  Oct.  IS,  1818  (dan.  of   Aimer  Hills    of  !•;.  Hart- 
ford, Ct.,  inxl  Luev   l,o\\'),  a  farmer  at  Scitico,  ('t. 
|  Ninth  Cenerai  ion.  |      ( 'hildren  : 

102").    i.    Fudora   I'ease,  1).  Sept.   ID,    1842. 

'102C».    ii.    Oriana    I'ease,  1).   Aug.  8,    |S-1"). 

1027.    iii.    Ifoiny  Dwight    Pease,  b.  June   10,   1848. 

J028.    iv-.    \Vilber  Hills  Pease,  b.  March  II,   IS.")."). 

I0l".l.    v.    Luella    I'ease.  b.   Sept.   .'),    is:>7. 

|  Flight  h  ( icneral  ion.  | 

1021.  \.  Father  Celestia  I'ease,  1).  Jan.  27.  I82G,  in.  Aj.ril  2.">.  1S-IO, 
Cliarles  I,.  Tiilany,  b.  July  i.  |S2l  (dan.  of  John  Tillaiiy  of  Soniers, 
and  Fle;iii:ii-  l-'iillcri,  a  blacksmith. 

|  N  int  h  ( leiierat  ion.  |       Cliildreu  : 
lo.lo.    i.   Celestia  Timmv.  b.  Jan.  2C),   IS.M).  d.  |-"eb.  «.i     IS.")0. 


In;',  I.  ii.     I.,,  is   |)\\i-lii   Ti!lan\.  1  1.    N.iv.    I'.'.    1S.~>.\  d.   in   iiifaiirv. 

I'1:1,  i1.  iii.    <  'liarl.-s   Ali-.Tt   Tillanv,  li.    May   Is.    K«7,  d.  in    infancy. 

I":;:;.  \\_    llarrv  l-'nll.T  Titl'an\  .  li.  April  -7.  l^-1'1. 

in:'.  I.  \.   Ni-lK   Dwi.irln  Tillaiiy,  1>.  !>.•<•  js,  I  >.;  1.  ,|.  An-.  l.\  I  -•'• 


'.'i:;.  \  i.  H<-nr\  l»\\i-iii  Ixm  <.('  Si-ili  I  »u  !•_'!:'.  Jr..  and  K-ili>T 
I  Va.-M1  !.  1>.  in  I  7'."'.  a  tal'lii'T  ;tl  S.  iin.'r-.  '  'l  .  ,  in.  A  |.i  1  1  i  ^.  1  x  I  '.  '.  U,  :  a  \  l;t 
Kcinlrick,  1>.  in  17'.'S  (u.-m.  ut'  Ki-nln  n  Kniilrifk  «\'  \\  iliiraliain.  Ma--., 
and  IV'Miraii  Cuvnt'  Suincr>j.  ll.'d.  .Iiiiv  L'"',  I  s.'i.'i,  ai-t  .  .'!'.»  :  -hcd. 
F,-],.  il,  |Si;;i,  ;„.(.  (17. 

[  Miu'lii  ii  i  IrinTai  n  in.  |      (  'liildri-ii  : 

in;;:),  i.  l.ucrcl'ni  Ad^lia  !  )u  i-iit,  1).  .Jan.  -  I  .  l^L'n.  in.  I  >an  I'.  >i  :  !i  I  ). 
II.  .I,,,  >  ,,f  .Irin-r.-un.  (  i. 

IK:;.;,    ii.    Austin    Andiv\v    |)\\i^l,i.  1,.  July     17.   I  -L'_.  d.    M.uvl,    1". 

is.;:.. 

ln:'.7.     iii.    Salirilia   (>li\ia     I  >\\  i-'iil  .  I).     Maivli     L'l.    1VL'I.   In.    T!i    •  »\<  >}'<• 

S.  Kiillt-i-  of'  (  'liiit«in\  iii.-.  (  ). 

|n:;^.    i\.     II.Mii-y    l.i'andfi'    |)\vi_;Jn!.  \>.   Si-jit.    l'7.    IXL'-"'. 

l(>:;:i.    i.     l.ucivtia     Ad'-lia     l>\vi--'nt.     1>.     Jan.     I'l.     1VLJ|1.    in.    Jal,.     I'd, 

1-1_.   Daiit'-M-tli     D.     l|.ilm-s    of    Srttr-.nl,    «'!.,  I,.    Juls    L'-;.    i-!-     -  ,n  ..f 

Sli-jilii-ii     Iliilini-s    and    Kivfli  >vr     TliDiiiji-.  in  ),  a    ili-a!'T    in    r.-ad  \  -madf 
rl.ilhiiiL'  in  .li-tr.TNiiii,  (  }. 

j  N  i  n  i  ii   (  Irncrat  ii  Hi.  ]       <  'liildi'i-n  : 

|n:;:i.    i.   Julia   Ad-lia    I  |..',H.  •-.  1>.  Jan.    1  L'.  1  -  !.">.  d  .<>.-!.  .".i  ".    I^.">n. 

In  1".    ii.    Kila  l  '.inii-lia    I  I'.iiii--..  '".    Max     1.  I  --ij. 

In)  1.    iii.    IsiUflla   Ad-lia    llnhii.--.  I,.   N,,s.  I.   |  -;,;,. 


In:1,.;,  ii.  Au-iin  And.v\\  |i\\i_dii.  1..  Jnl\  17.  I-'Jl'.  in.  Ap 
l^-l'.1.  M-.ria  I  >.-lilil-.  ill  i.f  Slali'i.rd:  a  I..IIIIT  a.!  >.'iii''r-,  \\iirr.' 
Man-],  |n.  |x,;;,. 

j  N  i  n  '  ii    (  J<-ii'-ra!  inn.  |       <  'ii  1  1-  'IP  -ii  : 

I'Mi'.    i.    (  :,-  ,i--,-  And..-1-A    I  >\\  iu'in.  !>.  S>.|,i.  .".,    |-..Vi,  d.   N..\.    I. 

Ini:',.    ii.    Man-ia    Smiili    D\siu!ii,    !..    Ma\     i'7.     1^''',     d.    Jn] 


l''.i_'li  i  ii   (  ii'ii'-ra  I  inn.  | 
I'l.",,.     id.    Sain  ilia    <  >li\  ia    I  >'A  i_dil.   L.     Maivli     L'  1 ,    1  *•  L' 1 . 
! :!,    I  1 1  •  • .  i  .  i .  •    Sni  i '  ii     I'  n  1 1'  -r.   I '.   1 1 1   >  'i  ii'  -I1-.    1  .  i  >.    ,  .    1  v  l'  I 
i  ]!••!•  and    K  iviali   Si  I-IIIIL;),  a   t'ann.-r  in  <  'lintun  \  iilr,  (  ». 


Jhrltjlit  of  Enftcld)  COTIII., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Xon  of  Jolt  H,  loth  of  Dcdhain,  3 fa**.   -'SI  7 

[Ninth  ( ieneration.  |      Children  : 

104.").   i.   Henry  Theodore  Fuller,  b.  at  Soiners,  ft.,  Oct.  17,  184."). 
lOfii.    ii.    Fredei-ie   Krskine  Fuller,  b.  at  \Vorthington,    O.,   July    12. 
1803,  (1.  April  21,   1S.V1, 

lo47.   iii.   Alice  Sabrina  Fuller.  1».  at  Aslitabula,  0.,  Dec.  2"),  18<>4. 

[  Eighth  ( '(-Deration.  | 

10:>S.  iv.  Jleni-y  Leander  Dwight,  1).  Sept.  27,  1*25,  m.  Sept.  10, 
1S1-7,  I'hila  L.  Hussell  of  .Filing-run.  <'t.  (dau.  of  Samuel  Hussell  and 
Jane  Lamphire),  b.  in  1S2S.  She  d.  ..Ma v  2<>,  IS1!)?  and  lie  m.  for  I'd 
wife,  Aug.  lo?  1859,  Avidow  Olive  !•].  Dibble  iir'n  Lcona.ril,  b.  .Ian.  1  ">; 
18:>1,  in  Yorkshire,  X.  Y.  (dau.  of  Alon/o  Leonard  and  .Mary  Sid- 
dins).  Iff  resides  a.t  Jamestown,  .Mercer  ('<.>.,  i'a. 
[  Ninth  (Jeneratioii.]  C'hildrcn  : 

./;//_ ///•>•/  >r!fe: 

1018.  i.   diaries  Edgar  Dwiglit,  b.  April  -1,  1849. 

liiwwl  ,>•;,-,; 

1019.  ii.    Henry     LfVfrctt     D\vight,    b.    at    Austinbiirgh.    (.)..    Aug. 
17,   I  SGI. 


|  Seventh  ( Jeii'Tat  i'  ni.  | 

9i."».  viii.  Jonathan  l)\vight  (son  of  Seth  Duight,  Jr.,  and  Abigail 
Kastman),  b.  at  S|iringli''ld,  .M  ass.,  al)"iu  1^00,  went  about  Isi'^to 
Reading,  I'a.,  and  ujiened  tliere  a  ]>ri  \  ate  school  with  great  success,  and 
in  'lUiwhiie,  b  'gait  the  study  of  law  most  earnestly.  lie  m.  May  JO, 
IS 27,  Anne  Josephine  Kiehhom  (dau.  of  John  Francis  Fieldidrn  o!. 
Heading,  a  merchant  tliere  who  li\  IM!  to  Lie  I  Oil  years  old  ).  lled.Jiuie 
*,  lS2'.i,  of  consumption.  lie  was  tall,  Wfll  fornied,  of  a  dignified 
heaving.  Me  had  a  Miiiet  and  retiring  disposition.  M.e  was  a  man  of 
high  moral  principle  and  of  decided  literary  tastes  and  habits.  Ihs 
widow  still  resides  at  Heading. 

|  Fiidith  (Generation .        (  'h ildr' n  : 

lO.'iO.   i      Franeis  ( Jeorge  D\\ight,  b.   Feb.  2ii.   1S2S. 

Jo'ii.  ii.  Helen  Abi^;til  D\\iu'ht.  b.  June  27,  IS29.  Shed,  unmar- 
ried, Aug.  2'i,  1S|'.)?  act.  20.  "She  was  taken  away  at  an  age  when 
her  bra  u i  vand  \  irt  ues  were  the  admiral  in] 

1 1  >:>o.  i.  Francis  Cieorge  Dwight,  b.  F,  b.  2:>>.  [S2S?ni.  April  14. 
is:.:1,.  \t\.A  Uneckley  (dau.  of  Jiin.li  F.  and  Ann,'  Fli/abelh  Hoeckley, 
of  I'hila.leiphia,  I'a.).  I  It-  was  grad.  at  ( Jeorgetown,  ( 'oil.,  I ).  ('. 

I  i  i  •  is  ;i  man  di  medium  sixe  and  < '('  handsoiu  •  asjiect,  and  p<  issesses 
«troii<i  litei'arv  tastes,  .lie  has  bixui  a  merchant  at  Heading,  bui  after 


I  >i  .SVV   tltltl  lit*    ill'    <   'll  j,t.     Sll  /111. 

.",  1  ,s        '/'//<    So//   <>i'  ,\  'ill/Kin!,  I    I  hri./ltf.  of'  \<>rfli<iut]>t<n), 

ill-'  l:iti-  \v:ir  •>\'i-nt  ID  I  ';it  h'i>  -rl  ,  I  ;  iii  l'.l]>li  <'>.,<;,,..  i  .,  rii'_f;i'_"-  i.'itlir 
rai-i  IIL:  i  it  d  '1  ton. 

|  N  i  .i!i  (  it  'iii-nit  i<  >ii.  |       (  'liilili  i-ii  : 

1  i  i.''!1.    i.     I  i'-l.-n    I  i\\  i  jiii  .  li.  .l.-ni.  L's,    1  >.">  I. 

In.".:1,.   ii.     Amu-    .Mari.-    I'v.iu'hl,   i>.  .him-    I,    !>:>'.. 

In:.  I.    iii.    |,|;,    Kli/alM-ih    I  »u  i-ht,  [,.   An-,    ill,    IN.'.S. 

in:.:..    i\.    .M;,ry  (  '.-i  ilia   I  >\\i_:hi.  I..  S   |,i.   in.   |M;). 

ln:.ii.    \.     I'Yam-rs   llfh-n    I  i\\iulii.  I,.    I',  I,.    !.    1  ^.',  I. 

|  Sr\  rli!  Ii    <  M'lii-l'ilt  lull.  | 
'.'17.     X.     11,-V.    .M.i.M'lay    lh\;Ji!    iM.ii   '.I'S.'tli    l>v.i-lit,.lr..   an,  I      \M-ail 

Ka-Hnan  i.  li.   I  ),-c.   •_':'..  1  -i'  I.  in.  .ii;h  •   i:i.   I--:;:;.  .1,  aiifttf    K-ih.'r    M..r- 

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Alary  d.-iu.  nt'  All  !  HIM  •'  !•  v  «.('  SiMnin^imi,  CD.  Si,--  ,1.  ,<:  Si;ili'Mi-,l, 
<'(..  Nt>\.7.  1  >.'>."i.  :u-t.  L'.")  \\'il  limn  i.-.-r,i'.  I  It-  in.  .(  inn-  It.  1  x"i."',  I'^r  iM 

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aii'l  Lv«li;i  I!n-!ii,  1'.  !),'<•.  i.  1  s  1  .">.  I!--  went  tn  .Mmi-un.  Ma->..  ai  tin- 
a  i,"1  "f  17.  a  in  I  t  lifi-f  1)  -cam--  a.  ri-  >\  li  ill''  •>-••!'  (  1  SJ  !'->>.  \\<-  at'i  >•  rwa  r,  Is 
liltf'l  liini>''!t'  I'M]-  tin-  .M  ;•!  IK  rli  M  ini  ii  i  -i  rv.  an,l  Apni  '_',  lv">i.  \sa> 
lii-f  ll'-c-il  In  j.i'i  -aril  in  llial  riillli'il.  II''  !ia-  nail,  lik'1  l!i''-c  !li  [Ka!  l;  in- 
I--1  l'\'  'j;  -In  ra  ;  I  \  .  a  la,  :'_;i:  !  1  1  1  in  '  i.  •!'  >  i  i'  .-M  a  i  !  '  ']  1  1,  '1  1  1  -  ill  li;s  In  \  .  •;;  |  ^  ,  ,('  i  ;  ii,f  r- 
an:  --•  -r\  '.•••  •  in  M  .  an<l  i--  n-  .\\  (  i  X7.">  )  in  <  'In-  1  -••  ,i.  Ala--,  i  I'-  i-  ~>  i';  .  '.  •  in. 
in  In-i-ii;.  \fi-v  i'1'fi-t,  i.t'  ;t  lii'.:1!  t'ni-,-!i,  ;,,1.  ,lark  hair.  (!n,'iaii  la-". 
il'i  !  !•;  c\  i  '-  am  1  a  la  r-'1  •.  ti  nn  UK  nil  !i. 


Ii    •     I-    .1    t':  .     v     in.     in     !;",-.  .'.    -.i   ii    an  i     -  !r.  «\     •.•••^'i.. 

I  .  ri  i  \v  ]  i   i  •  1  1  1  •  i  1  1  1  M;    hair.  <  i  a  r  k     '  •  ri  •  v.  :  i    c\  •     .   ('•  r   >  •  !  a  1  1     i  ,  •  •  -  •.   •:;'!!     i  ,  ,  , 
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M  ai  \     I'ai/     i  ,  •;  a     All    i-r!  •  Hi  I.         I  >u,.   ,'lnl    i   ; 

|n:,x.     i.    i  •,.,;..,.];,.„.   |''r;,  nri-   i  »,\  :-;,;.  'n.    \i. 

In:.',  i.  ii.  i  rvv  in  I  )'.\  i-iil.  i..  in  \\':!;i.u.  !,.  M  .  .  M  •  :'.  a  .  L 

(I.  Mas  !'.'.  i-  !  !. 

ll'iji.  iii.  \\"i!!ia;n  iv  .  ;,  I  »\\  i-'lu.  L.  i:,  I  i,  a.  Ma  ...  .1 

1^17,  ura-i.  ai  I  h"  \\''  I-',  a  n  I"  I,  i  \  i  M  ,-i  I  \  . 

In  ;|.    ,s.     Anna-  .1-  m  •'     •    I  >,^V.   i'.   a'    I'.  •••'.»-.    S    1M 


11,  1808  (son  of  Fliakim  and  Aurelia   Danks),  an  insurance  agent,  who 
lived  successively  at  S.  Iladlev,  .Mass..  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  Chicago, 
111.,  where  lie  d.  July   1:5,   l^r,.").      She  d.  Jan.  I'd,   18(50. 
|  Fighth  (  Jeneration.  j       Children  : 

I0<5i\  J.  .Mary  Jan,'  Dauks,  1>.  .May  l'."),  18:51,  ni.  JUirton  M.  Kurd  of 
(  'hicago. 

10!5.">.  ii.  Vv'iliiain  Newton  Danks,  1>.  in  Springfield,  .Mass.,  May  1(5, 
18-11,  in.  Jan.  !•-,  1 8(i  I ,  Susan.  A .  Llewellyn,  l>,  in  Xcw  York,  March 
L}0,  l84-.'5  (.dau.  of  Llewellyn  and  Marv  Llewellyn).  lie  was  captain  of 
"The  .Kllswortli  Avengers"1  in  the  !  !th  X.  V.  Kegt.  in  the  late  Avar. 
Jle  served  as  a  soldier  until  Oct.  -!-,  I8ii(.  J!i,s  regiment  v,a^  much 
cut  to  pieces  from  time  to  time,  lint  lie  escaped  unharmed  to  the  end. 
<  >ne  child  : 

10(51.     1.    Mary  .I>urton  J)anks,  1».  in   Lexington,   Ky.,  Aug.   1  !,  18(5."). 

I()i5i>.  i.  Mary  .Tune  Danks,  K  at  S.  Kadley,  May  L>.\  IS.",!,  m.  May 
7,  1851,  [Sui-ton  M.  Ford  of  Chicago,  111.,  k  May  1!>,  L8l>!)  (son  of  Mer- 
ritc  and  Althaea  Ford). 

|  X'inih  ( leneral  ion.  |      (  'hildren  : 

lO'i-").    i.    If.'iiry  Uiirtnn  Ford,  b.  in  Spi'lngli-ld,  M  ass.,  A  ng.  1:5,   1'^  .").'>. 

1()!)().    ii.    Jenny  Alihaea   Ford,  h.  J  line    ID.    L858,  at  Chicago. 

10(',7.    iii.    Clara   Dwight   Ford,  1).  at  Chicago,  Xov.  i':5,    18(51. 

|  Sixth  <  leneral  ion.  |      See  ]>au'e  :i()  L 

8!>'.).  viii.  Aljihcus  Dwight  (son  of  Setli  Dwight,  Senior,  of  Somers, 
('(.,  and  Joanna  Kellug^j,  Ii.  Ajn-il.  7,  17(50,  m.  Jan.  1,  178!,  Funny 
(I'hanna)  I  'rent  ire,  Ii.  J  an.  1 0,  1704  (dan.  of  John  and  Dorothy  I'ren- 
tice  of  Somer;-,,  ( '( .  John  Prentice  was  son  of  IJev.  Xai'd.  I'rentictj  of. 
J.)un.>tal'le.  Mass.,  and  was  1).  there  in  17 -'51.  !  iis  wife.  I  mrothv  Sexton, 
was  1).  in  1  « -1-0,  and  wa^  i  he  da. u.  of  Amos  Sexton  of  Somers). 

Aljihens  Dwight  \vasa  coopei-,  and  lived  at  Somers  until  I  7!!'i.      Then 
he  removed  to  \\  ilmington,  \  i .,  where  he  kepi    the  toll-u'ate  of  a  1 1  ridge 
across  the   Deerfield  river.       in    iSl'l',  he  removed  to   Fllishurgh.  -i 
S'MiC,,..  X.  Y.       lie  d.  al  i    on,Ji  in.'1-sun  Co..  X.  V.     «epl.  7.  18!.-), 

act.  8a.  Me  was  a  revolulionar\  soldier.  Savs  his  son,  Dr.  i'eleiiali 
Dwighl,  of  him  :  •"'  J  ran  sa\  v,  i  !i  trulli  ihal  lie  was  one  of  i  lie  most 
exemplary  Christians  of  his  da  v  :  his  knowledge  of  theology  and  of  the 
pract  ;cal  doctrines  of  t  he  I  Ji'ile  wa.->  mori1  l  ha  n  ih.it  of  ordinarv  I  ay  men  ; 
lhf\  were  the  pi-ineijiai  studies  of  h is  leisure  hours  ;  and  he  was  not 
moved  i  iv  the  1 1  e\\" -fan^l  'd  dor  t  ri  nes  which  appeareil  from  lime  io  time. 

I    I    is      Hie       \\    ,!  (    !   ,    ,    ;,    .;  !  .    .      ,       ,  .  ;    ,       ,    .'  :,    ,  •   I   .       •.    '    ,       ,        |   .    '    -        ,   |,   ...    '    || 

was  luippv."      Mi-s.   Dwi-h!   d.  at   (  )swego,  X.  V.,   March   -2'.},    I8iil,aet, 


I ' ),  fft'i  //'A////.V  nt'  <  'ilft.    .^ilniJ. 

•"••Jo       '!'!>'    Smi  <>t'  \<itlt(nii>  I  I>iri,/!,f.  «t'  \>  rt]n  iiuf,  fun. 

'.'7.      "  Sli  •  was  th  •   <l.m_'Iii'M'  of   ( 'lirisl  iaii  pan-nt  s,  anil  f  mhra'-f.l    r<-!i- 
«_jic  in   |ii-r-"-lt'  i  ii  --a  rl  \    1 1  f''-. 

|  Sf  \  f  iii  li  '  li-iif  rat  i'  'ii.  |      <  'li  i  Mn-ii  : 

In.;*,   i.    IVlftiali   Dui-ln.  M.l>..  Ii.  .liiu.    1  I.   17<>. 

Kill;  i.    ii.    A  I  pli«  MI  >  l>\\  ii_'ln..li-..  1>.  .Iniif  1".  |  7^7.  .|.  A  pril  1  >"''.».  :i-i .  7l'. 

|n7ii.    iii.    l.yinan   Dwi^'ht,  1>.  Nov.  :'..   17v'.i.  -I.  April    l!>.   17'.'!'. 

1<>7I.    iv.    l.vinan  l>\\i'_'ht.  L'I|.  Ii.  An'.:.  s.  I7'.'7. 

|n7i».  \.  Harvfv  1'ivntin-  I  hviu'lit,  Ii.  May:.!,  I  7'.'!',  .1.  <  >.-t .  ''>.  IM1, 
art.  l.\ 

Kli'.S.  i.  I'rlrtiali  I  >\\  i-lil .  .M  .  I  >..  ' ..  a  i  SoimM'S  < 't ..  .Ian.  It.  17>"'.in. 
•Inly  '.i,  ISI'L'.  Axuliali  K-'dwax  nf  Ailain-.  N.  V.,  1..  AMI.'.  _'•"'.  I  7'.'!' 
(dan,  of  I'lVMTM-iI  am)  A/uliali  !  If  1 1  way  -.1'  Cahvay.  N.  \'.i.  \\lm  <I. 
Api'il  'i.  I  V7  i .  "!'  ci  IM--M  nipt  i<  >n.  ai'l.  7>.  II'-  lia^  jirafi  i^---l  hi  -  |  in  if- •.->!- m 
iin'il  \'i-ry  n-i-i-ii!  1\ .  sinci-  ISL'II.  at  I  lfii'l--i--":i.  Jfli'i-i'M m  ('u..  N.  N  .. 
whriv  In-  si  ill  i-f-i  Ifs,  ai-t.  MI  (  I  ^7  I  i.  II'-  is  aUn  an  dili-r  in  ih--  I'n  -''. 
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IP  i\v  li  \  iii'_'  :  a  ii'l  it'  an\~  -  >l  ln-r  <  HH-  has  c  \  d-  Ii  \ .  il  in  MI  '.iiva!  an  a^f  If 

ll'i.'S    IP  it     p  -r.j.11    his    liaill'1. 

l'!i'_flilli   <  If  n-M-al  'i  ill.  I 

In;:1,,    i.    D'Alum   Dwi-rlit.  h.  ami  .1.   K,-h.  !'.   lsi'1. 

In7|.  ii.  |  ('Alt,, n  |  i\\  i-hi.  1>.  Scpi.  L'.'I,  I  siTi.  m.  .J;,]].  1.  Is.'i  1.  ( 'arha- 
I'iii'-  Sarah  l!:'"un  (ilaii.  nf  lira.  Aiua->a  I'.mv.  n  ainl  S-'ra!i  <• luini. 

l-'nriiif  r!\  a  n-si-l'-iit  at  I J-- lli-\  iilc.  .l-'li'.  <  '•>. ,  N.  N'..  am!  an  «-i«lf  r  in  tin1 

I  ']•'•-,  1 1.  (  '!i.  ;  hf  has  I  ii-i-n  I'm-  nianv  \  i- ars  pa-~l  a  1 !<---!l'T  at  Ai'tain-^, 

.Ifli".  I  '"..  N.  \\  Nn  i-MH-.  Tlii-x  ha\f  a.|n|ilfi|  a  I'liiM  : 

:;:;;:-:::::    I.    Kll.-i   Minnif  iKi-ht.  i,.  |-',.l,.   |n.   l-:,7. 

In;:',   iii.  .\||,II.MI^  D\\ijit.    !..  D.-f.  L'.  1-1-7.  -1.  Mo-.  .\  !-J7. 

I(I7''-.  i\.  K'\!li:ih  A/uliall  l»\\i-'ii!.  i..  April  1".'.  I--1.  In.  !>.'-.  L'l, 
|s.")l.  (  "narlf-  I-!  !\\  in  I  '.T.--  .r  -.  Ii.  S  -pi .  l.l^L'-l  -.nut'  Ira  I '.M'-nn-  an-l 
Mli/.a  I  I  arnii  MI  i,  a  nn- fha  me  al  I  I  --n- 1'  r  -  .n.  N  .  ^  .  I  I  •  \s  a-  "  a  ri^ii  I 
1'iap';-!  aii'l  an  al » ill!  1>  ini -t .  li'-  cull-;'  I  >••  •' .  \^''.<<  i;i  iln-  'Jl'-i  N.  ^  . 
i;.-_M..  ami  v.as  kill,-, I  in  tl,,-  l,;,:i!--  "t'  «  :  -.  .ln!\  1.  h-:;." 

N  i  nt  h  ( Ifip-i'at  ii  in.  |      <  'ui  itli'i-n  : 

!"77.   i.   M.ir\   Ki.iiK    l'.-r>..n^  1..  I ),-,-.  L'."'.  I-: 

h'7-.    ii.    l-j'.a   <  'aiharin--    I'l-r.-m-.  I..    .lnl\    L'7.    I  -."'  1. 

Ki7'.'.    iii.    AiiiM-iif    l.iM.nia    I'd-.^.n-.   I,.    M.,\     [a.    !-:,•;. 

K'-n.    i\.    (  'I, ,.,-i,  -    I. in--.. In    I'.'i'-Min-.  li.    I-',-!,,    i  !.    i  -''-. 

•^     \i-nlli    (  '•<  -li'-l  a  I  p  ill. 

'.    ii.    Aiph.'n-    hv.iuh'.    -li'.,    li.    at    :  -.I1!..-  If  ••   I".   17-7. 

in        aUi'iit       I-  I."'     <  'lali-a      Al\"l'.|     ..I'      \\'illuil,  \'l..     !•.     .lal  .      i  !. 


Dwiyht  of  Enfidd,  Conn., 
Sou  of  Tinioilty,  Son,  of  Jolin,  l>ofU  of  Dedliam,  Jfass.  321 

1793  (dun.  of  Asher  Alvord  and  Martha  Ayres) :  a  merchant  at  llens- 
selaerville,  X.    Y.      "  He    was   one    of  tlie   veiy  best   and   kindest   of 
men/'     1  Fe  was  voiceless  for   several   years  from  bronchitis,  and  d.  of 
consumption  May  11,  18.VJ,  act.  7'2. 
[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 

1081.  i.   Sidney  Alvord   Dwight,  b.   Xov.    12,    181G,  at  llensselaer- 
vilie. 

1082.  ii.   Harriet  Maria  J) wight,  b.  Sept.  12,  1811),  m.  David  jiouck, 
Cobleskill,  X.  Y.,  d.  Aug.  l-\  18G2. 

10X1.  i.   Sidney  Alvord  Dwight,  b.  Xov.  12,  181G,  m.  May  G,  184G, 
Sarah   Ann.    Clark,    b.    at   Westerly,    X.    Y.,    Feb.    10,    IN 21    (dau.  of 
Joseph    Clark  of  liensselacrville  and    Sally  Ann    Lewis),   a   merchant 
at  Coxsackie,  X.  Y.,  formerly,  but  now  a  banker  there. 
[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 

1083.  i.   Clara  Amelia  Dwight,  b.  at  liensselaerville,  April  30,  1847. 
lost.    ii.    Alpheus  Clark  .Dwight,  b.  there  April  19,  1N4!>. 

ION.'),  iii.  AVillis  Long  Dwight,  b.  there  May  30,  18dl,  d.  at  Cox- 
sackie,  July  29,  1873,  aet.  22. 

lONij.  iv.   Sarah  Louise  Dwight,  b.  at  Coxsackie,  Dec.  10,  18<)1. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

10N2.  ii.  Harriet  Maria  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  12,  1819,  m.  Oct.  13, 
1841,  David  .Bouck,  a  merchant,  formerly  at  Cobleskill,  X.  Y.,  but 
aftei-wai'ds  removed  to  Lockport,  X.  Y.  She  d.  in  Lockport,  Aug. 
K>,  1NIJ2.  He  m.  for  2d  wife  widow  Lucy  \\"riglit  of  A:1oms,  X.  Y. 
Jle  is  now  (1874)  proprietor  of  "The  Lockport  Xurseries." 
[  N'ijith  (Generation.]  Children: 

10N7.   i.   Helen  Martha  J5ouek,  b.  at  liensselaerville,  Aug.  2G,  18-1-3. 

loss.  ii.  Sj-u-ah  \\~adsworth  Bouck,  b.  at  Cobleskill,  Xov.  9,  1845, 
d.  at  l.oek^iort,  Jan.  29,  ISGo. 

10N9.  iii.  John  George  .Bouck,  b.  at  Cobleskill,  July  24,  18-1-8,  d.  of 
consumption,  in  INGS,  like  his  mother  and  two  sisters. 

|  Seventh  Generation.  ] 

1071.  iv.  Lyman  Dwight,  b.  Aug.  8,  1797,  m.  March  L'."»,  1824,  Ee- 
becc;i  T.  \Yatson,  b.  Feb.  il,  1802  dau.  of  Wheeler  Watson,  of  Jlens- 
selaervillr ).  cngM^ed  foi'iuerh'  in  wuolt-n  manufacture  and  the  lumber 
busings  in  Berne,  Albanv  Co.,  N.  \ '.,  where  he  was  also  for  many 
years  a  justice  oftlie  peace.  .In  IN!  1  he  removed  to  Winelmm,  X.  Y.? 
and  was  a  tanner  (here.  Simv  184")  In-  has  i-esided  at  Mechauicsville, 
Saratoga  Co.,  X.  Y.  (1874). 


I  J  Jirii 


I  Ki'.;h  I  li    <  M-neral  ion.  ]        (  'hildivn  : 

lll'.MI.  i.  I.  uci;i  Helen  D\sigllt,  !>.  Fell.  II,  Is-"1,  HI.  Sepl.  .'id.  1^1'lj 
Hull.  Illlfus  II.  Kill,!,',  1'.  ill  Kelis>elaer\  llle,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  'J<l,  1  >•_'()  (soil 

of  Knfu>  King  and  Mai-y  Cornell,  and  grandson  of  ll«n.  Kul'u^  King, 
I'.  S.  .Minister  to  Kngland  under  1'n-sts.  Jelferson  and  .\dam>).  a  law- 
yer at  Catskill,  N.  V.  lie  was  .M.  C.  (  lS").">-7),  and  in  iMl.'i  C.  S. 
.Minister  to  Italy.  ''  His  parents  died  when  he  \vas  ijiiite  \iiiinur;  '"it 
in-  strUiigUnl  bravclv  e\er  (.inwards  and  upwarils,  true  to  the  line.  '  No 
chihlren. 

lli'.il.  ii.  Kimneiin:1  (Irahaiu  |)wi:_rlit,  1>.  .Ian.  L''»,  1VL'7.  in.  \^v. 
Alfre.l  \V.  I)(»(y  of  \Vindiiani,  N.  V. 

lU'.C.'.  iii.  Sarah  Watson  Dui^'lit,  1).  I  »ee.  1  S,  lSi'S)  in  llcrne,  N.  V., 
ri'sides  unmarried  at  31echanirs\  ille  (1^71). 

JO'j:'..  iv.  Harriet  Clark  Dwight,b.  No\.  1'  I  ,  !>.",(»,  in  Mt-rnc,  livus 
iiinnarried  at  .Mc'chanicsville. 

lo'Jl.  \.  Naryey  Ali>h'-iis  I  hvi^hf,  \>.  in  Deriic,  N.  \".,  .Ian.  L'S, 
lS.';M,a  coinniissioii  merchant  at  Albany,  N.  N'.,  in.  l-Vli.  1'J.  I>ii7, 
]\Iary  .IsaKel  Uurion,  1».  in  AlKany  <>et.  i".i,  l^hi  (dau.  "!'  .  \nm.s  Nich- 
ols JJurton,  1).  in  Wustoii,  \'t.,  Oet.  ll',  isll.and  Jane  1'atoii.  1).  in 
Troy,  N.  V.,  Dec.  IS,  lSii»).  He  has  had  1  children: 
l(l(.i:>.  1.  Harriet  Dwight,  1).  Nov.  1:',,  lSti7. 

*:!:*:i:     1'.    .Mary   I'.urton  I  )wiglit,  b.  Fel>.  L'  1  ,    1S7<I,  d.    .July  1".',   1S"U. 
^::'::!:::':     '.\.    Har\ev   L\'inan   Ihvight,  ii.  Sept.    1,   1>7I. 
*:i::;:*     -1.   Jeanie-   r.nrton   Dwight,  h.  .May  :5<l,    1S7;>. 

lO'.n;.  \-i.  .Mary  I'ratt  Dwight,  1>.  in  I'.erne,  N.  N'..  l''el>.  !.">.  IS  IK,  <1. 
at  \\'indham,  N.  V.,  Nnv.  Is4l'. 

Jd(.'7.  \ii.  Wheeler  Watson  J>  \\ight,  1».  at  Windhani,  N.  \"., 
Marcli  -i,  lSi:.)(|.  in  Mechaiiies\  ille  .March  .'),  IS.')!',. 

lli'.'l.  ii.  I'Jiiineline  (Jraham  Dwight,  \\.  Jan.  !'.">,  1  vl'7.  in.  Dec.  I'M, 
1>}S,  Alfred  Wortliiiigton  Doty,  M.  I  >.S.  (  .MaM.-r  i-f  Dental  Surgery), 
1».  Nov.  LJ'i,  IM'J  (son  of  ('apt.  William  Doty  of  Durham.  N.  V..  am] 
Julia  IS'  ewel!  j,  a  dent  ist  at  \\  indliaiu,  (  I  reene  (  'o.,  N.  \  ".,  furmei-h  ,  and 
since  IsiiSin  New  York,  being  located  no\\  (Ix7liat  1  1  11  1  \\".  I'.'ih  St. 

|  Ninth  <  Ic-neration.  |       <  'hildren  : 

Jli'.iS.  i.  Wherler  King  Doty,  M.D.S..  1..  Nov.  I'.i.  1  >  I  '.i,  a  denti.-l  in 
New  York,  was  grad.  at  the  l;o>toii  Dental  ('oil.  in  IM'.'.I. 

Inli'.i.    ii.    Mniiiia   Louise  Doty,  h.  April  '.',   l>."i|,d.  No\.  L'.'i.    !>."'.">. 
lli'ii.    iii.    Sai-ali    llcbirra    Doty,   Ii.  Jan.  L'l.    IM'>L'. 

1  lol.  is.  Alfred  Doty,  li.  Dec.  in,  !><;•;. 


Dwiglit  of  En  field,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son,  of  Join  i,  Itotli  of  Dedharn,  3.fass 

mingtoii,  Vt.,  and  Funny  Prentice),  b  at  Wilmington,  May  31,  '17 W, 
in.  Sept.  1,  1827,  Julia  Amy  Hawes,  b.  Xov.  7,  1803  (cluu.  of  Samuel 
Hawes  of  Ellisburgh,  X.  Y.),  who  ct.  Dec.  21,  1837.  He  m.  for  2il 
wife,  June  0,  183!',  Mrs.  Abigail  Averill,  -nee  Hackley,  b.  April  20, 
1800,  widow  of  Henry  Lucius  Averill  of  Oswego,  X.  Y.  (dan.  of  Levi 
Haekley  of  Lit  ch  Held,  Herkimer  Co.,  X.  Y.,  and  Abigail  Williams  of 
Longmeadow,  Mass.).  He  lived  for  some  years  in  Ellisburgh,  X.  Y., 
and  afterwards  in  Watertown,  X.  Y.,  where  lie  was  jailer  for  4  years, 
and  last  of  all  in  Oswego,  X.  Y.  (1838-44),  where  he  d.  Oct.  0,  1844, 
aet.  4;").  Kev.  Dr.  Kobert  \V.  Condit,  his  pastor,  wrote  thus  of  him  to 
the  author  :  "  lie  d.  in  the  prime  of  life  :  he  was  of  more  than  ordi- 
nary intellect,  and  of  intelligent  and  devoted  piety.  His  parents  were 
of  the  old  X.  E.  stamp  of  Christians — stable  in  point  of  doctrine  and 
practice.'1  His  widow  resides  in  Oswego. 
[  Eighth  Generation.]  Children  : 

Jit./  Ids  first  wife: 

1102.  i.   Harvey  Prentice  Dwight,  b.  Dec.  23,  1828. 

110:5.  ii.   Lucy  Jane  Dwight,  b.  Jan.  2.3,  1831,  d.  March  20,  18f>l. 

1104.  iii.  Fanny  Gertrude  Dwight,  b.  Feb.  17,  1833,  d.  April  2!>, 
1837. 

110.").  iv.  Julia  Amy  Dwight,  b.  Sept.    22,  I83f>,  d.  April   22,  1830. 

1 10(5.  v.  Lyman  l!aker  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  28,  1830,  a  telegrapher  for 
some  years  at  Toronto,  C.  W.  Since  1870  he  has  resided  at  Detroit, 
Mich.,  and  is  the  manager  of  the  business  of  the  Montreal  Telegraph 
Co.  at  that  point,  which  is  the  western  terminus  of  its  lines. 

lie  in.  Oct.  13,  18G8,  Eleanor  Walsh,  b.  June  24,  1840,  in  Kilkenny 
Co.,  Ireland,  near  AYaterford  (dau.  of  William  "Walsh  and  Catharine 
iiall).  Xo  children. 

1102.  i.  Harvey  PrenUce  Dwight,  b.  Dec.  23,  1828,  resides  at  To- 
ronto, C.  AY.,  and  has  been  for  several  years  past  (1871)  Superinten- 
dent of  the  Montreal  Telegraph.  Co.  He  in.  May  2ii,  l^.Hi,  Saiah 
1 !  utchinson,  b.  June  2(5,  1837,  in  the  county  of  Armagh,  in  Ireland 
(dau.  of  William  Hutchinson  and  Jane  Tait,  who  were  m.  in  1828). 
|  Ninth  Generation.  |  Children: 

1107.   i.   Julia  Dwiglit,  b.  Sept.   12,  1S.~>7. 

1  ION.   ii.   Fanny  Dwight.  b.  March   17,  18.V.I. 

1  Kill.   iii.    Mli/a  Jane  Dwight,  b.  Nov.  22,  18CO. 

1  I  10.   iv.    Harvey  Wood  Dwiglit,  1).  July  2-"),  1N02. 

1111.  v.    Lyman  Dwight,  b.  June  20,  1N01. 

1112.  vi.  Esther  Hutchinson  Dwight,  b.  Jan.  7,  18(5(5,  d.  Nov.  .">,  1872. 
::::;:::::;;     vii.  Filie  May  Dwight,  b.  May  9,  1807. 


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Si  \i  li  <  Icnerat  ion.l      Sec  jm^c  .">'  i  I. 

(.'ii|.  \.  (  'liiii-lut  if  |iwi'_rht  (il;iu.  i.l'  Seth  I  Kvight,  Senior,  f.f  Somcrs, 
<':..  and  Joanna  I\cllii|_f^  i,  1).  Nov.  L'  I  .  !7''iL',  in.  Nov.  L'l.  17X~>.  A>a 
nlmstead  of  Knliehl,  ('t.,  1».  Dec.  L'7,  171."'  (son  of  Joseph  Olmstead  ,,f 
I'M  lit  ,,ii.  (  t.,  a  in  I  Mm'!  ha  \Vliitc— dan.  of  l>ea.  .Jolni  \\"hiic  (,f  I  laMiehl, 
Mass.,  and  Manual)  \\Yllsof  lladley.  Mass.,  dan.  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
\Vell-  ).  He  was  a  tanner.  lie  \\  as  drowned  in  t  he  (  'onnect  icnt  ri\  er 
:ii  !  Ian  ford,  Nov.  T),  1 7'.'"',  act.  .".().  She  m.  for  a  I'd  husl.and  Ahel 
S;l<e^,  and  as  hi^  I'd  \\ite,  in  1  >'>.",.  Her  voun^e^t  si>ter  \.<,\^  \\a>  his 

til's!     V.it'e:     SCC  Sllhseijllcllt    Jia^'c.         Slie    d.    .IllK      1,     i  >l!."i,    a«   i  .   ('>'2. 

She  was  a  handsome  woman,  of  diu'imied  mien  and  carriage,,  :uid  a 
fail  1 1 fu!  (  "nristian  motlici-,  \vin>  t  rained  her  cliildren  to  st  i  i<M  |.rinci]i!es 
of  moral  action.  She  managed  Hticientlv  in  her  \vn|o\vhood  her  i;n-_'e 
t'aiuilv  of  triple  origin,  and  the  ijiuie  considerable;  otate,  !•  >v  iho^e 
ilavs.  thai  was  left  1 1 y  lioth  hiisltamU  in  her  h;inds. 

|.I..>.-].li  Oliustcsui  m.  ()<•(.  .",1.  I7.".--',  Martha  White.  },.  Mardi  !  I. 
17"-.  He  d.  in  177-"'.  He  removed  from  l!olto:i.  Ct.,  to  Knti-ld, 
<  ';..  ahont  17  IL'.  His  diihlrcn  were: 

1.  .lo,..ph  <)lmstea<l,  1..  Au_-.  i'-1.  17:;:;.  d.  N..V.  IL',  isiM.  at-i.  -'I.  :i 
f;n  mer  in  l-lntield.  (  't. 

L'.  Hannah  <  »lmst  e;nl,  li.  Mav.\  1  7;)">,  in.  i'.enjn.  Ten¥\',  .)  r..  of  Mn- 
ii-id.  <':..  and  d.  !''e!».  Is,  17'^.  :i.-t.  .'JM.  a  farmer. 

:'».  Marilia  I  »lm>iead,  1..  March  1,  1  7-7.  m.  Lphraim  Terry  of  I!:, 
ti"ld.  <  '• ..  a  farmer. 

I.    .lohn   (  )lmsti-;id,  1..   in    17."''.',  d.    May    1  .">.    I7'''l.ae!.    L'L1. 

."..    I  >/N  id  <  limstcad.  1 1.  in    171  !.  d.    Ke1;..  L'."',    1  7-7.  a.  :.    !•'.. 

o.    Kiijah  <  Mm.slca.l.  !«.   May    1,17  I."-,  m.  Sarah  T.  rrv. 

7.    A -a  i  »;m-iead,  1..    1  >e  •.  L'7.    17  1  "'.  m.  (  ".. 
:  Se\  en;  h   (  ieiierat  ion.  |       (  'h  i  id  ri-n  : 

/.';/  _///,/    „,»,:•;.>;/•  : 

Ml:;,    i.    |>a\  id   <  )lin>tc;i,|,  !P.  in   1  7-7.  d.  -I  ,: 

I  1  1  !.    ii.    (  'hai  iotie  (  (IniM-ad.  !..  June    i.    1  7-'.-. 

I  I  I.'.,    iii.    A -a  <  ilmsiead.  .1  r..  l».    April    I'.'.    1  7-1 

I  !  h'..    i\.    Joanna   <  »!in~;-ad.  1,.  July    I''.,    i  7  '."..    : 
••!  -.   and   d.    Sept.    L'7,    I  -7-.   a.  !.   Ml. 

1117.    x.    .I-  eph    <  '!:,:-!. -ad.  L.  in     17'.':..       ii 
>:  ••  ;    il'.'-id.       lie    wi  MI     to    par.  -    unknou  n   in    i  -  . 

!.      ,  i  •  I    i'n  .111    -ilice. 


Diriyld  of  Eilfield,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  loth  of  Dedham,  Jfa**.   :i-2^ 

l>i/  second  marrirffje  : 

1118.  vi.    Salmon  Sikes,  1).  Feb.  !),  1S04,  d.  Aug.  28,  18(5."). 
HID.   vii.    Lois  Sikes  b.  Sept.  24,  1S08,  m.  George  C.  Mead. 

1113.  i.  David  Olmstead,  b.  in  1787,  a  hatter  at  Monson,  .Mass.,  in. 
Hannah  Holton  of  Eniield,  Ct.  (dan.  of  Elisha  lloltonj.  He  d.  at 
Monson,  July  20,  1824,  act.  37. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

1120.  i.   M.ary  Ann    ( )lm.stead,   b.   .June    ID,    1809,  m.  Silas    S.Car- 
roll, d.  Xov.  20,  1S43. 

1121.  ii.    Susan    Putnam   Olmstead,  b.    Oct.    K>,    lSl'1,    m.    Josej)li 
Cutler  of  Warren,  31ass..  a  farmer  (son  of  . Joseph  (.Uitlerj. 

1122.  iii.     Dea.    Elisha    Holton    Ohnstead,    b.    Sept.    10,    ISi;1,,    m. 
Fannv  Jones  of  Boston,  INIass.      He  d.   April    23,  18(J1,   net.   47.      2v> 
children.      He  was  a  hotel-keeper  at  1 'aimer,  Mass. 

112:5.  iv.  .David  Olmstead,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  ]o,  1  Si. 3,  lives  unmarried  ai 
]\[onson,  insane  since  his  youth. 

1121.  v.  Charlotte  Augusta,  Olmstead,  1).  Aug.  27,  1SJ.S,  ]n.  X;l. 
tlianiol  Gilmore  of  Stafford,  Ct. 

112.").  vi.  John  Ihvight  Olmstt-ad,  b.  .March  1  •'>.  1830,  d.  at  Mouson, 
Au^'.  3,  18(>],  a  hotel-keeper  with  his  brother  Holton. 

1120.  i.  M_ary  Ann  Olmstead,  b.  June  19,  180!),  in.  Silas  S.  Carroll, 
a  cabinet-maker  in  Monson,  Mass.  She  d.  Xov.  ^0,  184'J.  He  m. 
again. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 

lll'ii.   i.   Heniy  Silas  Carroll,  b.  Jan.  10,  1820. 

1127.  ii.    George  Olmstead   Carroll,  b.   Aug.    10,   1831,   in.    Martha 
Adelia  Anderson  of  Stafford,  Ct.     Xo    children.     Jle   keeps  a   liven 
stable  at  Monson,  Mass. 

1128.  iii.    William   Holton   Carroll,!).    Jan.    10,  1835.,  in.  Ellen    M. 
Farringtoii.      OIK;  child  : 

i  12D.    1.   Alice  Josephine  Carroll,  b.  Jan.  ol.   1805. 
1130.   iv.    Charles  Carroll,  b.  Nov.  1830,  d.  May  10,   1843. 

|  Eighth  ( renovation.] 
112!.   ii.   Susan  Putnam   Olmstead,  1).  Oct.  1 .';-.  1811,  m.  aboni   I--:;: 

Joseph  Cutler,  a  farmer   in.  Warren,  Mass.      lied,  in    the   summer    of 
1808. 

[  Ninth  ( leneration.  |      Children  : 

11:51.  i.  Mary  Augusta  Cutler,  b.  Feb.  U'>,  1830.  m.  Henry  .M .  Cat- 
tle of  Springlield,  Mass.,  about  It--.) 7.  He  keeps  a  boot  and  shot.'  store. 
Children  : 


fx  of  (  't/j'f.  S<f)jtJ. 


1  1  .".I".  1.     \Vi]|i:illl    Anderson   <  '.'istlr,   1).   (  let.   -1  1,    1  S/)«. 

I  I.",:1-.  L'.    n..ra   .May  ('astir,  1..   Nov.    I,    1SU1. 
li:;t.  ."..   (  leoi-L'e  .Men-it  t  <  'astir,  1).  Sept.   11.  !*»!!. 

II  :'.:>.  ii.   Thomas  Cutler,  1>.  I-VK.   II.   ]S41,d.   March  L'I',,   1  >  1  ^. 
]!:;•;.  iii.    llolton    Olmstead    Cutler,    li.    April    :.'  1  ,     \^\'-\,    d'-af   ami 

dlllllK 

1  1:17.  iv.    Joseph  Culler,  1).  .Ian.   1  •">.  1  s  U5. 

1  1.">S.  \.    l-'aiiny  <  Jlinstrad    ditlri-,  1..  Srj.t.  .">.  isj-;. 

11.  ".'.i.  vi.    Jriniy  Susan  Cutlrr,  1>.  On.  L'li.   is:,]. 

I  1  (u.  vii.    Ida  (Jortnuk:  C'utlcr,  b.  Jan.  ;"),  is:,i;. 

|  Ki^hth  (  Irnoration.] 

II  11  I.    v.   Charlotto    Augusta    Oln^frad,   1>.    AiiLf.    L'T,    1^1^.    in.    in 
IS.'il—  "),    Nathanirl    (iilmorr,   a   hotrl-krrprr   in    Stallnrd,    <  't.       Mr    d. 
and  slirm.   t'or  I'd  husliand   \\'illiam    I'liifi-r,  a  i'arnirr  at    M»II>I>:,.   Ma--. 

[Ninth  (  Irncratiou.]      C'hihlrrn  : 

11-11.  i.  Charles  Nathaniel  Cilinore,!).  Oct.  21,  1^3.",,  n  .K.  I!,  fun- 
ductor. 

1  1  ll1.  ii.  Dwi^'ht  Olinstrad  Oiln^orr,  1).  Nov.  L',  1S::7.  a  sihrrsinith 
at  Sjiriliixlirld. 

1113.  iii.  Kdwin  (IrriiN'illr  (lilnmrr,  ]>.  Jan.  l^.l^lo.  a  ch-rk  in 
N.-w  Vork. 

1111.  iv.  Ksthrr  Kly  Cilinorr.  1..  Aug.  1,  IS  1:1.  in.  in  iSi'.S  Cliai-l.-s 
(Jardinrr,  a  lawvcr  in  I'alinrr,  Ma^-s. 


|  KiLlht  h  <  ii'iiiTat  ii  in. 

1111:..  \i.  John  |)\vi-l,|  Ohnsirad,  K  March  I :'.  1 -:'•".  m.  April  1  .">. 
lv."iH.  Su-aii  llatlmnir  Smith  (if  I'iM-iiin,  Ma--.,  li.  at  Nr\v  llfdt'.irii. 
Nov.  P.ll.  |SL".I.  Mr  ]<r|,f  hotel  with  his  l.ro.  II,, It. .u  at  I'alinrr,  Ma>>. 
Tiie\-  \verr  1  tot  h  clerks  lur  several  vears  at  The  'IV' -m  on  t  lion-,.',  |!o-t  in, 
lied.  AULT.  •"'.  1^1)1,  at  Monson,  Mass.  I  lis  widow  keeps  now(lS7,",) 
a  lio;irdini:--chool  for  MHIIIL:  ladie^  at  ( 'aiiiltrid^e.  Ma--. 
Ninth  <  lenerat  ion.  ]  (  'hildren  : 

1  1  i:>.    i.    Mary    I'arkrr  Olmst.-ad,  1).  nt    I'.o-to,,,  An-.    |  •_>,   |>;,1. 

lilt'),    ii.    Helen  Crarr  Olinstead,  K  the,-,-  Nov.    |  ;,,    |>;,L>. 

1117.  iii.  Franklin  l>\\i-ht  Olmstea.l.  K.  i!i.-iv  1  »e,-.  i1,.  Is.".).  Me 
\va-  r  n  L.ra  •_'' •  i  i  in  a  count  iii'^-honse  in  l>oston,  and  \\a>  killed  at  the  i_'reai 
lire  there  N"\  .  I11,  IV7L",  A\ldle  tr\mi,r  to  sa%e  others  froni  de-trueti  >n, 
li\  a  uall  f';illin','  upon  him  from  a  Imrniirj  1'uildiiiL'.  lie  wa-  lniric-d 
l>\  way  ol'  honor  at  I  he  ex  pi  •  use  of  the  cit  v  u'os  eriiinent . 

III-.    i\.    Julia  Augusta  Olm-tead,  1..  at    MI  m-on.  J  id  v    11.    1-^7. 


I) w ifjli  t  of  E'nfidd,  Co ;/??., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  loth  of  Dedham,  3fass.   327 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1114.  ii.   Charlotte  Olmstead  (cliiu.  of  Asa  Olmstead  of  Enfield,  ft., 
and  Charlotte  Dwight),  b.  June   1,  1789,  in.  Feb.  0,  180!),  Elms  Shel- 
don, a  farnici-  in  Sonicrs,  Ct.      He  d.  Aug.  23,  1859.     She  still  (1874) 
resides  at  Somers  aet.  84. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

1149.  i.   Asa  Olmstead  Sheldon,  b.  Dec.  6,  1809,  m.  Aug.  25,  1835, 
Polly  Hall  Pease.     He  was  a   manufacturer  of  caps   and   bonnets  at 
Somers.     Xo  issue.     He  d.  Xov  7,  1808,  aet.  49.     She  in.  again  and 
resides  in  Springfield,  Mass. 

1150.  ii.  Lovisa  Chapin  Sheldon,  b.  Jan.  4,  1813,  in.  Dec.  23,  1847, 
George  Chapin  Wilson,  a  mechanic  in  Monson,  Mass. 

1151.  iii.  Ann  Eliza  Sheldon,  b.  Dec.  28,  1814,  lives  unmarried  at 
Somers. 

1152.  iv.   Mary  Sexton    Sheldon,  b.   Sept.    18,    1817,   m.    Xov.    25, 
1847,  Charles  Cooley,  a  farmer  at  Coiiway,  Mass.,  at  first,  but  for  some 
years  past  at  Somers.      Children  : 

1153.  1.   Mary  Kliza  Cooley,  b.  at  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  27,  1852. 

1154.  2.   Charles  Sheldon  Cooley,  b.  April  20,  1859. 

1155.  v.   Charlotte  Dwight  Sheldon,  b.  June   10,  1825,  m.  Aug.  21, 
1854,  Levi  Lincoln  Childs  of  Woodstock,  Ct.,  a   stage   proprietor  in 
Xew  London,  (.'t.      Children: 

1150.  1.  Charlotte   Elizabeth   Childs,   b.   at   Somers,  Ct.,  June    10, 
1855. 

1157.  2.  Lincoln  Flias  Childs,  b.  at  Colchester,  Ct.,  Feb.  10,  1858. 
****  3.  George  Childs,  b.  about  1808  in  Xew  London,  Ct. 

11 58.  vi.  Theodore  Sheldon,  b.  Aug.  8,  1830,  in.  June  12,  1802,  Ellen 
Celestia  Kibbe  of  Somers.     Xo  issue.      He  is  a  merchant  at  Somers. 

1159.  vii.   Eugene   Constantino   Sheldon,   b.    July  5,    1835,  keeps  a 
meat  market  at  Springfield,  Mass.      He  m.  April  25,  1858,  Julia  Ellen 
Tiffany  of  Somers  (dau.  of  John  Tiffany  and  Clara  Fuller). 

[Xinlh  Generation.]      Children: 
1K10.  i.  Asa  Eugene  Sheldon,  b.  April  8,  1859. 

1101.  ii.   William  Olmstead  Sheldon,  1).  Sept,  20,  1800. 

1102.  iii.   .lulia  Ermina  Sheldon,  b.  Xov.  12,  1S01. 
lie..".,   iv.    Henry  Burt  Sheldon,  b.  Feb.  24,  18G3. 

1101..   v.    Charles  Sheldon,  b.  June  29,  1804,  d.  Aug.  1S04. 

[  Seventh  Generation.] 

1115.  iii.    Asa  Olmstead,  Jr.,b.  April  19,  1791,  at  Enfielil,  Cfc.,grnd. 
at    Princeton,  X.  J.,  in  1S1  1,  studied  law  at   Springfield,  Miss.,  in  the 
office  of  linn.  George  J.>liss  of  that  city  and  practised  it  at  Wllbraham, 


•">i's       77/<    X»/t  of  .\<tffniiti<  I  Ihrit/Jtf,  of  ^Xort]t<(n/]>f<>it, 

Mass.  (  ]  -:_'•_'  .".MI,  and  ;ii'l  erv,  a  r.  Is  for  ll'  years  (  I  S.'K  I-  1 i')  at  N'orl  hficM, 
Mass.  Since  I  s  IL'  he  has  n-sh  lei  I  a  I  <  'lint  on,  (  >neida  Co..  N.  Y..  \\  it  li- 
out  anv  special  occupat  ion,  veneraMe  for  liis  vcars,  maintain!  n^  t  ho 
t  Ve-xhnesx  i .  I'  !ns  in  ii  id  ami  main  id's  to  (lie  last  ;  \\  In  TV  lie  died.  !'  ci  i.  l'.>, 
1^71.  act.  si'.  u  lie  uasa  man  of  mtrjli  intelligence,  animat'-d.  and 
int  eiv^' ':>:•;  in  con  versat  ion.  cou  rl  eons  iii  in;;n  HIT,  ].iir«-  in  character, 
i'r.M.Iv  Iii  fXprrssioii,  uli.J  |io.ssr>s!iiiT  ijilahtlcs  that  cinli-a  rfl  lilln  to  ;i 
laru'c  circle  ot'  friends.  In  the  fani!!\  circle  no  one  nmhl  lie  inorc  at- 
tractive, lie  v;is  [»:irticuliii'lv  fond  oi  children.  \\  ho  a!\va\<  warmly 
reciprocal  cd  his  partiality.  In  his  last  sickness  liis  patien-f,  L.r'-nt!c- 
ness  and  politeness  were  i-einarkalile.  and  lie  di-pla\ed  in  its  di-tr-  -stul 
experiences  some  of  the  lies!  (raits  that  adorn  the  human  cliaracter. 
He  m.  .Inly.".,  ISL']}  Mary  I'roctor  Hmi.1,  1..  at  I'laintield,  Ma-..  N 
](',,  IT'.IL'  (dau.  <.f  l»r.  Solomon  Itond  of  Kniicld.  ('[.,  and  Sar  ii 
Ilinckley  of  N.  I'.rooklield,  .Mass.).  Slic  is  .still  Living  uu<l  i'.i 
fortahle  health  and  stivn-'th. 

|  i'Ju'ht  h  (  M'nerat  ion.  |      ( 'hildrcn  : 

lli;.~>.  i.  Mary  Hoii-l  ( Hm.-,te;id,  1>.  ai  \Vilbraliam,  Ma-.,  [•'••!..  _'». 
isi:;,  ,,,.  An-:.  21,  1S17,  I'ruf.  Th-odore  \Viliiam  Dwidn.  l.l..h....f 
Coliimi.ia  Coile-e.  N.  \.  fs,m  of  llenjamin  \V....|>,V-  iKvi.-],;.  M.!'.. 
and  S  ,phi;i  NViMi.ll.i-iil^;  St  roim),  ),.  .1  uly  IS,  IM'I>.  |-\,r  a  t'l;!1  a>'- 
folllit  of  him  and  his  children  see  previous  pau'e. 

MM;,    ii.    Sarah   1 1  inck'ey  (  Mm.stead,  I..   Oct.    17,    1 -l' !,  d.  J an.    1 -':'.!. 

Ill',;,  iii.  Dwi-ht  Ilinckley  Olmstead,  b.  ut  \Villiralnim,  Ma-..  N(.v. 
Ii'..  l>_''. 

MI;«.  iv.  A!my  I'i-iv  (  Mmstead.  h.  at  N'ortlilield,  .Mass.,  .\pril  7. 
is;;  |,  d.  at  riinioii,  N.  ^'.,  of  eoiistimptii>n,  No\.  7,  I.-1''!,  ;u-i.  :'<'.'>.  >i;e 
had  urea  t  en'  r_'"^  ol'  \\  ill.  and  protracted  Ip-r  I; !',  •  man\'  \  ••.•••-  l>e\  or.d  t  h" 
feais  of  her  friends  concerning  her,  and  the  (Apectal  ions  ot' t  In-  I.e^; 
|>h\  siciaiis,  1>\  |ie[- determinat  ion  not  to  die  iintil  site  must.  .I'tat!i 
came  to  her  suddenlv,  and  found,  her  [in-pared  for  his  approach  l>y  her 
f;.  i;  h  in  <  'h  rist. 

II''.1.'.  \.  Sarah  Hinckh-y  (  Mmstead,  !•.  at  NortlificM,  I  »ec.  :',  I  S:',L'. 
resides  iiinmarried  at  ( 'linton,  de\  oiing  Iictx-li  \\ith  !lh.,d  delight  to 
the  caiv  ot'  her  a^'-d  [larent. 


11 ''.7.  iii.  I)\\i-ht  Ilim-klcy  OIinsf.-;i<l,  l>.  No\.  !-.  1  ^l1''..  -rad.  at 
I ia m.  <',,!].,  N.  V.  in  1  si's  tu.  K.-l>.  _",  ls."i:>.  Marin  N.-l.h  |.a\u.  nee, 
,  t'  Nev.  York  (dan.  of  Kichard  [,a  \vrence  of  Kln-hin-,  I.,  [..and  <ar- 

0  1  i  i :  e   \  o ! , !  e  t ,  a  i  a  \v  \  e  i  •    a  t     \  ,  \\-     ^  o  r  !•;    since     N  o  \ ,     1  ^  . ,  i .       |  [ ,  •    i  -,    n  o  \v 

1  1  -  7."'-  !  )   in    Ku  rope  \\  n  h   his  (aim  1  v. 


I) w igh f  of  En  field,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Join),  both  ofDedham,  I\f«ss.  829 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Cliildren: 

1170.  i.   Lawrence  Dwiglit  Olnistead,  b.  at  X.  Y.,  Xov.  22,  1S.V). 

1171.  ii.   Ida  Caroline  Olnistead,  b.  at  .Brooklyn,  Dec.  18,  18.10. 

1172.  iii.    Agnes   Mary  Olnistead,  b.   at   New   York,  Dec.  31,  18(52, 
d.  Aug.  10,  18(5-1-. 

1173.  iv.   Grace  Maria  Olnistead,  b.  at  Xew  York,  Aug.  17,  18(j.>. 

[Seventh  Generation.  | 

111'),  iv.  Joanna  Olnistead  (dan.  of  Asa  Olnistead  and  Charlotte 
Dwight),  b.  at  Enlield,  Ct.,  July  Hi,  17(.»3,  in.  Dec.  2,  18!0,  Ansoii  Per- 
cival  of  Soniers,  ('t.,  a  fanner  (son  of  Dr.  Francis  Pevcival,  a  surgeon 
in  the  revolutionary  army,  and  Miriam  Chapman  of  Iladdam,  Ct.). 
She  d.  Sept.  27,  1873,  aet.  SO. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children  : 

1174.  i.   Francis  Ansoii  Percival,  b.  Feb.  1,  1821,  a  farmer  in  Man- 
kato,  Minn.,  unmarried. 

117").  ii.  Loreu  Warren  Percival,  b.  April  11,  1S21-,  m.  Sept.  12, 
1S.~)0,  Julia  Maria  Kibbe  (dau.  of  Amariah  Kibbe  of  Somers  and 
Maria  G rover  of  Tolland).  She  d.  Aug.  4,  IS") 4-,  and  he  in.  for  2d  wife, 
Nov.  4,  18">7,  Hannah  Bliss  Sikes,  b.  Feb.  ,">,  183(5  (dan.  of  !  !omce  Sikes 
of  Soniers  and  Nancy  Darby  his  2d  wife)  :  a  farmer  in  Somers.  See 
No.  1  237,  A  iii. 

[Ninth  Generation.  |      Children: 

P»j  ji-i'st  wife,  : 

117(5.   i.  Julia  Florence  Percival,  b.  Xov.  1.2,  1S")3. 
J>t/  second  wife  : 

I  177.    ii.    Francis  Rollin  1'ercival,  b.  Feb.  22,  18(50. 

iii.    Susan  Ciarinda  l>orci\'al,  b.  April  21',  1871. 

[Seventh  Generation,  j 

II  18.    vi.    Salmon  Sikes  (son  of  Abel  Sikes  and  Charlotte  Dwight), 
b.  in    Somei-s,  Feb.  ',),   ISO  I,  m.   about   1827  F>etsey  Darby  of  Ttdland, 
Ct.,  b.    June  21,  1  80.").      1  To  was    a   carpenter    at    Durhann  i!ie,  N.    Y., 
where  he  d.  Aug.  28,  18(5"),  aet.  (11,  and  where  his  widow  still  resides. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

117S.  i.    Fanny  "Maria  Sikes,  b.  Sept.  2'J,   1828,  d.  Jan.  29, 

M7H.  ii.   Altel  rjyler  Sikes,  b.  April   1(5,   1S30. 

llsd.  iii.   Charles  Milo  Sikes,  b.  Aug.   t,  1833. 

11.^1.  iv.    linth  Ann  Sikes,  b.  Oct.  2,   1  S3.\ 

11^2.  v.    Liu-a  Maria  Sikes,  b.  May  7,   18:57. 

1  1S3.  vi.   Tlieron  Augustine  Sikes,  b.  Sept.  1,  IS.",'.). 

1184.  vii.   .Harriet  OplieJia  Sikes,  b.  Oct.  27,  184.2. 


/)>  xt't  ll<!<lilf*   (>f   (  (t/'f.    Kit/Ill. 
'}'.]{}        '/'/I,     S,,/i   of'  .\</t}ntii!<  /  />//'/'////,  of  \<>rt}nlii<jifi>n, 

IIs-1.    \  1 1 1.    A   daughter,  u  n  named,  b.  a  n.l  <1.  .Ian.  S,   1  s  I  ~\. 

list1,,    ix.    Cordelia   Miranda  Sikes,  b.    Feb.  7,   IS  17,  (I.  .lan.h',,  Isil.'l. 

1  |S7.    \.     I... is   Charlolte  Sik.-s,   I).    Feb.    1  ].    1S..O. 

II7!>.   ii.    Abel    Tyler   Sikcs,  1>.    April    I'1.,  I  >:'.u,  in.    Dec.    L'!»,    ls:»o, 
Sarah   Ann   Shattuck  uf  I  )iirltain\  ill.-,  N.    Y.,  1>.  July  S,    1>:H>. 
|  Nini  li  <  it-Herat  ion.  ]      (  'hildr.-n  : 
1  1SS.    i.    Flva  Anila  Sik.-s,  b.  in  Mohawk,  >,".  Y.,  .June    17.   I>~>L',  <\. 

.Inly  :',i,  ls:a. 

llS'.i.  ii.    I-]]., n   Divn-nc  Sikrs,  1).  in   I  >urliain\  ill.-.  MMV'.I,   lv.">l. 

H'.MI.  jii.    Knicst   Klln-rt  Sikcs,  1,.  in  .Mohawk.  K.-l,.  :',,   Isr.C,. 

ll'.H.  iv.    Lillian  Sik.-s,  1>.  in  .Mohawk,  .May  »'.,    IS.'.S. 

ll'.il'.  v.     Myron  Sikcs,  1>.  in   .Moliawk.  An^.   ."»,    IM'.O. 

1  1  !!.">.  vi.    Charles  Augustine  Sikcs,  1>.   I  ><•<-.  !>,   isi'.i',  in  Muhawk. 

ll'Jl.  vii.   .1  )\vijrlit  Jiiirtun  Sikcs,!).   .May   11,   IM'>">,  in  I  )nrhani\  ill.1. 

|  Sc\  cni  h  ( Jcncrat  ion.] 

lll'.i.    vii.    Lois  Sikcs  (dan.  of    Abel    Sikcs   an.l    ( 'liarl.itte    |)\viu'ht), 
b.  in    Soiners,  Sept.  L'l,    ISds,  in.    .):m.    i'i'5    1  M".l,  ( leor^-    C.  Mead,  b. 
Auuf.  -.   l'<(|7,  a  carriage-maker  in  Sin\'rna,  N.    N  .,  for  many  \~  ars.  luit 
no\v  a  fi'iiit -grower  Jii  A"inclan<l,  N.  .1. 
|  Kiicht  h  (  General  ion.]      ( 'hil.lreii  : 

H'.i.'t.  i.  Henry  .|)\vi_<:lit  ^lead,  b.  Nov.  1 11.  is.'ln,  m.  Nov.  1  L>.  [sl'.t. 
Mary  K.  Keller;  a  carria^e-inaker  at  Oxford,  N.  N'. 

II'."''.  ii.  Fanny  Maria  .Mead,  b.  April  ."»n,  !*.">.">,  in.  l>c\illo  ('. 
I»ro\\n  of  Sin\riia,  N.  N  .,  a  carpenter  and  joiner. 

1  1'.'7.  iii.  Cornelia  Ann  Mead.  I-.  Nov.  L1''.,  Is.",:.,  m.  April  1 .".,  |s.',  1, 
l>eni-on  A.  KeKey  of  Smyrna,  a  telegrapher.  She  d.  Sept.  1  I.  I  >-'.!. 

1  I'.'S.  iv.  Mary  I'lli/.abet  h  .Mead,  b.  Oct.  I."),  I  <'.*-,  iv>ide.>  nninarric.l 
at  Vinelan.l.  N.  .1. 

1  I'.i'.i.  v.  Althaea  Minerva  Mead,li.  April  I  L\  I-!:'.,  in.  Oct.  i'>. 
]  Mi."),  .lohn  N.  I  lolnie>  of  Smyrna. 

'I  L'l  n '.    si.     InioLrciie  Charlotte  Mead,  b.  Sept.    1,    !-!.">. 

iL'iM.    vii.    Morris  Mead,  b  An-.  L'l,   1>  I'.i. 

iL'HL'.  \iii.  Oeoi-t,'.;  Henry  Mead,  b.  Nov.  L'7,  Is.'.u.  :li  \[,,,,[,  Mont- 
gomery Co..  N.  V. 

lL(|'.">.    i\.    Charles   |)\vi^ht    Mead,  b.  at    Sinvrna,    March    1,    I  s;.',i. 

IL'HI.    x.    Frank   Alton    Mead,  b.  .Ian.   L'7.    1  ^''.L'. 

|Si\th  <  iciierat  ion.  |      See  pa^e  ."i' '  I. 

'.n'L'.  \i.  l.oi>  |>ui^ht  (dan.  of  Seth  huiu'hi  of  Soiners  and  Joanna 
Kei],,--,,  !,.  May  I,  17<»'>,  in.  as  his  lir>t  wife,  Abel  Sikes.  April  '.'. 
17>''.  lie  was  a  fanner  at  Soiners,  and  an  i  nt  el  ii._'ent  aid  enterpris- 


Dwiylit  of  Enfield)  Conn., 
Son  of  Timoiliij,  Son  of  Jolin,  1>otli  of  Dedliam,  Jfass.  331 

ing  man.  His  father  (Reuben  Sikes)  and  a  Mr.  Pease  are  said  to  have 
been  the  first  persons  who  ever  ran  a  line  of  stages  in  this  country — 
carrying  the  mail  from  Hartford,  Ot.,  to  Boston,  Mass.  Lois  (Dwight) 
Sikes  d.  Sept.  13,  ]  802,  aet.  3<i.  He  m.  for  I'd  wife  Charlotte  Dwight, 
her  sister,  then  widow  of  Asa  Olmstead,  as  previously  shown.  He  d. 
May  23,  181(5,  aet.  53. 

[Seventh  (-rent-ration.]      Children  : 

120o.   i.    Chauncey  Sikes,  b.  Oct.  2,  1788. 

120G.  ii.  Betsey  Sikes,  b.  Nov.  2,  1789,  m.  Elijah  Ford  of  Canton, 
N.  Y.,  d.  March  22,  18:>(>. 

1207.  iii.   Asa  Sikes,  b.  in  1792,  d.  Aug.  2,1,  1802,  aet.  10. 

1208.  iv.   Horace  Sikes,  b.  April  8,  179."). 

120!).  v.  Warren  Sikes,  b.  Jan.  21,  1799,  d.  Sept.  2<>,  1842. 

1210.  vi.   Lois  Sikes,  b.  in  1800,  d.  Sept.  4,  1802. 

120.").  i.   Chauncey    Sikes,  b.  Oct.  2,  1788,   m.    March  3,  1822,  Cyn- 
thia Hancock  :  a  fanner  in  Rome,  X.  Y.      He  d.  Dec.  20,  18G3. 
[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

1211.  i.   Cynthia  Amelia  Sikes,  b.  Nov.  28,  1822. 

1212.  ii.  Abigail  .Dwight  Sikes,  b.  Sept.  10,  1824,d.  Aug.  19,  1826. 
121.').    iii.   Chauncey   Henry  Sikes,  b.  -June,  Id,  1S2<'>. 

121  1.  iv.   Francis  Sikes,  b.  May  .1,  1828. 

121.").  v.   George  Mead  Sikes,  b.  March  28,  1830. 

12Ki.  vi.   Ralph  Flint  Sikes,  b.  Jan.  1.1,   1832. 

1217.  vii.   Julia  Sikes,  b.  July  If),  1834. 

1218.  viii.   Mary  Klixabeth  Sikes,  b.  Oct.  10,  1838. 

1219.  is.  Ellen  Maria  Sikes,  b.  Oct.  8,  1840,  d.  April  10,  18.12. 

f  Seventh  Generation.] 

120*;.  ii.  Betsey  Sikes,  b.  Nov.  2,  1789,  m.  about  1820,  Elijah 
Ford,  1).  Mty  29,  1.77-1,  a  farmer  and  a  man  of  integrity,  honor  and 
thrift.  He  resided  at  Canton,  N.  Y.  lie  d.  May  2,  1804. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

1220.  i.   Theodore  Ford,  b.May  14,  182-1,  d.  unmarried  Feb.  19,  1843. 
lie  enlisted   Aug.   9,  18(52,   in  tin-    JO'Jth    N.  Y.  Regt.  of  Vols.      He 
served  \\itlihis  regt.  in  Virginia  for  about  3  months,  lost  his  health  and 
returning  home  d.  at  Canton,  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.,  after  -1  weeks 
of  intense  suffering. 

1  22  I .  ii.  Martha  Ford,  b,  Oct.  20,  182l»,  m.  John  S.  Lewis  of  \Vater- 
town.  .N.  Y. 

1222.  iii.   Edward  Ford,  b.  Sept.  30,  1828,  d.  Feb.  23,  181)2. 

1221.   ii.    Martha  Ford,  b.  Oct.  20,  182G,  m.  Jan.  14,  1817,  John  S. 


I  >,  xn  i«/itiifx   of  ('(Ijif.    SililiL 

•""'I'J       77"    X»i<  <>l'  ..\<ifli</  1/  /<  I  l>/r/,/f/f1  of'  ,^  t>rf]ni  iitj'fon, 

I.eu  i-  i  if  \Vatert<>\\  n,   N.    Y. 

j  N  iii!  h  '  ieneral  i'  m.  |      <  'liiMivn  : 
1  1"-':1.,    i.    Stephen   Il.-nrv   Leu  is.  1>.    1-V'i.  L'7,    1^1-. 
lL'L'1.    ii.     I.  aura    Martha    I  .ewi-,.  1>.  J  n  I  v    1  -\    1  ^-"'L1. 
lL'L'.">.    iii.    Wilfred    Kliner   Lewis,  I,.    1-Vi,.   .",,    1-:.'.'. 

|  Ki'_dn  li  <  'em-rat  inn.  | 

IL'L'L'.  iii.  Kdward  Kurd,  1».  S.-].t.  .".II,  ]SL'*,  in.  March  L'7.  I  -:-•.. 
Hannah  C,,i-l,in.  I  \<-  .!.  K.-K.  L'."».  IM'.L'.  at  <  'ami.  Micliigan,  \'a.  !!•• 
was  a  snliiicr  in  tin-  l-'il'th  Mi«-!i.  Infantrv. 

Nint  !i  <  Jciici'a*  i«  in.  ]      <  liil'lri'ii  : 

ll'L''1..    i.    Clara    Italic]    I-',,i-,l.  1,.   April  !».    l>."'7.  .1.   Mav   L1".    Ix'..".. 
ll'L'7.    ii.    Klijah  Pliny  Ford,  1,.  .Ian.  i's,  1>,V.'. 

[  Sc\  cntli  (  Iciicrat  inn.  ] 

ll'ns.  iv.  ll:>racr  Sik'-s  (son  of  Al^l  Sik.-s  an<l  l...i>  [  K\  i-i.i  .  !,. 
April  S.  171.1-").  in.  Sept.  L'l',  Isls,  Hainiiih  l'.li»  nf  |.i  .I,_M:,  -a^inv,  ,  Ma—.. 
Ii.  -Ian.  Id,  17(.»7  (ilau.  <.f  Cains  \\\\^  ami  K\iuic..  lluhih.-.ip.  >!,••  .i. 
3!ay  1,  Isi';;.  and  lit-  in.  f..r  I'd  wit'.'.  Maivl,  .",  1  .  I  ^L'  1,  Xan.-\  I  >.-.  !,y, 
li.  Mavl'.  17'.'^  Man.  of  Saintirl  I  )arliy  nf  'i',  ,iland.  Ct..and  i!i,' 
Ladd  i.  He  \va>  a  lainn-r  and  mirier  ai  Smin-r.-,  Ct.  ,  and  d.  Nnv.  :'., 
1-^7.  Slic  d.  I-1.-!..  1  1.  1-71. 

Ki-hth  Ccnrratinn.        (  1,ildivn  : 


!-JL".>.    ii.    U.n-ii.v    Piiniifl.-.-    Sik.-s.    1..     An-     !  7.   l-l'l.  n:.  <  '.-, 
II.  .  ITMII  (,!'  N,,it!ili.  -Id.   Ma->..   \\lifiv    In-  I;M\\    |l-7h     l-.-Mii.-.        H. 
dan^iitcr    (  Ifin-vicvc    Sik<-s    li.    |-'cli.    P  (.    1  v  ''•"',  ai.d    two    dtlnrs    (  uah. 
in.  t    hi'-nt  iniicd  ). 

lL'.",n.    iii.    A   daughter,  unnamed,  1>.   April    1VL'.">,  d.   Mav  fnlln\\  inu'. 
11,,  «,,•.:„.'  ,•:,:  : 

iL'.'il.    i\.     Ivlwin  Sikes.  1..  Jan.    I1.'.  I>L'.'»,  in.  <>i't.  L'H,  >;,  j,  <  -\.  rj  ,  ,,  : 
Cnltnn     Sininns    of    L.ini.'n.eadnw,     Ma»..    !•.     Ai,-.     L',    1  -1'7    (da'.i.    . 
I  ,<  ',,  nnni     Si  in'  iii-,  and    Sara  :i    (  'nltnn  ).       >hf    d.    I  <  \>.   L'  1  ,    1  v/>7.       II"    I 
Jan.   .'In,    lXi'i'.'.   f"i'  I'd   wife,    Lnii.-su    Snjiiiia    Culn.ii    .  •)'    Lnngniead  -v.  .   i 
Ma\    L".1.   ]  s»:!1'.  (da\i.  of  Justin  (',  ill.  ni  and  S..pl,i;i    l-'i.-ldi. 

II"  is  a  la  i;_'e  chair  manufacturer  at    I  '.ul  la  in  (.sin.-1    1  >'''  '  i,  S.   I  >.  Srk' 
iV    I'.m. 

II"   has   had   ti\  e  ehildivn  : 

::     I.     William    l-'ran.-i.s  Sike>,  1).    Nov.    ll'.    Is;,:,. 
::    lp.    |-;,lwin   Pun.1,-  Sikes,  1,.    Nnv.   ll'.   ls;,s. 


.1) w i<jli t  of  JEnfield)  (Jon )t^ 
Ron,  of  Timothy,  Son-  of  Jolui,  !>ofl>,  of  Dedliani,  Mass.  333 

****  3.  Sarah  Colton  Sikes,  b.  Aug.  G,   1800. 

****   4.   Charles  Simons  Sikes,  b.  March  2S,  I8G2,  cl.  Aug.  14,  1864. 

****   5.   Albert  Dwight  Sikos,  b.  Aug.  10,  ISC..!. 

1232.  v.  Nancy  Aim  Sikvs,  b.  June  21,  ls2G,m.  Feb.  1G,  1851,  Kev. 
Eollin    Porter  of   I'-aldwinsyille,  X.  Y.      They  sailed   March    11,18.31, 
for    (Baboon,  W.  Africa,  as   missionaries  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.      They 
both  fell  victims  to  the  African  fevei1,  and  died  but  a  few  days  apart — 
she   July  G,    Is.")  2,    and   he    July    11,    IS*)!*.      A    little   daughter,  born 
on  the  same   clay  that  its  father   died,    was  bulled   in   the   same   coffin 
with  him. 

1233.  vi.    Samuel  Darby  Sikes,  b.  July  12,  1828,  in.  May   U,  185 4-, 
Susan  Louisa  Jtichards,  b.  at  dill,  N.  II.,  Jan.  21,   1830  (dau.    of   dil- 
bert  liichards,  b.  July  2"),  179"),  and  Susan  Josliii,  b.    Sept.    30,  1794, 
who  were  in.  Sept.  2-5,  IS  19).      lie  was  foreman  in  a  large  planing  mill 
at  Buffalo,  X.  Y.  (1853—9),  and    since  18') 9  has  been   a   manufacturer 
on  a  large  scale  of  cane,  scat  and  wood   chairs  at  the  same  city.      He  is 
an  elder  in  tin;  1'resb.  Cli.  (!)r.   Heacock's).      J!e  has  had  4  children: 

;:*##    j_    FlorciH'c  Almrda  Sikes,  b.  Aug.   1G,   |S">7. 

****  2.   Alice  Louisa  Sikes,  b.  Nov.  8,  1858,  d.  Jan.  1,  1800. 

****   3.    Frederic  dilbcrt  Sikes,  b.  May  S,  1SG1. 

**>:-•*   .[_    deorgc  liichards  Sikes,  b.  July  27,  1SG3. 

1234.  vii.   William   1) wight   Sikes,   b.    Feb.    23,  18:30,   d.    July  11, 
1850. 

1235.  viii.    Chai-lcs    15uell   Sikes.  b.    July    1.  1833,  m.  Dec.    3,  JSG3, 

Emily  L.  Allen,  b.  April  29,  1S3G  (dau.    of   Luman  Allen  and 

Kibbc)  :   a  farmer  at  Ellington,  (.'t.      He  has  had  4  children  : 

#=;::!"::    ]_   Emma  Sikes,  b.  Oct.   ]SG4. 
***:::   2.    Charles  Buell  Sikes,  1).  in  18G(]. 

*:;:*:;:      ;>_      ((]!U;a    Sik'CS,    1-).     al)OUt     18GS. 

*-!";::•:   .)._  Allen  Reuben  Sikes,  I).   "Jay  G,  1S70. 

I23ii.  jx.  llann-di  JJliss  Sikes,  b.  Feb.  •">,  IS:]!),  m.  Loi'en  AVarrcu 
1'i'rcivid.  See  page  329,  No.  117"'.  ii. 

1237.  x.  Emily  Sophia  Sikes,  b.  June  21,  IS  [0,  m.  ".March  29.  1ST,  |? 
Cliar!".i  FI.  Bugbeo  of  Longmeadow,  .Mass. ,  a  farmer.  Two  children  : 

12.-.^.     1.    Lincoln  Leverett   r<ui;'bee.  b.  June   1SG5. 

1239.    2.   .Mary  Uugbee,  b.  April   1873. 

'veiith  ( leneration.  j 
I  20'.).    v.    \Vurren  Sikes  ('son  of  A.bel  Sikes  and  Lois  1  Kviglit),  b.  J;;n. 
21,   179!),  m.    Jan.    r>,    1S22,  .Martha    McXary    ol'  31  iddleluu  n,    Ct.,    b. 
S-.-pr.  22,  179(J.       lie  was  a    Mormon.       lie,    d.  Sept.  2G,   1 S  12,  in  llan- 
cock  Co.,  111.      Shu  resides  at  Hampton,  ill. 


«')."»!        Tin     -s"//    of  *\<ttli<litli  I  iJit'/'jIit,   "/'  -\  <>i'f]"liii]>!<>H, 

|    F.i'_'hl  ll    (  irlierat  lull,  j          <  'hildrell  ; 

ll'ln.  i.  Kli/al.etli  F.  Sike>,  1..  it!  I'arma,  X.  V.,  Nov.  I'.,  1>±J,  in. 

Dec.  l'.\  1-  I  I'.  Cnil.  Wil.M.ii  Law.  Shr  il.  .\l;.ivli  :ill,  [Ml. 

ll'll.  il.  Keiil.en  \V.  Sikcs,  li.  at  I'arma.  N.  Y.,  June  !'.">,  I*lM,  III. 
N.)v.  1".  lX'1',  Caruliiit-  Welding.  Shr  d.  Oct.  II,  1>.V>.  H<  in.  for. 

I'd    \\  it'r,  ,1  uiir  l'  I,    1  **>.">,   .Maria     1'asne.       llr    had     \>\   h:s    tirs!    v»  ife  one 
child: 

I  I'll'.  I.    Mary  I'].  Sikes,  I..   March  3",    IS.',  t. 

A  lid    1>V    Ills    I'd    wife   dlir   ;I!MI  : 

ll'l."..    L'.    Camlinr  M.  Sikrs,  k  at    Hampton,   111..  On.    1 1 1,   1--I. 
ll'll.    iii.    Harriet   .M.   Siko,  1..  at    1  laniilidi,  N.   \  .,  -Ian 


|  l''i!'th  ( Ifiirratidii.  |      Srr  j.a^r  I'll'. 

.">!".>.  iii.  Sihyl  l>\vi^ht  (dan.  of  ('apt.  Sannirl  l)\si_'ht  of  Sutli«-ld, 
('I.,  and  Mary  l.ynian.  li.  Oct.  S,  17l'.'>.  in.  Dec.  II.  1  7  I  '•'<.  <  '<  -1.  Simeon 
jMviu'ht  (son  of  henry  D\vi-ht  of  Jlattirld.  Mass..  and  l.\dia  1 1  a  \\lry), 
a  i'ariurr  at  \\'r>trrn.  Ma-».  (now  \Varrrn),  whrrr  hr  d.  l-'rii.  1"  1 ,  1  i  i  'i, 
at-t.  ">7.  Shr  d.  .March  1'.',  l"S-t,  act.  ")'.'. 

l-'or    an    account    of    her   descendants,    sec    under    name   oi     >in:ei>n 
J'\\i-'iil,  in  its  proper  place  on  a  snl^eijueiit  page. 

|  Fifth  (Generation.        See  pauv  l'7l'. 

."'•'I",  iv.  Kli/.alirth  l)wi;,'lit  (dau.  of  ('apt.  Samuel  I  )\\  i^lit  uf  Sullii-ld, 
(';..  and  at'irr\\ard>  oi'  M  iddli  t<  i\\  n,  ('t.,and  .Mai'\  L\  man  p.  K  May 
ll1,  17l'-.  in.  i>ec.  .">,  1  7"'l,  .M(1.-e>  Chapin  of  Somers,  ( 't..  I..  . \u-.-l. 

iril'lsnll     nf      l']lirlir/rr  I  'liapili    i  if      I'll  1  iie  1  d,    <  '  i  . .    a  11 1 1     Until    .JalieO.       She 

wa^    hi->    I'd  wile      hi-,    tir^i   uiie    ha\inu'   lieen    .!eru>ha     IInck\\rli  ut'    F. 

\Vind-nr,  (  't.,  who  d.    May    I'.i.    1  7  I!',  art.   I'll. 

llr  u  a>  a  faniiri'  at  Somrr-,  <  'l.  llr  \\-i-  a  u'l'and-oii  < '\  I  '«M.  Samuel 
('liapin  of  Springfield,  Ma-^..  ihr  M-ttlrr  and  founder  oi'  il,t-  I 'ii;ipin 

Family  in  America.  lli>  father  \\,-t>  .laphrj  ('h.ipin  of  ('Idcoj.ee, 
eldr>t  child  of  l)ea.  Saiiiii'-l  I'hupm.  !!>•  \\a-  a  luaii  of  ijeeidni  ('hris- 

tlall    character.         Although      111      frrlilr     ln-allh      t'ol'    InaliN     \rar>ot'    i.l>    iltr 

hr  li\rd  to  l,r  MI  yeai'Mif  a^c.  ami  <1.  Nos.  .">.  17'.'."'.  >hr  d.  i>ct.  11. 
1  >i»7,  art.  7'.'.  Shr  wa>  a  woman  of  strong  inind,  and  of -rr.-,1  .•],<  r_ry 
and  pi -I'M -\  era  nee,  and  v  er\  l  ndu.-i  rioii-,.  S:i  \  -  hi-r  -  r;i  u.  idau^i.;  <-\\  M  1-^ 
Liicina  ('hapin  of  Kochr-trr.  of  her:  "Si,,-  u-,,,1  [,,  aM.-nd  .-hurcli 
rr^Milarl\  in  IHT  ohi  a_;e,  (i  ii'i-noc  in  and  at  term "  .n,  riding  i'Mir  n.ii-  >  on 
hoi^r'nai'k  In  do  MI,  and  >il  in  church,  ssilhoiM  an\  tire.  r\rii  ;n  the 
Colde^l  \\rath>  r.  except  \\hal  >he  had  111  he]'  f.  ,o|  ->IoNe.  Alal  a-,  thelc 

\\ere  no  salil>iit  h-M-iionl-,    ih.'ii    in    the    land,  ,-hr    >peni    the    ii.t'  i  i.ii -M»n 

IM   I  \Seeli    ,ser\  ice.-,    111    leading    alolid    to    >lich    a,>     I'    inaillrd    Ullli    li'    I'.          Shr 


DwigJit  of  Enfield,  Conn., 
Sou  of  Timothy  /So/I  of  Joint,  both  ofDedham,  J/^.y.s1.   335 

was  a  woman  of  eminent  piety.  In  her  household  affairs  she  showed 
great  prudence  and  discretion.  We  cherish  her  memory  with  affec- 
tionate regard.  .1.  have  in.  my  possession  a  piece  of  her  wedding 
dress,  of  line  linen,  plaid  blue  and  white,  which  was  spun  and  woven, 
by  her  own  hands.  Many  of  her  descendants  inherit  her  energy  of 
character." 

[Sixth  Generation.]      Children  : 

1245.  i.  Anna  (Jhapin,  b.  Sept.  15,  175:2,  d.  May  G,  1827,  at  West- 
field,  Mass.,  unmarried,  aet.  75. 

1240.  ii.  ! {nth  (Jhapin,  b.  March  25,  1754,  m.  Pea.  Jonathan  Por- 
ter of  llatlield,  Mass.,  d.  Feb.  3,  1838,  aet.  81-. 

1247.  iii.   1'hineas  (Jhapin,  b.  Dec.  15,  1755,  d.  Jan.  21,  1849,  aet. 
93,  at  Newport,  X.  II. 

1248.  iv.  Daniel  Chapin,  b.  Jan.  3,  1758,  d.   Sept.  14,  1831,  aet.  73, 
at  Newport,  X.   II. 

1249.  v.   Frederic   Chapin,  b.    May  12,  1700,  d.  June  12,  J8()2,  aet. 
42,  at  Cambridge,  X'.  Y. 

1250.  vi.    Moses  Augustus  (Jhapin,  b.  Nov.  8,  1702,  d.  at  W.  Spring- 
tield,  Mass.,  March  LI,  1841,  aet.  78. 

1251.  vii.   Jason  Chapin,  b.  Aug.  17,  170 4,  d.  Dec.  18,  1800,  aet.  30, 
in  NVilbraham,  Mass. 

1252.  viii.   Samuel   Dwight   Chapin,    b.    Dec.   29,    1708,  d.  Oct.  20, 
1801,  aet.  33. 

1210.  ii.  Ituth  Chapin,  b.  March  25,  1754,  m.  in  177">  I  )ea.  Jona- 
than Port  or  of  Ilatlield,  Mass.,  b.  April  10,  1752  (son  of  James  Por- 
ter of  Hat  Held,  Mass.,  and  Eunice  JVlden),  a  farmer  at  Hattield,  Mass., 
and  a  deacon  for  18  years  in  the  Cong.  Church.  She  d.  Feb.  3,  1838, 
aet.  84.  lie  d.  April  25,  1833,  aet.  81. 

[James  Porter,  b.  Sept.  19,  1714,  in  Hatfield,  was  son  of  Ichabod 
Porter  and  Dorcas  Marsh,  whom  hem.  Julv  4,  1700.  Jchabod  Porter, 
b.  June  17,  1708,  was  son  of  Samuel.  Porter,  on<'  of  the  first  settlers  of 
JIadlev,  Mass.,  and  .Hannah  Stanley,  dan.  of  Thomas  Stanley  of  Hart- 
ford, Ct.  The  father  of  Samuel  Porter  was  John  Porter  of  Wind- 
sor, Ct.  j 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

1253.  i.   Reuben  Porter,  b.  Dee.   10,   1779,  d.  in  1808,  aet.  88. 

1254.  ii.    Kuniee    Porter,  b.    .April   1,    1 7<S2,  m.  John    (i  raves   and   d. 
June  2d,    I87d,  aet.  8S. 

I  2  •">•").    iii.    Fli/abeth    Porter,  b.  Oct.   18,  17^3,  d.  uiiuiurried,  June  7, 
isi.;:1,,  aet.  8U. 


."..",(>  T!i'    N"//   of  \dl1xi  n'nl   Itifii/lif,  of  Xortlnliitj'ton, 

PJ"">.  \\  .  Piiih  P<>rter,  1).  Jnlv  I,  17^'i.  lived  unmarried  ut  Ilat- 
tield,  M.I-.,  where  sin-  .1.  April  |S7<i,  art.  >:'. 

lL'-~>7.  v.  Jonathan  Porter,  ti.  Jan.  L\  I  ">'.',  d.  April  I'.1,  lv'i!.a-'t. 
7.\  at  Hallirld,  .Muss. 

I'_'."|X.  \  i.  Samuel  Porter,  1).  April  L}.'>.  17'Jl,  d.  unmarried  .l;in.  '.'. 
IMS  art.  :.C,. 

iL'-V.i.    \ii.    Chester  Porter.  l.>.  Sept.    II.    1  7'.»:>,  d.  in    1>''>'.'.  act,   7''>. 

IJ1')'1.  \iii.  Anna  1'ortur,  l>.  Nov.  1^.  1  7'."'>,  d.  ut  1  Lai  tifld.  unniai'ri"'!, 
Jan.  7,  1»  i  !.  ui-t.  17. 

It  is  .said  that  k>  the  sons  of  I  )cji.  Joiiutliuii  Porter  Wciv  all  pri'-p'-ruiis 
farmer.-;  and  prominent  men  in  the  places  wlieiv  tli--y  lived. 

ll1."':1..  i.  Ueiiltell  rurter,  K.  Dee.  h'.,  1  77:'.  m.  Jan.  •'.,  !>''-.  Sally 
Saliin  of  llatlield.  1..  in  1  7>"\  and  d.  .Mai-el,  1  1.  IMI.",,  ;ier.  'l'.\.  I!-.-  m. 
f<>r  I'd  uit'e.  |)ee.  |s,  isn;,.  l-;ii/.;(  ^laynard  of  (  'onway,  Ma-.,  k  in 
1777.  and  d.  April  :'..  ls:i:i,  aet.  :><'>.  lie  m.  f..r  :^d  wife.  .May  i1,.  1>:U, 
widow  i'i'i-sis  Sears  of  1  1  adley,  Ala.-s.  j  L«;  \\  a>  a  fann'.-v  hijieatli, 
Mass..  and  d.  in  ]>'')>>.  aet.  Ss. 

[  Mi-lit  h  <  lenerat  ion.  |      (  'liildren  : 

1  !''''!.    i.    r.arnabas  SaUn   I'orter,  1..  Nov.   1  [.   1  Si'iJ. 


ll'''L'.  ii.  Sally  Arms  Porter,  li.  -March  In,  1  >!  >7,  m.  <  'ah  in  S.  «'..;.!.  -s 
of  Heath.  M.-.ss.' 

ll'''-:5.  iii.  Kli/a  Porter,  1).  June  L'l,  lx'is-ln_  |;,,_,-(.r  P.nck.  <»et.  17, 
l>L.''p.  lie  \\  a->  a  farmer.  She  d.  at  <  lotiverneiu1,  N.  N'..  Oc!.  il.  iv."..".. 
act.  L'-'i  :  had  n,,e  rhil.l. 

llY'l.  i\.  i.ydia  Maynard  Porter.  1>.  (  >i-t.  17.  lsln?  m.  Joel  Shaw 
Wood  ,,f  \V.  ,1,-Hy.  M.  1. 

ll'-'.-'t.    \.    Kuius  Porter,  1,.   I),.,-.    M.   IMl1.  .1.    I  ).-.-.  L'l,   1^:17,  :,.-i.  L'.">. 

lL'''.;'>.  \i.  Almira  Purler.  1,.  I  )ec.  L'''..  lvl!.m.  NM\.:')|>,  1  >:'.."•.  A>a- 
hel  llawk-^,  a  tanner  in  llncklaiid.  .Ma—. 

I  L'''>.  .  \  ii.  Lin  -in  da  Pc-rter,  1>.  .March  17.  i  x  1  7,  m.  A  !m-n  Mr..  !•.  -  "f 
llnckland. 

ll'i'il.    i.    P.arnalias  Sal/in   Porier,  n.  \.,\.    I  !.  !  -^J.  m.  No\.  •"',   l"-7, 
I  'a  i  n'-l  la    I  >a  \  i-njiorl    of  (  'oleraiiie.    M  a  --.  ,  u  h  <  M  <  •  I  ,•  •  i  •>  a   i  >!aek  -;  i  :  i  '  h. 
|  N  in;  h  <  M-nerai  ion.  |      (  'hildren  : 

l-o-.  i.  >arah  >.  P.irter,  )>.  <  >,-i.  l',  1  -.".•'.  hi.  J  in.  1  -.">  !.  Ai;-'in  T. 
!;;.•<-.  ...  C,,,:^a>.  Ma-. 

rJ'i'.'.  ii.  lienr\  i  ).  i'urter.  Ii.  Mai'eh  "',  1  •"."'."•,  in.  Mav  1-  '•.  "'.'ari- 
.  -:a  .I:,,-];  „>...  ,  !'  <  ,  iv.  •:  ,  !i,  -Id,  Ma  ~. 

lL'7".    I'i.   I.\di..    \V.    i'-.i-i.-r.    !*   Ma  .  .M.-.v   i- 


Dwiglit  of  E afield,  Conn., 
Son,  of  Timotliy ,  SouofJolm,  I>ot.h  of  Dedkam,  J/^-sx.  o.'l>7 

****  iv.  .Unfits  C.  Porter,  b.  Nov.  14,  Is-tO. 

****  v.  Huldah  P.  Porter,  b.  Feb.  27,  1844,  m.  July  23,  ISO,"), 
David  J)ewey  of  Coleraine. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

1202.  ii.  Sally  Anns  Porter,  b,  Starch  10,  1S07,  in.  March  11. 
1824,  Calvin  S.  Coates  of  Heath,  Mass.  He  d.  Aug.  29,  1854. 

[  Ninth.  Generation.]      Children  : 

****  i.  Mary  Eli/abeth  Coates,  b.  Xov.  10,  1S24,  in.  Aug.  1850. 
Joseph  .L.  licaman. 

:|:   ii.   Charles  Poi'ter  Coates,  b.  April  10,  ]s27,  in.  Sept.  2,  1852. 
Cordelia    Prescott. 

****  iii.  Sarah  Maynard  Coates,  b.  July  7,  182!),  m.  Sept.  19,  1854, 
John  L.  Hawks,  who  d.  Sept.  17,  l8<5-">,  a  soldier  in  the  late  war. 

*#**  iv.  3Fariha  Graves  Coates,  b.  July  14,  18.">1,  in.  Jan.  6,  18-37, 
John.  Alexander. 

'•  v.    Samuel  Elilin  Coates,  b.  Feb.  8,  183:5,  in.    Sejit.  18")."),  Jane 
Ann  I  )rclxer. 

****  \i.  J)wight  Tyler  ((oates,  b.  Muy  20,  ]83o,  nu  Sept.  1858, 
Xaney  E,  AVile".\. 

****  vii.  lleuben  Porter  Coates,  b.  July  17,  1837,  in.  Aug.  ]8.")S. 
Sirena  King. 

****  \iii.    Almii-a  Hawks  Coates,  b.  May  20,  1839,  in.  Nov.  27,  1803, 
Samuel  Dsvight  Porter  of  IFawlcv,  .Mass.,  a  suldier. 
****  ix.    Olive  Maria  Coates,  1).  in  1840,  d.  soon. 

****   x.    George  Emerson  Coates,  b.  Nov.  11,  1*42,  m.  Mary   Louisa 
Porter  of  Hawley,  Mass.      He  was  an.  Union  soldier. 
::  xi.    Asahel   Hawks  Coates,  b.  June  30,  1M  L 
:|:  xii.    Amos  Crandall  Coates,  b.  Jan.  0,  1810. 
****    xiii.    Jlorace  Taylor  Coates,  b.  in    1  S  I  S.  d.  ju   Ls.~>4, 
****  xiv.   Albert  Coates,  b.  alxnit  1850,  d.  aet.  0. 

[  Kighlh  (Jeneration.  | 

12G4.  iv.  Lydia  3Hayiiard  Porter,  b.  Oct.  17,  1810,  m.  Aiig  I-'. 
18:53,  Joel  Shaw  Wood  of  Westerly,  11.  1.  (son  of  Je/iah  Wood  of 
Ilalii-ix.  .Mass.,  and  .Khoda  Shaw  of  Middleboro,  M.ass.). 

|  Ninth  ( Generation.  ]      ( 'hihlren  : 
127!.    i.    H.-nry  L*.  Wood,  b.  Jan.   18,  183."). 

1272.  ii.    Kli/a  A.  Wood,  b.   Dee.  22,  1837. 

1273.  iii.    lihoda  A.  Wood,  b.   Aug.  3,   1S|0. 

1274.  ix.    Franeelia  P.   Wood,  b.  Jan.  20,  1813, 
.127.\    v.   Joel  .L.  Wood.  b.  Mareh  0,   1615, 


tx  <>f  (^tpt,  Hit  ml. 
."VIS.       Tin    .So//  <>}'  X(if}i<inI<J  Ihriijlit,  nf'  X<>i't1i<tinj>f<>n, 

iL'7t;.  vi.  Asimiiiii  ii.  Wood,  h.  AU.-J.  ii,  isn;. 

lL'77.   \ii.   .luli.-i  S.  \Vou.l,  1>.  June  1:5,  ists. 
lL'7s.    viii.   Ad. 'line  M.  Wood,  b.  March  L'S,  IS:.L>. 

|  Kighth  ( Inn-ration.  ] 

1'Jii7.    vii.    Lueinda    Porter,  b.  .March     17,   1*17,  in.   March  .'51,   Is.'1)*, 
Almoii   Hawks  a  fanner  in   I5uckland,  Mass. 
Ninth   ( fem'ration.  ]      ( 'hildren  : 

lL'7'.i.  i.  Fanny  Rosette  Hawks,  b.  May  IS,  Is.",!),  in.  Nov.  "n,  ls.~.7, 
Thomas  1,.  Scott. 

ll'so.    ii.    Wesley  Orrin  Hawks,  b.  .July  7,  lsli». 

ll'Sl.    iii.    Hiaina  Sophia  Hawks,  b.   1-Vb.  :\  lSl.1. 

ll'SL'.   iv.    M"ary  Alinira  Hawks,  b.  Sept.  •',,   iSl'.t. 

IL'.^.').    v.   Nrwton  Liudolphus  Hawks,  b.  May  3,  ls.").'>. 

ll'Sk    vi.   Myrta  Kiln  J  Lawks,  b.  Aug.  1'li,  lS(ii>. 

[Seventh  <  Icnoratioii.] 

ll!">l.  ii.  Kunice  Porter  (<lau.  oi'  l)ea.  Jonathan  1'orter  and  lluth 
riiaiiin),  b.  April  1,  17Sl>,  in.  Jan.  1,  1SI)1,  John  (irsivcs,  b.  April  17, 
177.'5  (son  of  Seth  and  Mary  Graves  of  Hattield).  lie  d.  Jan.  17, 
1*1:5,  aet.  7(1.  She  d.  Juno  L'O,  1.^71^  aet.  8S. 

[  Might  h  ( Generation.  ]      Children: 
I'^'i.   i.    Samuel  1)  wight   (iraves,  b.    Feb.    f>,   ISIIL',  d.    aet.    .">•">,]  >ec. 

S,  is:. 7. 

ll'S'i.  ii.  Mary  Dickinson  (J  raves,  b.  Feb.  ]  L>,  IML"),  in.  I  >ea.  John 
Montague  of  Sunderland,  Ma>s. 

I'JS".    iii.    l>'-a.    Krastus  (Jraves.  It.  Jan.  1:5,    Isn7. 

ll'SS.  iv.  Martha  Craves,  b.  I'Yb.  L' 1 ,  JSll,  in.  David  Miller  of 
"\N  iliianislnirgli.  Mass. 

lL'v'.t.  V.  Kllliice  llelden  (-1'aSes,  b.  A  Ug.  I'.1,  l>J."i,  in.  Dea.  EliUIl 
<  Jra\  cs  of  J  I  a  \deii  \  ille,  Mass. 

IL'!KI-L'.  \i.  \ii.  and  \iii.  were  three  child  re  n  born  at  our  birth, 
May  L',  IS  IS,  who  all  died  the  same  day. 

ll'S.").  i.  Samuel  J)wighl  Craves,  b.  l'\-b.  .">,  ISHL'.  m.  Oct.  1>:51, 
l!i/]iah  Knight  (<lau.  of  Samuel  Knight  of  Huntington,  Ma---. ).  He 
<i.  I  >ec.  S,  Is;i7. 

[Ninth  <  leiid'al  ion.        ( 'hihlren  : 

111*:;,  i.  J-ili/abeth  l>\\ight  (Jravi-s,  b.  Nov.  i5.  Is",!1,  m.  De.-.  1, 
l-.M,  Sereno  Duigln  llauk.s  oi'  liuckland,  Ma--.  One  child:  1. 
J-lii/'ilieth  Hawk>. 

IL".1-"'.  ii.  I.-  iniii  1  <'lark  Craves,  b.  Oct.  ''>,  1>.".S,  a  resid--m  of  N\"il- 
li.Mi^bur-'h.  Ma,-. 


I)  w  iijlt  t  of  En  field,  Co  nn., 
Son  of  Tiniotlnj,  Sonof  Jolm,  loth  of  Dedliam,  Mass.  339 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

ll'Sii.   ii.    Mary  Dickinson  Graves,  b.  Feb.  12,  1855,  m.  Oct.  7,  1830, 
Dea.  John  Montague  of  Sunderland,  Mass. 
[Ninth  Generation.]     Children: 

1290.  i.  Edwin  Ihvight  Montague,  b.  Oct.  30,  1831,  d.  Oct.  13, 
184!). 

1-207.  ii.  Mary  Dickinson  Montague,  b.  Jan.  20,  1833,  in.  Nov.  7, 
1855,  "Wiley  liussell  of  Sunderland.  lie  was  an  Union  soldier  in 
1802. 

****  iii.   Martha  Ann  Montague,  b.  Nov.  20,  1837. 

****  iv.  John  Graves  Montague,  b.  June  2,  1840. 

[Eighth  Generation.  ] 

12S7.  iii.  IVa.  Erastus  Graves,  b.  Jan.  13,  1807,  m.  Sept.  18,  1844, 
Elizabeth  Ixachcl  Strong  of  Granby,  Ct.,  b.  April  17,  1S10  (dau.  of 
Joseph  Strong  and  llhoda  Cliineiia  Gates)  :  a  farmer  at  Williamsburgh, 
Mass. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 
129S.  i.   John  Edwin  Graves,  b.  Oct.  28,  1849,  d.  Feb.  12,  18G9. 

1299.  ii.   Joseph  Strong  Graves,  b.  Oct.  <>,  1853. 

1300.  iii.   Eunice  Emily  Graves,  b.  Feb.  20,  1857. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

128S.  iv.  Martha  Graves,  b.  Feb.  21,  1811,  m.  May  19,  1841, 
David  Miller,  a  resident  of  Williamsburgh,  Mass. 

[Ninth  Generation.]     Children  : 

I-")!)  I.  i.  Henry  Dwight  Miller,  b.  Nov.  20,  1842,  entered  U.  S.  A. 
of  Yols.  in  18G2. 

1302.  ii.   John  Graves  Miller,  b.  Sept.  27,  1845. 
1:503.  iii.   David  Wiley  Miller,  b.  Dec.  14,  1850. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

12S9.  v.  Eunice  Belden  Graves,  b.  Aug.  19,  1815,  m.  Sept.  18, 
1844,  D.-JI.  Elam  Graves  of  Haydcnville,  .Mass. 

[. Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 
130-1.   i,   (.'liarles  Henry  Graves,  b,  Sept,  18,  1S45. 
13n:>.   ii.   Ann  Eli/abeth  Graves,  b.  M.ay  10,  1848. 
13<ii).    iii.    Martha  ..Vurelia  (J raves,  b.  April  I85(i,  d.  July  1857. 

(  Sc\  mtli  ( leneration.] 

1257.  \.  Junatliaii.  Porter,  Jr..  b.  Jan.  2,  1789,  in.  Dec.  17,  1818, 
Electa  .vllis,  b.  July  15,  1792  (dau.  of  William  Allis  and  Sophia 


j> 

Sniitli):    a  farmer  ;it     I  lal  lieid,  wliere    he    d.    April     I'1.     1"">1,    ad.    7"'. 
She  il.   :i.-t.  i'.:1.,  I  >ct.    1,    i  W>. 

|  Ki'Jii  li  <  ienerat  iun.  |      (  'iiilili-rii  : 

l.">"7.     I.      MMM-S   Clliljiill     I'orter,    I..     Dec.    .".d,     IM'.I. 

l:'.o>.    ii.     Henry  Smiili    I'orter,    I..   I  >ee.   L.'!,    I>L'I. 

i:'>i".i.    iii.    So].  liia  A!ii>  1'orter,  t>.   April    IS,   ]>L>1,  m.  <t>nartiis  Sike^ 

•  it'  Si  i  nilci'laml.  a  larnirr  Non  of  r>cii]anilii  Sikc-,  am  I  (  'at  liai'iiif  M  lili'i-), 
No\.    I'.',    |S."if).      Our  ,-liild  : 

|:'.lu.    l.    Drlia  Kli-.-t;i  Sikrs,  I,.  ;  i.-i.  L'o,  |s:.s. 

1  -">  1  1  .    i\.    .lonatliaii    l»\\iu'!i'    I'orii-r,   l>.   Jtilv   '.'<.    l>L'''i. 

I  :>!•_'.  v.  I  )ra.  .lanirs  1'iirtcr,  1).  Nov.  ."><>,  IM'S.  ni.  No\.  I'.',  l>."n;, 
Sarah  .lain-  Uandall,  1>.  Api'il  ^.  !>:'.:!  dlau.  of  AH.  ah  llaudall  ot'  l;.-]- 
rlifftou  ).,  .Ma».,ainl  Lvdia  '  '.  \\"illis|;  a  t'anin-r  at  Ilatti'-I<i.  ('iiil- 

•  livn  : 

I  :5I:?.      1.     Kn.iiia    l-'.lrrta    I'lil-t.-r,   1).    F.-),.    M,    IS.'.S. 

l.'HI.    1'.   Cairii'  Soj.liia  1'ortcr,  b.   Nov.    I'.i,   Isr.n. 

l:5i)7.  i.  MOM'S  Chai.ii)  I'ort.T,  1).  I>«T.  :',n,  I>l!i,  in.  !>.•••.  17.  I  >!''.. 
Flni'.v  I'oi'liT  (tlall.  of  <  'ol.  .Mo.-cs  I'oi't'-i1  ol'  lladi'A  and  Ainv  I  'oh  I. 
Shr  d.  .Ian.  1'.'.  Is.'i'l,  ami  in-  in.  for  I'd  \\  ii'-.  Aj.ril  il.  I  -."'7.  l...i;i-:i 
I  '>i'id_'!iia]i  i  if  A  inljiT>t  .  .Ma>^.  (dan.  of  .Jonathan  Und^'inaii  and  .)  fi'H>iia 
Sim!  ii  i  :  ;i  farmer  at  I  1  at  tit-Id. 

Ninth    (  Iriicrat  ion.  j       (  'lnldivn  : 

1  :'.!."-.   i.    Au-ii-'a  A!li>  IWt.-r.  !•.   I  ».-.-.   I:?.  ls|7. 

l-'.l1'..    ii.     -lonalliaii    I'ld  \\ard-    l'orti-i-.  \>.    No\.   l'l'.    l^l'.1. 
1:117.    iii.   Mo>,->   I'orter.   !•.  Sept.  H,   1>.M,  d.    F.-l,.   L'  i  .    i-:.\ 

i  FiL'lit  ii  (  1  cue  rat  ii  ni.  j 

]:;"-.    ii.    ll.-nr\   Sin-ill  I'ortrr.  !,.   !».-.-    L'  I  .   l-i'l.  ;  .    1  !.   I-!1.1, 

Matilda    Cranu'er.  I..     1  ).•.-.    I.".,    1  ^L'7   (dau.  of   Sila-  <  i  IM  of  1  1  :,dl.-\  . 

.Ma--.,  and    Nancy  Sliddoti  ):    a  ianii'-r  at    llatli'-ld. 

'  N  i  ti  t  h  <  1  1  -ncra!  ion.  I      (  'hildi'i-n  : 
|:;i".    i.    Sainu'-l    D\\i^iit    I'.irt.-r.  1..  .Ian.    1.    i  -.".]. 
I  :ill'.    ii.   William   Henr     IWt.-r,  !..   Ma\    -.   I-: 


]  l-.i^li  ;  h  <  Ii-nera  ;  ion.  | 

I  ."•  I  i  .  i\.  .lonathaii  l»\\i_'ht  I'orter.  h.  .l-,;\  :'..  I  -!'•'..  in.  Ap 
I-:-L'.  I'hila  |-:ii/a  Morton,  !..  May  L'l,  l-^L'7  (d..:i.  ..f  .!,-,-  v  M, 
of  I  laMield  and  I'hila  Al.lmtt  >  :  a  tanner  at  lla'l'p-!d. 

N  nit  h  '  •eiie.-at  ion.         <  'hi  Id  re  n  : 

I  :•.!•'  i.    i.    (  'harl.->  Al.lioti    I'oifr,  1  1.  Ju's   _•;.   !  -.'.:'..  d.   M 
l-iJl.    n.     l-'ra  nh  1  1  n    l\iii_'in    I'orter,  I..   April   '•'<.    l^-'7. 
!.".L'L'.    iii.    Maria    Loiii-e    I'orter.   1..  -Ian.   l'1'..    l^1'.". 


of  Eiifield,  Conn., 
tion  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Joint,  lotlt  of  Dedliam,  31a*s.   3-dtl 

[  Seventh  Generation.] 

12-39.  vii.  Chester  Porter  (son  of  Dea.  Jonathan  Porter  and  Puth 
Chapin)  b.  Sept.  1  L,  1793,  m.  Eeb.  23,  182(5,  Pachel  Smith  (clan,  of 
Poswell  and  Caroline  Smith).  She  d.  Feb.  12,  1842  and  lie  in.  for  2d 
wife,  Aug.  30,  181."),  Hep/ibah  Xash  (dan.  of  Dea.  Elijah  Nash  of 
Hinsdale,  Mass.,  and  Mercy  Xims)  :  a  farmer  at  Jlatlield,  Mass.;  has 
liad  but  one  child  and  that  bv  his  lirst  marriage. 

1323.  i.   Mary  Lymau  Porter,  1).  July  22,  1833,  whom.  3larch  18:)3, 
Samuel  Lewis  Dver,  b.  June  4,  1829  (son  of  Oakes  Dyer  of  Plainfield, 
Mass.,  and  Eleeta   Stoddard),   a   farmer   at    Ilatfield,    where  he   d.   in 
1809,  aet.  40.      Their  children  : 

1324.  1.   Ida  Mary  Dyer,  b.  Jan.  29,  IS/m,  d.  Dec.  30,  1800. 
132-').   2.   Albert  Lewis  Dyer,  b.  Nov.  20,  18.30. 

1320.    3.    Herbert  Edward  Dyer,  b.  March  19,  18.39,  d.  Jan.  1!),  18(51. 
1327.    1,    Leila  Adda  Dyer,  b.  May  f>,  1800,  d.  July  31,  1800. 

1325.  .3.    Edward   Herbert  Dyer,  b.  July  27,  1 801. 

Dea.  James  Porter  of  Ilatfield  (Xo.  1312.  v.),  who  lias  kindlv  fur- 
nished most  of  the  dates  here  given  concerning  his  Porter  kindred, 
says  of  those  belonging  to  his  branch  of  the  family  :  "  Xo  one  of  them 
is  extremely  wealthy ;  but  most  of  them  are  considered  good  livers, 
and  are  temperate,  industrious,  sustainers  of  good  society,  and  a  largo 
proportion  of  th-'iu  connected  with  the  Church  of  Christ.  ' 

[  Sixth  ( Generation,  j 

121:7.  iii.  lion.  Phiueas  Chapin,  b.  Dec.  1-3,  17-3.")  (son  of  Moses 
Chapin  of  Somers,  Ct.,  and  EH/abeth  D  wight),  m.  Jan.  21,  178"), 
Mary  .Lane,  1).  in  170  L  (dan.  of  ilobert  Lane  of  .Newport,  X.  II.)  :  a 
farmer  in  Newport,  N.  1L,  1780- IS  1-9,  and  one  of  its  first  settlers;  he 
d.  Jan.  21,  1819,  aet.  93:  she  d.  July  20,  1841,  aet.  SO.  lie  was  an 
ensign  in  (he  Revolutionary  war,  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years, 
and  several  tunes  a,  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  and  a  man  of 
great  pieiy  and  of  strong  mind. 

[Seventh  (Generation.  |      Children: 

1329.  i.    Marv    Timelier    Chapin,    b.    Xov.    20,     178.3,    d.    unmarried 
Sept.  9,    1 8.30,  net.    (5.3. 

1330.  ii.    A  daughter,  unnamed,  b.  Jan.  S,   1  7S7,  d.  soon. 

1331.  iii.    Elizabeth  Chapin,  b.  Jan.  8,   17SS,  m.  May   10,   1820,  Pen- 
lien    Haseom    of   Newport,    N.    II.,  b.  April    17,1790.      She  d.  (Jet.    :>, 
1  Sfi.3,  ju't.  '57.      Children  : 

l.")32.     1.     Kli/.alieth  Chapin    P-aseom,  1).  July  l!>,  1828. 

l:>33.    2.    \Viiliam   Baseom,  b.   Dec.  24,   ls:',(i. 

I ')•")!.    •'),    Mary   Lauretta   l>a^com,  b.   l''eb,  !>.    is;);1). 


] )<  .svv  >i*I(l  It1t*  of  Cfljit.    Xt 

'Vli!       Tin   .So//  of  \(ith<inid  Dtriijlit,  <>f  \'<n-tlnt in i>lnn, 

I.",.0,:.,    iv.    M..srs  Chapin,  l».   April  L>:>.    I7'.in,  d.  April    l">,    I  Sill). 

1  .'>;>'>.    v.    I'hineas  ( 'hapin.  Jr.,  b.  .Ian.  1',    17'.'L',  tl.  June  .">,   I  v."'>. 

l."..")7.    \i.    Uulli  ('liapin,  li.  Oct.  .">,    I7U-1,  d.  soon. 

l.'i.'iS.    \ii.    Sophia  ('liapin,  b.    March   L".',    I  7'.">,  in.  James   linker. 

l:;:'.'.i.    viii.    Orlando  ('liapin,  b.  Nov.    11,   I7!>7. 

1.">1().    i.\.    Pea.  Ilcnry  Ohapin  b.    April    I.'!,   1MM),  d.  Jan.  '_'  1 ,    |Si'i7. 

l:1.  II.  x.  Aliiali  Chapin,  1..  An<,<.  L':>,  ISIH),  m.  April  Is:','.),  Urv. 
Allii-i-i  Male,  1).  at.  Clastcnlinry,  Ct.,  Nov.  L",i,  I7'.i'.i,  ^rad.  at  ^'ah•  iu 
lSl'7,  and  at  N.  H.  Thcol.  Scni.  in  ISM]  ;  stated  supply  at  In-tluM,  111. 
Ch.  of  Springticl.l,  111.  A.  .11.  M.  S.  (ls;{f,-!l)  :  I'astor  of  thr  I'd  I'rcsb. 
(  ISMl'-Ci)  :  Agent  of  the  (IWJ-ll"),  where,  lie  still  (|s7;',j  n-sides. 
Children: 

V.\\'l.    1.   C/atharine  Hale,  1).  Ang.  -I,  lS-l(l. 

l.'ll:'..   2.   Sophia  Male,  1).  April  H,  ISl.",. 

l:MI.  .",.  II.'v.  Albert  Hale,  b.  Oct.  1',  184-1,  gnul.  Jit  Vale  in  iSt'.t, 
and  at  the  N.  11.  Theol.  Sein.  in  1^70;  settled  at  Soinonauk,  lll.,>inc:e 
1871. 

l.°).'!ri.  iv.  Moses  f 'liapin,  b.  April  lT),  ^i'O,  in.  .March  7.  I^l"», 
Lydia  Hnrd,  b.  Oct.  IT),  179.").  She  d.  .Feb.  L>:1,  ls:i7.  lie  d.  April 
1-"),  1  8C.I  I. 

|  Might h   Generation.]      Children: 

l:;i:>.  i.  Mary  Ann  Chapin,  b.  May  9,  IShi,  in.  Oct.  '.I,  Is:.7^ 
Orange  Young  of  West  minster.  Mass.  No  issue.  Shed.  I  >ec.  17.  isr,o'. 

1. ">!<;.  ii.  Charlotte  I  larriet  Chapin,  b.  March  17.  I  S  ]  S,  ln.  A  prill".', 
IS  I.'),  Jared  llolbiook,  li.  Jan.  (I,  ISlT,,  ;md  lives  at  \\".  I'.rat  t  leboro, 
N't.  Konr  children;  1,  Mli/a  Angnsta.  L',  Frank  Sryinonr.  '.'>,  < 'ora 
Jane.  1 ,  Silas  I  hmtoii. 

l:')17.  iii.  Samuel  1 1  urd  Chapin,  b.  \-\-\i.  i'>,  iSL'd^a  resident  a!  Mover, 
N.  II.,  in.  Sept.  L':5.  ISl'.t,  Olive  Jane  Oxfonl  of  I'ort.-iiK.nth,  N.  II. ,  b. 
Ang.  Pi,  JSi".i  :  l'  children. 

l.")!^.    iv.    Unali     ('liapin,    b.    Feb.    I.    iM'l',    resides    in     \\'.    Lebanon, 

N.  II. 

|:;i'.i.  v.  Lucy  Chapin,  b.  Dec.  L'.\  1  SL'."),  in.  Oct.  I''.,  \^-'\,  Amos 
I',  liabcock  of  \\'at(1ga,  111.  Shed.  March  IS,  IM'.II.  Tlie\  ha\e  oni- 
child. 

****    I.    Leonora   Kllen   I'.alu-ock,  b.   Ang.   1!'.   Is:,7. 

l.'i.'id.  \  i.  Sophronia  ('hapin,  b.  Jnlv  L'l,  1  VL',>,  in.  as  hi^  L'd  \\ife 
l>e;i.  Nathan  I'>.  Stearns,  pre\iinis  husband  uf  her  >isiei-  .Minima 

M.-ll-M.-S. 

|:',:.|.  \ii.  Jnstina  Melross  Chapin,  b.  Maid,  .'.,  I>L'>.  m.  Ma\  L'", 
l>."il.  I  >ea.  Nathan  I!.  Stearin,  b.  ()ct.  L'L',  Lsl'.',  \\lin  li\e>  in  Leliaiioii, 


Dwiglit  of  En  field,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolm,  Itotli  of  Dedliain,  Mass.  343 

N.  H.     Foxu:  children:    1,  Sophia  Elizabeth.    2,  Harriet  Augusta,    3, 
Frederic  Oliver.     4,  Arlington  C. 

1352.  viii.    Sophia  Chapin,  b.  March  10,  1830. 

1353.  ix.   Augusta  Paulina  Chapin,  b.    May  9,  1832,  m.  June  28, 
1863,  Daniel  Webster   Sylvester  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.     2  children  : 
Webster  Chapin  and  Chester  Wright. 

1354.  x,   Arlington  Moses  Chapin,  b.  Nov.  2,  1834,  d.  in  Portland, 
Oregon,  Dec.  If),  18G3. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1336.   v.  Phineas   Chapin,   Jr.,  b.  Jan.   2,   1792,  m.  May  22,  1817, 
Lydia  Osgood  of  Newport,  N.  H.,  b.  Jan.  15,  1798.      He   d.   June  3, 
1856,  aet.  64.     She  d.  Jan.  7,  1858,  act.  60. 
[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

1355.  i.  Phineas  Lynian  Chapin,  b.  July  5,  1818,  d.  Sept.  22,  1843. 

1356.  ii.   Priscilla   Chapin,  b.   March    16,    1821,   in.  June    9,   1859, 
James  Moore  of  Ewing,  Mass.,  resides  at  Grout's  Corners,  Mass. 

1357.  iii.   William    Osgood   Chapin,  b.    Feb.   25,    1824,  m.  Oct.  16, 
1853,  Lucina  D.  Powers  of  Westhamptoii,  Mass. 

135S.  iv.  Seth  Dwiglit  Chapin,  b.  Feb.  28,  1826,  m.  April  6,  1854, 
Rowena  C.  Whitney  :  resides  in  Upton,  Mass.  :  no  children. 

1359.  v.   Bela  Chapin,  b.  Feb.  19,  1829,   m.  March    3,  1856,    Sarah 
C.  Maleudy  :  resides  at  Newport,  N.  H.     No  children. 

1360.  vi.   Oliver  Chapin,  b.  Feb.  21,   1831,  m.   June  1,  1859,  Laura 
Pearson  of  Acworth,  Mass.      No  children. 

1361.  vii.   Mary  Chapin,  b.  Dec.  28,  1834. 

1362.  viii.  A  son,  unnamed,  b.  May  10,  1840,  d.  May  13,  1840. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

133S.  vii.  Sophia  Chapin  (dau.  of  Phineas  Chapin  of  Newport,  N, 
H,  and  Mary  Lane),  b.  March  29,  1796,  m.  Oct.  L7,  1820,  James 
Baker,  b.  Feb.  28,  1795. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children  : 
13(13.  i.    Kli/abeth  Baker,  b.  Jan.  20,  1822. 

136k  ii.  Kmily  Baker,  b.  April  27,  1823,  m,  Abijah  W.  Tenney  of 
Newport,  X.  1  i. 

1365.  iii.     L'ami'lia  Baker,  b.  Feb.  28,  1825,  m.  George  V.  Barker  <>J" 
Unity,   N.  IF.      Children:    1,   Helen   Elizabeth.      2,   George.      3,   Jane 
Maria. 

1366.  iv.  .James  Baker,  b.    March.   3,  1 827,  m.  July   28,    1851.  Ann 
Mariii    Dimoiul,  b.  March  7,  1831:   Supt.  of   Watch  Factory  in  Wai- 


*  nt'  ('iljit.    .S'c  /////. 
i  ii  i>  I  I>iri<l<t  of 


tham.  Mass.  Children:  I  ,  Charles  I  lenry.  L',  Win.  Wallace  .">.  .1  allies 
Meriiani.  I.  Kduard  Dav.  .">,  \\  inl  lii'i  iji  Malllli. 

l:',f,7.    s.     Mary   I'.aker,   1..    Feh.    I  L'.    |SL".I.  ,].   j,,    |S.",:5. 

I.V.S.  si.  Al.iali  Maker,  1..  March  1  •_»,  Is.",],  in.  !!ev.  Mr.  Harrows 
(lirst  name  ami  residence  nut  e;i\en). 

ll'i'i'.i.  vii.  Martin  I  taker,  1>.  April  L'7,  I  S.'i.''.  in.  S.-pt.  L'l,  1  s."n'., 
Charldlte  Lmiisa  Wood,  b.  in  is:',|.  Children:  I.  Kll.-n  Mai\  W<MH|, 
1,.  .Ian.  L'''>,  1S.')S.  1',  l-Mumml  James  \Vo..,l,  It.  M.nvli  I".,  l^'lL1. 

|:'.7<i.  viii.  Charles  Maker,  1..  Dee.  iV,,  |S.",7,  in.  .huie  (.i,  \^',\,  Maria 
Frances  Chandler,  1).  Sept.  I'.',  ls:;7:  en^a^'il  in  \\aldi  faeior\  ai  \\"al- 
ihani.  Mass.  (  hie  child  :  Shei'bnrne  llaker,  1».  .Jnlv  L'  I  ,  l>IJi. 

|  Se\  elitll   (  iellerat  ion.  | 

1  1',.",!),    viii.    Orlando   Chapin,  li.  Nov.    II,   17'J7  (son  of    I'hineas  Cha- 
pin    of    Newport,    N.     II.).   in.    Mareh    L'J,    ISi'i',   Pamela     llni'd.   h.    Detj. 
17.,   ISUL':    resides  in  (  'laremoni  .  N.    II. 
[  Mii^hth  <  Jenerat  ion.        (  'hildren  : 

1")71.  i.  ('alvin  Ni'lson  ('liapin,  li.  Oct.  IS,  ISL'.'^a  clerk  in  the  utliee 
of  the  A.  15.  C.  V.  31.  at  I'.ostnn. 

|:i7L'.  ii.  I'amelu  Al.iali  Chapin,  1..  Kel>.  l'7,  l^:;i,m.  March  :',  I  , 
IS.')),  Solon  Silsl.ee  of  ClarennMit.  N.  II.  Children:  LKnnice  i..,  1>. 
May  17,  lSf.7.  1\  Stella  V.,  L.  .May  L',  I  S.V.I.  !',,  (  ;,..•!••,'«•  \\  ..  !•.  April 
L'7.  I  Mil. 


[Seventh  <  '.eiierat  ion.  | 

I  .'ll".    i\.     Dea.    lli'iirv  Chapin   (-<>n  of  Phineas    ( 'hapin  of    Newport. 
N.    II,),  I,.  April    I-"..    |S(K),  in.    N,,v.  7.   1-L'L1.  Catharin.-   I'i-h    r.  L.  Jan. 
I.'i.    I  sii|.       He  d.  Jan.   L'l.    |Si',7,  a  farmer  in   Newport.   N.    I  !. 
I'JLi-ht  h    <  leiierat  ii>n.  I      *  'hildren  : 

l.">7-">.  i.  Ch;ir|r>,  Henry  ('hapin,  1>.  Sept.  L'L'.  IXL'''.  u'l'ad.  at  Dart- 
month  in  Is.'ii),  a  lawyer  at  Si.  I..MIJ-.  Mo.,  sim-e  l^i'.n.  m.  \',,\.  ||, 
IsfiS.  Sarah  A  nn  Nett  Idoii.  1..  O,-r.  II.  |S:',u.  (  'hildi-n  :  I.  I'in  Kim- 
liall.  L',  ll'-nrv  Aaron.  ."..  ('alharine  French.  I.  Mar\  Fnnice. 

I  .'.7  I.    ii.    A    daiiLrhler,  I,.    March   ."',    |SL'.\  ,1.  -.,„,,,. 

I."i7"».  iii.  Nathaniel  l''i>her  Chapin.  1..  Jan.  !.  l-."-n,  ni.  DC,'.  | ."., 
I  >.M,  Delia  Fl. -t.-lier:  lives  in  Chelsea,  Ma-.  Childr-::  i.  l-'iank 
M.-tcher.  L'.  Ceo.  II.  nry. 

l.'ii'i.  l\'.  Flllilce  Cjithal'llie  Chaplll,  li.  Dee.  L'l,  I  v."'.">.  IM.  (li-o|-_'e 
Fairbanks  and  d. 


Dwiglit  of  Enfield,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timotlnj,  KOH  of  Jolui,  l>ofh  of  l\Jliam,  Ufa**.  .345 


Elizabeth  Dwight),  b.  Jan.  3,  17-18,  a  farmer  in  Newport,  N.  H.      He 
in.   Joanna  Arms  of   Deerlield,  Mass.,  who  <1.  April    17,   1*31.,  act.  51. 
He   in.  for  2d  wife  .Ruth  Lane  of  Newport,  N.    11.,  1>.  in  1775,  who  d. 
Oct.   11,  1841,  aet.  (50.      Ho  d.  Sept.   14,  1831,  aet.  73. 
[Seventh  Gene  ration.]      Children: 

JBy  jirst  '•"(/''  —  .Joanna  Anns: 

1377.  i.    Rev.    William  Anas  Chapin,  b.  Dec.  8,   1700,  d.  a.t  Orcens- 
boro,  Vt,,  Nov.  27,  18f)0,  aet.  GO. 

1378.  ii.   Philoinehi  Chapin,  b.  May  1,  171*2,  m.  Keuben  P>asco7n. 
137!).   iii.    Fli/abeth   Ohapin,  b.    Feb.    ],    1701,    m.    Moses  Haven  of 

Meriden,  N.  II.   (son  of   Rev.  Jacob  Haven  of  Croyden,  N.  H.).      She 
d.  Sept.  IS,  1SG1. 

1380.  iv.   Daniel    Dwight    Ohapin,   b.   Jan.    27,    170(5,   m.    Oct.    20, 
1828,  Sophia  Wyman  of  Cornish,  N   II.,  b.  Feb.  5,  17(.>!». 

1381.  v.    ])ea.   David  Uelden  Chapin,  b.  Oct.  23,   1707. 

1382.  vi.    Horace  Cliapin,  b.  June  22,  1700,  d.  Sept.   la,  1858. 
13*3.    vii.    Jlev.  Jason  Cha]iin,  b.   Sept.  7,   1*01,  d.  at  Geneseo,  111., 

Sept.  1  1,  1S-K5. 

1381.  viii.  l(1ivderic  Cliapin,  b.  Aug.  7,  1803,  m.  Oct.  10,  1820, 
Pamela  Wyman  of  Cornish,  N.  JI.,  b.  Mav  3,  1*07:  a  farmer  at  .New- 
port, .N.  H.  (Children: 

l;>85.  1.  Daniel  Frederic  Chapin  b.  Nov.  10,  183.1,  d.  January  G, 
184G. 

13*G.   2.   'William  A  mis  Cliapin,  b.  Aj-ril  20,   1842,  d.  May  1850. 

13*7.   ix.   Joanna.  Cliapin,  b.  Oct.  28,   1*05,  m.  Stephen  C.  M.   Allis 
of  Montgomerv,  \'t.      I  lad  <i  children,  all  of  whom  di<'d  soon. 
J>//    second    "'(/'<  —  Ruth   l.ane: 

13*8.  x.  .Ruth  Louisa  Chapin,  b.  Dec.  ]G,  1S.1.4,  m.  Capt.  Thoinas 
(ield(>n  of  ChoHtei-field,  111. 

13*0.  xi.  Melviua  J.  Chapin,  b.  April  30,  18]  G,  m.  in  18-12  Rev. 
George  i>.  Ro\\d!,  Missionary"  to  the  Sandwich  Islands. 

13'.)0.  xii.  Noah  Addison  Chajiin,  M".D.,  b.  June  1*,  1*18,  u'rad.  at 
Dartmouth  in  1*15,  d.  at  Winchester,  N.  H.,  v/here  he  \vas  s<Htled  as  a 
phy>ici;in.  l\lay  0,  1852,  aet.  33. 

1377.  i.  Rev.  William  Ann,-,  Cliapin,  b.  Dec.  *,  !7(.><i,  m.  Sepi.  1G, 
1*23,  Lucy  ('urlis  of  Hanover,  X.  II.  She  d.  in  1*32,  and  lie  m. 
March  2:5,  1*33,  Sarah  (  >rr  of  New  iK-.lford,  X.  !!.,  who  d.  in 
Waverley,  ill..  Aug.  20,  !*.">*.  aet.  54. 

lie  wa.-.  m'ad.  at  Dartmouth  in  l*hi,  and  ai  Andover  'Iheol.  Senu 
in  1*21,  and  settled  in  the  ministry  at  Cral'l  csliui'v,  \'t.,  for  12  years. 
(l<*22-31)  and  at  (  '.  reenslioro,  Vt,  for  15  (].835-5(>)3  v;here  h.e  d..  Xov. 
27.  1850  aei,  GO. 


Descendant*  of  C apt.  .SW///7. 
'•  l<»      '/'//•    .s'^/c  <jf  \<ttlt<t ii />  1  1)u)i<jlit  of  Xorl 

[  Ki^'litli  <  ienerat  ion.  ]       (  'hildren  : 

!></   first    irij'i'--- 1, ncv  Curtis: 

!.">'.' I.  i.  William  A  rms  Chapin,  1).  July  l''i,  1*1*1,  in.  Au_r.  I,  I  *. ").",, 
Kli/aliei  li  I  ».  Lincoln,  h.  at  ( ir«M-n>Kon>,  Vt.,  Sept.  In,  l>iy,  (dau.  of 
\\ill;iril  I  .iii'.'oln )  :  lives  at,  \\hite  Itiver  J  unct  ii  Hi,  Vt.,  and  repairs 
telegraph  instruments.  Two  ehildren  :  \\'in.  Arui>,  li.  Nn\.  L'l1,  1>.">.">: 
31art!i;i  II.,  I..  Ort.  1  I,  1S.">7. 

I:V.IL'.  ii.  J.,sr])l.  Curtis  ciiiij.in,  1).  Frl).  i>2,  ISL».;.  ,1.    l-'.-l,.  i'l.  l-i'7. 

l.'V.i:>.  iii.  Sai-ali  Curtis  ( 'lia))iii,  1).  S.-|»t.  lM,  ISl'7,  ni.'l  )••!•.  "i,  !>."»(), 
lu>\'.  H.-nry  Melville,  a  Cmig.  .Minister  uo\v  (1^7."')  ut'  I'anaa,  Midi. 
She  .1.  I-VK.  1,  ls:>i'. 

!.">'.' I.  iv.  Liu-y  Joanna  Chajmi,  1>.  Nov.  S5  ISL".',  <1.  at  I  )i umark, 
Jo\va.  A  ]'ril  1  7.  I  *")7. 

l.'l '.'").  v.  Daniel  Dsvi^lil  (.'hapiii,  1).  March  l.">,  lx.".L'.il.  Julv  l"i, 
IS-".-'. 

7j_y  tifroitt/  ii'ij'i' — Sarah  Orr: 

l.'V.M).  \i.  John  Orr  ('liajiin,  \>.  June  J."i?  ]>;;!.  a  i-e.-idrin  of 
Waverley.  111. 

l.'V.i".  vii.  Jane  Hli/.a  Oliapiii,  1).  May  1^,  ls.")''>,  \v,-is  a  t.eaeher  in 
S|irin_flield,  1 11.,  hut  went  to  ( 'hina.  May  1 .  1*71,  as  a  luisMoiiarv,  unik-r 
tlic  auspices  of  rl'he  \Voinon\s  JJoard  of  ,M  ission.s  at  (  'lii'-a---,.  111. 

Se\  .-III  ll    <  ielH'rat  ion.  ] 

1I57S.  ii.  I'hiloiaela  Chanin,  b.  Mny  1.  1792,  in.  Sept.  1,  1^1'.',  Keii- 
li('ii  l'ia>i-oiii. 

j  |-j_'!ii  li  (  ienerat  ion.]      <  'hildivn  : 

l.'5'.i^.  i.  Carl  i  >s  Lyiuaii  I  JaM-oiu,  h.  Sept.  L\  l>Jn.  m.  (»et.  1'7.  lvl~, 
KiuiU  Saiiliurn  of  Kno\\  ille.  111.,  a  resident  at  Ko.  k  l.-iand.  111.  ( 'hil- 
dren.  four:  M.-irv  Althaea,  },.  A  HIT.  !',  1>I^;  Kniily,  h.  I  ),-r.  ',»,  l>l'.i; 
Jleiirx.  Ii.  Julv  ol,  l>."i:',;  Fraiu-is  Sanlnii-n,  h.  July  S,  l^^7. 

i:;'.i'.i.    ii.    Henry  Martin    llascoin,  h.  Sept.  l'n,  1  SL' 1 .  d.  Nov.  L'.'i.    1-ti'. 

linn.  iii.  Philomela  I'.aM-oiii,  h.  Sept.  1,  |>i'.'5,  jn.  No\.  Ix."i|,  l!e\. 
Clen  \\'ood,  I,,  at  Civt-nliusli,  N.  N'.,  April  .">.  1  -  1 -.  -rad.  at  Yale 
in  Is  ll',  and  at  N.  H.  Tlicol.  Si-in.  in  1>!7:  stated  >uppl\  a!  l\-"kuk. 
|o\va  (  i  •-  I  7  .")ii;  ;  (  ;,  nl.  ALT',  for  Tin;  Am.  Tract.  Soc.  f.  i •  i  !,,•  Nor:h\\«>t 
(I^.'in  v  i,  and  >ince  ls.")S  |  )jst.  Secretary  of  ,~,ame  iv-idiiiL,'  at  Chicago, 
111.  (>im-c  I  s'i.'l  i.  ^he  d.  :  no  issue. 


N.    II.,  an.  i  Joanna    A  rms),  h.  Jan.  1*7,    I  7'."'.,  in.    <  i,  •:.!';'.    1-1 
\V_Mi,;.:,  of  Cornish,   N.   II..  I,.   I'M..  -'',   17'.'!'.      1L-  d.  Sep:.  .',, 


Dwiglit  of  En  field.  Conn., 
Son  of  Tlmotliy,  Son  ofJ~oUn,  loth  of  DetlJtam,  Jfass.  347 

{Eighth  Generation.]      Children : 

1401.  i.  Helen  Sophia  Chapin,  b.  Dec.  0,  1830,  d.  Feb.  20,  1834. 

1402.  ii.   Phebe  Eli/abeth  Chapin,  b.  Nov.  24,  1S32,  d.  Feb.  15,  1852. 
140-'}.   iii.    Miriam  Maria  Chapin,  b,  Jan.  [>,  1835,  m.  Sept.  20,  1803. 

Isaac  F.  Eastham  of  Suinmevville,  111. 

1404.  iv.   Edward  D  wight   Chapin,   b.   Nov.    12,    18*>7,    resides    in 
Boston,  Mass.      He  in.  Nov.  12,  1801,  Olive  Emma  Stanford  of  Gardi- 
ner, Me. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1381.   v.   Dea.   David   Beldeii  Chapin   (son  of  Daniel   and   Joanna 
Chapin),   b.  Oct.  23,  1797,  m.  Nov.  12,  1828,  Zeruiah  II.  Farnsworth, 
b.  Jan.  20,  1804  :  a  farmer  at  Newport,  N.  H. 
[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

140.").  i.  Martha  Ann  Chapin,  b.  Aug.  10,  1832,  m.  Sept.  10,  1852, 
Daniel  W.  AVilcox  of  Melrose,  Mass,  (son  of  Dea.  Danl.  AVilcox  of 
Newport,  N.  11.).  Three  children:  1,  Mary  Ella,  b.  July  14,  1857. 
2,  Emma  Josephine,  b.  April  9,  1800.  3,  Lillie  Agnes,  b.  July  25, 
1801. 

1400.  ii.  Rev.  George  Farnsworth  Chapin,  b.  May  20,  1830,  grad. 
at  Amherst  in  1800,  a  Presb.  minister  (1874)  at  Irving,  Kansas,  and 
previously  at  .Lawrence,  lie  m.  Oct.  2,  1802,  Mary  (dan.  of  Calvin 
Wile-ox  of  Newport,  N.  FT.). 

1407.  iii.  Joseph  Augustus  Chapin,  b.  April  25,  1839,  a  soldier  in 
the  late  war :  resides  in  Boston. 

1405.  iv.   Ellen  Eli/abeth  Chapin,  b.  Feb.  4,  1842,  m.  Nov.  10,  1804, 
Henrv  M.  Kimball :   resides  in  Newport,  N.  II. 

[  Se venth  G  eneration .  ] 

1383.  vii.  Rev.  Jason  Chapin  (son  of  Daniel  and  Joanna  Chapin  of 
Newport,  X.  II.),  b.  Sept,  7,  1801,  in.  Oct.  4,  18:51,  Caroline  Snow  of 
Ware,  Mass.  He  was  grad.  at  Amherst  in  1  828,  and  at  Andover  Theol. 
Sem.  in  1S31.  He  preached,  as  stated  supply,  for  some  years  in  dif- 
ferent places  in  Ohio,  as  Madison,  Jefferson  and  Farmington,  and  was 
settled  at  Geneseo,  111.,  where  he  d.  Sept.  11,  18-10. 
[Eighth  Generation.]  Children: 

1-109.  i.  Florilla  N.  Chapin,  1).  July  10,  183-1,  in.  Henry  (..'undue  of 
Molinr,  .111. 

14lo.   H.    Emily  Melviiia  Ohapin,  b.  Feb.  3,  1S37. 

Ill  I.    iii.    Albert  Jason  Chapin,  b.  March  21,   1812,  d.   Doc.  5,  18-12. 

1  1  12.   iv.   Alice  C.  Chapin,  b.  Nov.  20,   IS  15. 


I >,  .svv  //Jtf/tfx  <>t'  (  'ii I'l.    .SV/////. 
•".IS        '/'/,,    .S',,//  ,,/'  \, iff/tint,  !   Ihrn/Jif,  of'  \nrll><t,itjit 


|  S.-\  !•!,  i  Ii    <  '•  'iii-nii  i<  'ii.  | 

l.'.^'.i.  \i.  M<  l\ina  .1.  Chapin  M|  in.  cf  |i;ini.-l  ('li;i|,in  ..I'  N"\\|.ort, 
N.  II..  and  l.'inh  Lanei,  I..  A  |.ril  .".(»,  Ish'.,  in.  iii  I  >  I  '_'  !;••'..(  '•<•<>  r^<- 
I  '•  Tk'-li  -\  I  Ii  iwell.  Ljrail.  al  A  inherit  in  1  >."'7.  a  nd  a  t  A  nd"\  .-r  The"l.  Seia. 
in  I  s  t  |  .  1  1  e  \vent  as  ;i  in  is>  im  KITS  !•!'  i  In-  A  .  \'>.  <  '.  I1'.  M  .  t<>  ;  ',.<•  Saiid- 

u  i  i  •  1  1     I  .-  1  a  1  1  d  >    i  1  1     I  v  I  '_'  .  ;  1  1  1  1  1    1  )  ;  i  >  1  i  \  i  •(  1    >  i  1  1  .  •<  •  I  1  1  ;  1  1    I  i  1  1  H  •   at     l\  :  I  '  i  :  i  !  . 

I'.iu'lii  Ii  *  li-in-i'al  ii  >n.  I       (  'Ii  i  I'i  ri'ii  : 

111.".,  i.  M.-l\iiiii  I,'.  .\\.-ll.  1).  in  IS}.11,,  in.  H.-V.  Mr.  All  xiunlrr  of  the 
Saiulu  irli  I  slainls. 

1111.  ii.  NVilliain  K.lwanls  Kovvcll,  1).  .1  HIH-  Is  d.  ^rail.  ai  Williams 
Coll.  in  |Si'i7. 

1  ll.\    iii.    Clara    .Maria    Uowrll,  1).     I'Y1>.    IS  17. 

I  I  hi.    is.    Marian    Kli/a    IJuwrll,  1..   An-.   1  s  I  ^ 

1117.    x.   C,  •,„-(•  AiMis,,,,  li.nvi'll,  I..  April    |s:,o. 

Ills.   \i.    Klli-n  Liniisr  IJuwi-ll,  1).  Maivli  IS.-.L'. 

1  Ull.    vii.    Mary  A.l.-laidc  Kowcll,  h.  S.-nt.    1  >:•:'.. 


See  pa^i'  •>'•>•>. 

iL'-l'.i.    v.    l-'n-ili-ric    <'ha|iin  (son    of    M.ISCS    (''na|'in,    i.f    S  ,;,  .  -r-.   Ct., 
alnl     )-]li/al>i-i  h     l>\\iuhl).    h.     Mav    I  I1,      17'i(l.    in.     almilt    17"'-.    l.iK'li'lia 
Mcrti'ii.  ..I'    Iliitlii-lil,  Mass..  1).  Si-|.t.   L'l,   I7i'il.       ii"   «1.  iii    •  ';,.,,  I.  rill-.-, 
N.    Y..  .Inn.'    il'.    I  SIIL'.  art.    !L'.       She  <1.  at    Haiti.  -hi,   \>   <•.    \^'-n. 
[  Sr\  cm  h  (  li-nerat  inn.  ]      (  'h  ililri'ii  : 

1  tl!'i.  i.  Caniillns  Cliapin,  1..  Nov.  L'l,  17S!I.  in.  Ma\  17.  1^1"'. 
Myra  l'ar>  >  of  d.nway,  M:iss.,  Ii.  NDV.  L'L'.  I7'.'l':  lui'l  t'-'ii-  .-l.il- 
divn  : 

I  IL'I.  ii.  Kiv,|..|-i.-  Cliii|.in.  .Jr.,  i..  Ma\  IL'.  I7'.'i'.  in  !.-•  v  T.-.-.l  ..f 
I  ,i\  inu-  1  "ii.  N.  Y.  :  nine  children. 

I  I  L'L1.  iii.  Until  <'ha|iin.  l>.  Keli.  L'L',  I  7'.'."'.  I  n.  a  Mr.  <'•."!<  \\lio  li\ed 
ami  died  in  Ne\\  .1  <T>  -\  .  'l'li.-\  had  on.1  <-h  ild  : 

I  IL'."..  i.    <  ','iarl.  .it.-  C.n.k.    who    in.     Charh'-     I  'ea,  •",-!,  ai;d  had  L'  chil- 

dren,   I  .'  mill  •!  ;:  it.  I   Si  an  1  1  n  i. 

IlL'l.  i\.    I  'liarli.lle  (  'hapin,  1>.  -Ian.    1  .'..  I  7'.'7  .  in.  ;.'  ".n  •    I  ^:  .".    1  1  "race 

I  'ri'ir  i  it  K.  \\'  i  iid^iir.  Ct  .,    \\  here  >h.-  d.    April    I  >.'i:  '.  aei  .    I  L'.     <   in  Id  ren  : 

I  li':i.  1.     \1  u-\    L.    I'ri.ir,  I,,  a'n  ,ii:    I^L'.".. 

]  IL'1'.  L'.    Mil  i  MI  i  l-'redi-rie  I'ri.ir,  Ii.  S.-pt.  L'  :,    !  -L'7.   in.    K'i    ',    <  'a>"  "I" 

Mai,  .-I-  '.-r.   \'i..  liv.-.-,  ai    !•:.  \\'ind>.ir.  <  'i. 

1  |L'7.  .'I.     l-'anny     I'rii.r.  d.  ad.  .".. 

IlL".      !.     <  1i;.M"lle    Ann    I'rinr,  1..    April     I.    l-:i|.in.     \la\     I  '•  "'L1.    \\'  l  i 

liain    II.  \\"i  iuh'. 


D  w  Ifjli  t  of  Enfidd,  Co nn. , 
Son-  of  Timothy,  Sou  of  Jo//  //,  loth  of  DedJi  am,  2fa^.    849 

Ct.,  and  Elizabeth   D  wight),  b.  Nov.    8,  1702,    111.  about   1787  Lucina 
Graves  of  Hati'ield,  Mass.  :     a  farmer  of  W.  Springfield,  Mass,     lie   d. 
March  11,  lS4l,aet.  78:  she  d.  Dec.  0,    1851,  act.  85. 
[Seventh  Generation.]       Children: 

1429.  i.  .Alary  Chapin,  b.  Sept.  10,  1788,  in.  A  very  Herrick  of 
Westfield,  Mass. 

14:50.  ii.  Judge  Moses  Chapin,  b.  May  2,  1791,  d.  Oct.  8,  1865. 

1431.  iii.   Elizabeth  Chapm,  b.  Dec.  22,  1792,  d.  April  4,  1794. 

1432.  iv.    Rev.  Augustus  Lyinan  Ohapin,  b.  Jan.  1(5,  179-">. 
143;;.  v.   Dea.  Alpha  Chapin,  b,  Oct.  2,  17%. 

1434.  vi.  Scth  Dwiglit  Ohapin,  I).  April  11,  1800;  a  commission 
merchant  in  Rochester  and  New  York,  where  lie  d.  Feb.  12,  1833. 
act.  33,  unmarried. 

143-1.  vii.  Elizabeth  Chapm,  b.  March  23,  1802,  in.  Henry  Meigs 
Ward  of  J)e  Soto,  Mo. 

143(5.  via.  Alon/o  Chapin,  M.D.,  I).  Feb.  24,  1805,  in.  Oct.  20, 
1831,  Mary  Ann  Tenney,  b.  May  1804  (dau.  of  T)ea.  Samuel  Tenney 
of  Boston):  grad.  at  Anilierst  in  182(5;  he  went  as  Missionary  Phy- 
sician of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  to  the  Sandwich.  Islands  in  1831,  and 
returning  home  in  1830  located  himself  in  Winchester,  Mass.,  as 
a  medical  practitioner.  One  child  : 

1437.  1.  Elizabeth  D  wight  Chapin,  b.  March  1,  1835. 

1438.  ix.    Lucina   Chapin,  b.   .March   8?   1800,  resides,  unmarried,  at 
Rochester,  X.  Y.      From  her  many  of  the  dates,  names  and  facts  here 
cited  have  been  obtained. 

1439.  x.    Louis  Chapin,  b.  Nov.  3,  1809. 

1429.  i.   Mary  Chapin,  b.    Sept.  10,  17885  in.  June   0,  1812,  Avery 
Herrick.  of  Worthington,  Mass.,  a  farmer  at   West  Held,  ..Mass.      He  d. 
July  12,   1800,  act.   75.      She  d.  Sept.  12,  1803,  act.  75. 
[  Kighrh  Generation.]      Children: 

1-1-40.    i.    A  son,  unnamed,  that  d.  soon. 

1.411.    ii.    Moses   Chapin   Herrick,   b.    Aug.    23,    1817,    a    farmer    at 
Westiield,  Mass.,  unmarried. 

1  1-1-2.    iii.    William  Augustus  Herrick,  b.  March  2.  1820. 

1-!  i.">.   iv.    Lucina  Herrick,  1).  Jan.  29,   1822. 

I  1-1  1.    v.     Henry  .Dwiglit  Hen-irk,  b.  at   M  iddletield,  Mass.,   Dee.  13, 
1823,  keeps  a  hotel  at  Cincinnati,  (.).,    m.  .Mary  Cole  Chiton,  an    Eng- 
lish lady,  aud  has  -1.  children. 

II  15.    vi.    George  llerriek,  b.  at    Middletield,  .Nov.  24.  1S25. 

lll(>,    vii.    Kdward     .Mercer    Herrick,    b.    there    Jan.     19,     1828,    m. 
No\.  30,    18 .">;"),  Sarah  Cone,  b.   Feb.   10,  183  I  (dau.  of  Amos  (/one   and 


.'>."><)       '/'/"    Sn//  <if  \<if}t(inii  I  Dir'njltt,  of  \<>rf}i<iiuj'f<ni, 

Charlottt-  Maeki.  Her  mother  was  granddaughter  of  Dea.  Da\  id 
Mack,  \\hos,.  life  and  character  are  portrayed  in  "The  Faithful  Stew- 
ard." pub.  l>v  "The  American  Tract  Society."1  He  resides  in  West- 
tield.  Mas..  Children  : 

1  117.     I.    Sarah  Jessie  Herrick,  b.  May   1  S,   Js.V.l. 

1  1  IS    •_'.    A   daughter,  unnamed,  l>.  Oct.    lsi',1,  that  d.  soon. 

III'.',  viii.  Fsther  Maria  llerrick,  \>.  April  In,  Isilu,  m.  Aui,'.  .°» I , 
]S7n.  Samuel  I  >o\\  of  West  field. 

I  1"'D.    i\.    Alon/o  Chapin   I  lerrick,  b.  in   ls:>:>,  d.   An-;.    1  ^ '•'<•'>. 

II  IL'.    iii.    William    Augustus    Ilei-rick,    b.    March     l!,     I^J'b  m.     at 
Rochester,    N.    Y.,    July     IS,     1S11,    Sarah     Fli/.abeth     Pratt,    b.  at     F. 

J!lc itield.     N.    Y.,    \\\£.     L'5,    ISL'O    (dau.   of    Harry   I'ratt    and  Susan 

Cleveland),  a   Hour  and  produce  dealer  at  Ceneva,  N.   Y. 

[Ninth  ( Jem-rat  ion.        ( 'hildren  : 

ll-'il.    i.    William  ( 'levelaiid  llerrick,  b.  at  Rochester,  J  ul  v  .">,  1M.">. 
M:>±    ii.    Mlixabeth   Pratt    llerrick,  b.  there'  I  )ec.  L'n,   IS:,D. 
1  I .">:'>.    iii.    Lucy  Wade  llerrick,  b.  Nov.  L"J,   iS.'n',  at    Pochester. 

|  FLdi'h  <  ieneration. J 

1  1  l.\  vi.  (ieor-'e  derrick,  b.  Nov.  21,  ISL'.J,  ni.  at  Mentor.  <  >..  Juno 
1,  Is."i:;,  Ann  Ml  i /.a  Maroon,  b.  Feb.  ti,  Js:5:i.  He  resides  at  Pery,  O. 
lie  was  a  soldier  for  3  years  in  the  late  war. 

[  Nint  h  ( lent-rat  ion.  ]      ( 'hildren  : 

1-1."' 1.    i.    Louis  Chapin   Herrick,  1).  at  Massillon.  O.,  A  pi  il    17,   1S.V1. 
J  l."i."».    ii.    Ceorife   |)\\i'_'ht    llerrick,  1).  Julv  !'.">,   ls.""'>. 
J  }""i.    iii.    Floi-eiice   I  nex  Maroon  Herrick,  b.  <  )ct.  L'.'i.    Is"iS. 
l-l"i7.    i\.    Fuu'ene  |»e\\itt   llerrick.  b.  at    Pei-rv,   N .  Y.,  Juiv  I1',  Is'il. 
11.)^.    \.    l''rance.s.   Marv  ( 'hapin   Herriek,b.  Julv    l.ri,    1V|'>1. 

[SeVellt  ll    <  iellerat  1<  ill.] 

11. ">n.  ii.  JudLT1'  .Moses  ('hajiin  (son  of  Moses  A.  ("napin  of  \V. 
SpriiiLrtield,  Mass.,  and  Lucina  Craves),  b.  May  L'.  1  7'.' I ,  i_rrad.  at  \'ale 
in  l^l  I.  \\"a.s  a  Ia\\'\er  in  Pochester,  N.  \".,  lor  nearl\'  .">' i  \ears  i  Jsl'i— 
(!."M.  \\'hen  he  seitied  there  it  contained  t',nii  inhabitants,  and  at  his 
death  it  numbered  .".n,iii)l).  lie  m.  Sept.  |s|s,  Ksther  Maiia  Ward, 

b.     Dee.      i    I,     |7'.»S    (dau.    of     Dr.     Levi    Ward    of     Rochester.  She     d.    Oct. 

1".'.  IVL'."I,  ai-t.  L'"'.  He  in.  for  a  I'd  wife,  Oct.  .".  1 ,  I^L'1'.  ui>io\\  Lucy 
T.  Kiblie.  /-  V  Parton,  b.  Oct.  |S%  1  7'.»7  (  wido\\  of  Sime,,!!  T.  Kibbenf 
(  'ana  iida  i_Mia,  N .  ^  .,  a  nd  dau.  of  William  Part  on  of  Fnli.-id.  ('!.,  and 
Mabel  T.  i-i  ••.  ..  IL-  was  ilrst  jtid^'1'  <'f  'he  Monroe  Count  \  Court  for 
(i  years  (1-L'o  'M  •.  and  President  of  the  Pank  of  M,.ni'o,-.  lle^as 
for  |n  \ear~.  an  eide]-  in  tin-  First  Prcsli.  Ch.  Said  his  pastor,  Pc\. 


Dwiylit  of  En f  eld,  Conn., 
Son  of  TiinotJtif,  Sonof  Jolm,  both  of  Dedliam,  Jfas*.  '>51 

Dr.  Calvin  Pease,  of  him  :  "lie  was  a  man  whose  scrupulous  accuracy, 
whose  measured  propriety  of  deportment,  whose  kindness  of  manner  and 
Christian   consistency  of  life  were  an  honor  to  the  Christian  Church." 
He  d.  Oct.  8,  1805,  act.  74.      She-  still  resides  in  Rochester. 
[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

J>y  first  wife  : 

14.10.  i.  Maria  Ward  Clmpin,  b.  May  31,  1819,  in.  March  9,  1841, 
Rev.  Dr.  Eli  Smith,  grad.  at  Yale  in  1821,  the  noted  missionary  of 
the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  in  Syria,  She  d.  at  Beirout,  Syria,  May  27,  1S42, 
act.  24.  He  d.  there  Jan.  11,  1857,  act,  55.  One  child  : 

1401).  1.  Charles  Henry  Smith,  b.  at  Beirout,  May  14,  IS  12,  grad. 
at  Yale  in  1805. 

1401.  ii.   Edward  Mercer  Chapiu,  b.  Xov.  10,  1820,  d.  Fob.  21,  1821. 
141)2.  iii.   Caroline   Elizabeth    Chapin,   b.   April    27,    1822,  m.  .Rev. 

Dar\vin  Cliches ter. 

_/>//  second  wife  : 

1403.  iv.  Rev.  Henry  Barton  Chapin,  b.  Sept.  14,  1827. 

1404.  v.    Charles  Hall  Chapin,  b.  Jan.  0,  1830. 

14(15.  vi.  Harriet  Ward  Chapin,  b.  March  1,  1832,  m.  Rev.  Cory- 
don  Webster  of  Big  Flats,  X.  Y. 

1402.  iii.   Caroline  Elizabeth  Chapin,  b.  April  27,  1822,  m.  Feb.  19, 
1850,  Rev.  .Darwin   Chichester  of  Rochester,  grad.    at  Union  in    1840, 
and  at  Auburn   Theol.  Sem.  in  1841,  preached   in    Mt.  Morris,  X.  Y., 
for  4  years,  and  was  afterwards  settled  in  Corning,  X.  Y.,  and  Wolcott 
and    Burdett,  XT.    Y.,   and  is  now  (1874)    settled   at  llammondsport, 
X.  Y. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 
1400.   i.   Maria  Ward  Chichester,  b.  Jan.  13,  1851. 
1407.   ii.   Caroline  Chapin  Chichester,  b.  Jan.  5,  1853. 

1405.  iii.   Edward  Louis  Chichester,  b.  March  27,  1850. 
1409.   iv.    Harriet  Amanda  Chichester,  b.  Dec.  23,  1857. 

1470.  v.   Charles  Darwin  Chichester,  b.  July  11,  1800. 

1471.  vi.   Susan  Sclden  Chichester,  b.  Xov.  1803. 

1472.  vii.   Mary  Dwight  Chichester,  b.  June  28,  1805. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

140:5.  iv.  He\.  Henry  Barton  Chapin,  P.H.D.,  b.  Sept.  1  i?  1^27, 
grad.  ar  Y;ile  in  1847,  studied  theology  at  Union  Theol.  Srm.  (Is5  1-2) 
and  Princeton  (  I  S52- 1).  He  in.  I'Vk  22,  1854,  Harriet  .Ann  Smith, 
b.  Or!.  21,  IS",)  (d.-iu.  of  Charles  and  Ann  Smith  of  Xe\\  York);  a 
Prcsli.  el.-r^yman,  settled  at.  Steuben\'ille,  (.).  (1850-8),  und  al  Tivntuii 
X.  .) .  (!^5>-).  but  for  several  years  past  a  teacher  in  Xew  York. 


."'.Vj  '/'//,      Soil    ol'   \,tl!i<liti<  1    />//•/,////,    M/'   \oi-/lnlti<j>t<>l<i 

|  Nintli  (  leiieraliun.  |      (  'hil.lren  ; 

117"'.    i.    diaries   ISruukes  dia|iin,  Ii.    .M  a  v   L'd,   I  v. ">.">. 
1171.    ii.    ll'-nry    I  >\\  i-lit   (  'liapin,  !..   F.-li.    |,   |s:>7. 
I  17.'.    in.    \\  illiain    K-irlun  ('liapin,  1).    March    I'.',    l>''i!i. 
i\ .    1,'uln-rt   <  'lia|iin,  Ii.  .1  nl\    I  >7  I . 

[  IMU'II!  Ii  ^1'iieral  ion. 

II''.!.  v.  Charles  Mall  diujiin.  It.  -Ian.  C>,  IS:',d,  m.  t),-t.  J.  1>.M, 
Kli/alteili  Ki«|,|  ,,f  Ruehesier,  1..  July  L'l,  |  s:l:i  ( ,|.,u.  . .('  William  au<l 
Kli-ahur  ki<i<l  iici\v  ut'  New  York. —  di'in^  banking  ini-in.---  in  liuih 
Iit'clii'.^tt'r  and  New  Nurk).  lie  is  a  inanut'ael  nn-r  <A'  steain-i'ii^incs, 
liuileix  rar-\\  lieds,  easlini;s,  ele.,  in  llueliester  (tirm  uf  ''iiaj'iii  «V 
TeriA  ). 

[  Nil  i  ill  ( Ifiicrat  iitu.        <  'hildren  : 

I  I7i:.   i.    NVilliaiu  Ki.ld  Chapin.  1>.   Ma-vli   1  I,  ls:>7. 

1  177.    ii.     Mary    \V:inl  Cliapin.  1).  -luiie  .">,    iN.'i'.t. 

117>.    iii.  ( 'harles  Terry  Chaj. in,  b.   KeU.  I'l,   [Si'il. 

1  17'.'.    i\.    I'ileaiiur   I'.artuii  ('liapin.  1>.    April  l'^,    l-'i.'l. 

UMI.    v.    \Vaher    Kdward  C'liapin.  I..    Dee.    11.    |S'i|,d.   I'rli.  L1.  I-'-"'. 

1  I>I.    vi.   r;d\vard    Mall  ('ha).iii,  1..  July    Id.    1><',7. 

|  Mi^lii  h  <  -i  ii'Tal  i<  in.  ] 

I  !''•.'>.  \i.  Harriet  Ward  Cliapin,!).  Mareli  1,  |S.".J.  in.  .luije  L' 1 .  1  s.'i.",, 
l\ev.  ('urydun  We]i>u-r  Miuu'iii-,  l>.  iii  \\'uriliiii-'Lini.  .Ma--..  .Ian.  1  v, 
]>-•"',  u'rad.  ;d  \\'illiain>  ('ull.  in  I  >!'.',  and  at  Aul'iirn  Theul.  >i  in.  iu 
l-v-i|.  Mi-  li;i-  |ii-ij;ii-lii'd  111  variuus  [tlaces,  as  at  A\mi,  Sjn-hn-r  and 

NeV,  lielil,      N.     V.,   <  'ullage     (  !  I'uV  •',    W  is.,     al  id    <  l.-l  M  ,1  •!,,    I  ),  -K.-i'.i,    I  ',,..    Mu. 

Si,.-  (1.   ;,i    (  l.-hurn.   Mu.,  .Inly    I  I,    l>7l'. 

|  N  1 1:!  ii  <  •'  in-ral  luii.  j       I  'liildn-n  ; 

I  lv_'.  i,  <  aruline  \\'i-\\,-il  Ili-^in-.  1-.  Apiil  _L'.  !  >."'  I.  in.  .1 111,.-  L'l. 
l>7."i.  William  A.  MeKinley. 

I  lx.i.    ii.    William  ('ursdun    lli---in-.  Ii.  June  L'l.   lx'»'>. 
I  I-  I.    iii.     Kd  \\anl    \anderlMiruli    I  I  i-_'-ii;  -.  1 1.    N..V.    i!.    1 -." 
1  !>."».    i\.    M;iry    llarlun    Mi-'-in-,  1-.  Jan.   L'"'.    IM'I!. 
ll^i'i.    \.    <  'liar!---  <  'liajiin    I  1 1  __:i  i:--.  i  i.  J  n  1  \     I  s'i."i. 

vi.    I.II.-N    liiirt..!.    l!iu-n-.  I-.   Ai;-.    I'''.    I  >''.'.'. 

\  ii.    .lanic.s  M.ii  i  iiin-r  M  iir^in.-,  Ii.  A  pi-il  In,  1  -7-j.  , ;.  X:.,,i .  )  >7ij. 

[  S--\  i-ni  Ii   (  ii-neral  lull.  | 

1   I .'  i  L' .     l  \  .     I','  '.  .    A  1 1  u  i  i  -  M  i  -      I  .  \  n  i  a  1 1    ('  1 1  a  1 1 1 1 1    (    ''li   ut     M  .  .  A  .   (    1 1 .  i  ] '  1 1 1 

..I'    W.   S|.rin-l'i.  !d  and    I.u.-in-;   Cravrs),  I,.  Jan.    1''.,    17'.'.'.    _   ad.  a)    ^"ai.• 
in    1  -  i  7.  and  ai    I  'rim -i -tun  Tl I.    Si -in.    in    1  VL'L'.        Me  in.   \i:i\    I  _'.    I  >;'.  1 , 


Dwiglit  of  Enfclcl,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Joltn,  l>otli  of  DedJtam,  Jffixx.  .°>5.3 


Abl).v  Hays,  1).  Aug.  22,  1  79G  (dun.  of  Stephen  Hays  of  Xewark,  X.  J., 
and  Kunice  Sayres)  who   cl.  at   Galesbnrgh,   111.,  May  2'.},  1S73,  act.  70. 

lie  w;is  settled  in  Oxford  and  \Valton,  X.  Y.  ( 1  Si'!)-:',:')),  Lexington, 
K  Y.  (1833-41),  Leyden  and  West  'Turin,  X.  Y.  (1844-9),  and.  hi 
(!al\vay  and  Xorwich  Corners,  X.  V. ,  for  '2  years.  Ho  resided  after- 
wards for  several  years  (1853-G8)  at  Amsterdam,  X.  Y.  Since  1808 
lie  lias  resided  at  Galesburgh,  111. 
\  Kighth  (Generation.]  ( 'liildren  : 

1487.    i.    Edward  Tayson  Chapin,  b.  Aug.  28,  1832,  d.  June  4,  18.38. 

14  8S.  ii.  Theodore  Dwight  Chapin,  b.  Aug.  29,  1834,  d.  April  23, 
183.-). 

1489.  iii.    Piev.  Lyman   Dwight   Chapin,   b.  Sept.  18,  183G,  gracl.  at 
Amlierst  in  18."j8,  and  at  I'nion  Theol.  Seiu.  in  1SG1,  he  has  been  since 
18(J3    a    missionary  of  the    A.   15.  C.  F.  M.    in   Xorth   China,      lie  m. 
July  8,   1SG2,  in  J Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  Clara   Labaree   Evans  (dan.  of  Seth 

Gilbert  .Kvaiis  of  (Jharlestowii,  X.  II.,  and  Kannah  Louisa  • ).      He 

has  had  live  children,  all  born  in  China. 

1490.  1.    Lyman  Ihvight  Chapin,  b.  Jan.   11,  18G4,  d.  Feb  2,  1867. 

.-I::;::;::!;        ->^      Louisa    Cliapill,    1).    Jail.     12,     18()(). 

****     :!.   Al)by  Goodrich  ('hapin,  b.  April  2,  18(J8. 
****      1,    Edward  Dwight  Chapin.  b.  Xov.  12,  18G9. 
**:!::1:     5.    3!ary  Hannah  Chapiii,  b.   Feb.   17,  1872. 

1491.  iv.    irarri(>t   Lncina   Chapin,    b.  Aug.    28,  1838,    in.  Sept.  13, 
18G.1.  Thomas   ISeekmari  Van   Schaack,  b.  Oct.  !•">,   1833  (son  of  Lucas 
Yan   Schaack   of  Oswogo    X.  V.,  and    Sarah   L.    Hawley),    a    hardware 
merchant  in  Galesburgh,   111.,  since  1S.~>8.      They  haves  one  child: 

#***      |_    \Villiam  J)\vight  "Van  Schaack,  b.  Sept.   18,  1S72. 

[  Seventh  Generation.] 

1433.  v.  Dea.  Alpha  Chapin  (son  of  Moses  A.  Chapin  of  AT.  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  and  Lucina  Craves),  b.  OCT.  2,  1  79G,  in.  Nov.  21-,  1S31, 
Claris>a  Chapin.  b.  Dec.  21  179G  (dau.  of  George  Chapin  of  Fnliehl, 
C't.)  :  a  farmer  in  Ogdeii,  X.  V.,  and  a  deacon  in  the  Presb.  ( 'h.  .lie 
d.  June  21,  18()S,  act.  72,  at  Speneerjtort,  N.  V.  :  shed,  there  May 
1,  1^72,  aet.  74. 

Light  h  Ceneration.  ]      Children: 

1  191*.    i.    Dwight  Stearns  Chapin,  b.  Xov.    1S.33,  d.    Dec.  2">,   1834. 

1  19:',.    ii.    Catharine   Lovisa  Chajiin,  b.  Jan.  12,  JS.3G. 

1191.  iii.  Seth.  Dwiglit  Chajiin,  b.  Jan.  21,  1S3S,  d.  A]>ril,  29, 
183S. 


Held.    Ma. s.i.l..    M;:,vl,    L'."-,    Ism1,  in.    Sept.     I  U,     l-i'l,     Henry     M.-i-s 
\\';inl.  li.   <Vt.    'Jo,    IMI-J    IMIH  df    Dr.    l.e\  i    \V.nd    of    1,'ocheMer,   N.    Y., 
.•in. I  MehitaMe  Hand.  dan.  nf  I);nii.-l  I  lam  i  i,f  I-:.  (Juilfi.nl,  CM.    H,  ,|.  : 
she  iv-i.ii-^  :ii    I  >e    Si. to,  .letferson  (  '.•.,   M... 
|  Ki-hih  <  [.-iteration.        (  'hildren  : 

11 '.'.">.    i.     Henry  Chapin   \\':;r.!.  1..  .1  ul y  l'n.    |  SL>.\  d.  <  >ct.   L' ] .    Isi't1,. 

l-1'.n;.  ii.  Kli/al.eth  Dwijrln  \Vard,  i..  |-V1>.  i'"',,  IM'S,  :i  t.-.-t.-li.-r 
iMriinTly  in  tin-  Klmira  l'\-inalc  ( '.  .llr^-,  luil  iiu\\  (  1  S7  1  i  f--iclc>  at  I  >r 
Si  >t  i '.  .M 1 1.,  uiiiiiarrit-d. 

li!1".  in.  Marian  \\ar<l.l>.  .lanuafv  ! s.  ls.">!,in.  i'aiii'-l  \\  .  li,u''-r- 
si.il  of  St.  I'aul.  Minn. 

I  I'.'S.  iv.  I'rof.  Henry  Augustus  \\"anl.li.  Marrl.  '.'.  1  .*•':!  I.  m.  Nov. 
S.  ISC.II.  IMi.-lif  Iluwi-ll.  I..  S.-|,t.  I'!.  IS.",  |  (,i:iu.  ..f  .1,1,1,  M.  sn:.!  IMI- 
tiii-i-  I  |o\vt-ll  of  N.  Y.  City):  I'rof.  since  IM'I|  of  tin-  Natural  Scictr.-s 
in  lh«-  I 'ni\  i-r.-ity  of  I  Jorln-^t.-r  (Hajiti-t,.  MI-  ^-[i.'iit  six  vi-ar.-  in 
Kur<i]M'  in  coin]  ilt-t  inuf  Ins  scientific  cihicat  ion,  anil  inaili-  collections  for 

himself  ot'   LfeoldLjicjil  anil  other  sj linens    1:1   man\    iliii'i-rt-ni    coiint  ries. 

a   ].ar;     of   which   \vcn-  juirciiase.l    h\    siil»cri|  it  ion     foi-    tuentv   t  i;.  .n^a-i-l 
dollar>.  ami  |>r--:-nte;l  to  the   I'nivei-sity  of    Koclu-si  T.     (  'hihli-.-n  : 

1  I'.'Ji.     1.    Charles  \Vanl.  li.    Nov.   L's.    \*\'2. 

1. "tin  i.    •_'.     Henry   \Yanl,  ii.  (  let.  S,    IM',:',. 

I  1H7.  iii.  Mai'ian  \Var.l.l..  . January  H.  i^:',I.ni.  March  17.  I -:,'.'. 
Daniel  \Vi--!e\  iii^i-r>oll.  \\  June  li1.  l>!i'  (son  of  Ciii.ert  In.;,  --oil  of 
Newton,  N.  •!.. ;•!,<!  Kii/a'iet-i  i'r.-cl:,!  n-.-).a  m.-rc'iaiit  at  S:.  Paul.  M;nn. 
|  Nint  !i  ('•  enerat  \<  m.  |  Children  : 

Kii'l.    i.    Trn;,,;::,    NViird.    In-ersoll.  1,.    I-',-l,.    I!1.    I  -•',-:. 

l.'ciL'.    ii.     1  lenry  <  ii!'.  -rt    In-'  -rso!l.  1 ,.  .Ian.    I  *-•':'>. 

I  .'HI:',,   iii.    Ual.el   i  >\\  H,'    1  n-.-r.-ol'i.  I ..  .1  u!\    i :'.  1  -•; !. 


j  Se\  elil  ll    (  ienerat  lo]|.    j 

1  i  ."i'.i.    \.    i  j  iiii>    Cii;i[ii  n    i  ^1  in    of    MI...   .     A  .    i   ha  j'ii i    \\  .    S'  .;•!  t,  j''--!.  i. 
Ma--.,  inn1     Lncina     Craxev:.    !,.    N,,x.   I1,,     l^n;.,   ,.,.    .';,,,.    1'-,    I  Ml  '-.    MM 
.Moe  Smith,    ii.    .\u;:.    I"-.    l^l-'<   |.!;iii.   of    Dr.   .1;,';  .  -    \\  .   >;,,;';:     ..."    llo.-h- 
e,|.-r    and     ri!i/-iii.  ;  h     ii'-:d\i.        S'n.-   d.     'Ai'ii"'1     L---iie     DI--.     \->,     i^'-<i. 
and     IP     in.    S4-|.i.    i.    I-  in.     U.-i.-h.-l    l.:i\\r.  i,e,  .id.   1,.    N,,\. 

,dan.    of    !-'.ra-  '  'i-    Sl.-j.ard  and     Lai/a      M  ,;ii    v        I  'a  r|  .en't , -r  I.         !!• 

t'i.1     |naii\       \'M1'-     a      liilller      Hi      le.elie-'er     i    [•*'.'<}      '  •  •'<  \      i.i;!     -nice     I 

In-,  ii  ,-i   "!  -i  i  n   tie  tii-|-  ;  here.         I  I  ••  is   an  i  ld>-r  in     i  ic-    I  •<  nl.    I  'i  • 


J)wiyli.t  of  Enfidd,  Conn., 
Sonof  Timothy,  XOH  oftTolin,  l>oth  of  Dedliam,  3f<f*s.  o5 


[Eighth  Generation.]      Children  : 

L">07.  i.  Edward  Dwight  Chapin,  b.  Dec.  14,  1842,  grad.  at  Roches 
tor  University  in  |S<;4,  in.  Mav  '27,  ISlili,  .Frances  Hitchcock  of  Cin- 
cinnati, (.).  (<l;iu.  of  Coleman  Hitchcock  and  Susan  (.'lark),  b.  Feb.  1"), 
184.').  J  ie  is  shipping  cleric  of  Vick's  Seed  and  Jiulb  Establishment  in 
Rochester,  Children  : 

****  1.  Louis  Colcman  Ohapin.b.  April  10,  18('>7,  d.  Jan.  0,  18l>9. 
at  Cincinnati,  <  >. 

****     2.    Caroline  Chapin,  b.  March  H>,  ISC.'.). 

#**#     3_     l<]lixabetli  C'hapin,  b.  .July  1  1,   187:5. 

1">OS.  ii.  Louis  Shepard  Chapin,  b.  April  1.1,  ISITi,  in.  Sept.  14. 
1870,  .Mary  Da\vson  Updike  of  Koehesler,  b.  Oct.  '2  4,  1  8  IS  (dau.  of 
Scott  \Villiani  Updike  and  Esther  Adams  Tin-ell).  He  is  a  boot  and 
shoe  manufacturer,  ufc  Rochester,  .lie  Tins  one  child. 

####    ]_    Ksther  <  'liapin,  b.  April  ^,   1^7.'-. 

l..")0!).   iii.   M.ary  Smith  ('hapin.  b.  July  :>,   IS  18,  d.  Xoy.  2:5,  184'.). 

l')IO.  iv.  V\"irii;iin  \\'isner  ('liapin,  b.  31arcli  1.'5,  lS."")],is  a  book- 
keeper in  the  Monroe  (  'ounty  Savings  15aid<  at  llochesver. 

IT)  11.   v.    Alice  Kli/abetli  (.'liapin,  b.  Aii»\  If),   1S:>:>. 

Sixth  (  <eneraiioH.  j      See  page  .">.">">. 

12')].   \il.  Jason,    (liapin,  b.  Aug.  17,  17<'>4  (son  of  Moses  Chapin  of 
Soiiiei's.  (.'t.,  and   J'^lixabeth  .Dwight),  a  niercliaiit  in  NN'ilbraliam,  Mass., 
in.  about   17'.'2    .Kachel  Jloiman.  (dau.  of   John  and    Kachel    Ilohnan    of 
AViiuhor,  Cr.i.      lie  d.  Dec.  IS,  ISO!),  act.  :5i'>.      She   in.   fora  2d  bus 
band  John  NN'urks. 

[Seventh  generation.  ]      C'hildren  : 

lf>12.  i.  lleniy  Dvv-ighl  Chapin,  b.  about  1.7H1,  grad.  at  Vale  in 
1S14,  a  lawyei-  in  New  York,  where  he  d.  June  I8f>2. 

1-).1:5.    11.   .Marv  (Jhapin,  d.  earl\. 

1  .">  1  1.   iii.    Kbene/ei-  Chapin,  d.  early. 

[Sixth  (Generation.        See  page  .">.'>">. 

12">2.  viii.  Samuel  Dwight  ('hapin  (son  of  Moses  (  liapin  of  Somers. 
Ct,  and  Elixabeth  Dwight).  b.  Dee.  2i),  [70S,  m.  Sept.  In,  l8(;0,Ach- 

sah  Morgan  of  \V.  Springfield,  now  liolyoke,  Mass..  b.  Aug.  |i>,  1771 
(dau.  <if  ('apt.  Jose]  >li  ami  Kxperieiice  Morgan;.  lie  was  a.  farmer  at 
Sinners,  ('!.,  \\-here  lie  d.,  burned  in  a  disiillery,  Oct.  2i>,  ISHl.aet.  :'>2, 
She  in.  for  a  2d  husband.  Sept.  IS,  I  SIC),  \{,-\-.  Xdiemiali  I  '.each 
l»ear<lsley  oi'  Somers.  She  d.  Fck  !">,  IS'IS,  act.  '.i.">  .  lie  d.  I-'eb. 
2S,  l.StiS,  ael.  aiiiiut  the  same.  Samuel  D.  ('hapin  had  one  child  of 


name. 


I  ><*<•<  initial*  nl'  (  'i'j>l.   Xiiinl. 
'/'//,    San  ni'  .\  ti/l/d  a  i<  !  />//•/>////  <>/'  \<>rlli<t  m  >i»n, 


1XL".'.  Sarah  \\ih-ox  1'heij,-,,  ii.  S.-|>i.  In,  |  >  1  ii  (dun.  ,,f  \\'ilc.i\  ;in>l 
Sarah  I  'help.s  (if  Norfolk,  ('  I.  ).  I  I  c  u  as  ;i  luerchaill  ::I  Si  >l  1  1>  I  -.  I  I  .  , 
for  si  \  era  I  \'  i  'ai's,  lull  .-ilioiii  1  s.iS  i  vi  i  ii  >\  ril  in  Ne\\  I  .ondon,  (  'i  .  ,  v>  IHTI- 
he  \\as  ;i  linver  of  uoo|  ami  produee  for  eastern  deal'  rs.  !!••  has  re- 
sided of  laic  at  Kllinu'toii,  (  'i. 

I  Kiidit  It   (  leiierat  ion.  |      <  'liililrrii  : 

l.'ihi.  i.  Siirali  Kli/.al>nli  (  'liapin,  1».  .l;in.  J'i,  I  >:'..".,  in.  <).-!.  In,  1  ^:,[^ 
I  »i  a.  <  'al  \  ill  Pit  k  in  l''-a-c,  a  fanner  in  K!  1  i  i  i^t  on.  (  'i  .  (son  of  I  >.  a.  Noah 
iVa^i1  of  rilling!  on  )  :  several  clnlilreii. 

|.")17.    ii.    KMeii    .  \u--iiMa    Cliiijmi,  1).  Jan.    1  :5.   Is:!.".,  .1.  <  )ct.  ."•,   ls||. 

I.")  IS.  iii.  lloracr  |)\\i-]iL  (  'liapin,  It.  I'V!,.  ||.  I  >  Id,  i.>  a  deai.T  in 
j_f  -ni-ral  proiluce  in  Ne\v  London,  (  >.,  ami  unniarried  (  l>-7-">). 

ITilti.    i.    Sarah    Klixiiltelh  Cliiipin,   1  ..  .1  an.  L't'.,   IS.",:1,.  I,,.   Oct.    1".   I  S.V.I, 
.1  >.-a.   (  ';il  \  in    I'iilxin    I'ease  (son  of  I  )ea.    N'oali    I.Vase  of  Kllin^ton,  <  't.  )  : 
resiiles  at    l-'ulton,    \\"liilsidi'  <  '<>.,    I  II. 
Ninth  <  H  'Herat  ion.  ]      (  'hildren  : 

I  .Mil.    i.    llmry  Tlicodore   I'ea.se.  !>.   Kelt.  I'd.   IS  ',|,  d.  soon. 

l.VJII.    ii.    Claudius  Theodore   I'ease,  I).    Pel..    I  L',    iSi1,:1,. 

l.VJI.    iii.    Arilinr  ('liapin   I'esise,  \>.  l-'eli.  L'  I  ,    |sr,:). 


|-'i  t'i  h   (  ieneral  ion 

.V.'il.    \.    !-'.!ihn    l>\\i--hi    (son  of  ( 'apt.  Siimuel    I  >\\  i-ht  of    Knliehl.  < 't., 
and   Man    IAIII.-III).  It.    Man-h  1'J.   I  7..n.  m.  April  L'l  i,   I?:*-.  Kuiii.-e   Mor- 
ton, IP.  Jan.    l-">,    17-M    (dan.  of  John  and     Marv    Morton    of   Sprii.^liehl, 
Mas-.),  a  fanner    at     I  .oiiu'nn'adou .    Ma--.,  aflei1    17M  :    "a    \>T\    hones! 
trntlit'nl   man.  and   much   set    in   hi-   ua\    N1-.-!-  he;    and  a   i|iiaii:t   old    I'nri 
tan    of    as    strong;    like.-,  and    di-!ike-  a-  anv    I '\\i--hi   t-\<-r  had."       Me  d. 
[lee.    I  '.i.    I  S  1  I  I.  a  e|  .   Mi.       She  d.    M  a  \     1  •'•.    I  Ml  I  ,  at  •!    '-7. 
Si  xt  h  <  leiMTat  ii  m.         (  'liihh-eii  : 

I.VJi'.    i.    John    I  >\\  i-hi.  IP.    April    1",    17-V.i.  d.  SP.OII. 

I.Vj:;.  ii.  Kunire  |)\\iuht.  It.  April  !.">.  I  7>'<  I.  m.  J-lm  II. -1. Iron  of 
Ni'U  York  (  'il  \  ,  \\  here  I  he\  1,.  ii  1 1  d.  at  dale-,  nnk  n.  A\  n,  h  a  \  i  n-  a  dan. 
(name  not  ^  I  \  e  1 1  )  \\iio  [  1 1 .  \\  1 1 1 1  a  1 1 1  A  U  u  n  - 1  1 1  >  ' ! '  1 1  •  p  1 1 1  p  -o  n ,  \\  1  n  i  1 1 ;  i  d  i  > 
-on-  and  o  daughters. 

I.VJI.  iii.  Man  I  lu  i'.'ht.  IP.  Jan.  .".  1,  I  7''p."..  in.  a  Mr.  ralnn-rofNeu 
York,  and  for  a  I'd  hu-l.and  a  Mr.  l'o\\ell  of  NYu  V,,rk.  No  i^-ue  !,\ 

l.VJ.'i.    i\-.     Lue\    I  >\\  i.uht.   IP.    Si-pl.L'l,    I  71'-"',  in.  Jalpe/.  (  'hajiin    of    Kn- 

tield,    *  'I. 


of  En fi  (-1<1,  Court., 
Son  of  Timothy,  So/t-  of  Jolui,  l>ofJt,  of  Dedlicim,  Mass,  '0>57 

l")2f>.  v.  John  Dwight,  2d,  1).  July  12,  1707,  a  saddle  and  harness 
maker  at  Longmeadow,  Mass.,  where  lie  d.  unmarried  May  23,  1812. 

1527.  vi.   Oliver  Dwight,  b.  April   II,  1  71',!),  d.  Aug.  17,  ISiT). 

1528.  vii.   Submit  Dwight,  b.  .July  19,  1772,  d.  Oct.  14,  1772. 

L">2.~>,  iv.  Lucy  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  21,  17'')."),  m.  July  1,  178.1,  Jabe/. 
Chapin,  b.  Xov.  2!-,  17<>l  (son  of  Nathaniel  Chapin,  Jr.,  and  Sibyl 
Terrv,  and  grandson  of  .Nathaniel  Cliapin  of  Kntield,  ( '<:.,  and  Sarah 
Abbee),  a  farmer  in  Fnfield,  ('(..where  all  but  his  last  .">  children  were 
born,  and  afterwards  (ISOl- 19)  at  S.  Jlrimfield,  Mass.,  where  the  re- 
mainder were  born,  and  at  ( 'oncord,  Krie  Co.,  X.  V.  (1819— 3")),  ami 
after  about  IS:').")  at  Alleghany,  Steubeii  Co.,  X.  Y.  He  d.  Sept.  2  K 
IS.")^,  aet.  9k  Shed.  March  :>d,  iS.li^  !let.  <)(). 
|  Seventli  (  ieiiei'ation.  (  'hildrcn  : 

l.")2!).   i.    Fearitte  Cliapin,  b.   April  :'><:,  1  7S('i,  d.  in  17DS. 

1 :").".().   ii.    Jabex  Cliapin,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.    I  7SS,  d.  Oct.    1794. 

1  ;">:•)  I.  iii.  IJoswell  Cliapin,  b.  March  7,  1791,  gnul.  tit  Union  College 
in  1S1(),  a  lawyer  in  J>uii'a!o5  X.  ^'.,  and  a  surveyor.  He  in.  in  llSoli, 
Hannah  Peterson  of  ('anada.  \\lio  d.  in  IS.")  I. 

l.">:>2.   iv.    \Viliiam  Chapin,  b.  July   I,   17H.'>. 

1  •"),'}.').  \.  Lucy  Cliapin,  b.  Aug.  I.  1 7'.1-"),  d.  unmarried  Jan.  11-, 
18(i;"),  act.  (i!».  The  last  half  of  her  life  she  was  deranged.  In  early 
life  she  was  for  a  few  vrars  a  teacher  in  I>uffa!o,  and  loved  her  work 
much,  but  had  to  abandon  it  forever  on  account  of  poor  health. 

K>.">4.    vi.    .Mary  Chapin,  b.  Nov.  27,   1797. 

l.")o"i.   vii.    Jabcx  Chaiiin,  Jr.,  It.   .May   1<>,  1S02. 

l"t.°i(i.  viii.  Horatio  Clia[tin,  b.  in  S.  JJriinfield,  Mass.,  .Mai'ch  11, 
ISGo. 

I-!:!",  ix.  l^earitte  Chapin,  2d,  b.  'M.av,  10,  ISil",  resides  unmarried 
at  Alleghany,  X.  Y.  From  her  the  facts  here  stated  concerning  her 
fatln/r's  family  were  chietlv  obtained. 

l.V'.S.   x.   Anson  Dwight  Chapin,  b.  Oct.  27,  ISO'.),  d.   Dec.   1:1.    1819. 

1  •")•'>  2.  iv.  "William  Chapin,  b.  July  I,  1  79",  m.  Oct.  2<i,  I  S2-'i,  Thirxa 
Tavlor  <>f  China,  Ornesee  Co.,  X.  ^'.,1>.  Feb.  7,  1804  (dau.  of  (irandison 
Taylor  and  Xancv  lloiislon).  She  d.  of  consumption,  Dec.  22.  1s  In, 
and  he  m.  for  2d  wife  April  S,  1 841,  P>odeca  Taylor  (sister  of  Thirxa,) 
b.  in.  IS09,  whod.  of  consumption  Oct.  2'.'.  ISI9.  Hem.  for  :>d  \\ife 
Orl.  i,  IS.">(),  Clarissa  "I  I  op  pin-',  b.  Oct.  21,  I  SOS  (dan.  of  .Major  .b-liiel 
I  lopping  d1' Syracuse,  X.  Y.,  and  Hannah  Talmadge).  lie  is  a  farmer 
at  A  lleghany.  Si  en  Ucn  Co.,  X.  '^  ..and  has  much  mechanical  genius  and 
is  a  man  of  enterprise. 


I >r  .svv  inhlittx  tif  ('i/jif.   ^(I 
.'!.")  S         '/'//'    >'"//    ut'  \<lfluln  i<l    I >ir!ijlif  of  \(;rfli<liiij>t"ll, 

I  Liidit  li  (  leneral  ic  in.  |      <  'hildn-n  : 

////*"• /"•<:/•'.- 

1.'.")'.'.  i.    \\illi:ini   Aii-on  ('hapin,  l>.   I'Vli.   17.   I>'!L'. 

|.'>|n.  ii.    Harriet    Maria  <  "hapin,  1>.    Aii'_r.  ''.    Is  II. 

l.'il  I.  iii.    Sidnc\   <  'ul>le  <  'hapin,  1>.  I'VI,.  L'7.  Is  17.  <l.  Sepi.   is,  |>17. 

•I.ML'.  iv.    Alliert  Clinton  rhapin,  1>.  Sept.  :t,  is  (s.d.   April'!.   Isi'.t. 

/;,/  /,;,•  //,;,-,/  ,»•;/;  .- 

I  ~i  I .'!.    \ .    A  son  uniiiiiiifil,  ^ 

I  wins,  1>.  inn!  (1.  -I  mi!1  1".'.  1  s.'i  1 . 
1 .1 11.    \  i.    A  (liui^mcr  unn.'iniril,  i 

l.'i  I."),  vii.    I'.c.-.-li.T  (  'luipiii.  1..  An--.   !'.">.   Is.'rj. 

l."t|t'i.  \iii.    ( 'urt  is  ( 'hiijiin,  1).  Sept.  .")H,   l>">l. 

l">  17.  i\.    Alinv  <  'li.Mpiu.  I '.  .Innr    In.    |S.")Ci. 

l.'ijs.  \.    I'ui^hi  ('Impin,  !>.  Nov.  _'.'.   l>">7. 

l.'t-1'.i.  \i.    l-'.morv  <  'hapin.  !..  Jan.   1  I,   lsi',1. 

S('\ Clltll      (    M-IU'I   III    11.11.     ] 

I.").")."),  vii.  .lalirx  <'hapin.  .Jr.,  1>.  May  in.  ISOJ,  ni.  .Inlyl'.  l-l.">. 
Laura  \\'i-i-'lit,  li.  .ln!\  In,  [SI'L'  (dau.  of  Xalinon  \\'ti-ii;  ;iin!  \\-.\r\ 
I  'artrr)  :  ,-t  t';i  I-IIKT. 

I  i-li^lit  li  (  Iciirrat  ion.  ]       (  'Iii idn-n  : 

|.">">n.    i.    <'\nihi;i  ('hapin.  li.    April   l'l'.    1-SI7. 

|.V>  !.    ii.    l.ucinda  (  'liapin,  1>.   April    I  .">.   IS  IS. 

!."I.">L'.    iii.    Lev  i  (  'liapin,  I..  <  )<-i.  L".I,   l>  I'.1. 

S  i  \  1 1 1  ( !  r  n  r  ra  t  i  o  n . 

I  •'•L'7.  v  i.  ((liver  |)\\i-'hi  (  son  of  Klilm  hui^Iii  ,-m.|  Lnnicc  1 1  ..rton  ), 
h.  April  I  I.  17''.'.'.  in.  -Inlv  L'.  I7'.'7.  .M.-liital.l,-  Ke.-p.  I,.  |-',.|,.  1 -.  I77S 
(dan.  of  Maltln-w  Keep,  Jr.,  ot'  Loiiiriiir.-ulow.  Ma--.,  li.  Max  L' 1 ,  17!-"'. 
and  Mi-liil:il.l.'  <  'handler,  dall.  of  Uaar  Chandl.-l'  ,,f  Knlield.  <'i.  !.  1I-- 
vxas  a  eitopei1  a!  Lon^Hieadoxv.  Ma--.,  \v  here  In1  d.  Ail^'.  17.  I  XL'">, 
;tel.  ."H'I,  "a  \erv  I'opeel  alile  man  lor  linlli  Ililelil^eiice  and  cliarae!  er. 
She  d.  <  I. 'I.  S.  |>  |L'.  ael.  h  I. 

Se\  elil  ll     (  •  c  -In  -ra  I  Ion.  (  *1|  1  Idl'el!  : 

1 :.:.:'..  i.    MehiiaMe  Dxvi-ht,  1,.  Jan.    |.\   17'.'S,  in.    Luke  All,  n.  of  K. 

\Vind-or.  (  '!. 

I  .").">!.  ii.     llmi.  <)li\i-r    I  >v.  iuht.  Jr..   i..    An..    L'-.    17'.".'. 

I :»:.."».  iii.     Daniel    |)xsi-hl,K.    April   L'L'.    I  ^n-J.  d.  Jan.    1.    IS).".. 

l.'i.'n'i.  ix.  John  l>v\i-h!,  li.  Si'pt.  In.  l^<i;;_  |V-ide>  in  < '..h!\\  ater. 
Mi.-l,. 

l.Vi7.  \.     Kuniee    |)\\i--hl.   Ii.    Max    i'..    I>n7.   d.    S,-pi.    L".'.    I-!.".. 

I  .ViS.       \i.       MenrX        I  twi-lit,    Ii.     I  >ec.     L'7,     I"  1    I.    'i.    al       Seio,     .Mieh..    Sept. 

J - .  1  -I  I . 


Dwicjld  of  Enfeld,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Ron  of  Jolm,  lof/t  of  Dcdliam,  J/^.y.v.  .'>59 

1  ">"><).   vii.   Xornian  "Ihvight,  b.  Jan.  :!(),  18|:>. 

15(i<).  viii.  Eunice  Jlorton  DAvight,  b.  April  IT),  1820,  m.  Dea.  Wm. 

0.  Vining. 

L">.">:$.  i.  Mehitable  Dwight,  b.  Jan.  1  .">,  1 7!>8,  in.  Sept.  14,  1824, 
Luke  Allen,  1).  Dee.  18,  171)1  (son  of  Luke  Allen  of  E.  Windsor,  Ct., 
and  .Margaret  Wallace),  a  farmer  at  Iv  Windsor,  Ct.  Lie  died  June 

1,  18(i(>.      Erom   her   the   facts  respecting  her   own   immediate   family 
Avere  obtained. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

!;")(')  1.    i.    Luke  Dwight  Allen,  b.  Sept.  28,   I825. 

l")(')l'.  ii.  James  Monroe  Allen,  b.  .Dec.  1*2,  iSi'li,  a  mute:  a.  farmer 
at  E.  Windsor. 

1  .")(>:}.  iii.  EranciK  Allen,  b.  May  1-",  l8i'8Jm.  Sept.  22,  1804,  widow 
Jjucv  La\  inia  Munsell,  b.  Jan.  2-~>,  1830,  nfv  [Davenport  (\\jdow  of 
Elijah  Munsell  of  E.  Windsor,  Ct.,  and  dau.  of  Pardon  and  Jerusha 
J)avenport  of  Sunderland,  Vt.)  :  a  farmer  at  \'].  Windsor,  Ct.  [Elijah 
Munsell  was  a  wool-sorter.  Jleni.  31ay  1,  I8ijl,  !,ucy  1>.  Daveii})ort. 
He  Avas  a  soldier  in  the  late  war  in  the  Idth  Conn,  liegt.  of  \'ols., 
and  was  killed  in  the  battle  at  Antietam,  Sept.  17,  1802.  |  One 
child: 

I.")(i4.    1.    Lewis  JUrney  Allen,  b.  Sept.   K>,    181)."). 

!.")().").  iv.  Mary  Mehitable  Allen,  b.  Nov.  17,  1821),  in.  Wm.  lienry 
Weeks. 

l")()(i.  v.  JMinice  Maria  Allen,  b.  'Nov.  L">,  1831,  m.  .Rev.  ,l']leazer 
James  A  verv. 

L")<i7.    vi.    Mai-garet  Allen,  b.  Xov.  .Hi,  1S.°).|-,  d.  Jan.  12,  1S.",S. 

]")(i8.  \ii.  Margaret  A.llen,  b.  Jan.  2,  18'il),  a  naite,  resides  unmar- 
ried at  home. 

!."><;  I.   i.    L\ike    Dwiglit  Allen,  b.  Sept.  28,  1N2-"),  in.  April  1(1,  18:).°,, 
Caroline.  Clarissa  1'atclien,  (dau.    of   Samuel  Patchen),  a  farmer  at  J'j. 
Windsor,  Ct.      She  d.  April  21,  J8(i7. 
|  Ninth  Generation.        Children: 

!;")()'.).   i.    Howard  Oliver  Allen,  b.   .March  22,   18")4. 

l-")7ii.    ii.    .(''rederic  Douglass  Allen,  b.  ,May    17,   l<s<-"»7. 

1">7I.   iii.   Alice  Maria  Allen,  b.  June  1.8,  18HO. 

|  l-liglith    ( lenei-al  ion.  j 

1  ">''>•">.  iv.  Mary  .Mehitalilc  Allen,  li.  Nov.  17,  182'J.  a  mule,  m.  Nov. 
2!,  LS.r>S,  William  ll<-i.i-y  Weeks,  b.  in  Vorktown,  X.  Y.,  Xov.  I,  1S21) 
(>'<\\  (,!'  Den.  .Jeremiah  and  ('harlottt-  \\'eeks),  a  mule,  having  }»*\  his 
hearing  b\-  sickness.  Me  was  a  le'ieher  m  the  N.  N  .  Institution  for 
the  deaf  and  dumb  for  l">  veai's  ( 18")0— !!.">)  and  has  been  employed  in 


M  of  ('(I  fit.   Sit  nil. 
.">('>  0        '/'///    Sim   nl'  \i(tliitn/<  /    />//•/>////,  i,/'  \'«rl],it  in  [''on , 

till'    Ml  1 1  If    \\  a\     si  liee    1  V|i"i    111    "The    A  ini-neali    A  -\llllil    fur    tin      I  ><  ;i  l'    and 

huinlt"  in   I  lartford,  <  '!.      <  hie  diil.l  : 

I  .'71'.     I.    Henr\    Allfii    \Yeek>,  It.  .Jan.    !•">,   l*<>\      nui    a    muii-uhilr 

liiit  h  ln>  parent  ^  are. 

Kl-ilt  ll    (  ielierat  iuli.   I 

I-"'1'.  \.  Knnire  Maria  Allen,  li.  N<>\.  1  .\  IV.">1,  in.  Si-pt.  L'.  lv-">7. 
l!es.  \''.\<  -a,  •.(•!•  .lames  A  very.  1.  .Ian.  li,  I  >  I  •">  (MHI  of  Kb-a/i  r  A\er\  "f 
( 'olehesti  r,  ('!..  ami  l!aeh"l  llarri>i.  -iaM.  a!  I'.M.U'U  l']ii\cr-i:\  in 
1  >  l.'i.  and  a!  Nrvvton  Tlicul.  Srm.  in  1 S  t',1,  ordaiiii'il  in  l>."iii  ;ti  Aildi- 
si'H.  Mi'.  lie  was  Trinripai  (>f  an  araufinv  in  \\ "'  'rri  -!  i  r.  Ma~s. 
(  1  ^''L'  1  i.  i  if  Tin'  Li-wis  Acailfii!\  in  Sinitliiiiu'!"!!.  < ''.  (  I  v-'  I  v  ).  ami  nf 
a  l''ainii\  and  I  >av  Srlmul  at  Sln-li)U  rin'  l''ali>.  S'l.sincr  I  >•".>.  In1  lias 
laiiu'li!  I  hi ni -and >  nf  |r,i]iil>.  and  fii  t-'d  inanv  fur  cullrirc. 
|  N  ml  h  (  'riirra!  ii  MI.  |  <  'ii  i  Idivn  : 

i:>7:'..    i.     Alice   Maria    A  very,  I,.    I  >«•<•.    11,    1S.V.I,  d.    An-.    1^.    l-i". 

1.-71.    ii.    .lain.'s   l''rank    A  very,!..   An-.''..    1  sii  | ,  ,1.  April   1'".    I-'''!1. 

l.")7."i.    iii.    Marv  Avcrv,  li.  <  >rl.    !."»,    1  ^t',ii. 


j  Scvi-ntli  <  iriicrat  ii  HI.  ] 

1-"'."'!.    ii.    linn.  Oliver    Ihvi-'iit,   .Jr.,  1>.    AM--.    i'S,    I7'.1'.'.    m.   > 
iNl'L'.   Nanr\    ( !. .,  .dri.-li.  It.  in     I ..  m.L.'iiica<l<  tw.    Dr.-.  J.    IM::'I  (d:ui.    . 

ilianii-l    !• Irii-ii    and     lv-ili>-r    Salisl  mry  i.       !!••    i^    a    lanm-r    ai 

nii-ai|ii\v.       !!;•  rc]ir«'-ciiti-d   lii^  Inun    in   lln>    Stale    I  .••-'i-iai  u  •.•<•    i:, 
HI-  !'iti'ni-li''d    miii'li    uf    i!n-    inf'irinal  inn     li^ri'    di'tailfd    cuiu'i-rnii 
fa  I  li"l''-   Inn--  •.        II"   savs  uf  111-    lirancii    uf  I  lie    I  »u  i';h;    fainiK    -     l, 
'•  'I'll  '\    are  nut  I'd   I'ur  inte^rii  v  and   >tren^'  li   <>t'  i>i;r]  "'-'•.  and   are  a 
sjH-ei  i ni -i i  uf  N  .    l-l.   vei  tinanrv.       A   la  r'_e  [ii'ujiu;  i  i.  m  uf  t  lie  tainil  \    ]  ' 

l'eli_'ii  ill." 

I  Mii,dit  h  <  leiierat  i'  in.  j      (  "hildren  ; 

|.'.7'i.    i.    Daniel     Dwi-ht,    li.    | ),.,-.    1:'.     IM-:',,   m.    M.uvli     I-"-. 
Cl.ld"     Luuini-   (dau.  uf    A>a     l.uuini>  uf  }'..    \Yind-.r.  (''.,  and  '11;, 
Me(  i  re^-ur  i :    a   fanner  al   .1  ulin-i  u\\  n,  .1  ell".  ( 'u..   \\'i-.       I 'liildn-n  •: 

l.">77.     1.    'rriinian   (  Hi\er   Dsvi^lit,  It.  .Inne    1".    1  v-.'».".. 

i:-7-.    L1.     l-'ri-d.-rie   I  >-•].,-   I  fuiudit,  li.   Kel..    1:1.   I  ->'7. 

|."'<'.p.    ii.    <»li\er    hui-ln.    .Ii'.,    i'.    An-.    .".,     I  -•_'."'.  d.    (»,•:.     17. 
aei.    17. 

l.'f'i.    Jii.    l-ailm    I  luri  ui  i    I  K\  i-lii.  !i.  .Ian.  I"'.    I  -:  -.  in.  .la':.    I-"-, 
MI  hit:,      "   ralitid-uf 'r,,n-iii-luii.  <  'i.  idaii.  uf  I  larsi  \    l':d:.M^  am 
al.l"    hil.l.I.-).      >!.'•   d.    1  >.'i'.     I'J.    Ixill.       Me    m.    fur    I'd    v.  It'i  .   .1:,] 
r.l.-e;;,    Maria    l''airli"!d.   I..  .Ii;l\    .''.    1  -  In   (dan.  uf    Mnn'n  i     1' 


Dwiglit  of  En  field)  Conn., 
Son  of  Timofli  ii.  Hon.  of  J<>!> n,  l>olli  of  Dedhcun.  J/^**.  301 

i  ?y  /  *.  * 

Maria  Moulton).      He  is  a  farmer  at  Stafford,  Ct.      One  child: 

****    1.    Eva  Fairfield  J) wight,  1).  May  8.  18(59. 

1.181.   iv.    Lois  . "I  hvight,  1).  March  1:5,   1  830,  d.  Jan.  2-1,   1838. 

1.1*2.  v.  Theresa  Maria,  1  hvight,  1).  April  (5,  1833,  m.  Xov.  9,  18-17, 
George  Benjamin  Champlin,  M.D.,  of  Bed  Bank,  Monmouth  ('<>.,  X. 
J..  1).  at  Lymo,  Ot.,  March  1-1,  1818  (son  of  Benjamin  Ely  Champlin 
and  Clarissa  Ilarlow  Williams  of  Waterford,  Ct.).  Xo.  issue. 

1-1*3.  vi.  Esther  Amanda  .Dwight.  b.  June  17,  18:5(5.  Site  withlur 
sister  .Ellen  kept  a,  boarding-school  for  young  ladies  at  .Bed  Bank,  X. 
J.,  where  she  d.  Julv  II,  1872,  aet.  3(5. 

15X4.  vii.  Lois  Ellen  .Dwight.  b.  March  10,  1  S31,!,  a  teacher  with  her 
sister  Esther  at  Bed  Bank,  X.  J. 

158.1.  \  iii.  .Homer  Dwight,  b.  A  in;.  10,  18-11,  worked  for  some 
years  in  the  I'.  S.  Armorv  at  Springfield,  .Mass.,  and  for  several  years 
afterwards  resided  at  Longmeadow.  .lie  lives  now  (1*7!)  at  <  'hieago. 
He  Jii.  Feb.  22,  1.8(53,  Eunice  .Jane  .Pa^e,  b.  in  15olion,  Canada  East, 
May  20,  1S41  (dan.  of  Wilder  W.  Page  of  Springiielil.  Mass.,  and 
-Man  M.  Thompson).  She  d.  Dec.  23,  1*(>3,  and  he  m.  for  2d  wife 
her  sister,  Ellen  Maria  Pau'e,  Xov.  22.  1*(>4.  Shu  was  b.  also  in  Bol- 
ton,  Canada  East,  April  I'H,  184 i  (dan.  of  Wilder  Willard  Page  and 
Mary  McO_uonel  Thompson).  Children  : 

!•>*(>.   i.   George  Champion   Dwiuhi,  b.  Xov.  25,  lS'i.3. 

liywcondwfe: 

15S7.   ii.   1'hinice  .Page  Dwight,  b.  Xov.  13,   I8h(5. 
:;i::::;::::    iii.    Oliver  Eugene  Dwight,  b.  Oct.  lo.    1*72. 
118S.  ix.    Emma.  Erances  Dwight,  1).  i''eb.  2,  l8-J--4-.ni.  Xov.  17,  1*72, 
F.  Ui'iclgoiiian  Pease  of  Longmea,do\\\      Thi'v  reside  at  Springfiehl. 

[  Seventh  ( lonoration.  ] 

1555.  iii.  Daniel  Dwight  (son  of  Oliver  Dwiglit.  and  Mehitable 
Keep),  b.  April  22,1*02,  m.  Oct.  31,  1*2(5,  Sarah  W.  Allen  of  E. 
Windsor,  Ct.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1802.  She  d.  in  Scio,  Mich.,  Sept.  I  I,  183(5. 
lie  111.  fur  2d  wife  lloxana  Fuller,  b.  a1  Aslifield,  .Mass.,  Dee.  !>,  I*K>, 
on  i-'eli.  1:5.  !*:',*  :  a  fai'iii"!1  at  Scio.  Mi.-!i.  (  I  *33-  1 5  j.  and  "a  man  of" 
excel!, -n:  characj  <>r.''  Ned.  (here  Jan.  1.  1*1-1.  act,  I:'.  She  m.  for  a 
2.1  husband  a  Mr.  Marsh. 

|  Ei^'lit  h  <  Generation.  |      (.'h  ildren  : 

H*'1.  i.  Emmelinc  Mehiiab!,'  Dwight,  J>.  at  Spring  Wells,  Midi._ 
Jan.  17,  1*29,  d.  March  1  I,  1*29. 

1590,    ii.    Eranklin   Dwight3b.    in    Dexter,    Mich.,  May  15,  1*30,  m. 


)(  xc> /niif/ifx  nf    ('<!<!.    /V /////. 


iii    1  >.">;•  .Jiiiii-  (!  I'll vi-r.        I  Ic  went     to    1  hi1  war   as    a    pri\  a  h-    i  n   t  ic-    1  1 1  h 

('onn.   r.  •u'itiient,  and   was  mi--hcj;  at    the  l.aiih-  .,f    Krcderick -IM.I'L',   \'a. 
He  ],:,d  one  dan..    He],  n    huidn. 

l.V.i].  iii.  K'ii/;ilieth  I  >v,  i;dil.  I.,  in  DcMcr,  Midi., .Ian.  '•'>.  lv.".|,ln. 
Andiv\\  .1.  Kolil-ins,  of  T'llhind,  ('t.,  uho  \\ent  to  (  'aiit'ornia  several 
\'ca r>  >t nee. 

I.V.'L'.  i\.  ( ;-•(, i-._-..  \Vhit lidd  I  >\\  i_d,t .  IP.  in  s,-io,  M idi..  s.  pi .  :;.  l^:'.:;, 

a  miner  in   |  daho  <  'it  v.  Idaho  Trrriioi-v. 

I.V.i.'l.     \.     Sarah    Loolnis    l>\ddit.    I..   Oct.   I'll,   I  >."•">,  d.    Sept.    L'L',    l>.">'i. 

l-V.'l.  \j.  |.,,i,  |)\\idit,  li.  dune  L'V.  l^.'I'.i.ni.  l>a\id  \\'i!dmanof 
Grand  llapnis.  Midi.,  and  has  liad  tu'o  children. 

l.V.i.'i.    \ii.    .JoM-ph  <  Irani    hvdudit.  1>.  April  •">,  lv  1  1.  d.    May  L'>,  I  >  ll!. 

l.V.i,;.    \iii.    Sarah  (>li\e   l»\\id,t.  1>.   Sept.   I.  I  >  !  L'.  a  t eacher  formerly 
at    P.rookKn.   Midi. .m.  <  ieoru'e   \V.   ('ritdiel   of  (irand    llapid-.   Midi. 
1-V.'7.    i.\.    Mary  Smith  I  )v,  iuht .  li.    K.-li.    1'i,    1^  1  I.  d.  Sept.   7.    \^l->. 

|  S-\  enih  (  li'in-rjit  ion.  ] 

Ma--.,  and  Mi-hit  aKh-  K",-p).  !>.  Sept.  In.  l>n:',.  m.  .\\i^.  L'L'.  i^:'.<>, 
An-.;--!ine  1'raM.  1..  Dec.  .">,  l>'i'i)  (dan.  of  Noah  I'rai!  of  I .- Mi-m.-.'d.  ,u  , 
and  M  a  rili  la  I  >1,  i,U:'i-t  t  i  :  a  farmer  fnrnit-rl  v  in  Sah  na,  (  Inoiid:  _;a  I  '  '..  N  . 
N  ..  at';  TV,  art  U  in  (  'old  water.  ?••  i  idi.s  and  no\v  in  1'.  n  >n  --  .n.  i  '«rai:di  ''-'.. 
Mi.-h. 

[•••'.'-.    i.     l-Muard    Iviioii     hv,ij,i.    1,.    No\.    ]:•.     I-:;],    m.   Max     L'7. 
I  ^'ii'i,  <  '.H-I!!  1  ia    Koliin-oii.  o.  in     I',  ,!,ip,.\ ,   N.   \'..  .laii.     ">.    i  v:',:»  I ,  ian.    of 
Th,  i  m;  i  -  ( !  i'iiii'->    li'oiiin-on  and    |-'i,!  •;  :a    Han.-h.-;  i  i.  a   ta;-n.--r    m-ai-  I !    • 
so,,.   1,-nau.-,.  (',,..   Midi.      II.-,.  on,-  „,-,: 

::::::;;:::;     I.    l-'i'ank  Theodnre    Dui-!,;,  I,.  .ln!\     I-.'.1.',  at   .1 ..;,.., vill,-,  Midi. 

I  .'•'.''.'.  ii.  Kmily  Amelia  hv.i-ir,.  I..  !>.,-.  :;•',  I-:;:1,,  m.  ]'d,.  L'7.  i---, !. 
I  'ha,!,-  llailey.  I,,  in  I'.-nn  V:u,.  N.  V..  S,  pi.  7.  1-1'i  -  n  of  ]>as;.i  |;;,i 
|.-\  of  |-';,!,ii|..  N.  V..  and  |!,-i>  -\  l;:.i,,l:i;!|.  II-  ina. 

N.  Y.  Si,.-  d.  An;.:,  o,  1-7".  and  he  m.  N-.\.  !  -7  1 .  l-r  -i  -;-  r,  M..I  \ 
I, ina  Mui'dil. 

l.ii'M.    iii.    ]|.-nr\    l>\'.  i'dit.  K.  .Inn-1    17.    lv.'a'i.  m.    .Inne  >.    I  ^('."..  >ar,di 
l.m-i .  :ia  (  Jrani.:-,  li.  in  \',.]n,-y,   N.   Y..  i  ',•;.    |  ,  _    ]  -.  HI.  ,.t'  .lat          :.d 

ton.     N.    N'..    and    aM.Tu:.rd-    at     <  Ku, •_<,,.    N.    \  ..  M.d    i 

I'jone.     |-    (      il\,      \',    i::!,--.       (',,..      i';;.  He       d.      All-.        L".  ' .      I"'".'.  Hi-       V.   \'<l 

r,-  id.,-,  i,,,v,    i  1  -7-1  in  S-,  ra,  n  .--.      (  >nc  child  : 

I  >','i  I.     I  .     H--iii-\     I  >ai/ell    i  >v.  i-i,:,  1,.  in    I 'ioic-.-r  (  'i !  \  .   A  n_'.  '.',    !  "'7 


Dwlfjlit  of  'En fid <1,  Conn., 
S<>n  of  TiniotJitj,  Son,  of  .foli n,  oof/i  of  Dedliam,  Ma**.  .'>0.'5 

l<i<>2.  iv.  .John  Milton  Dwight,  b.  Dee.  I'll,  1834,  a  lawyer,  formerly 
in  Svracuse,  X.  Y.,  became  a  soldier  in  the  late  war  (  1S(>2 — t)  and  was 
('apt.  in  the  122d  X.  Y.  Hegt.  Jle  was  in  the  battles  of  (Jettysburgh 
and  Fredericksbiu'gh,  beside  others,  and  escaped  unhurt  until  ''  the  battle 
of  the  Wilderness,"  \vhere  he  was  wounded,  .May  0,  18<>  !,  and  was  after- 
wards honorablv  discharged  from  the  armv.  J!e  has  resided  for  some 
years  past  in  Helena,  Montana  Territory. 

1003.  v.  Marilda  Pratt;  Dwight,  1».  July,  8,  1840,  m.  Sept.  7,  1802, 
John  Enimett  "Wells,  b.  in  L'ompev,  X.  Y..  Dee.  !•">.  18.'!!)  (son  of  John 
Lillen  Wells  and  Mary  .1 1  insdale),  a  hardware  merchant  in  Syracuse, 
X.  V.  Children: 

Ji'.nl.   1.  LMilton  Dwighi  Wells,  b.  Aug.  31,  1803. 

1(10.1.    L>.   Lynfoi-d  .John  Wells,  b.  in  Salina.  X.  V.,  May  22,   ISO."). 

lODii.    .'!.    Marion  \\'ells,  b.  in  Svraciise,  May  7,  I8ii7. 

::::;::;::;:     4.   Klixa  Iir.guid  Wells,  b.  June  Is.  1871. 

****     .">.    Mary  lOmily  Wells,  b.  June   11,  ]87.">. 

l'i')7.  \\.  Marv  Una  |)\vi^ht,  b.  .Feb.  'i,  iSll.  In  contributing  the 
above  facts  coiici'i'iiing  thi^  history  of  her  fathers  faniilv,  she  savs: 
''The  Dwights  tliat  i  know  are.  as  ;i  class,  tirm  and  decided  in  theii- 
views  ;ind  positions,  and  ai-e  in  nearly  every  instance  proud  of  their 
name/1  Slit;  m.  Xov.  2H,  1871,  ( 'liaiies  iiailey  of  Salina,  previous 
husband  of  her  sister  Fmily. 
|  Se\  enth  (Generation.  | 

].").")S.  \'i.  H.enrv  !>\vi^'ht  (son  of  Oliver  Dwight  of  LongmoadoAv, 
and  Mehitable  Keep),  b.  Dec.  27,  1811,  m.  May  27,  1837,  Betsey 
l'eas.%  b.  ( )ct.  1,  1  S  1 .")  (dan.  of  Moses  and  Judith  Pease)  :  a  farmer  at 
SCIM.  .Mich,  .lie  was  ''a  man  of  strong  mind,  ardent  temperament  and 
devoted  pietv,  and  a  standard-bearer  of  anti-slaverv  sentiments  in  lin- 
early liistory  of  the  cause."  Jie  d.  Sept.  2^,  1  8  !  4,  net.  .'.'.2.  She  d. 
Oct.  8.  IS  17,  act.  :)2. 

|  lOighih  Generation.]      ('hihlren: 

|l')(),S.  i.  Uichard  D  wight,  b.  Sept.  I.  1839.  I  fe  enlisted  Oct.  10, 
1SCI.  in  il,(.  |:',tli  Wis.  Regt.,  and  i-e-enlisted  as  a  vc-teran  h\-l>.  I.  IS(5  i. 
at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  was  mustered  out  at  .Jeil'erson  I'arracks,  Mo., 
S:-pi.  1,  1st;.").  Mr  is  a  farmer  ai  Scio.  Mich. 

lOO'J.    ii.    Naomi  Dwi^hi,  b.  Jum.'  23,  Is  II.  d.  Aug.    Is.   IS44-. 

hill),  iii.  Oranville  Dwi^li:.  b.  Aug.  i  7,  I S  I  :l.  entered  Aug.  I  ">. 
Isilj.  r!ic  I'.  S.  Service  in  iln-  I22d  X.  \.  Ueu;i..and  was  at  .viiiietam, 
Williamsport,  Fredericksbui'gh  and  <  let  tysburgh.  lie  was  mustered 
01,1  Jnm-  13,  Isi'i.'i.  !)<>  in.  Jan.  1,  ls>'i>,  l-'rances  llenneti  (dan.  oi' 
Xal'iiMM  :,nd  Flixjibei  h  I'.enneti.  oi'  l\  i  ngs\  i  I  le,  <  >. ) :  afai'inerat  !  Brighton, 
Mid,. 


/  ><  x,  •<  inltinl*  nf'  <'iij'l.    SiiniJ. 
'»'i|         77/,     ,S'>//   <>i'  ,\  </f},  tint'  /   I>ir!,/lif,  <>/'  .\firt!i</iiij>!<>/!, 

|  Sevent  li    (  ienerat  i.  m.  | 

l.V.M.  \n.  Norman  l'v\idit  (son  of  ()|i\.T  |>\\i'_'lit  of  I  .on--]i|.  ado-w- 
and Meldtable  Keep),  b.  .laii.  :'.<!,  |  ^  |  ;.,  m.  .1  a  n.  :.'7,  1^11.  M;.r\  <  '..cli- 
rane,  1,.  May  17.  l>l'l  (dan.  of  Kdward  Kverett  <  '.  ..-ln-aii"  ami  I'll.  -I... 
Moore).  Sli,.  ,|.  June  L'l,  I  >.">:'..  and  lie  in.  fur  L'd  wife,  Mar.-li  L".', 
|s:,|.  Sai-ali  Lneretia  Wall  .-i  .-.  I,.  April  1  ."..  1  >!'  1  (il;iu.  <.f  (  'linrl.-s  ami 
l5.-t.M-v  U'ahrr,  «»f  rraltvl,muli.  N.  V.)  Sin-  d.  Marrli  L".>,  I  >:.:..  II.  • 
in.  t'"i'  '•'»'(  wil'r  I.  Mi-ana  <'ani|>,  IP.  hrc.  .".I,  I>1'.".  (dan.  M|'  Nathanirl  and 
I'x'l^'v  <',in;|i  nf  i'ciilidd,  N.  \.>:  a  larimT  and  \v<  PM|-'_'|'O\\  n1  ai  SCJM, 

Mirh.  .  I'.  ().  A.l.livss,  l>.-!hi  Mills). 
I  l-;i--l,tli  (  li'iici-aliuii.  I      (  'liildi-.-n  : 

/;//  .///-.-/  /'•//;  .• 

li'-ll.  i.  S.-tli  I  »\\iuln.  IP.  I  )«•.-.  :;.  |SH,  in.  Maivli  L'.'i,  IM'.I.  Jnli.-tt.- 
Hunan,  IP.  Maivh  17,  I  Si.'),  in  I'.yn.n.  M  i.-h.  (dan.  (»f  Jp.iin  and  llar- 
]•!'•!  Kntian):  a  tanner  in  Ann  Arlxn1.  Midi.  <  >nc  child  : 

Mi-'.    1.    Nurnian   Arllinr  I  )\\  i-lit  .  IP.   Mai-.-li    11.    lsi',7. 

Mil:'.,   ii.    I'li.-l..-  M.-liit.-il.lc  Duidit.  IP.  Ma\    in.  l>i:'.. 

I'ill.  iii.  U.-nry  I  )\vi^lit,  b.  N..V.  JH.  IS  1  I,  .-idi^tcd  in  tin-  I'.  S. 
s.Tvi.v  A  ULT.  1'.'.  Is.i.'S,  and  was  stai  ioin-d  on  ihr  ^unbuat  i'i;  t-lmr^h 
i'ii  i!i'-  .Mississippi  —  ctint  innini;  in  the  scr\'icc  IM  iln-  C!MSC  nt'  tip-  \\'ar. 
I  !«'  i>  a  fanner  at  Srio,  ,M  idi. 

I'''I.">.    i\.    Albert    Kv«-ivtt    Dwidii.  b.  Oct.  :>.   lsli',,,1.   May  L".'.  !-:>!'. 

i  '''1  ''p.    v.    .Mary  ('Melirane   l>\vi-lit.  b.  June    I.    Is:).",,.!.  Set.1.'.  !--.".. 


Se\  fill  II     <  M  'Herat  1  MII.  | 

l-'i'iii.  \iii.  Eunice  lluri'in  hui'dit  'dan.  uf  <  'liver  l)\\id:t  and  of 
]\l'-hiial)ie  Keep),  b.  April  I"'.  I  >l'n,  ni.  Jan.  L'7,  l>|n,  I'.  -a.  \\iiliaiu 
Oti-  N'lninu-  of  \\'iibraliani.  Ma>s..  !,.  An-.  1  :'.,  1^1:1.  at  Snllidd,  <';. 
(son  of  Alvin  and  Sarali  X'inin-'  ,  a  i'arnn  r  ai  i  ."iiuineadov,-.  Ma--. 

[  r'rdi  1  1  1  <!  cm-rat  n  m.         (  'ii  ildren  : 

h'.i'.i.  i.    \\ill:ani    I'vsi-lil    \"  iniii--.   li.    Ma\     I  ."p.    i-U.a   niiik-di'a].-r. 

I'pL'H.  ii.  I  I,  -my    A  Ivin    N'inin-.    b.    N..\.  L1.",.    I  s  ;.:.  d.  .1  nl\     !  L1.    l^i'.1. 

I  'ii'  I  .  iii.  (  .'COI-M,.  i  Hiv,.|-  N'inin--.  b.  <  >.-i.  L:L',    1^1^. 

I1'.  L'l'.  iv.  Helen    Ib  nrn-na    Viidnv;.  '-.    Mar.  i,   I'.".,    i  -."n1. 

!'il'.">.  v.  l-'lora    Maria    Viniim'.  it.   A  ii'_'.  ''•,    1  v"'."'. 

[i.L1  i.  vi.  l-'rank     I'Muard    Ndniie'.   ''.    Maivh   I1  !.    1-.V>. 


ami  31; uy  Lyman),  l>.  at  Aliddletown,  Ct.,  April  1),  17.">:2,  m.  July  17, 
17 lil-,  Col.  Nathaniel  Terry*  of  Enfield,  Ct.  Sin;  was  very  intelligent, 
dignified,  pious  and  remarkable  for  .her  many  virtues.  She  was  of  a 
large  commanding  figure,  and  quite  venorabk;  in  her  later  years  in  her 
appearance.  She  had  great  decision  of  character,  and  if  at  times  some- 
what stern  in  her  aspect,  was  yet  possessed  of  a  kind  and  affectionate 
disposition.  She  never  knew  fear,  and  was  often  talked  of  among  her 
neighbors  in  her  earlier  years  for  her  courage.  She  was  left  alone  in 
her  house,  one  night,  with  an  infant  child,  when  a  stout  vagabond 
walked  in  and  demanded  supper.  She  refused  to  give  it  to  him,  and 
ordered  him  away  from  her  presence.  lit;  declining  to  go,  and  saying 
that  he  meant  to  spend  the  nufnt  there,  she,  after  a  moment's  delay, 
sei/.ed  the  tongs,  and  taking  up  his  pack  threw  it  out  into  the  road. 
Then  running  to  the  foot  of  the  stair*  near  by,  she  called  out  aloud  to 
"Thomas  !  Samuel  !  Jletty  and  Charlotte!  ''  at  Ihe  top  of  her  voice  to 
"comedown!" — none  of  whom  were  there  to  come.  The  intruder 
hurried  out  after  his  pack,  when  she  at  once  locked  the  door  against 
him  and  spent  the  night  in  quietness. 

.Her  memory  was  exceedingly  tenacious.  Col.  Terry  was  engaged  in 
trade,  and  when  he  went  to  New  \  ork  10  purchase  goods,  which  was 
frequently,  having  no  clerk,  he  left  her  in  charge.'  of  the  store.  I1  or 
weeks  at  a  time  she  would  thus  often  wait  upon  customers  and  sell 
them  goods  freely  upon  credit,  making  no  written  memoranda  of  the 
same,  but.  reporting  always  with  accuracy  all  the  particulars  of  their 
purchases,  and  without  detection  at  anv  time  in  a.  mistake.  She  d., 
with  her  natural  strength  of  mind  unabated  to  the  end,  aet.  SJ-,  June 
11,  LSlfi. 

Col.  Nathaniel  Terry  (son  of  ..Major  Ephraim  Terry,  b.  in  1701,  and 
d.  in  1  7  >">•>,  and  Ann  Collins,  b.  in  1  / 1  IL",  and  d.  in  i  /  7^),  was  b.  .'  uno 
u,  17-'i!',  and  d.  .Feb.  _!7,  1  7<.'L),  aet.  i'»l,  in  Knlield,  where  he  spent  his 
whole  lite.  The  parents  of  .Major  Fphraim  Terry  were  Capt.  Samuel 
Terry,  one  of  the.  original  patentees  of  Kniield,  who  d.  in  1  <•'!((,  aet.  7!', 
and  i  laiinah  Moran. 


ii.  in   !.(>•_'.  who  0.   in   I  i  .  >  uliiu.  of    Ri-v.  Nat  hi.  (  din  us.  ,ir. .  oi 
Jt.    (son  of    1  lev.  Nathl.    Collins   of    Middir!  own.  Ct. ,  and  Mary  \Vhit  ing  >.       i  m; 
:   of  Ann  Collins  was  Alici:  Adams  ulaii.  of    Ucy.  A\'illiam    Adams    uf    l)cd- 
in.  Mass.,  and  Alice    JJradi'ord.  granddaug!it(;r   of  Coy.  \\'m.  J>radfonl  of  I'ly- 
jiuli.  Mass.). 


J )<•*<•<  ii<J<( ntx  »f   Ciint.  S</niJ. 
:\(\(\      '/'/i,    Son  at'  \<it!niit!<  I  /'//•/,////.  tjt'  \i,rtlittnij,f<tn. 

(  'nl.  Terry  Was  :H  1  1'Jl  I  time  ill  his  life  a  < -:i  |,  t:i  in  of  Inilil  i:i.  H!ni  v.  hell 
tin'  lie\\s  <if"  ihe  h-iil  ;i(  I  .••xili^t.ni  reached  Kl;ti'  Id  (i>li  Sni,da\  -  h'-  \\as 
"II  I  ll'1  inarch  1  lie  lir\t  ( In  V  III  I  hr  l,i 'in  I  of  his  company  of  , V.I  men  on  I  he 
wa\  In  |!os|u||.  |lr  \\j|s  in  (he  Ili'lise  >er\ ice  nf  I  he  eolilit  1\  until  the 
el;i|  n|  the  \\;ir.  and  n  part  of  the  tune  us  i  piart ' 'nnilst  er  uliil  cuminlS- 
s-ir\.  At  t!ie  ivlreal  from  York  Nand.  he,  t  In  niLjh'  n  Majcr.  com- 

llllll.ileii    a    regiment.         lie    \\;|S    II     !  1  lorol  1  lrl  I  i  V    Upright      lll.lll,    sticces-fnl     as 

a  iiiei-chiinl ,  i'isi  in^u  ;>!ie  1  for  In-,  tine  personal  ijimliiii  >,  aiiil  popular, 
often  n-in  i  'sent  in^  the  loun  in  (h-  <  .'enerai  A  --einlii\ .  and  a  d' ,-id' d 
('hristiaij.  Mis  11  nl  lending  pat  ri<  >\  \-~\\\  caused  The  lo>--  to  him  and  his 
family  of  a  lar^e  part  of  hi.s  es.tat  e  in  support  of  t  he  "j  >\  eminent  in  the 
re\  olnt  ionarv  u  :,r. 

Sixt  h  (  M'tierai  ion.  | 

If'L'"'.    i.   -lalie/.  Teiry,  h.  in    17i'.-'),  d.   in    I  7>.°i.  tenderly  ]., \.-.l. 
I1'!'1!,    ii.    Mii/alieth  Terrv,  !•.   S.-jii.    |n.    i  7'i'>.    in.    l!e\.    .Idl.n    Ta\  !or 

of   .Mendoll,    N.    V.,    d.    Sept.     17.    IMS. 

l«;_'7.    iii.    (  :,-]]].   Nathaniel  Terry,  1,.  .)  an.  :'.i  I.   1  7'^.  d.  .1  nne    1  I .   i  ^  I  1 . 

l'"'l'S.    iv.    .linljv   ii,.|,r\    Terrv.  1..  Jan.    I  l'.    1  77  !  .  d.  Sept .  1JL1.    1 -L'7. 

1'il'1'.  ii.  i'llixaiiet  h  Terr\-.  \>.  Sept.  IK.  |  7'>''..  m.  June  li.  17XS.  l!.-v. 
-lolin  Taylor,  1).  Dee.  l7iil.'iMin  of  linn.  Kldad  Tayl.ir  of  \Ve-  'id, 
M:;".,  1,.  April  I".  17o<.  and  d.  in  1777.  while  a  m  •mlier  of  rhe  l'io- 
\  ineia!  (  'on  :;re».  !  I-  was  s-»n  of  |{e\  .  Mil  ward  Ta\  lor  v;:  of  \Y.  -tti.-id. 
Ma--.,  and  l;\;;!i  \Vy!l\>,  I  !  is  \\  ife  wa.s  Tiiank  fn  1  I  >;.  \  .  dan.  ,  ,f  \! ;  : 
•  lohn  |)a\  oi  ,"•'  prin_:ti<  !  i  and  .Mar\  Smith  of  iladh-v.  all  e\i  mpiar\ 

l!'-\.  Il'luai'il  'I'ayior.  ii.  in  ( 'u\  i-nt  rv.  Mp;:'. .  in  I'!!'.',  eaine  i:>  P-  in  1'Hi^. 
.irv.Ml.  at  IIar\ani  in  I '171.  ^-ttle.i  in  \V.  M  ti.-i.l.  .Mn--..  I  >ee.  :;.  P',71.  in.  in  1'iM 
I-::i/ai"-:a  l-'iteh.  li.  in  li|.-)-J  dan.  n!'  Ke\.  .lann-  i'iieli  uf  Nurwieli,  (  t..  ami  Al-i- 
i;\ii!  U'liit  iieM..  \vlid  d.  in  li'i^-'.i  ;  and  in  in.  in  |ii:rj  l,'a;li  \\"\  ,:\  s.  1  lc  d.  aVier  :i 
inii  i-iry  ii!  '>'•':  yi'iir-.  Jm  e  '.''.  i  i'.:!.  :>,•  '.  ^]. 

Until  \V\l!ys.  !,.  at  1 1  art  :',  ,rd  in  1  i'D.  .1.  in  1  I.1:!.  :a  1  .  M.  wa- d:i;i.  df  1 1>  m.  >n:n- 
nd  \\'.\  i'\>  -uii  i  if  (  MI\-  (  in.  i---c  \\'_\  1!\>  .  li.  in  1  i  I:!'.1 .  ;,:,,;  d.  in  i  ',(''.>.  in  I .  ',>'<  a  Mate 
Sena'  1 1 r  i'.  <r  :!i  i  \  ears.  a:.(i  an  i  mini -nt  ( 'ii  ri-1  ian.  I  i--r  n.i .;  ;.•  r  wa-  I  in;  :i  1 1  :<  \  '.:<  -. 
dan.  of  <!nv.  .Id'an  lla\ii'  — .  wiio  can:'-  to  ( 'ainnriii  .  \i  t--  .  >i  n; .  :'..  'Mi.;:!.  ',vi;ii 
!l"\.  'I'::i.!iia>  Ilni.ker  al'l'  rv.  ard<  <>i'  liar  !'">•.;.  '  !  .a;  >i  u:.-  -:•  il>p\.  .if  \1  i--. 
i!i  1 ' '.""i.  I  !.  "*i  -iy  !  'i.;i.  in-  1'i-iir  \  i  d  t' .  1  i  a  n  ii  :•  :.  :  :.>.  ;..  A  ,..  :.  •  i'  ".'  >,\  a  -  •  '.•  <•!•  d 

!!r-'    i;-'..    ..:'  C ..!   [ilH-elir.;;.        ||,.   ,,,.   f,  „•  l,i.,    -Jd  'A  i  i',  .    ;.    ;    i    ;:',u.    Me"  1  I  1  a  !' 

!.-.;;,.  r  ..''  iiirii   lla\  n    -.  1 1.    S,  ].;.  '.'7.  HM  !    .ir.ii.  .-!  Iliei.avd   ll-e 
an-   .M  .!••••••;    1 1,, '..an.  and    -o   d.  -c   n.i.  d    t'r.nn  K:-  •_•   KJ'.I  :•;    I.  .  i'    i.'.:      :  ...  a-  d 

II;    i  -  '.    ..        "vy  %   I   :  :        .      ..r  \\alv*,, rth.  pp.    1  !'ii     ,''.-..,  ;    •  •    .: 

r.    ii«>  ,  i-  Haiiak.  h  i.  n.   in  I'-!"'.       C-v.    ii    ;...•-'     M      ,        :.    .'•  .i. 
i;     -       II  ,  •.        .'.  i..  a  '..  ;•    p;:;i;.  a;    II-ir!!'..rd.   in    :I;.M.  ;;   '>'•',•'.    li-.n.  -,;•...  \\  ;    !;.-. 


]))r't<jlii  of  En  field.  Conn., 
Sou  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  notJi  of  Dedliam,  J/^-vx.   ,°)f>7 


•years 


Christians),  'lie  was  grad.  at  Yale  in  1784,  and  was  for  H> 
(1787-1800),  pastor  at  "I  >reriiel(l,  .Mass.  Haying  lost  his  health,  he 
.spent  tlu>  next  ten  years  (  1  S()fi_!  (>)  in  recovering  it.  lie  preached  after- 
wards for  Hi  years  (ISK'i-:'.!')  at  Mendon,  X.  Y.,  and  in  1S:>2  removed  to 
1 5 nice,  .Mich.,  where  he  d.  J)ec.  2d,  !S-!0,  aet.  78.  lie  preached  up  to 
the  tinle  of  his  death.  '"'lie  was  an  amiable  man  and  an  excellent 
preacher."  "Mrs.  Taylor  is  described  us  ''  one  of  the  best  of  \v;>nien. 
She  d.  at  .Uruce,  Midi.,  Sept.  17.  184:5,  aet.  77.  His  children  were  all 
born  in  Deerfield,  Mass. 

[Seyentli  Generation.]      Children: 

lC>2i'.  i.  Elizabeth  Terry  Taylor,  b.  April  LO,  178i),  m.  Rev.  James 
Taylor  of  Sunderlaiid,  IMass.,  d.  Oct.  HI,  ls:>l. 

li;:5n.  ii.  Jabez  Terry  Taylor,  b.  Sept.  21,  17! id,  at  Deeriield,  .Mass., 
d.  July  2C>,  1872,  aet.  82. 

1C>:H.  iii.  .John  Taylor,  b.  June  :5i),  17l.'_.  at  same  place,  d.  May  21. 
1SC>:>,  act.  7-'). 

1<>:>2.  iv.  liarriei  Taylor,  b.  Ma\'  l^.  1 7'.'  1-,  in.  liodei'ick  Teny  of 
Hartford.  See  previous  page  foi' account  of  him.  Shed.  I-Vb.  /,  Is  1-1. 

1  (•).•',:}.   v.   J!on.   Henry  \VyllysTaylor,  b.  LM-!).  i>,  17<J(i,  still  li\ing. 

Kio4.  \i.  Alary  Taylor,  b.  March  _7,  L798,  in.  Josiah  \V right  of 
Syracuse,  X.  \ ..  d.  in  IS+I). 

li; :•',:).  vii.   Nathaniel  Terry  Taylor,  b.  ?'aivh  Hi,   1800,  d.  Oct.   L8.j2. 

1(>:>().   viii.  Alice  Taylor,  b.  .Jan.  -.   L802,  d.  Xov.  :'/,   1802. 

1C>.">7.    ix.    .Mice  Taylor  (second),  b.  and  d.  Oct.    1,   ISO.']. 

who  came  to  America  in  I'ilJS.  vms  nuidc  !)<•]>.  (iov.  in  1<U1.;ui<l  in  1C -I'J  (Joy. 
His  -wife's  naiiie  was  Maryj.  He  WE.S  t^rad  at  Harvard  in  }'•'}'>'•>.  Jlc  it  was  that 
hid  tlie  colonial  charter  from  (.Joy.  Amices  in  the  famous  charter-oak  at  Hart- 
ford. Ct..  v/iii-re  he;  d.  ^Tay  '•}'.).  1701).  IScsid,-:  (Jeer^'c.  who  remaiiu.d  in  Knii'land, 
and  Sjuimcl.  who  in.  1 1  nth  Ilaynos,  (J-oy.  (Jco.  AVvllys  liad  '2  dnir.rhi  '•!>;.  llcstei'. 
who  m.  ('ai)t.  Uoiiert  Harding',  and  Amy,  who  m.  JMajor  Jolm  L'ynchoi]  of 
Springfield. 

The  children  of  Hon.  Samncl  Wyily ~  and  Iliitli  Ilaynes  were.  1.  .I/if?1//,  1).  in 
1C,:).-,,  wlio  in.  about  IC^l  ll,:V.  Joseph  l-lliuv.  of  Gnili'ord,  Ct..  as  his  2d  wife  ;  %J. 
Miliitnl.i, .  1).  aboat  Hi.")S.  \vho  m.  about.  \<nn  l{ev.  j);niiel  I!us>el]  of  CharL  stown, 
?,Iass. .  w1;o  d.  about-  Kil'D.  and  m.  ahoni  ii;S().  for  a  •,':!  Inisband.  II.  v.  Isaac  ['"os- 
tei- of  Hartford,  who  d.  An^.  '-2".  KiS-J.  and  fora  :!d  Inisband.  Itev.  Timothy 
Woodbrid-c:  of  Ifartford.  Ct.  ;  '.},  /'"'//.  who  in.  .Tniie -2.  1C,!)1.'.  !lev.  I-;.  I  ward 
Taylor,  as  his  -Jd  wife;  -1.  ]!ez.  kiah.  li.  April  !5.  lo?0,  who  m.  Elizabeth  Hobart. 
dan.  of  I!e\-.  Jcvmiah  lioharr  of  Fladdam.  ;  ;. 

Iv<-;dah  'I'aylor.  dan.  of  [{ev.  E  '  >r  anil  [?utii  Wyllys.  in.  JMIK:  1  Tio. 

Rev.  I-aac,  Stiii-s.  li.  July  :5(>.  KV.i;  [sc,i:  of  .lolin  Stiles  of  Wir.ilsor,  Ci..  and  liuili 
]Jnnr.-r:.fi  of  Wcs'Jield.  Mass. ).  Th  .-  '-  llie  parents  of  I!  v.  Kxr:i  Stiles, 

LL.l)..  Pres.  of  Yule  Coll.,  who  was  thuir  only  child.  :;nd  was  1...  Xov.  ',-!).  1  r.'T. 

sii"  <i.  Dec.  •}..  i  ;-j;. 


I  >,  s,  •/  initial*  "/'  (  '//'/.    SiimJ. 
.'!tiS       '/'//'    Sn/i  nl'  .\  ii/lnitiii  /   />//'/<////,  of  \(>rf!i</nti</i>ii, 

li'.-.S    \.    K.lwunl   NV\llvs    Taylor,  1,.    Max      l.">,    Isill,    .1.     Man-ii     I  ."•, 


li'iL".'.    i.    Kli/aliei  h    Terry  Taylor,  h.    April     h'-.    I  7 x'.».  m.  al»  .111     lxlu 

K,  \.  .1; -s  Ta\  lor  of  SiindeHand.  Mas>.,  I.,  in    I  7X7.      I  !••   d.  o,-i.   II. 

|s:5i,;i.-i.  11.     Sin-  il.  Oft.  hi,  is;; |,  :1et.    li',  IraM,,-  :•  ,-hiidn  n.  ihe 

elde>|     lull     17    Vear>  of  a^'e.        "    Me    \\':l»  a    MTV    Mlrrr.-^flll    |U  i  •;u-|icr." 

Ki_;li  i  h  <  lenera  i  ii  111.  I      I'd  i  idreii  : 

hi  Id.    i.    James    II.  Taylor,   l>.    .March   L'.">,    l>l  I. 

hill.  ii.  Kii/.:il.ft!i  Tayhir,  !..  S.  |,t.  In,  IMl',  d.in  |s|ii;  m.  ||,)v(.\ 
K.  Clarke  c!'  All'-uaii.  Midi.  .June  L'7,  1>.">7.  Tln-y  lia.l  nnr  ,-lnhi  : 

IC.Il'.    I.     KIi/iil)i-lli  Chirk.-.  I).    March    Hi,    |s|u.  ,|.  .\ii.-r.   L1 1 ,   i  -I  7. 

hi!.".,    iii.    Kilward   \\  yllys  'I'ayli.r,  I.,  .him-    II.    |s|  I. 

hill.  iv.  Julia  |)\vi:_-hl  Taylor,  \>.  (  )cl.  l".l,  Is|ii,  ,n.  |;,.v.  llarvry 
Ilydr. 

hii:,.  s.  Ali'iv.l  'I'siylur,  I..  l>cc.  M.  IMS,  m.  An-.  .",.  1  >  | :',.  >,,j  ,1,  ia 
Iv  I  u  ai'ils.  \\iilmiil  issue.  Sin-  il.  in  hx">l,  ami  in  hx")'.'  lie  in.  .laii"  I']. 
Tn.-kcr.  Mr  resides  in  Mont, -lair.  N.  .1.  lla>  had  ."-  .-liildivn  I, 
Mar\  Taylor,  1).  and  d.  in  IStJl;  L'.  Alfred  Tucker  Taylur.  1..  in  I  Mil'; 
.">.  lvl\\'ard  \\'yllys  Taylor,  ii.  i'i  ISiiil. 

1 1'.  I'1.,  vi.  Murace  Dickinson  Taylor,  ],.  June  S,  1>L'I.  K.-i-l.-  in 
Texas. 

]lil7.     \ii.     Ilairirl    Taylor.   1,.    Nov.    'i.    l>l'l\«l.    Dec.    II.    l-l'.'i. 

hils.  Mi,.  Mary  Ann.'  Mi^.-l.-y  Tayli.r,  I).  May  L'l',  [sL'|,  ,|.  S.-pt. 
L'7.  I  >.i;l.  in  (  'anam  la  lu'na. 

hi!!'.    i.\.    John    Day  Taylor,  1,.    |-Y1,.  ~::\.   I>1'7.  d.   April  L1.   |>:il. 

I'i.'iH.  \.  Mariha  Jane  Ta\  lor,  1 ,.  Dec.  L'x.  |--L'X.  Ki-ide>,  unmar- 
ried, in  Monte'.air.  N.  J.  i  l>7  I  :. 

hi.'il.  \i.  Kilen  Amelia  Ta\lor,  I..  ]•'<  o.  ii,  |.x.",|,  ni.  \\'iliiain  (I. 
\\"  hi  Iden  of  (  'liarleM  on. 

hi  In.  i.  Jaini's  Menry  Tayl-ir,  1>.  March  L':'>,  1  x  1  I .  in.  Sept .  II.IX'.">L'. 
l-lli/alieih  T\  ler.  1..  Sept.  I  L',  IMii.  \\ho  d.  Nov.  In,  l>.".n.  and  he  m. 
for  I'd  \\i|',-,  D,  c.  1!.  1X.">1_'.  i  lari'ielle  Terrv.  1..  March  l'\  ',  l'<  M,:H. 
of  K  ,dei  ie],  T,  i  ,-\  ,,f  Mai-iford.  (  '(.,  and  llairiei  T;^  lor).  lie  -,>  a-  a 
ineivhali!  IN  '  ':ia  i  le-  !,,!,,  S.  (  '.,  \\here  lie  d.  I''. -I..  .".,  !  x  7  L1 .  a  <-\  .  >'•  ;  .  The 
t'anii  i\  all  ic«u  re-  ide  a!  <  'ha  lie-  ion. 
i  N  i  nt  h  I  H-II era!  ion.  (  'hildren  : 


]~)wi<jld  of  En-field,  Conn., 
Son  of  Tirnofli  //,  Son  of  John,  lotli  of  DcJ.kani,  Jfaxs.   3GO 

1(»:>3.  ii.  Henry  Clarence  Taylor,  1).  Oct.  2(>,  18:5."),  d.  May  31,  1862, 
having  ])oon  then,  killed  at  the  battle  of  the  Seven  1'ines,  act.  2u'. 

1(>:>4.  iii.  CV)iis<an(i;i  Whit  ridge;  Taylor,  1>.  Feb.  I"),  1837,  in.  Jo- 
seph R.  Robertson. 

K>:>:>.   iv.   Eli/abeth  Cornelia  Taylor,  b.  Dec.  3,  1838. 

1  (>:>('>.   v.   John  Kd\vard  Ta}lor,  b.  Oct  28,   1.8-10,  d.  May  20,  1841. 

](j:>7.   vi.   Alfred  Taylor,  b.   Feb.  ]<>,  1812,  d.  Oct.  7,  1844. 

1(>.">8.  vii.  George  Kdwyn  Taylor,  b.  Feb.  14,  1844. 

1  (>:>!).   viii.   Frank  Eugene  Taylor,  b.  March  22,   I84(>. 

Ih'UO.   ix.   Mary  Evelyn  Taylor,   b.  June  14,   1848,   d.  Oct.  24,  18C>3. 

](»('>  I.  x.  Charles  Herbert  Taylor,  b.  Oct.  2S,  I8oO,  d.  Feb.  8,  18:)]. 
.Hi/  second  fife: 

1602.    xi.   Jane  T.erry  Taylor,  b.  May  28,  ]8:>('>. 

1G.")2.  i.  Julia  Caroline  Taylor  (dan.  of  James  IF.  Taylor  and  P^liza- 
beth  Tyler),b.  Oct.  31,  1833, •  in.  April  28,  18G3,  Benjamin.  Curtis 
Hard,  b.  in  Charleston.  S.  (',.  Aug.  4,  1M:>  (son  of  Benjamin  French 
Hard,  b.  in  Newtov/n,  Cf.,  .Feb.  1  :>,  1780,  and  Martha  Adams  Hard,  b. 
at  St.  Helena  Island,  S.  C.,  Dec.  25,  1782).  Jle  is  bookkeeper  and 
secretary  of  "The  Marine  and  lliver  Phosphate  Mining  and  Manfac- 
turing  Co.  of  S.  C/'  at  (Charleston.  Children: 

****    1.    Mary  Taylor  Hani,  b.   Feb.  ]1>,  18(14. 

****   2.   John  Stuart  Hard,b.  Aug.  23.  18(')."). 

****   3.   Elizabeth  Tyler  Hard,  l>.  Oct.  20,  ISO". 

****    I,   Jlju-riette  Julia  Hard,  b.  May   2(5,  LS69. 

****    ">.    Lily  Rolv.'rtsuu  Hard,  b.  July  24,   1S7I.. 

ll'>.")3.  ii.  Henry  Clarence  Taylor  (son  of  .lames  H.  Taylor  and  Eliza- 
beth Tyler),  b.  Oct.  2(i,  183:"),  m.  Aug.  IS.")!),  Louisa  Dorer. 

He  \vas  killed  at  the  battle  of  "The  Seven  Tines,"  May  3  1 .  18(12. 
His  -\vido\v  m.  for  a  second  husband,—  J5arrett,  and  resides  at 

Wheeling,  \V.  Va.      They  had  •'!  children: 
•::::*    1.    Mary  Louisa  Taylor,  d.  early. 

fwv   •)_    ,|;ini(,'s  Alfre<l   Tavlor,  d.  earlv. 

'!:    :>.    Herbert  (  Marence-   Tax  lor,  b.  J  une   I8('i(). 

l'i.)i.  111.  Coustantia  \\Thitridge  Tavlor,  b.  l('el).  1..),  1837,  m.  31a\ 
18,  |8;VJ,  Jose])h  liighton  Uobertson,  b.  in  A  ugnsta,  ( la.,  Jan.  1  <>, 
18:!()  (son  of  Dr.  Francis  ..Marion  Itohortsnn  and  Henrietta  itighton), 
a  coimmssii MI  mcrchaiii  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  Children: 

:i::;::;::;:    1.   John   Fivderic  Kobertson,  1>.  April    !'.»,   1800. 

:•-!::;::;:      -j  _       |  |  ( >  |  1 1'V    ClaiVllCO     I  (ol  ICl't  SO|  1  .    1).    July    !',     18('»2. 

::::;:::::::   :'..   James    Taylor   Robertson,   b.    March   2,    ISC,.'),  d.    .|ul\    2-\ 


I >,  .svv  luliliifx  <>/'  (  '<lj>t.    N//////. 
.".7"        'I'll'    -s'"/'   nl'  \iltlniitti  1    /'ir!, f!,t.  ,,/'  .Y-. /•//,, /,/,y. foil. 

::::::-:;:    I.    Kli/al.i-ili    T\  ler  IJol.eri-.iii,  1,.  An-.    17.   1»'.7,  d.    An-.   IK, 
isi;7. 

.    Sep.     I'l'i         |  M',S.      ,|.     (   ),.(.     1  . 


:;:   i',.    .l.ix-pli   IJi-htnii   IIiilMTiM.n.  I..  Max   i'.,   l>71. 

h'.")S.    \ii.   <; •-,-    Kd\\xn    Taylnr,    \>.    l-Vl,.    II,  I  Ml.  in.   in    Cranile- 

xille.  S.     ( '.,   .M;i\     til,    ISiJt'i,     Knima    ('atharine     Hard    of  < 'ha  rle-t  i  MI,    li. 
.Ian.    '• '.    1  ""  I  •"'  1 1  la  11.  "I'    I  >en]ainm   <  '.   I  I  a  n  I  and  Kinina    I'lacliluan  Si  |-i  i!  n-1  j. 
MI-  U  a  cl'-rk   in  a  shipping  hi  .n  -c  in  (  'harleM<>n.       Knur  children  : 
:;::;::;::;:    I.    Mary  Coi-nclia  Tavlnr.  1..   I  >rc.   I .".,  ISU7. 
::;;::;;::;:    L'.    Jiiiiifs    llrnrv  'I'avli.r.  li.   Si-p.  :',li,    iM'.'.t,  d.   Nov.    L1 1  ,    l>7". 

:-:    '.].     Kniina  .luha  'I'axinr,  li.  •Inm-  '•'<,    1^71. 
;::;:':::;:     I.    I-'rank    Kiiui-nr  Ta  \  IMI-.  li.  .lulv  li,    I  >"•">. 

l-j.'i'.i.    \iii.     l''ranl<     h'-HLiviK-    Tavlii]1,  1).    Man-h     111'.    I.MI'I.    ni.   <>,-!.    II. 
|SiiS.  ( 'lar:i    WiUoii  of  ( 'luii-lcslnn,  l>.  An-.   L'ii.   I.MS,  in   \\'illian:-l>iir-h 
( 1n.,  S.  (  '.   ( i  Ian.  of  I  1 1 -n  i- v   \Vil><  in  and  .Icaiict  ic   \\'  i  i  lid  -|M  «  >n  L       I  lr  i>  a 
(•iiinnii.-.>ii)ii  incrchaiil    in  <  'liiirli'>tun,  S.  (  '.      Tlin1'1  chililr.-n  : 
:;;:;::;;:;:    I.    IliirriH  'I'aylnr,  I..  An-.   1 11,   Isr.'.i. 
::::;:::::::    i'.    .lames  Henry  Taylor,  I..  <  »ct   L'.    1-71. 
:;::;::;::;:    I1,.    Alice    Ili-htoii  Talor    1).  (  tct.    I'.i,    I>7:1. 

i  Ki^hi  li  -I'ln-ra!  ion. 
|. \\:\.    iii.     Kdward     \Vyllys    Tiixlm-    (s.m    of    l!rv.    .laim-s    Ta\h.r    i.f 

Snndt-rland.    Ma-s. »,    I).    .1 1 II.    !  M  1,  m.    I  >.-c.    1 .".,    I  ^:i''.,  ( 'an-lin.-    II. 

I".  i|-i  i-r  i  it'    I  >rla\\  ai  c  (  dan.  ni'    A  Ir  \andi-r    I  'ord-r).       II'1    !•<  a   n-Mdi-nl    in 
I  i .  iii-i'  ni.  Texas. 

N  i  ni  li    ( iriii'rat  i<m.  |      (  'hi Id iv n  : 

|r,r,:i.    i.     l;.»alie     Wno.llnirn    Ta\h»r,    !•.     Nov.    L'n.     1 -.",7.    in.     April 
1  -;,7.    I  >r.    !•:.    Kairfax  <  I  ray.       Has,-  had  :!  .-hildn-n  : 

:::*=:::::       |^       \\    i|j|;i||l      Kall'TaX    (  I  1'a  \  .     i'.     .Mal'i-ll.     '_'."'.      I""''.1. 

**:'-::::    I1.     iSlaiichi-  (  'm-a   <  irav,  i'.    M;  ivh   L''i.    I  -'iL1. 
;:    :l.     I-!.    \Ys  HVM  Tax  h.r  <  iray.  I..    N..X.   '.'.   i  -'i-. 

pii'il.    ii.    ('lira    \\'iilnir    Taxlur,  \>.   An-.    '  •"•.     1 -.">'.'.   in.    Apii!    i'>.    !*-.">''. 
.1.    ||i-nr\    Kxans.   win.  •!.    Maivh    I -'•!'.        Sin-    i,:.    I'm-  I'd    Ini^l.and    l-'raiik 
T.    \].M,M-  ,,)'    N,-\\    \"..ik.       Sin-  ha-  M ne  child. 
:    I.    llenrx    Kx'an-,  I..   April    1  I.   !  -''•'.'. 

]  i;.;.\    iii.     llenrx    \\'_\ll\s  Tax  l.-r.  I..  March  .".I.  1  -  I  I.  d.  .Ian.  i>.    1  -  I-. 

h'li-.i'..     iv.    llduard    1,'nlhxi'ii  Taxh.r.  1..    A  n  -.   -J'J.   I  -  I  .">.     l.ix.--    ii,T.-\a-> 

|i;.'.7.    \.     l-lli/al.eih      I'.irier    T.-I\].,I-,   I..     Kel..     ii,     I  -:.n.   in.      Marc],     7. 
|  -  i  L1.  .1  n'iin^    I  >'• '  I  'i -ri  -   i  if    I  .mi  I    lain. 


Diriijlii  of  Enfield,  Conn., 
Son  of  TitnotJi  y,  Son  of  John,  nofli  of  Dedhctin,  J/^-sv-'.    o7l 

Oct.  .19,  18K),  in.  Dec.  21,  IS  11,  Rev.  Harvey  Hyde,  b.  at  Canterbury, 
Ct..  Juno    1<>,    1812,   studied    theology    at    New     Haven  Tliool.   Sem. 
(1837--'.'),  chaplain  in    I'.  S.    Armv  (  1  .  S(52—  ">),  I  Louie   Missionary   since; 
]8G.~)  at  Independence  II  ill,  A'a.,  Congregational  . 
|  Ninth  Generation.]      ('liildreii  : 

'HiCiX.    i.    Edward  \Vvllvs  Hvde,  b.  (  >ct.  17,   IS  13,  is  an  instructor  in 
civil  engineering  in  ('ornell  University  (  1  |S73). 

I  ('><;<>.   ii.    Emily  Eli/abeth  .Hyde,  b.  .Jan.  3,   1S1(>. 

1(17(1.    iii.    Charles  I'ercival  Hyde,  1*.  May  30,  1  8-1'J,  d.  Aug.  31,18-1-9. 

1C>7I.   iv.   Alfred  Taylor   Hyde,  b.    .May  I',    1  s.")2,  is   now    (1873)    in 
Cornell   Universit. 


[.Eiglitli   (  rc 

JliKJ.  vi.  Horatio  Dickinson  Taylor,  b.  .Juno  8,  18:21,  in.  Dec.  1, 
ls;)i>,  Kniily  I'.aker,  b.  -Inly  I'D.  1S27  (dan.  of  Asa  Uakerof  J'.aldwins- 
ville,  N.  V.,  and  Hannali  IJobinson).  lie  has  been  since  18-18  a  cotton 
factor  at  Houston,,  Texas.  He  has  had  8  children  : 

****    1.    Mary  Taylor,  i).  Sent.    '27,  1S.")3. 

****    2.    Elien  Taylor,  b.  Nov.  2,   l,s:>l. 

*••:";::;.•   i]     (J-corgo  ISaker  'Taylor,  b.  June   30,   I8.")0. 

::::;:::::;:   4.    Bessie  Taylor,  b.  Oct.   28,  ]  S.1S. 

****   .").    Edward  W.  Taylor,  1>.  M:avch    17,   18(50. 

**:'::;:    (i.    Horace  Dickinson  Taylor,  b.  Dec.  -1,   lS(U. 

*#::-:;:    7_    AVilliani  Uaker  Taylor,  b.  Sept.  •">,   !Si3. 

****   8.   Emily  IJayley  Taylor,  b.  March  2<>,   1870. 

[Eighth    (  leueratioii.  ] 

1C)-")  I.  \i.  .l^lleii  Amelia  .  Tavlor  (dan.  of  Rov.  James  Taylor  and  Eliza- 
beth T.  Taylor),  b.  Eeb.  Ii,  IS.",  1,  in.  Dec.  2."),  1  S-M),  \Villiam  (iilbei't 
\Vhildeii,  a  merchant  in  Charleston,  S.  (.'.,  b.  Aug.  (i,  1^2^  (son  of 
Joseph  and  Elizabeth  \Vhilden  of  Charleston,  S.  (.•.).  Thev  have  had  six 
children  : 

****  1.  -Sulia  \Vhilden,  1».  Nov.  HI,  1852,  m.  July  17,  1*73,  Alex- 
ander Maryland  McJver,  b.  Nov.  •">,  !  S"'  1  ,  a(  (^heraw.  S.  (  '.  (son.  of 
(ieor^v  Williams  .\lci\er  and  Harriet  Foot),  an  aceounlani  in  (  'iiarles- 
ton. 

****   2.    Mary  Hlla  Whildeu.  \>.  Sept.  5,   I  s.V>. 

****   3.    Sophie  Whildeu.  b.  <  >ct.    10,   L85S. 

:;::::::::;:  !.  Kli/.iibelh  Cill)ert\\'hildeii,l).  Sept.  2"',  I  8IU,  d.  Oct.  H',,  18u'2. 
-  r>.  William  (Jilbert  Whild(.-u,  I).  Mav  2,  IsiJS. 

:;:::::;:r;;    (>.     Percy  Taylor  W'nildeu,  b.  Sept.    1  I,    IS7I. 

[  S.'\  enth  <  lenera.t  ion.  | 
lii.'i'.  i.    ii.    Hon.    Jabe/    Terrv    Tavlor   {^on    of    Ke\.    John   Tavlor    of 


/ >,  s<;  nil, l  nfx  <>f'  <'i/i>f.   Sduil. 
•"'7-        'I'll'    >'"/'  "/'  .\  ii'ldinii  I  I>tfii/lif.  <>t'  \<irtlitiiiij>f<>ii, 

I  >. -i  Til' -Id,  MM--..  Mini  Kli/aii'-t  li  T<Tl'\  |.  li.  S-pl.  L'  1  .  I  7 '.'I  I,  |,,.  S.-pt  .  1  -. 
1-1  I.  K-ili.-r  All.'ii,  l>.  No\.ti,  l7'.iL'.  i,,  Knii.-ld.  *'t.  (dan.  of  MMM-S 
A  Hi -i  i  :IIH  1  I'.-'  lii-r  (  'hai'in  |  :  a  im-ivliaiil  MIM  1  I 'an  IP -r  in  Tnmiipx  >ii\  illc, 
('!.  Ill'  \va.-  M'\rral  tiiin-^  .-I  iiii'inln-r  <>!'  llj.-  Slab'  I  .••_: i  -la  I  u  i  <•.  II. •  d. 
.1  n  U  IS.  I  -7l',  a>'t.  -L'.  Sln'issiiil  I  1  -7  !  )  li  s  i  n-,  ;i"i .  -  I . 
j  Ki'_r!i ih  ( ii'iii'rat  imi.  ]  ( 'liililn-n  : 

||'7l'.  i.  Anii'h'a  TM\  KH-.  1).  in  Knl'ii-lil,  ('(..  -I  nm-  !.''_',  ]vl"'.  in.  .Inn.- 
II.  l-:;s.  Ailolphus  KinLTj*.  in  KntirM,  ( '(.,  April  L'L',  1-1.".  I-.M  <>\' 
('•>\.  .l;ili"/,  Knii;  and  llrln'cru  Ti-rr\  i.  ;i  |>!>ii'_r!i  iiiaiiufMcturi-r  ai  I'ln- 
lirld.  II"  d.  <  >rt.  ."..  iMiJ:  >hr  d.  NM\.  I1''..  1-17.  Tlirv  liad  a  dan. 
1,  A  India  Taylor  Kini.r.  ''.  N'nv.  '_'  I  .  1-17.  \\liu  in.  S.-j  .1 .  ''..  1  -'i1.'.  <  Ii-i.r^- 
LuriiinT.  1).  in  (Ilas^nw,  Scniland.  Man-h  L'",  1-17  (MHI  «\'  .Inhn  l.nri- 
int'i'  and  Maria  Ingram  ot'  SaiU|uliiT.  Scutland).  a  d\cr  in  Tli"in]  i.-nii- 
\illr.  (  't .  'rii<'\  lia\ •(•  l'  i-lnldi'i'ii  : 

(I)    .Inlm    liiL'i'ani   L(iriin«T.  b.  .1  uly  1*7,    I  "7". 

( l'  i    1 1  >-nrv  Tavl'  >r  Lnrimcr,  1).  -I  nin-  -.  1  v  <  L'. 

I''.;:?,    ii.    Cill..-1-t  All.-n  Taylur.  1..  .him-  1 -.   1-17.  in   Kntirld.  ( 't. 

li'.TL  iii.  I  Irnry  \Vyllys  Taylor,  1>.  May!".',  l-l'l'.in  M.-ndc:,.  N.  Y., 
\\a-a  liinikkci-pi-r  in  Ni'\v  \»rk  i'ur  si-vcral  yi'ar.-.  :  i-  now  '1-7!)  in 
<  Senna n \"  and  iininarrii.'d. 

|.;7."».    iv.    <>!<•,:•   Allrn    Tayl,,!'.  1,.    ilrT'.lu'y   !  7.  1 -iS.  d.    in    liar 
t'ord.  <  ';..  Nov.  :',.   !  -."ii. 

lii~."i.  ii.  Cillicri  Allt-n  Taylor.  IP.  .Innr  I -.  1^17.  in.  Maivli  L1.".. 
!-.">:'..  Hi-li-n  Maria  I'au'.'.  1..  .1  n!\  .").  |>L'I'I.  a!  Siniin^toii.  M.'.  (dan.  ol' 

It.-v.  «'al.-;.  !•' ndi'ii  I'a-.-and  S;-r.di  Harki-r  Kitch  i.  !!'•  i-  a  U.K. 

aLrr  'ii  I  al  'I  anli  s  1 1  li  •.  (  't . 

ji;,-v.  ('.  !•'.  I'a-v.  I,.  ilt  FI-N  Inn--.  .M.-.,  i-'.-i..  !.">.  17'."'p.  d.  at  Milt. .u 
Mill.-.  N.  II..  N.,\.  I',.  1-7:1  :  Mr-.  Sarah  II.  I'M-,-,  i..  K.-l..  '.',  17l'-.d.  at 


:;    i.    li,  l.'ii  Am  'li;    T    .     PI-.  IP.  ai    N.'u    lla\cn.  <  ";..  An-.  -.   1 -:»'., 
•pi.   L'-   f-.llo \\in_r. 

;:    :_'.    Ld\\ard    I'aL'1'  Tavlor.  h.  I'IMI.'   N'n\.   L".'.    I  -.">'.'. 
•:    ."•.    ll'-nrv   \Yvli\s  Tavlor,  li.  Si-p:.    I1.1.    l-'p|.at   T;i  rili'v  ill''.  <   l. 

:      1.      |-;\i-lilir      L-plli-.'     'I'avlol1,     li.      llli'l'i'      N"\.      1-.       1-'''L'.    d.    llr-rr 


;:;i.    in.     l».-a.  .1-1,1,   Ta\l..r  l-.pn  (pf    II.-\.  .l..ln.  Ta\l..r  i.f  l> 

-..  and     Ki  i/ali"i  ii    T'-rr\  ).  '>.   a'    I  >'  •  •!  li'  -id.    -Inn"  ,"i' '.    I  7'.'!'. 

I-L'7.    l'i..-lp.'    I.,  a.-li.    IP.    .Inn,'     !.     I-"-,  in     Lin,.,.     N.     ^i  . 

.'•lit      L.-arli    of    N,  -.%      l.oniJiHi.   <  'i..  and   --  -  Tat'l.  dan.    . 

'ii   Tal'i   of  ( '\lpi-id-".    Ma-.-.):    a  tarnuT  in    I '.riip-.'.  M  i.-li.  (  I  - 


a  deacon  for  .nearly  -t()  years  in  the  Cong.  ( (h.  He  d.  May  1*  1 ,  ISiiO. 
"  A  better  and  a  purer  man,"  says  his  brother,  Henry  W.  Tavlor, 
"  never  lived." 

j  Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

K>7<>.  i.  Mary  Elizabeth  Taylor,  b.  March  •">,  1828,  resides  unmarried 
at  Bruce. 

1(577.  ii.  Adrian  1>  wight,  Taylor,  b.  July  1,  1831,  in.  ]>ec.  I,  ]S(i{, 
Liicy  Merrill  Aver  of  Romeo,  Mich.,  b.  Any-,  l'."),  ]S-[0  (dau.  of  .A Ivan 
B.  and  Martha  L.  Aver)  :  a  farmer  in  .Romeo,  Mich.  lie  has  one 
child  : 

****    1.    Martha  Lyon  Taylor,  b.  in    1ST>7. 

1<>78.    iii.    Martha  Masters  Taylor,  b.  Sept.  2<>,  18.°>S,  d.  July  1  1,  Is."):',. 

In  closing  the  brief  account  ihus  given  of  her  father's  family,  his 
daughter  Mary  writes  thus  :  "  My  father's  life  was  a  beaut  ii'ul  one: 
it  seemed  to  be  rounded  into  a  sphere  of  piety,  love,  and  virtue.  I  have 
looked  at  him  with  admiration  as  I  have  seen  him  standing  so  far  above 
me  on  the  heights  of  the  celestial  mountain.  The  evening  before  .he 
died,  there  lay  on  his  lace  an  indescribable  shade,  of  pain.  Jie  \vas 
passing  into  the  valley  of  the  shallow  of  death  and  could  scarcely  speak; 
but  his  soul  seem:,-d  luminous  whh  an  ineffable  reflex  from  heaven, 
which  at  times  shone  through  the  gloom  of  the  hour  and  made  it 
radiant  with  light  from  above.  *  Father,'  I  said  to  him,  '  J.  have  been  a 
naughty  child  !  Will  you  forgive  and  bless  me  now  'J.  '  It  pains  me  10 
recall  the  effort  which  he  made  to  .speak  when  he  said  in  ivpiv.  '.\Iarv, 
you  have  been  a  good  daughter.'  Then  he  kissed  me  and  laid  his  hands 
upon  mv  head  and  mad<-  a  silent  praver.  There  was  surpassing  tender- 
ness in  that  sacred  caress,  and  a  most  priceless  dower  in  that  holv  bene- 
diction." 

[  Seventh  ( Generation.  | 

li',;).'?.  v.  Hon.  I  lenry  Wyllvs  Taylor  (son  of  J'e\.  John  Tavlor  of 
Deerfield,  Mass.,  and  Elixabeth  Terry),  b.  Feb.  l',  17UO,  grad.  at  1'ale 
in  IS  ill,  in.  ()(•(-.  .(,  IS.",!',  .Martha.  Cahhvell  .Masters  of  Philadelphia 
(dau.  ot' Thomas  Masters  of  Ne\v  York,  a  distinguished  merchant  there, 
and  Isabella  ((ahl\vell,  dau.  of  Samuel  <  'aldweli,  Ks,j.,  ( 'lei'k  of  the  (' . 
S.  ('oui't  of  the  Kastern  !>i>t.  of  Pa.).  Kxcepting  a  brief  interval  of 
eight  vears  spent  in  Marshall,  Mich,  he  has  resided  since  JS|(',  in 
Canandaigua,  N.  ^".,  a  practising  lawyer  there.  Me  has  been  several 
times  a  member  of  both  the  N.  Y.  and  Mich,  legislatures.  lie  was  for 
•!  \iars  .indite  of  the  ('oiintv  ('oiirt.  one  year  .Justice  of  the  Supren;,. 
(  'ourt  ot'  N'ew  ^'o^k,  and  one  vi-av  •)  iid^'e  of  t  he  (  'oiirt  of  A  j  i  pea  Is.  lie 
has  1  teen  for  more  ihan  IH  vears  a  deacon  in  the  1  'ono-.  (  'h.,  and  since 
lS|i',  a  corjiorate  member  ot'  I  lie  A..  iJ.  (  '.  F.  M.  Xo  children. 


/  >>  .»•,•/  ii 'Id  lit*   <>f  CilJ'l.    /V/////. 
."•71          '/'//'     -S'<///    dl'  \ilflnl  nil  I    /'//'/,////.    nt'  XiU'tlnliHj'f'ill, 

<  '!'    lii-,    di-lin^ui-hed    aiice-tres-,     Maliel    I  lai  lakenden    i-.-e    |.i'e\i'His 

]!.!--,•).  In-  sa\>  \\]iii  ||i>  ullti-i  tli.'il!  a  lil'-re  clll'lnn.-  hl-!nr|c  ilite]V-t  : 
"•  Sin1  \\a-  de-ci'lided  lhrmi'_di  InaliV  lilies  nf  kliiu-  and  IP  ilileiii' •  I:.  !r»ln 

\\"il!i:iin  t  he  < 'i>ip|iiemi'.  the  lirM!  hive  I  Ieni'\ -.  t  he  fir.-t  three  Kd\\ards. 
.li'lm  i>f  (launt,  I'tf.  Anv  line  can  ca-ilv  tr.-ici-  lp-r  race  tn  at  1.  n  t  ."ill 
en  >\\  iifil  head-,  km^s  and  rinjiiTni's,  and  I  \\ice  ili.-ii  nundiei-  nf  dnkes, 
call-  ami  iitln-11  nnlilenien."  '\'«  ;in  educated  ('liii-iiaii  American  the 
|nv  i'i  ^ih'li  IIP  '1in  U'l'  •>  'it  lii>  Iliicn^i'  iliM",  ;i,,i  ciiiiijiiil'i1  at  all  \\llli  liial 
nt'  ill''  I'l'liii'liilii'.-iin-r  of  lln-  nulili'  cliarac-li'l's  ami  <(<•<•<  I-.  •  <\'  \]\»-  that 
lia\i-  L:'"ii<'  lii'fiil'i'  linn  iiilD  1  I'avi'li.  KI  \\"  kii:i;^  nr  i|iii-di--  iia\'-  li.-nl 
imir-  In  >iii  H'.-il  ilc  ili'MTiiilaiits  liiaii  .Maln-1  I  I  a  Ha  k'  -NI  !•  -n.  \\i-i'-  ^ln- 
liviiiu'  >li''  v-i'iiiil  lia\i'  i|iiil''  a^  iinii'li  iva-iiii  In  n-jnici-  (i\rr  i|:o-,-  \\ij.i 
lia\i'  ^nci'ci'ili'ii  as  iivcr  lliuM-  ihai  |  ii'ci-i  •<  li  ••  1  ln-r.  Tiini-  i.iih  inaki--  all 
1  In'  ilcari'l'  tii  t  IIUM-,  \\  !:u-.i-  \i-inli  i>  !' Illlllill.lt  I'll  !'\  tin-  I  i^li!  i  if  <  'h  I'i.— 
tlaii  '•(•]iulilicaiii>iu.  lin-  irui'n  nf  tip-  scut  iini'iit,  timi  i%  vii-tii>  ip-a 
iinliilila>  ot  :  '  ainl  ilii<.  inn  licraii-c  nf  aiiv  the  !•  a.-t  i  li-] « >^\\  \<  >'. ;  in  a 
true  heart  in  <!ra\\'  aiti'iilmu  in  n.-i-ll  nu  a'-cmmi  nf  ilii-  \\<>niii!ii'.->. 

lin\\  .  .\  rl-  UTi  at  .  nf  i  ill'. '  s  --ll'o.  lilll  nlil  \  a>  il  | )'  '  I'j  n  '!  U.'l  1  a  1 1 1  I  ]  m\\  i  •  rt'i  I  !  a  I'L:  11- 
llli'lll  \\llll  dlie's  .-elf  III  l,e  >lll'e  Id  Ci|ll!ll  ill  tin'  |ll'e>eli|  e\el'\  I  1 1  i  !  :  ^ 
U'nnil  j'niill'l  ill  the  Jia>I.  lie  wlm  tl'llU  InM'S  in  tl,il:k  tiial  "  \irilie 
l!>e'it'  1-  linlilllK'.  ih'll^ht-  al-'i  \\lill  ei|llal  >M'el|^tii  nf  fe'-hhL.'  In  I'e- 
lllelnliei'  the  killdrcd  sel  1 1  1  lile!  ]  I  ,  "  linlile.^.se  ulill^e.  ill'  tliat  a  -Mjiel'ln!' 

lineage  de>ci-\es  and  demands  it-  i-ar.-tul  pcrp'-t  tiat  inn  i.n  the  j.;irt  nf 
all  u  in  i  ran  claim  |  >art  :ier-h  i|  >  in  it. 

Me  \\  ]•(  it  e  i  h  ii-  in  i  he  an  I  h  n  i',  (  lei .  L'.I.    I  >  i  ."•  :    ••  I   >'•'  •  111    \inir  ]  •'nn'  >  - 
</ra | ih  a  -li'nii^    t'a!nii\     re>i-inlilaiici-    in     >nine    M|     \niii-    i,aiiie.       A     \>-rv 

iirirked     I'e-eiiiliiai nften    extend-     iliin\i_fli    inanv     u'etierat  ii  it,-,     and 

se\eral  in-taiice-  nt'  a  -inking  nalr.re  ha\e  ni-.-ui-i-.-d  m  the  icti'ei-i-i,! 
liratM'he-  n)  ni\  tain  1 1  \ -ance-t  i  ir.-..  In  lslii.ilie  da\  IHH  mie  in-inii- 
cnninieiicenienl.  I  had  !••  ft  1  he  lmli-e  nf  n,\  lli.cie.  \al  iialilel  'I'er!  \  .  at 

I  I  a  I'M'nl'd.       t'liT     N'e\\       ila\eli,    alld     nil     Cnnilllel.eeniel,  '  -da  \       I     -eclil'ed    a     -e;|l 

at    an  earl  \    1m n  r  i  n   I  he  ^alieiA  ,   \\  here    I    had  a    line   \  |.  \s    , .)'    :,,n-;    nf  I  i,e 

hnll-e    lielieatll    Inc.          I     \\a-    UTeail\     >nr|H!-ed    !•]•••    |n|i-'     lii     see     ]n\     :;!   ''le. 

as    I    ihnii^ht.  \\alk     up  the  ai-lc.  and     had    nn   -lipicinn    \\Iiale\er  n!'  anv 

lilt-lake  n||  lll\  j.all  Illllll  lie  \\alked  U|i  lljm!l  ill''  -!a".'e  al.d  I  l.'!ll:d 
that  i  I  \\  ,1-  I  'I'e-iiient  I  >\\  i-hl  him-elf." 


I  Se\  i  i.i  h  (  Ji-iicrai  n  in.  j 

h'.:; !.  \  i.  M.ii  \  Ta\  i. .r  ida.t.  nf  i;.-\.  .inh:,  'r.,\  j,,r  and   r:; 

T.  rr\   i.    i..     Mar.-h    L'7.     17:-.    in.    An-     I   !.    l-:.'7,   -I    .    lai,     \\  ,  i_i.'.  a 
chant    iii   S\racu-e.    N.    \\.    v.lnre    ~l,e    died   in    i-^".       '!'he\    !,,  • 


:  iyitt  of  EH  field,  Conn., 
Son  of  Tunotli  >/,  Son,  of  'Toll  n ,  I>o1h  of  J)<-dh  ant ,  3fa*s.    -°>  ~  5 

1070.    1.   An  infant  that  died  unnamed. 

1GSO.  2.  -Tosiah  Taylor  AY  right,  b.  .Juno  <>,  1S.">0,  who  in.  April  17, 
18  ">;">,  Fanny  Jlnnt  of  Auburn,  X.  V.  He  is  a  manufacturer  of  iron 
tools  at  Jancsville,  AYis.,  and  great Iv  interested  in  Sabbath  School 
efforts.  He  has  had  2  children: 

****    1.   John  Terry  Wright,  b.  S-pt.  L8oG,  d.  Oct.  1S:>0. 

.-::**:.;    •>_    Frank  Wright,  <1.  soo;i  after  birth  (no  dates  yiven). 

](>.">-">.  vii.  .Nathaniel  Terrv  Taylor  (son  of  Kev.  John  rpaylor),  b.  at 
Deerfield,  Mass.,  March  Id,  1SOO,  m.  Dec.  17,  1  Si*/.,  Laura  .Norton  \Vin- 
chell.  1).  .Inly  1,  Isn2  (dan.  of  Adino  \Vincliell  of  Sangeriield.  N.  Y., 
and  of  Sarah  Terry  of  Waterville,  N.  ^'.)  :  a  grocer  in  San  .Francisco, 
Cah,  and  "a  godly  man.''  He  d.  of  cholera  Oct.  lS.")i>  in  California. 
His  "\vido\v  resides  at  Detroit,  .Mich. 
[Hightli  generation.]  Children: 

ICiSl.  i.  Sarah  Kli/alit'th  Taylor,  b.  Nov.  17,  1821,  m. 'Prof.  Edmund 
Andrews,  M.J). 

1GS2.    ii.    Kdward  AVyllys  Taylor,  b.  Jan.  i'!>,  1S27. 

l^S:1).    iii.   Frances  Maria  Taylor,  b.  May  28,  IS2S,  d.   1S30. 

1HS1-.    iv.    Adino  \\"incliell  Taylor,  b.  -Jan.  27,   IS-'U,  d.  1S.T>. 

lliN.'i.  v.  Frances  Maria  Taylor,  b.  .Jan.  27,  1S.-J4.  in.  Xov.  Iii.  !S(',|. 
Dr.  Charles  II.  Harrett  (son  of  .James  Uarrett  of  Kutland,  Yt. ),  a  ['hv- 
sician  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  where  he  d.  in  |S('>(J,  and  where  she  stil! 
(1^7."))  resides.  ( Irildivn  : 

****    1.    Miriam   ISarrett,  b.   iSdii. 

*:;;*:.•:    •)_    |>imr;,  Taylor  P.arrett,  1>.  1S('>8. 

lUSli.  \i.  Frank  Dvvight  Taylor,  b.  .June  1  1,  lSl-2,  m.  Feb.  21,  ISi'iC,, 
Phe'nc  Klixa  Shourds.  I>.  <  )ct.  7,  1 S  1  2  (dan.  of  -James  Sliourds.  tlicn  of 
ifochester,  X.  \'. ,  and  now  of  Chicago,  !!!.,  and  Maria  Mobiles).  lie 
is  a  dry-goods  merchant  (of  the  firm  of  Newcomb,  Endicott  A  ( (o.  since 
iSiiS)  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  he  lias  resided  since  l^'id.  Two  chil- 
dren : 

****    |.    Florence  ( ica'triide  Tavlor,  b.  -June  !>,  ls<>S. 

*=i=  *::;   •)_    Harriet  Shourds  Taylor,  Ij.  June   Iii,   1^72. 

Ii'"s7.  \ii.  Xathaniel  Tci'ry  Taylor,  It.  Feb.  hi.  tSlfi,  at  I  (ocliotfr, 
Mich.,  m.  .June  1,  1SC>8.  Marv  Kli/abeth  ('arrier,  b.  at  ('ape  A'lnccnt, 
N.  Y.,  .Inly  12,  IS")  I  (dan.  of  Angn^tn.^  and  l^anny  ('arrier  of  I  >e- 
troit).  lie  is  a  ical  estate  and  loan  dealer  in  Detroit  (  IS7.">)  :  was  for 
se\-eral  \cars  cash ier  of  "  The  ( 'it  v  ISank."'  T\\'o  children  : 

::':;:::::;:    I.    Augustus  Carrier  Taylor,  b.   May  21,   isii'.t. 

::::;;:;::!:    2.    llenrv  Wvllis  Tavlor,  1).   Nov.    Is.    |s72. 


/  >,  .svv  llJll/1/x    III'    ('lljit.     StllllJ. 

•"i7<>        'II"     -s'"//    "/'  .\  <ltliiliii<  /    !>ir!,ji,f  o/'  ,\  urllni  111  ['ton, 

1'rcil'.  Kdnmnd  Amlivws,  M.|i.,  li.  April  L'L1.  lx'_'l  (M.II  ..I'  l:.-\.  Kii>ha. 
I  I.  A  Ildivus  ut'  Armada,  M  ii'li..  :tlnl  Kli/aln-lli  I  .::t  hi")'),  I'rnt'.  uf  Sur- 
!_'(  I  v  in  <  'hmau'i  ',  III.,  Ill  tin-  Ku-di  Mi-dmal  <  'i  n  \>  ••_:<  '.  and  a  |  .rai'l  1-1  li;; 
|  ill  \  -mia  1  1  Ill  I  hat  ('it  V.  I  I  IN  LTI'amllmit  hrr  \\  as  Ki  I/a  in  -I  !i  I  >  \\  lull  t  ,  wild 

in.  I-V\.  I  >r.  •  ln.-i-|i  li  Laihr<>|i  nt1  \\'.  S|u  'in_:li'-ld.  Set-  .V..  f>.".>7,  sii. 
un  MiliM'i|imnl  |ia'_;v. 

|    Nllltll    (  Ji'lii-ral  lull.    I         (  '111  liln-ll  : 

h'.ss.  i.    Charlrs  Taylni    A  mhvu  >,  1,.    I^.M.d.    Is;..;. 

I  <'.>'.'.  ii.    I-Muanl   \VyllysAinIrfWs.l).    Is.'n'i. 

I'l'.Hi.  iii.    Ki  ;uik  Taylor  A  niliv\v>,  1>.    1>'.")S. 

I  «'.'.i  1.  iv.    Ln,  Ili-rlu-ri   Aii.ln-ws.  I..   IM;O. 


[  Sl'Vl'Iltll     <    il-lllTlll   ll  Ml.    | 

]•;>!>.  ii.  Kihvanl  \\'\l!ys  Taylur.  I,.  .Ian.  L".'.  I-L'7,  in.  I>:.J  Kiit,- 
I  lai  !«•]•  nf  Statm  Ulaml:  all  atturin'V  in  San  l''ranci.-r'i.  (  'al. 

Kii^iit  li  (  Iriicrai  mil.  ]      (  'liililn-ii  : 
ir,'.i±    i.    llniry  Wyllys  Tayl..r.  I..    Is.').".. 
I  il'.i.'i.    ii.    \\'ali'ri'iu-''  Ta\  Inr,  1>.    1  S.'n'.. 
!'•>'.!  !.    iii.    KluiviiL-c  'IV.ylor,  1».    I  -.">'.'. 

[  Six  ill  (  Iciicral  inn.  ] 

I'ilT.  iii.  (Jrin'i'al  Nalliaiiii-1  Ti-rrv  (.>uii  nt'  ''"I.  Natlianirl  Ti-rr\  nl' 
r'.hl'h-'hl.  <'!..  am]  A'uiali  I  )\\  i^'lil  ),  li.  .Ian.  .'ill.  I7';^.  -Tail,  a!  ^"a;i-  in 
I  i  ^'i.  >liulii'i|  ia\v  \\  1!  ii  .!  mi-',  •  ,li-»i-  I  ,'.  ,  '!  nt'  I  I  a  I  I  t'i  .!••!,  <  '!  ..  In.  M  ai'i-li 
1  I.  17'.'-,  (  'atliariiir  \\"a>U\\  •  H'l  li  dlau.  uf  <'ul.  .I-'i-riniali  \\";i'l-u  .  .n  Ii  ni' 
I  Ian  t'-i-il  ).  ll.'V.a^a  lawyer  at  Knti.'lil.  <  't  .  ,  1  7  -'.'  l"'i  I,  ami  aft.-i1  17'."' 
al  llartt'.iril.  I  I  •  •  v,  a>  .1  m  !_••  ut'lli.-  <  '•  "i  h!\  <  '<  .1:  r:  -  1  -'  '7  '.'  ..  .-.-\  i  ral 
i  iiiii--  a  ini'inl  'er  i  it'  t  lie  li-LTiNiat  urt1,  a  iiicinlii-r  <  >t'  (  '.  'iiu'i'i"--'  (  I  -  i  7  -  i  '.  '  !.  a 
Iiii-Iillii-r  nt'  t  Iii-  niii\-ciit  ii  in  thai  t'l  'I'lii'''  I  t  hr  Slal"  <  '"li>I  It  lit  ii  ill  in  I  ^  I  v. 
a  in!  M  ;r  '  >r  nt'  I  i  a  1't  t'"i  •<  I.  ami  a-  MH-!I  |in->i  >ii:r_  .1  ml--.  •  ut'  i  hr  (  'ii  v  (  'i  nil  I 
i  1-1'  I  I',!  ). 

Hi-  was  i  -a  lit  -i  1  ;  ;t  L'  •">,  "  tin  •  haml->"in'--l  ma  n  in  <  '«\i  i,.  •••;  im;  ."  I  1  • 
\'.  a  -  -i\  t'l-i-t  hiuh  ami  nl1  fin'1  |'rn[»  >rt  h  ii,-  :  hi-  hair  \\.'-  nt'a  li_:!;t  i-.iln|- 
and  hi-  rMiii]ih-\ii>n  .-inu'iilarh  lim-.  Sa\  >  l!,,n.  ll.'nr\  \V.Ta\l.-r  ••!' 
him.  ''i  a  li-tti'i-  tV.iin  (  'a  na  m  laiu'na,  !"  th-'  v.  :V'T:  "Tii'-  h>\i_;,-  u  a- 
sirikii  _'!\  manil'i'-i  iii  hi>  [H-r-nnal  a|'|"-ara!  '•••---  >n  mn.-li  ^u.  iha;  ;ii«- 
lir-t  tin..-  1  ha'  I  -au  I  'n  -.  !  >\\  i-!it  !  -:|'|"  :,,!,(,, 

Ti-rrx.  altlnip-li    I    had   li-t't  <  Ji-nl.  TI-IT\   Init    ih.'da\    i-t'-!'.'  in    I  1  a  i  ;  t'  .rd." 
I  !••  had   man  ial   la-:-'-,  ami   u  a  •>    I'm-    >|iiil<'    a    !  •'  _    t  '  :•,-  •  '   a  |  •:  .  i 
(  ',   i\  .TIM  P|-".S    (iiiard,  and    tnnK     -r.'.'it     piid"   in   ii.  '    n  un  |  •'••!  i-    ;i  :;;  in_    "t 
!  i,.-  i-.  il  ji~.       I  I  i     \\  a-    \  i-r\     ilii|«iiK;\  •-.         (  tin-i-   \\  h'-li     "  t'ln-   t'l-d.'l'a  I    ].al':_\  . 
•-.    v.l.i.-l,    I,,-   )M  I..  !,•_'•  d.   had    IH-.-II   .|.-r.-:.t,-,l   a'    a    Slat.-  .  !•  nj., 


I)  w  i<jli  t  of  .7^  /7V<7,  Conn., 
Son  of  Timoiliy,  AW  of  Jolin,  liofJt  of  Dedliam,  J/^-s-s-.  377 

newly  elected  democratic  representatives  said,  drawing  near  to  liini,  us 
lie  was  conversing  witli  a  friend  upon  the  sidewalk  :  "  I  rejoice,  sir,  to 
see  yon  and  all  other  dishonest  men  pnt  out  of  oflice  !  "  Quick  as  a 
flash  the  Ceneral  sei/ed  him  by  the  na.pe  of  the  neck  and  laid  him 
sprawling  at  full  length  in  the  gutter  near  bv,  which  happened  at  the 
time  to  be  full  of  dirty  water.  J.  afterwards  heard  him  speak  apolo- 
getically of  the  matter,  saying  that,  although  the  man  deserved  pun- 
ishment, he  was  sorry  that  he  must  be  the  executioner  of  it.  lie  d.  in 
New  Haven,  Ct.,  June  14,  1S44:  she  d.  Oct.  L'G,  1841. 

[The  father  of  Col.  Jeremiah  AVads  worth  was  llev.  Daniel  Wads- 
worth.  He,  b.  in  1704  (son.  of  J)ea.  John  AVadsworth  of  Farmington, 
Ct.,  and  Eli/abeth  Stanley),  was  grad.  at  Yale  in  ITl'D,  and  settled  at 
Hartford,  Ct.,  as  successor  of  Pev.  Timothy  Vfoodbridge,  for  1  •">  years 
(17:52-47).  He  in.  Feb.  2S,  17.")."),  Abigail  Talcott  (dan.  of  Cov.  Tal- 
cott). 

His  son,  Col.  Jeremiah  AVadsworth,  b.  July  12,  17l-\,  followed  the 
seas  for  some  years  as  mate  and  captain,  .lie  m.  Mehitable  Kussell,  b. 
Nov.  10,  17:54  (dau.  of  llev.  William  Russell  of  Middlotown,  Ct.,  and 
-Al;iry  Pierpont  (dan.  of  Rev.  James  Pierpont  of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  and 
Alary  Hooker — the  parents  of  Sarah  Pierpont,  the  wife  of  Prest.  Jona- 
than Edwards).  He  d.  April  :>(),  1SIJ  1,  aet.  1)1:  she  d.  in  IS  1.7,  act. 
Si*.  (Jol.  Jeremiah  A\'adsworth  was  ('ommissary  (.leneral  through 
nearly  the  whole  revolutionary  war,  and  was  known  as  the  intimate 
friend  of  (.-)eorg(i  Washington,  who  alwavs,  when  111  Hartford  during  the 
war,  made  hi.s  house  his  home.  It  is  said  that  he  was  staying  there  when 
Arnold's  treason  was  first  discovered.  He  was  several  times  a  .Mem- 
ber of  Congress.  See  Hinman's  Puritan  Settlers,  vol.  i.,  pp.  :'>(iO-l  1-.  | 

[Seventh  Generation.  ] 

lii;).">.   i.    Henry  \Vads\vorth  Terry,  1).  Feb.  3,  17'.'0. 
lli'.K'i.    ii.   Edward  Pomeroy  Terry.  AI.D.,  b.  Oct.  l'S.   ISCKI. 
lii',17.  iii.    Alfred  Terry,  b.  July  I'S,    ISDi*. 

Ki'JS.  i\-.  Ilari-iet  \Vads\vorth  Ti-rry,  b.  Aug.  7,  lSUl,n).  iiidiard 
]J.  Post. 

IUDI).   v.   Adi-ian  Russell  Terry,  1).. Aug.   7,   ISOC,  d.  Juuel'l,   JSdS. 
170:).    vi.    Adrian   iJussell  Terry,  2d,,  .M.D.,  I).  Sept.l^.i,   I  SOS. 
1701.    vii.    Cliarles  Augustus   'Terry,   31. D.,  l>.  Oct.  ;),   IS10}  d.    Feb. 

r»,  is7± 

1701'.  viii.  Catharine  Kli/aboth  Terry,  b.  Feb.  I  .">,  18lo,m.  Re\.  Dr. 
Leonard  I  >acon  of  N  ew  lla\''U. 

17"-").  i.\.  I-'i-ances  FJien  Teriy.  b.  .March  ll,  lS|ij,  m.  (George 
1 '.rin lev  of  Hartford,  Ct. 


*  <>/'  ('<ij>t.    Sdnif. 
•"'7^         TJli     ^011    nl'   .\  <llli<ln  /'  /    /'//'/<////,    at'   .\  of//////,/ i//i  >//, 

li'i'.i.V  i.  Henry  \\'ads\\or:h  Terr\.  I,.  Fel,.  .",,  I7!>'.t.  in.  I ).-.-.  I  <L(:5 
Ann;i  \Vriuht  llurll.ui'l.  l>.  April  .">,  I  Sill'  (only  child  ,  ,|'  ('apt.  John 
1 1 11  ill  MI  i  i  of  Wetherstield,  Ct.,  and  A  mi  \V  nidii  )  :  ;i  designer  in  land- 
scape LTardeni  ULT  :  lir  I •  >i  >k  an  act  I  ve  pa  rt  in  la\  I  IIL;  <  ni  I  I  he  plans  fur  I  he 
Central  I'ark,  New  ^"cirl<  :  If  ri'sidcs  no\\  in  \Vin>t<'d.  ('i. 
[  Miulnii  (  irnrrati.m.  |  Cliildivn  : 

I7«M.  i.  Kusr  Terry,  li.  l-'.-l..  17,  1  >l'7.  a  \Vfll-knu\vn  \vi-itcr  of  lal.-s 
and  \  ei-si'.  in.  Max  1  .v;7-">.  I  'i  d  li  n  (  'uukc  of  \\'i  listed,  I  't. 

I7<>."».  Alice  Terry,  1..  S  •.(,; .  .",.  ISi'.l.ni.  liusvard  S.  (',,]]!,,,,, I' (',, 1- 
linsville.  <  '(..  l-Vli.  i'.").  |  N.")l'i.  Me  \v;is  1).  .1  ulv  !.'.">.  1  -L'7  (son  of  Samuel 
\\';it  kiiiMin  ('ulliiis  and  Sarah  llo\\'ard  <'dh).  and  i>  a,  tanner. 
(  'hildren  : 

I7<!''.     I.     I''aitli  ( 'nllius,  1).  in  llarl  ford,  < 't.,  .Ian.    I  (i,  1  ^<'i."». 

I7l'7.     -.      l.'o>e    Alice    (\illins.li.    Xd\.    L':').    I  ^'')."i.    ill  (  'ollillsville. 
[  Se\  ell!  h    <  lelieral  i  o  l  i .   I 

I'i'.Mi.  ii.  Fd\\ard  Toineroy  Terry,  ,M.  I  >..!>.  Oct.  l'-,  1  -i  m,  ^rad.  at 
^'ale  in  I  M.'H,  a  physician  at  llarlford,  ('t.  :  lie  d.  l^lii.  Me  in.  .Inly 
l-L'.'l  Sophia  1'ollock. 

j  Fiu'lit  h  <  lenerat  ion.  ]      (  'hildren  : 

I  i  Id.  i.  Oncntin  Carlisle  Terry.  M.D..  li.  .I;,n.  M.  l^l'"'.  in.  |-'.ii/.a- 
li"!  h  <  i otil diiiLT,  resides  at  (  'olmnlnis,  ( la.,  was  a  Surgeon  in  t  he  Ci  >n- 
1'ederate  ai'in\  :  has  had  li\c  children  : 

1711.  ii.  Louisa  Certrude  Terry.  1).  Auir.  l',  I  Si'7.  in.  Sept.,  l^.")!!, 
AuLTu^lin  M<-''i'ea.  a  resident  successively  at  Milwaukee  and  Shelioy- 
uaii.  \\"is..  and  < 'iiica^o.  111.  She  d.  March.  !>''>!.  ( 'hildreiTs  names 
not  a-cei'l  al  lied. 

1711'.  iii.  Charles  Kilwanl  Terry,  M.H..1..  Dec.  I  L1,  lS.°,u.  -iau.  at 
Trinity  ( 'oil.  in  1  S.">  1 ,  and  at  the  N.\'.  Medical  Coll.,  in  i^"'.'i:  a  sitr- 
LTeoi!  in  t  he  I  '.  S.  A .  of  \'ols.  in  ili.'  late  \\  ar.  lied,  in  New  Orleans 
I. a..  I  Mi.'.. 

1  i  !  '.\.     i  \  .     F,  mnia  C  d  1  nm'hain  Terry,  1  >.  al  H  iiit    1  -- ;'..">. 

171  t.  v.  Kdward  Terrv,  l>.  l>:!7  :  a  |ia--ed  I.iein.  in  the  I".  S. 
Na\\  :  \\as  \\ith  Admiral  l''arrau'Ut  in  all  hi-  ^'rainl  i-n^a^eineii  t -..  and 
\s  as  '•  ii  nsiirpassed  l>\  an\  oil  ice  i  of  his  a^e  or  rank  in  l  he  ser\  ice. 

1  7  I  •"'.  \  i.  Clarence  Terrs',  1 1.  I  ^  I ( >  :  a  hospital  si  e  ward  anion_;  !  he 
I.  S.  Vols.  in  I  he  late  war. 

Se\  enl  h    (  ii'iic'i'at  Ion.  j 

||','J7.  iii.  Alfred  Terrv  ( -  in  of  (  leid.  Nai  hani.-l  Terr\  of  llarlford. 
and  Cathai  ine  \\'ads\V(.rlh  i.  li.  .lul\  l's.  I  >i 'L'.  u'l'ad.  at  N'ale  in  l^'Jl. 
ni.  S,  pi.  1  -L'."..  (  'lari-a  llov.e  I  da  u.  of  C  d  d.  lle/ekiah  llo\\e|.  11- 
\\  a  .  a  1  a  \\  \  e  r  1 1 1  N  e  \\  II  a  \  c  i  i ,  <  '  t  . 


He   (1.  Dee.  14,    ISliO,  act.  .">S.      His   children  were  born,  the  iirst  four 
in  Hartford,  and  tlie  remainder  at  Xe\v  Maven. 
[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

17  1C),    i.    Clam  Howe  Terry,  1).  Sept.    ]82<>,  d.  Jan.   18:11. 

1717.    ii.    General   Alfred  Howe  Terry,  1>.  Nov.  10,  1827. 

17'.IS.  iii.  Harriet  Wad^worth  Terry,  1).  Feb.  21',  1.S:>0.  lady  princi- 
pal at  Vassal1  Female  College,  Ponghkeepsie,  since  1S71. 

171!).  iv.  Col.  Adrian  Terry,  b.  Sept.  12,  1S:U,  grad.  at  Yale  in 
18.r)2,  a  civil  engineer  residing  in  IVIIOXN  ille,  Temi.  He  was  a  colonel 
in  the  I".  S.  A.  of'Vols.  in  the  late  war.  Hem.  ISiil.  I  sadovo  Wright. 

1720.  v.    Jeremiah    Wads\vorth   Terry,   ,M.D.,b.    31  ay  2;"),   IS:').",,   re- 
sides in  New  Haven.       lie  was  a   surgeon    in    the  I".  S.   A.  of  Yols.   in 
the  late  war,  in  Sherman's  Division.      lie  was  grad.  at  the  Vale    .Medi- 
cal Seminary  in  i  Sill'. 

1721.  vi.    Clara  Howe  Terry,  b.  Feb.  '2  1 ,  1S.T). 

171'L*.  vii.  J-vobert  ( iohisborongh  T/eri'y,  b.  Sept.  27.  1 8:57,  a  lawyer 
at  3«"ew  I  lavcn. 

17l':').    viii.    FJixa  Howe  Terry,  b.  Jan.  l'(.l,  IS-!'). 
172),   ix.   Frances  Terry,  b.  Jan.  20,  1843. 
172").    x.   Frederic  Terry,  1).  April  1  .">,   |S4"). 
172(i.    xi.    .Jane  Uussell  I'crry,  b.  Dec.  4,  18-1*!. 

[Seventh  ( ieneration.  ] 

K)!)S.  iv.  Harriet  \Vadsworih  T<;rrv  (dan.  of  (lenl.  Nathaniel  Terry 
and  Catharine  \Vadswoi-th),  b.  .'\ug.  7,  1804,  m.  Oct.  (i,  1  82"),  Uichard 
JSayley  Tost  of  i  i  untiiigton,  I..  I.,  1>.  Dec.  1,  1 802  (son  of  Dr.  Wright 
Post  of  New  York  and  Alary  .M.  1'ayley).  He  resides  at  Princeton, 
2s".  J.,  and  is  not  engaged  in  any  active  business. 
|  Kighth  Generation.  |  C'liildi-en  : 

1727.  i.  Catharine  Wadsworth  L'ost,  b.  Jan.  II,  1827,  m.  Frederic 
Phillipse. 

172S.    ii.    '.Mary  Post,  b.  .June,    1828. 

172!).    iii.    Kichard  Payley  I'osl.d.  in  earlv  infancv. 

J7:'»i».  iv.  Ivev.  Kichard  l!ayley  Post,  2d,  l>.  May  I1',  I8:',7.  m.  Feb. 
14,  ISCHi,  Eli/a  Dean  Arden. 

He  was  grad.  at  the  X.  "V.  Episcopal  Thcol.  Sem.  in  ISii.'i,  and  is 
chaplain  to  the  Lord  l>ishop  oi'  Honolulii,  Sandwich  islands,  since 
JSiiC,.  <)i,e  child: 

17:11.    i.    Lilian  Post,  b.  at    I  lonobilu.  N'ov.   l!»,   ISiiC. 

17:!2.  \".  Harriet  Terrv  Post,  b.  Sept.  |s:',(i.  m.  .hine  I.  Isr,:',,  |JoV. 
Caspar  Wislar  Hodge,  I ).  I ).,  I'rof.  in  (he  Theol.  Sem.  of  I'i'inceton, 
N.  J.  She  d.  April  7,  I  Si',-!. 


/I   X(V  //(A////.V    /;/•'    ('il)if.     SlI/ilL 

'I  In    Suit   i>l'  .\  iitliiin  ii!   I>/r/i/lif,  ni'  \  nrtj/ii!/i  /'ton, 


17.".  I.    vii.    Kniily    II.    I'.-i.  I,.  <  >H.  I'.'..    |s|  I,  .1.  (>et.  IN.M. 
17.".:..    Mii.    l-'aiih  \V.  I',,,!.  1,.  1-VI,.   In,   Is  17.  (I.  <>n.    |s:>l. 

17-7.  i.  <  ';il  harine  \Vad>worth  I  'o>t  ,  I  ..  .!  a  n.  II,  lSl'7,  in.  July  I, 
1  >.">S,  i-'rederir  I'hiiiip-e  of  IMtillip.-e  .Manm-.  N.  Y..  v,  ho  i>  imt 
en^a'jyd  in  ;in\'  artive  l>ti>ine.-,.s.  She  d.  June  I'.1,  l*(>'.i,  ;n  •;.  ll'. 
(  'h  i  h  Ireii  : 

I7"'1'.    1.    <  'at  harine   IMiillipse,  \>.  S-pi.    lx|il. 

17:17.    L'.    Mai-jran-t    IMiilii|.>.-,  1..  July.   iSiJl. 

|  Sc\'rlit  ll    (  IclHTilt  lull.   I 

17n(i.  vi.  Adrian  l!u>srll  Terry,  M  .  1  >.,  1>.  Sept.  L".i.  I  sn^i,  !(  ]>hy-ician 
and  s\iriif(in  at  hrtmii,  Mirh..  m.  July  !'•">.  !>.">i'>.  Lmii-a  <  Iilini^liain, 
1«.  Ajiril  .">.  lS]d  (dan.  of  (  In  )!•«,'(•  <  i  i  i  1  i  nu'liaiii,  1>.  in  Li.ii(l..n.  MULT., 
.Musical  I'roirssi.r  in  I'hilad.  Iphia.  and  Ann  Ma/.rl  of  .Maryland  ).  II.- 
\vav  ^rad.  at  \n\<-  Alcd.  S.'iii.  in  1  v.">  1  .  and  was  I  Y<  >f.  <>\  (  In  -lai-!  i-v  and 
Natural  1  'hih  isuphy  in  llrist..!  ('..ll.-u'",  I'a.  H"  '1.  in  1>'M.  II..- 
wrote  "  Tra\  e]>  in  tin-  MI  jiiaii  >i  i;d  Ke^ioiiN  of  Smuli  A  ni'  ri>-a. 
|  l-'.i^hi  li  <  leiieral  inn.  |  (  'hildren  : 

17")^.    i.    <  'atharine   \\'a.l>\\  <  n  I  h  Terry,  1>.    i  >ec.    I.    1^:17. 

17")'.*.  ii.  Margaret  Terrv,  li.  Mar.-li  1  L1.  i  >:'>!>.  m.  Au-.  L'  1  .  h-'.n, 
Mai«.r  Jaino  liiddle  of  hetn.it.  1..  June  1-.",!  i^ni  ot'  Maj-r  J-im 
Uid/de  and  I'lli/a  I1'.  iJradi-h'.  a  cajitain  "!'  the  I'.ih  |{eu'ular>  in  liie 
I".  S.  A.  in  the  laie  war.  and  was  liivvetted  Major  at  the  <•!«.-.-  of  the 
war.  <  >],••  ehild  : 

171'i.     1.    Louisa    Kirl.y    I'.iddle.  1,.  S.-j.t.   L".>.    IN''-!'. 

1711.     iii.      L..lli>!l    TelTV,    K.    Jh!,e     1.    ISJII.    .1.     Dee.    :',,     |  >  |  .",. 

17TJ.    iv.    ('harl.^   i;u»ell    T-rry.  I..    Sept.  l'n.    l>ll',  d.  Jan.    1.    1-1  L 
174."..    \.     l.oni-a  T.-ITV.  :.'d.   L.  Jn'y    1  L'.    1  -  i  .">.  d.   .1  u!\     i,    1-."'-. 

|  Seventh  (  leiii-rat  ion.  j 

hill.  vii.  ('harlt^  An^u^tus  Terry.  M  .  I  >.  (-••;:  of  <:-;il.  N,-,t  iianiel 
Terrv  '.f  Hartford  and  <  'a;  hari  n<  •  \Vad-\\  .>n  i:  ,,  1  ,.<>,•:.'.>.  l-i".  u'rad. 

at  the  N.  ^^  i  ',,11.  of  I  'h  \.-ieia  n-  and  Surp-.ji-,  i',  ]  -:;:',.  i,  ,.(>,•;..;.  i  -;;,;. 
Julia    Kli/i.J.etl,  \Voodl.rid_'e,  I,.  N,,\.  :',n.  !-i:;  (,iau.   ,,f  Ward  \\'  .....  1- 

l.lid-,-     <,f    Ilaitford,  <  't..  and     M  a  I  y    S-  r,.;  :-.     dau.,,f    IJIM,  of 

\Vil..Uoi-.  <',..alid   Mac;.     I  I-  el,,-.        Se,      Ili-l.   ,,!'  i!,..     MI-..IL-    Kal:. 

au  '  !;-  •!•.    \  '  ,1.   i.    pp.    I'M     L'  |  ;    a     ph\  .--irian  and     -ui  _;•••'  ,n  a  t    <  'lev  •  la  •:'  i.  <  '.. 

and       I'r,  ,f.      "f     <  )i.-1el  -i.-,      in      li,e      Medieal        1  >epal  tliii'lil      "!'      \\  ,  - 
l,'e-e|-\e    (  ',,!!.    a!     I  llld-Mii    (  >..    1,,  rated    in    <  '|e\  e]a  lid  .   (  >.        -  i.  (  ».  :.     i  ". 

1-71  :    I..-  d.   I-V1,.  :..    I-7L1. 

l-li-hth    <  :-nei-.-iii,,ii.  1      (  ln'Mi-eii  : 

.    i.    i'lll  -  Terr\.  1..    I  '••'-.    L'I'..    !  -:;7. 


1 74").  ii.  Julia  Woodbridge  Terry,  b.  June  1',  .18.''>!).  in.  June  2, 
]8()8,  Col.  Henry  Whitney  Closson,  li.  June  (!,  1832  (sou  of  Judge 
H(.'iirv  Closson  of  Springfield,  \'i..  ;ind  Fmily  Whitney),  grad.  at  West 
Point  in  18.11.  I  To  holds  the  rank  of  Captain  in  the  First  Kegt.  of 
the  L.  S.  Artillery,  Avas  made  major  l>y  brevet  for  gallant  and  mer- 
itorious conduct  at  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson.  .Miss.,  to  date  from  July 
ISCio;  and  made  Lt.  Col.  by  brevet  for  gallant  and  meritorious  con- 
duct at  the  capture  of  the,  Mobile  Forts,  Aug.  2-'>,  iSOI.  One  child: 

I74t>.    1.   Julia  Woodhridge  Terry  Closson,  b.  .March  20,   |8ii!». 

1747.  iii.  Eiixa  Hudson  Terry,  b.  Aug.  27,  18!-],  d.  March  19, 
1843. 

[  Seventh   ( Generation.] 

1702.  viii.  Catharine  Elizabeth  Terry  (dan.  of  Cenl.  Nathaniel 
Terry  of  Hartford  and  Cathaiine  Wadsworth).  b.  Feb.  1  .">,  IS!.",,  m.  as 
his  2d  wife,  June  H>,  1  s  1-7,  Ifev.  !>r.  Leonard  .Bacon  of  New  Haven, 
Ct,,  b.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  Feb.  1 '.>,  1>'<>2  (son  of  .1,'ev.  David  .'Bacon  of 
AVoodstock,  missionary  lo  the  Indians  at  Mackinaw,  tuitl  Alice  Parks), 
grad.  at  Yale  in  1S2!I.  and  at  Ando\cr  Tlieol.  Sem.  in  1  S2M,  settled  for 
41.  years  over  the1  Centre  Church  of  New  Haven,  Cr.  (from  March  ls2,") 
to  Sejit.  !S()C»),  Pi-of.  of  Didactic  Theology  in  Yale  Tlieol.  Sem. 
(IHfiG— 71 ),  and  since  ls7l  Lecturer  on  Church  Polity  and,Vm.  ( 'h. 
Hist. 

Jle  is  the  author  of  ';  Seleci  Works  of  luchd.  JJaxter.  2  vols."  :  "  A 
Manual  for  Young  Church  Members:"  "  Tliirte(-ii  Historical  I  Dis- 
courses, etc.,  Concerning  The  First  Church  in  New  .Haven:"'  c-  (.'hris- 
tian  iSelf-Culture,"  and  of  occasional  discourses,  as  well  as  of  \arinus 
literarv  and  theological  articles  in  dilt'erent  reviews,  as  "  The  Chris- 
tian Spectator/'  ';  The  New  ISiiglander,  '  etc. 

His  tirst  wife  was  Pv.cv  .!olin.-.on  of  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  b.  March  2, 
1  8110  (dan.  of  Caleb  Johnson  and  Phebe  Coan),  whom  lie  in.  Jidy  28, 
182."),  and  who  d.  at  New  Haven,  Nov.  2^,  Is  11.  Theii-  children  weix;  : 

1.  lie becca  Taylor  Bacon,  b.  Aju'il  2s,  |s2'i. 

2.  JSenjamin  Wisiier  .Bacon,  b,  Nov.  2">,   [S27,  grad.  at  \  ale  in  Is  17, 
d.  Jan.  S,   [848. 

•">.  P.ev.  Leonard  Wools, >\  Bacon,  b.  Jan.  I.  1^50,  grad.  at  \'alc  in 
1  s.'id,  settled  at  Li iehlicld,  Ct.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y .,  and  afterwards  at 
lialtimore,  Md.,  and  since;  l'-~2,  in  Kurojx-. 

•!.  Francis  Baron.  M.D.,  b.  Si-pt.  ."),  ls:il,  grad.  at  the  Medical 
School  ;i(  Yale  Coll.  in  Is."..",.  I'rof.'  of  Surgery  in  \"ale  Coll.  since 
1s1)!,  succeeding  I  )r.  J  onal  han  K  night  in  t!:e  same  oillce,  in.  (M-orgiann 
Muirsoi,  (dau.  of  Charles  William  WooUev  of  New  York  and  Jane 
Kli/a  Newton). 


]  >,  .v,  •,  ml/i/i/^  <>f  ('lift.   Si/nil. 

•".^l*          '/'//'      Sun     <>/'    .\  H/!nlili,!     />/l-n/J,t,    uf'   \in-tjlil  lltj'tun^ 

.">.     Tin"'!"!'.      !'.a:-'>n.    IP.    .M:i\     .">.     i  -.">  I,   -rail.   :U     Yale   in     1  V 
iii    lli'i-ir  -!  •  r.   N.    Y. 

';.    i;.-\.  (;,•.>!•-,•  I'.ia-drii  Iia.-on.  I..  \|,,\  •_•:;.  i-iy,,  lli;i,i,.  |, 

Y  air   in    !  -''p'i.  veil  In  I  iii   (  )ran--,'.    N.  .1  .   (  MH.-I-    Ixil  ». 

7.   .I.IHM--  1  Iiiili.,nx,-  I',ar  ,n.  !,.   l-Vl,.  :>,   I  -:;>,  .1.  (  >,  -i.   in,   I-  In. 

>.   !  n,'\  I'M.  -on.  i,.  April  L';>.  i  M  i  ,  d.  AU-.  i  s  i  -."'  i. 

!'.     l!i-\.    K  i\\ard     \\'IM.IM-\      I'MI-IHI.    li.     .M  a  v    .">,     1>|."..       (.'rail,   al    \  ;i 
Thrill.    Srlu.    in     iMi'.l.         I'n-arliiliu'    ill     l''lilll,    Mi«'ll..    >ilM'r     l-7l_'. 

|  l-li-li!  li    <  -ViP'rat  inn.         (  'liiMrrn  : 

17  K     i.    Calhariiir   \V:uls\v<,|-t  li    l',a.-.,ii.  K.    May    I  ."p.    1S(S. 
1  7  i'.>.    ii.     I'liMinas    Iliillicrt'ord    I'.acoii.   IP.  JHIM-  I1''.,    I  ^."HI. 
17")i>.    iii.     Alt'ivd  T.-rry    Uacoii,  1>.   S.-pt.    IS,    |>:,i'. 
!7"'l.     i\.     l-'Jlp-ii    Uriiili-y    I'.anMi.   I'.    Nciv.   i'.li.    I  ^.'M'.. 

17."'!'.      X.      Ali.'r     M;il,,.|     I'.arun.    I,.     |-',.l,.    l'  I  .     !>."»>. 

I  Sr\  i-ii!  h   (  li'iici'iil  inn.  I 

17"."'.  i.\.  Frances  Mlli-n  P«-ri-v  («laii.  oi'  (Ii-nl.  Nathanip'!  'Pcrrv 
llarlt'.pnl).  1>.  .Maivh  11.  ISPi,  in.  .May  1  .">,  !>:;'.',  <  ICDI^I-  Drinl.-y 
llarlt'ird. 

I  I'Ju'lii  !i  (  M-nrrat  ion.  |       ('In  lilri-n  : 

1  7  •'•''.     1.    <  'a  i  iiari  nc    I  1  11  ;  <-li  HIM  'ii    1  5  riii  lev,  1  p.    M  a  v  .')  1  ,    1  x  1  '  '. 
17"'I.    11.    Ceoi-^r   I'utiiain    r.i-inlry.  1).   April    HI.    I^IU. 
17"'."'.    iii.    Co.lt'ivy    Mallpon    I  ',;•!  i  ,le\  .  !,.    |  )..,-.  L'.;.    l>||,d.    l^l1'.. 


;  Si  \  t  li   '  '•>  'in-ra!  1  1  pii.  |       Si  -i1   pa-e   ,">iii'i. 

I'-.L1^.      i'..      .!M,|_,,.     llnil-N     T.-|T\        -  .  1  1    .  .  l'    (  ',  •  1  .     N  a  !  1  ,  ;  ;  1  ,  i  ,  •  1     T.-1TV  .    S--1,  1-  M-. 

of  Knlield.  (  't..  ami  Ai.iali  I  'v.  i_'!,i  ,.  IP.  .1  an.  1  :'.  i77i.ni.  April  _:', 
|S|n,  .Inlia  l!ip!e\  of  Uartl'ipi-d.  '".  a!  \\'indhain.  <-i..  .M  a  v  !•'•.  17'^' 
i  dan.  i  'l'  M  a  i  'i'  .1  1  '!i  n  1  1  :  ple\  ''•'-  mid  A  !>!_;•'  il  M  a  r-ii  i.  I  I  p  •  \\  a^  a  ia  \\  \  <-r 


:i:v,  :     .     :-..  in.  .n:.,-     .   ,i;.i.     \,,  ,..      .;I  :•-:,   b. 
.M-.r-h   ,,;'    \nr\vi.  •!).    Ct.   .        11,.    -,  rv,  ,1    },,  .!;,•  ,,1,1 

ii.   .luiy  -J7.    !SIM.   ;;,•!.    "M.          Mi1    ii.    .h,1:,     V  ;.     !  ^  '.':!. 


.1,-..    ...,••-,.     ,I,,-'mi:i      K:I.;.'.V     nf     Hi:  "i.aai.     Ma--   .      .  v.:,~     i,.      M:.y     t'. 

,i.    May    ]-.     !  ;:','.!.    anil    llanna'i     lir.vin.pl.    IP.     May'.i.    !  ili'.-J.  ami  •!     M;,\'J-.    IM-, 

v.  '.mil  he  MI.    N'.v.   '>.    I'i-'J     >m'  \\  "a-  Man.  "i'  I  >'  p.  l  M  >v.  \\  iliiani    I  >ra<  i;  ,  -r  :.  -Ir.  .  «t 


Du:i<jlit  of  l^nficld,  Con  it. , 
Sou  of  Timothy,  /SW  of  J~olu),  I>otJt  of  Dedham,  JA/.y.v.   ;5S.°> 

at  Fnfield,  and  afterwards  at  .1  {.art  ford,  .lie  was  for  many  years  suc- 
cessively a  member  of  the  Conn.  Legislature,  and  also  Judge  oi'  Pro- 
bate. I  i  e  was  a  man  <>f  verv  pleasing  manners  and  of  superior  musical 
talents.  lie  is  described  as  "Laving  distinguished  abilities,  and  as 
being  a  close  and  accurate  reasoner  ;  a  man  of  influence  in  Ids  public 
relations,  and  fulfilling  the  duties  of  his  station  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  public,  who  were  never  disappointed  iu  honoring  him  with  their 
trust."  lie  did  not  become'  a  Christian  until  towards  the  very  end  of 
his  life.  Jle  d.  at  .Lntield  Sept.  I'l',  lSi'7,  act.  <>(5.  ]  I  is  widow  resided 
at  Framingham,  Mass. 

|  Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

L7-VJ.    i.    Julia  .Maria  Terry.  1>.  Feb.   17.   IS]  1.  d.  J),.c.  i>(>?  1H13. 

17''i(>.  ii.  G.'id.  H'riiry  Jhviidu  Terry,  b.  at  J  lartfonl,  March  Hi, 
J  N  1 1',  in.  .Louisa  Marion  Clemens  (dau.  of  .)  udge  (,'leiueiis  of  M  i.  Clem- 
ens,  Mich.),  a  lawyer  at  Oeiroit,  Mich.  lie  entered,  J  une  10,  Isiil. 
the  U.  S.  Service  iu  the  hite  war,  as  Col.  of  the  .">tli  M.ich.  .Kegt.,  and 
was  promoted  for  liis  great  bravery  in  the  bat  ties  of  \VilIiaiu>burgh, 
A'a.,  and  Fair  Oaks  to  the  rank  of  Brigadier  General  by  Prest.  Lincoln. 
His  brigade  consisted  of  the  l.'iOthN.  V.  Uegt.,  the  107th  and  177th 
Penn.,  and  !he  I'lith  Mich. 

In  the  battle  of "\Villiamsburgh,  M.ay  <>,  1  ^lil',  under  Oenl.  Kearney, 
the  Mich,  ."nli  came  rushi.ni;'  into  th"  bat  lie,  when  at  its  height,  led  on 
bv  Col.  Terry,  slioutiiLLj,  "Forward!  tloubh;  ipiick  !  ~"  They  advanced  to 
"\vithin  •">()  feet  of  the  enemv,  and  then  commenced  firing  by  iil^s.  Thus 
for  four  hours  ihev  fought,  making  two  >plendid  chart's,  and  drove 
the  enemy  out  of  their  ritle  pits.  Losing  IVom  ten  to  twelve  hundred 
of  his  men,  the  Col.  inflicted  a  loss  on  the  enemy  of  fi  om  two  to  ihree 
thousand. 

.He  has  had  three  children:  lienrv  Clemens.  .Julia  Jlipley  and 
Dwight.  No  1'uller  facts  were  obtaiii(;d. 

17til.  iii.  Caroline  Ten;v,  b.  at  Kntield.  Ct,,  Sept.  ll',  IS]  3,  d.  Oct. 
•2-2,  IS  13. 

I7iil'.  i\.  .lulia  Maria  Terr\'.  b.  there  ()et.  '2.  I*!  I,  m.  Lothrop 
\\  ight  of  l^raniinghain,  -Mass. 

I71').").  \.  Lucv  IJipley  Tei'i-\ ,  b.  at  Kidield.  .July  1  •">,  1  N  1  ii,  m.  .1  une 
S,  1S.M,  Daniel  McFarland,  Jr.,  of  Framingham.  She  d.  at  Hartford, 
•June  i).  [Sill. 

L7<>1.    \i.    !'".li/abeili    Taylor    Ten-\.    b.    June  7,    iSlS.    m.    June    L'S, 
1M>.  . \masa   Fiske  Dwiu'hi.b.  March  •_'.').   i  S:.' |  (son  of  William   I  >v,  i^ht 
of  Sturbridge,   Ma.-s.  .),  a  inmber  merchan!  at    Detroit,  Mich. 
For  their  children  see  subsequent    page. 
LT'i.").    vii.    William  JJradford  Ten-y,  b.    Dec.  2.  1  s  J(  i,  at    Kntield.  was 


/A  .xw  in fit  tit*  <>i  ('<!/>/.   Si 
.">>>•  I        Tin    .S"//    af'    ,\  dtliil ii  i<  I   /''/'//////.  a/'  .\  oftjnl /njifnil. 

a  hookhinder  al  I  larl  I'M  i-(|,  re-  idim_'  \'<>r  a  -hurt  int  er\  al  '  >i'  the  time  at 
Na-lma.  N.  II.  Ill'  enli-teil  in  tin-  l;iti-  \v;ir  ill  tin-  .")'!  ('DIIII.  ll"i:t., 
.•in.!  d.  No\.  1.  I  sill,  iii  I!H-  llo^ital  MI  tin'  I'oint  of  1,'ocks.  \'M..  IV.. in 
\vonml--  received  (  >ct .  i  preceding,  in  MII  eii'_fMi;"]ii"!it  helore  lilchlnond, 
\'M.  1 1  is  regiment  v.-oii  ureat  renown  al  I  In-  kit  i  !••  of  I  >.•<']>  linn. 

I7''.i;.  \iii.  Horace  Mall  Terry,  h.  .March  I.  IM'.\  at  Kuti.-1-l.  II" 
enlisted  iii  Isi'rJ  in  t!;.-  .".I'd  \\'is.  H.-LTI.,  ('.>.  H.  and  \VMS  a'  tin-  taking 
«.!'  At  lanta,  (  •:\. 

I7>'>1:.  i\.  .Inlia  M.tria  Trrry,  1..  Oct.  L',  1MI;  in.  <»rt,  L'7,  I  >:'•!, 
Lotlii-nj,  \\'i-l,t,  1,.  AH,LT.  I.".,  l>:ll.at  Sturl.ridu  •,  .Mass.  Ismi  .,f  A 1- 
j.licus  \\"i^lit  and  .Miriam  I'.dk  nap  I.  a  s\  in  .|i'>alr  drv^unds  in.-i'chant 
at  r.M-ii.n,  .Mass.  Jlc  d.  at  Fraiiiiiiu-liain,  .Ma><.,  l'"cli.  l'.  l^^'i, 
art.  I.".. 

|  Kiu'liili  (  M'iici-;ii  ion.        (  'liildrt  n  : 

I7l'7.  i.  .Inlia  .Maria  \\'i^lit,  1>.  a;  I5o-.tou  .!u!v  L)S;.  1  ^ .">.").  in.  in 
!'-")!  Alexander  !!.  Ksty  of  l-'raniinu'liam,  an  ari-hit'-ct  in  P>o>ton.  >hc 
d.  r'.-ii.  I'.;,  Isi'ii'.  ('iiildreu:  Annie.  \>.  in  IS  ."id-  I''anny.  I.,  in  l>."i^; 
and  Ilarrv,  1..  in  ls.">'.i,  \vlio  d.  I  )ec.  l^'il'. 

17<;s.  ii.  l.otlirop  Wiu'ln,  1».  in  licMoii,  Marcli  _'.'.  ls:',l»,  a  l..,uk- 
keej..']-  in  ( 'liie.'^o.  lie  m.  .Marv  \\'arre!i  of  ('"raiiiin^liani.  lie  en- 

ti'i'ed  t  he    1     .   S.    l:a  \  V    111  .!  I  111"     I  Sl'iL1.  aild  \\'as   Ilia  lie.    A  ll'j;.    i  '•'.    1  ^'  •-.   A  et  ll;i; 

Maker's  Mate:    \vas    on    l.oard    th<-  \VaclniM-t  t   (S.-j.i.     !  :5,    IX'.L'-    May 

1  '>.  I  s ''..">  i  :  made  A  rt  IHLJ  |-]n>i^ii  and  j .laced  ii|.on  the  stall'  of  Admiral 
\Vilhe-.  Ma\  1'  1 .  1  si'..",  ;  \\-a.--on  "  The  Vander'.ilt,"  on  her  fainoii>  erni-e 
afi  er  ih"  A  hd  ia  in  a  and  (  leor^ia,  ser\  im,r  as  \va  I  el  i -officer.  <  In  -Jan.  L'S, 
!>'•.!.  he  was  de, ached  from  the  VanderUit  and  ordered  (.11  the  >],.,.. 
dota,  \\lierehe  -ei\ed  a>  1 1  a  \  i  "•  a  !  i  i  .v;  ol!!<'er  (  i-'e!..  1  i'  --.Iiil\  1'.  !-•'>!>, 
and  on  .)ul\  i',  i->.'.l.  \\as  aj.j.oinii'd  ACIIIIL''  Ma--rer.  'I'!,.-  Mendoia 
\va>  stat  i«i  ied  at  i  his  i  inie,  and  nnt  il  I  lr  •  fall  of  1 !  i-hm  md.  in  I  lie  .lames 
lti\  er,  and  \\'a>  s"\  ,-ral  t  inr -^  in  ai't  ion.  Krom  N  <  i\ .  i  •-•'•!  i  • .  .1  an.  I  !', 

l^l'if.  i|,t.  Coin.  \\'liite,  the  e\eei|ti\e  oilieer  of  ihe  Mendola.  ha\iliuf 
liee]  i  detached  el>e\\  here  )  lie,  as  second  in  command,  h  'ca  me  i:  s  chief 
e\e.-nti\e  ol'icer.  Afler  three  \  t 'a  r>"  se  r  \  i  ce  h"  s'.  a  -  lioiioi'ahl\  dis- 
charged. An-',  i ''.  !  ^'->. 

I71'.'.'.  iii.  i.a\\reiice  '|'err\  \\iuhl.  h.  at  Kran,  i  n  idiain  .l\d\  il!. 
1  ~  1  ^.  a  !,.  ii  >k  kee| ..  •!'  Ill  I'.,  isl  •  .n. 

l/i".    h.     William     IIenr\    \\  i_'ht .   1 ..  at     l''ra  m  i  n-_lia  m    Anu'.    i.    1  "•'-. 


])  wight  of  E'njit-U,  Co  it  n. , 
Son  of  Thuofii  >/,  Son  of  -Toll  n,  I>ofh  of  Dedliam^  JA/.s-s.    -5S5 

Avas  a  surgeon  in  (lie  regiment  of  (!enl.  Phinehas  Lymaai  of  Suffield, 
Ct.,  and  (I.  while  in  tin-  service,  at  Tieonderoga,  in  I?!')!',  act.  "!'•).  On 
a  powder-horn  still  kept  iu  ihe  family,  and  which  \vas  made  liy  him,  is 
this  inscription,  '•  Daniel  Dwight,  Surgeon  of(!enl.  Lyiiian's  Regiment. 
Ticonderoga,  Oct.  IT")'.'."  A  plan  of  .Fort  Caroline!  is  also  carved  upon 
it,  with  some  redoubts  and  batteries.  .He  ni.  about  1  7-V.*,  .Lucy  Terry, 
b.  about  17.'V.l  (dan.  of  Kphraim  Terry  of  Fniicld,  and  Ann  Collins), 
sister  of  ( 'ol.  Nathaniel  '1'ei  TV,  who  ni.  his  sister  Abiah  Dwight.  Sec 
presious  page.  They  had  one  child,  .Daniel. 

[  Sixth  ( Icneratioii.] 

1771.  i.  J)aniel  Dwight,  Jr.,  I).  Xov.  11,  17»')0,  in.  Sept.  22,  1793, 
Margaret  (iaylord  of  \VesUield  (M  iddletown),  Ct.,  b.  J  >ee.  17,  171)1). 
She  d.  Dec.  !<5,  IS]  I.  lie  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  merchant  at 
]!artt'ord,  ('t.  .His  occupation  and  the  date  of  his  death  were  not  ascer- 
tained although  sought. 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

I77±    i.    Lucy  Terry   Dwight,  b.  Aug.  iM>,   1791,  in.    Daniel   Crowell. 

I77-").    ii.     Daniel  Dwight,  b.  Alarch    1,  1.7  W,  d.   .March  ol ,   17(J7. 

1771.   iii.  Sarah  Gaylord  Dwighr,  1>.  .July  Ki,  17HS. 

177").  iv.  Ann  Terry  Dwight,  b.  Jan.  l'S,  1S(J(),  m.  ivichard  1>. 
Cowles  of  Xew  .1  lartfoi'd.  Ct.  Xo  children. 

177(1.    v.     Daniel    Dwight,  I'd,  b.  Xov.    10,   JMH,  d.    Feb.  IS,  IS  10. 

1777.    \i.   Margaret  Sotithmayd  .Dwight,  b.  A]>ril  '•},   iS!i7. 

1771'.  i.  Lucy  Terry  Dwight,  b.  Aug.  29,  1794,  m.  ^larcliiH,  I  Si  9, 
Daniel  ( 'ro\vell,  b.  in  1771  (son  of  .Daniel  Crowcll  of  .Middlctown.  Ct., 
and  Sarah  liubbard),  a  drv  goods  merchant  at  Hartford,  ('(.  .lie  d. 
in  lSC)(i,  aet.  !>•">.  liis  widow  was  lis'ing  until  of  late,  and  is  believed 
to  be  still  living  now  (]S~o)  in  .Hartford, 
j  Kighth  ( 'cneration.  |  ( 'hildreii  : 

177~:.    i.    \\'illiam  Hubbar<l  ( 'I'owell,  b.  June  I'-'!,  iSl'O. 

177':1.    ii.   .John   lirown  Crowell,  .b.  July  -7,  ISui'. 

I7^;  ).  iii.  Albert  Uuller  Crowell,  b.  J  une  :.'.">,  IS2l),  in.  Oct.  31,  I  so'.l^ 
C'aroline  Augusta.  Hanks  (dan.  of  Lucien  iianks  ot  Hartford  and  .Mary 
J)e\ici'of  New  .liaven):  seci'etary  of  the  Hartford  Carpet  Co.  Chil- 
dren : 

I7S1.    I.    Alber(    Dwight  ( 'i-owell,  b.  March  17,  istil. 

1  7^2.    2.    .Iviward   1  lanks  (  'ro\\ ell,  b.  Jan.  22,    I  Si).'). 

17'-.'!.    iv.    Arabella  Croweil,  b.  about    Isi's. 

I7>1.    v.    Margaret  .Dwight  Crowell,  b.   April    IU,   Is.'Jl. 

17--'.    \  i.    Kichanl  Uowles  Crowell,  b.  Sept.   1  2,  l^oii. 


/  >,  .SVV   ll>I<lllff<    "I      //'    >'.      I  ><tltl. 

:',M'>        '///,    .S'«/,  ,-,/    X'l>!i'ln/'  '    I>ir/,/Jit.  of'  Xnrflut  tiij'f»i>, 

|   Kolll'tli   (  0'licrat  inn.  ]        See    |.a"V     I   I  (I. 
.">.",.     j\.     |,V\  .    I  >:'iii"l   I  >\\  1'j.lit    M  liinl     -MI,     of.hlMJce     N;r!,:il,i.   1    I  l\\  i.'lit 

of  Nori!iam|>toii,  Mass..  ;iii(l  Mchital.lc  I  'art  no1-.'  i.  1,.  Ai.nl  L'-.  I''.'.'1.'. 
U'riul.  a'  x.  ;il''  in  I  ~L'  I  .  S"fins  to  lia\c  |ire;iclf<|  forvlif  \<ar^  a--  il 
('(>!!•_;•.  cliTL.rYIIIilll.  Ill  I  7  -  I  If  \\;is  clic-i'll  cliajilalll  III  Kol'I  I  '  I  i  1  1  1  II  I'  T, 

\'l..  1>\  :i  (•(iiiiinil  ice  appoint  eil  1-1  ivcomiiiciiil  :i  ).)•..  |.>T  iif  uinU"iit  of 
tlic  ot'iicc  to  tlf  <  Io\  crimr  nf  Ma^acliH-ctt-.  Tlf  -;iiarv\\a-.  »J  1  '  "  >  a 
\ear.  aid  In1  \V;IN  cli;ii'i.'c<]  in  In-  c<  luniii^.^i'  >n  "i"  in.-iini-l  ilii-  lii'hati 
nalivi's  ;iKn  ri'-ii  linu'  llicfi'.-iliuiil  ^  in  ili<'  <  'liri-i  i;m  ri-liuM"!.." 

In  \7-^  '.i  IP'  v.ciif  tn  KiiLflani|  to  tnkr  nnli'r>  in  tlir  Kpi-'^j'al 
cliuri-li,  IIIH!  \vas  (inl.-iiiici!  M  prii-^i  ilp-n-  .1  um'  1  .  I  7l".'.  l>\  HIHH  .]  ,  (  •  iii-i.n 
of  I.oinlon.  und  i-  iv.-or.li-il  i;i  Tin-  (';i!fii(l;ir  nf  <  )\f,,n|  I  i  ,  i  \  .  i  .-  ;  :  v  as 
having  n-i-t-i\.-(|  tin-  .ic^rci-  <,f  .M  .  A  ..  .1  uly  I!1.  !  7:.".'.  A  l:tt]..  i-riii 
tlii-  MI  i  in1  vi'ar  }}••  1"  -caii  ic  rector  oj'  St  raw  In  MTV  <  'lia  j  ic],  i  u  i  If  pa  ri  -li  of 
St.  .lolm's.  I'lcrkclcv  (  'o.,  S.  (  '..  near  <  'liari'->Ton.  a-  -urc.  -.•!•  to  Hcv. 
I!]  van  I  I  n  in.  lie  in.  alioiit  !7-">l  '  1i  ri>l  iai.a  I  \\-<  .n^li  I  on  i.laii.  of  <  io\-. 
Tlioiua>  I'lroii'jlit  oil  ot'  S.  ('.ami  A  line  .loliiiMMi.  ilaii.  of  (  Io\  .  N-  • 
.)oli!i-,oii).  He  ,1.  Mar.-],  L'S.  17!-.  Hi-  e|,iia|.li  iva.ls  tl.u-  in  ill- 
cluiri-li-yar-i  of  St  rawhcri'v  (  'In:  ].••!:  "  1  1  d'e  1\  et  h  t  !,e  1  „  ,,]y  of  i  he  |  ;,  \  . 

Ml'.      Malli-'l      I  »V,  i--ll!.    A.M..     lilt"     l-cctol'     of     ill-     p:')'i-!l     of    r-     .     .lol     .'-, 

\\  ho  il.'jiartcil    t  liis    lit"    in    jica'-c  t  If    i'-t  11  "i'    MarcJi    i  7  >.  ai  <\  «ii.-o  in 

1  lie  -;;fe  ci  ilnli.  'ill  !•  •!(  of  1  lie  (  'lilll'eli  of  I',  ;  ,  _'  !  ;  ;  !  ,  *  I  .  in  V,  h  |eh  1,,-  1  I  \  .  :..'..!!- 
xljiiil'v  e;  :.  I.  •:,  \  .  .|-|  Irj;  to  p  -rolii  U  !•  •)!<  I  l:>  r-  -!i  -1  ;  t  u  i  1"!  I  to  ;;  I  !  \\  !  ;  . 

i-iilier  o'-:  •;'•.•;•  .1  or  -  :  rai'L:'"i>  to  i;."      '!',,  one  U!P.  rev-re-,  i,i-    I';; 

t  lie  u  i-    i  i;n  i  •!'    t  Sc  >ei  ]  icni     or    :  IP  •    Ii:;riiili-^nc-^    .  .f    t  li"  ii'  .\  -•.       (  »i."    'f 


ailii    l'e\  ,    ;-!.•.•    to    I  i:e    (  'iiure'l!    ..f    111    .;'!a 
Ti,.     :  i,  •',',  '•!•   1-    e;     \  .        !  |  .  •   v.  :.-    1  !  ,    \  ; 

(  'lit  !••!'    of     S'  ••:!'  i'ofil     \'.  ,"-    "    I  !"  -|i  !'      :  '• 

l"L;e.  i  III  ri  ;,L:'  1  li  rec  .  ,F  ;  !,e  t'oi;  r  \  .  -,i  ;•-  . 

-  o  V.   1  !    •_'      ill-       ]  >  '  e  !  ;  ;  ;  1  ,  •    |  1      1  •  •  ,    ;  .  -     ;  1  !  I  I  o  |    '_     !  i 

t'i  .  •;     '    •.•lining    i  i.c|i    a  n'  I    a  \  o\\  i-ij.   i  li 


])wi<jlit  of  Clarl^ion,  8.  C., 
Son  <>f  Tint  oilnj,  Son  of  Jo] i  n ,  l>ofk  of  1)^11  i.  am ,  3f<i»>3.    3  8  7 

same  time  and  for  the  same  reason  with  that  of  Hector  Cutler.  l?ev. 
James  VVetinore  also,  ihen  of  North  Haven,  Cl.,  who  had  in.  Anna 
Dwight  of  Woodstock,  Ct.,  cousin  to  l)aniel  I)  \virjht.  had  embraced 
Episcopacy,  which  was  now  making  its  first  beginnings  of  life  and 
strength  in  ( ionnecticut. 

\\  hat  kind  of  a  man  Hector  Cutler  was  for  power  and  influence  wo 
may  learn  from  Presi.  K/ra  Stiies.  his  successor,  who  savs  that  "he 
was  great  in  the  philosophy.  moiaphvsies  and  ethics  of  his  dav ;  he 
spoke  Latin  witli  Hnencv.  lie  was  a  man  of  extensive  reading,  and  of 
a  commanding  presence  and  di^nitv  in  government.''  in  ''Contribu- 
tions to  the  Keel.  Hist,  of  Conn.,*'  p.  L.'M.'we  read:  "At  the  com- 
mencement, in  1  7l'l\  it  was  discovered  that  the  Hector  and  3!r. 
l>ro w ne,  one  of  the  tutors,  had  embraced  Episcopacv,  and  that  they 
and  two  of  the  neighboring  ministers.  Uev.  Samuel  .Johnson  of  West 
Haven  (just  pre\iouslv  tutor)  and  Rev.  .lames  \Vetmoro  of  North 
Ifa\en,  had  agreed  to  renounce  the  (-011111111111011  of  the  churches  in  Con- 
necticut, and  to  take  a  vovai^e  to  England  to  receive  Episcopal  ordi- 
nal ion.  '  The  grandfather  and  father  of  Kev.  Samuel  Johnson  were 
each  in  succession  doae.'.ns  of  ihe  Cong.  Ch.  in  Cuilford.  Ct. 

It  was  nianift  si  what  was  the  current,  and  how  strong,  that  swept 
Daniel  Ihvight  forever  away  from  his  old  ancestral  moorings.*  Jfis 
new  faith  carried  him  to  a  part  -if  the  land  \\hieh  was  then  far  indeed 
from  his  earlv  home  and  old  friends:  and  it  is  (pule  certain  that  he 
never  afterwards  met  any  of  them  avails  at  his  own  home  or  theirs. 
His  descendants  have  been  as  little  known  to  their  nori  hern  kinsmen  as 
if  they  had  been  in  a  foreign  land.  it  is  pleasant  to  reach  out  towards 
them,  in  these  pages,  a  welcoming  hand  of  strong  good-will. 

Mrs.  Christiana  Ihvight  d.  aboui  17  I-"),  and  he  m.  for  I'd  wife.  April 
iM,  17-17.  Esiher  Cordes.  without  isstte.  He,  himself  died  within  less 
than  a  year  afterwards. 

Tin.-    originals    of    the    following    letters    were    kindlv    loaned    to   the 

*  Says  Truiii'mll.  in  his  llislury  of  Connecticut,  vol.  ii.  p.  ."»:!-!.  "The  Epis- 
copal Church  at  SI  vat  ford  is  Ihe  oldest  <>f  that  denomination  ill  the  Suite. 
Kpiseupaey  made  lint  very  little  progress  in  ( 'emiei-j  lent  until  after  the  declara- 
tion of  IJector  Cutler.  ..Mr.  .lelmsun.  .Mr.  \Yoimon!  and  ,\lr.  lirowne.  j'ur  Kpis- 
copacy.  in  \",'2'2.  Xumlicrs  of  Mr.  .loluisou's  and  .Mr.  \\'etmon!'s  hearers  pro- 
fes-ed  I'jiiscdjiacy  \viih  them,  and  set  up  ihe  \\-mship  uf  CUM.  aeeurdiiiL;'  to  the 
iiinnner  of  the  Church  in  l-'.i  uland.  in  \Vi-si  and  N'orih  Haven."  Of  |)r.  ,l,,hnsuii 
of  St  rat  fiii'il.  he  savs.  he  was  "a  u'ent  leman  di-l  inuiui--lied  for  literature,  nf 
pepular  talents  and  uf  en^a^iiiu- manners."  See  fur  a  lar^'i  i  ,'  \\  nl  ,:K  whole 
mailer,  in  respect  to  1  he  Ihvi.u'ht  i'amily.  in  regard  to  .Mr.  \Veinmro  i  iiusliand  of 
Anna  liuiirhn.  Nn.  'Jsll.  i..  and  in  regard  in  Dr.  Samuel  .Inhnsmi  (am-estor  ef 
\\"m.  S.  .JiiluiMin.  !l.-i[..  \vhn  m.  I. aura  \\'oolse\  i.  No.  o.V.t.  v. .  p]>.  V'V)-ii(). 


I  >,  .svv  inlilti/x   t>t'  Jt<  r.    /  hi  ill. 
'Tin    ^<>,i     of'    A  <t/!iiln!iJ    I  >iri<!if,  i>l' 


u  i  i  i  '-r  li\  Tl  lend  >iiv  I  >u  i-'lii  ,  K-'|.,  '»!'  i  In  ink  is  n.  s\  hil<-  li  \  in-.  Tip  !••;  tcr 
f'l'nni  Me^-r-.  l.e|ean  iV  lirini^liluii  i  lipii  her  ID  Mr-,.  l)\\i'_hi  ?i  \\as 
dire.'ied  In  "  'I'iiiinlliN  l>\vi<_dii.  Kn.,  in  Ness-  Kmdaiid.  Tn  t  he  rare  of 
M  i  .  .1  i  i|i;il  li:ill  l>\si-;lit  of  I'.oslon,  I're-i  nt." 

"  S    ('.   An-.  !l.    1  i  IS 
T'  MI  >  I'll  Y   I  >\\  n;irr.   \'.»\. 

Thi-  mini's  enrli  i-'-d  In  Mr.  Jonathan  l>ssi<_dit.  smir  1  >rni  her.  in  In- 
f"i  -v.  anl-  d  in  \.iii.  and  liriii">  'In1  snrrnuful  armunl  nf  \\\<-  death  nf 
vniir  I'l'nther.  tin'  IIe\.  Mr.  hssiid.i.  Kerior  <>f  mir  |p:ii-i.-li.  \\\\«  de- 
parted tins  lil'i1  th-.'  L(v'lli  nt'  Mari'h  la^l,  in  (  'liarh'sl  nil,  at'ier  sninc 
il;;\>"  illness  lliilir  ajijirrlli'llilillL;  his  ilaliu'iT  until  Inn  lale,  sn  lhal  ill,' 
dnrt  nrs  a  n<  1  his  frn'inls  \\crr  in  i  hi-  >a  nn'  rrmr.  lie  nrn  |e  h  :>  s\  i  II  ('-  -ur 
\  r;ir>  au'i  '.  a  i-n]i\-  nf  \\  Inch  \vc  sciul  VMM  lnT<-\vit  li.  \  i  HI  \\  1  1  1  liiiil  Mr. 
\\  ii  lialn  A  1st  i  ill  I  Kin  in[  an  rxrrut  nr,  in  Ci  in  j  II  net  lull  \\  1!  h  u>,  I  ill!  IP-  il'-- 
cl  ;  no  a  ft  I  iii;'.  \\  r  have  h;u  I  I  In-  \\  1  1  1  jim\  nl  ami  t  jiialitictl  niir-M  1  \  cs 
a--  c\t  'fill  nrs;  anil,  sir,  on  not  in1  nl'  vniir  scr\  iiiL,'  as  sucli  u  ••  \\  i  II  pu  r~ui- 
thf  |irn|icr  in-'ilintl  t'nr  your  liein^  i|Ualiliril,  ami  in  tin-  inra  ntiini-  im|.r 
\  i  in  \\  il  I  art  as  such  in  i  he  niaiia::'i  men  I  nl'  I  he  rhiMren  in  I  'M  >M<  >n.  a  nil 
in  all  tii  in  -r  a  !  lairs  ivlat  in^  in  I  heir  a'l  \  anta^e.  N  our  !>rnt  her  "  i  .Inna- 
t  hall  !  >\N  iu'ht  of  I  "H  ist  nil  ).  "  \vlin  has  I  he  rare  nt'  i  heln,  \\  1'n1,  i  •  a  |e;  !  er  i  11 
1  >eeeli;),er,  which  Mr.  Ihvi^ht  rerei\  fil  a  slmrt  lime  liefnre  hi-  death, 
siin-1'  \\liieh  one  of  .J;'.ir.!a''v  and  one  n|'  \-\-\  iriia  r\  lia\e  r  :lne  in  hand. 
In  ail  nt'  I  in  -i  1  1  he  de-  1  res  innnev  to  lie  remit  ted  t'i  i  r  1  1  1  't'ra  \  i  n  i;  t  heir  e\- 
]•  •]!•-'  ^.  .\i'coi-ilin^i\  a  liii!  I'm1  l!">n  sterliiiLC  ^'Jis  [irejiarcd,  Imt  imt  in 
liiiie  ennu'di  l'n|-  hi--  si'^ninL;'.  l>ui  as  it  \v;is  his  inieni  \\c  have  en- 
d'-.!\nrei  \\l;a!  !a\  in  niir  |ms\e|'  In  lind  an  n]  >|  mrt  u  n  1  1  \  tn  M-nd  that 

Slilll.     nill    rnilld     linl     lllllll     II  n  \\  .    1  1  1  1  1  .  !  Il  -'     [I     \\lil      lie    --Illlirle],;      (,,    di-rhar^'e 

\\iia!  i-  due  nil  tip-  rl.'ildren  -  a-'rniiiit.  And  a-  u  i  -  mir  njiininn  that 
t  ie-\  \\  i  i  I  1  it-  of  le--  r!.a  r^.'e>  in  t  h  1-  1  1|-'  i\  iin-e.  ha  \  I  IIL^  im\\  i  m  i  |e|  ,.  .;  ,,  |.  .  |  lr,  . 
(  '!i  I  In  salar\  t  h'-i  r  fa  i  lr  T  en  h  A  ei  i.  a  U  •  1  IP-  -  n-a  '  n  nn-ria  ml  \  in  mir  -|  i  iji-, 
and  (lie  dilliruli\  nf  remit  i  in-,  i'.n-  ihi-ir  e\|,,-n>e  allnf  \\hii-h  1>.  in-; 

Cnll-idereil,     \S  e     lin]  ie     thai      \  I  111      \\    I  I  !       |<  i]|l      III     t  •  I  I  f    n  I  i  i  ]  I  I  '  •  !  I      t'i  i|'      I  1  ie|  I'    r  n  |  |  I  i  !l  Lj 

1  -  .    U  --,    \\  here   lin!  inirj,'  IM  nil  r  |n  i\S  fr  .-hall    lie  \\  a  li!  1  I;-  '  t'n,'   I  hi  'I  r  ad  \  a  1  1  1  a;_fe.-. 

lie  married  a  Lfin  lev.  nman  nf  I'nrtune  almut  |  |  mnnth-  1  •,  I'.r.-  lii- 
d-  --ea  -e.  She  had  a  ni'  ']••;  \  nt'  her  nun  ]  •>  >\  i  i-  MI  -••!  i  led  u  |  »  >n  In-r  :  -.  i 
t!:,-i!  Mr.  |)v.  i-'ht  ha-  h-fi  a  |ire!l\  ^nnd  ,  --'ale  in  land  a;:-l  !:IM->. 

\\  Idrh     \N  I  I  I.    \S'1  I  ll     t  hi-    111  e-  -1  H--    i  .f     (  1  i  .i  i.    lie    a     -'  .....  1      i  li  "_1  !  i  lillr_f      I'nr     hi-     li  \  e 

-T,-    In-   ha-   h  ft.        If    .-,  n  \  '  h  i  i  ,  -'     Imiild   lie    \\amiii--   t'nr   \,.iir     farther     in- 

t'  e'llia!  inll,     li"     plea       -l|    In    !'•  i||  !  Ill  U  ll  1  '  '.'I  I  I       H      In     U-    I    .....  I     like       i'     -IP'     Ue     il.l\e 

I  •  .   k  i.nv.    nf  an  \  1  hin-'  I  ha:     mas    I  n  •    f.  ,r   1  he   1  iemh  t    ,  ,  f  I  |  ,  ,-   el  i  i  i   !  i  .  •]  i    in    Ne\\ 
|-!i.  da  lid.    I  hat      ss  e     ma  s     I  >e  i  -na  i  ih  d    i  n   -e|-\  e   t  hem.        Na  I  I  \    and    •'  niinn  \ 

II  .;_•!,-      v,  e     h.i\e     pheed    ss  1  1  h    a    \e|-\     -''  M  nl      -rhni  'lma-1  el     in    nlir   pail-h. 


1)  wight  of  Charleston,  S.  C., 
S'oit  of  Timothy,  Son-  of  Jolt  n,  lofk  of  1~)  edit  am,  Mass.    380 

Samuel  being  but  young  does   not  yet  go,  but  when  proper  shall  send 

liiin.      We  conclude,  your  very  humble  servants, 

TSKAKL  LEJF.AX, 
THOMAS  BKOUGHTOX." 


'•XOKTUAMPTOX.   ix  X.  E.  ,  Sept.  5th,  IT-IS. 

GENTS  :  —  I  reed,  yours  of  Aug.  !Hh,  wherein,  although  I  had 
heard  of  it,  you  give  me  a  more  particular  account  of  the  death  of  my 
dear  brother  ilev.  Air.  Daniel  !)  wight.  A  very  great  loss  1  esteem  it 
to  be,  ;uul  desire  to  maintain,  a  mournful  sense  of  it  m  my  mind  all  the 
davs  of  my  life,  and  to  give  proper  evidences  of  it  in  my  deportment 
and  behavior  through  the  whole  of  it.  You  will  not  admire  if  a  gen- 
tleman of  his  accomplishments  had  engrossed  the  affections  of  one  so 
nearly  related  to  him  as  I.  was,  and  i  desire  to  take  notice  of  it  as  an 
instance;  of  the  divine  goodness  that  lie  had  while  he  lived  contracted 
so  good  and  intimate  an  acquaintance  with  so  many  of  the  superior 
men  and  gentlemen  of  distinction  in  vour  country  ;  and  that,  that 
friendship  arising  from  it  was  not  buried  with  him,  but  survives  in 
kindness  and  benevolence  to  the  poor  fatherless  and  motherless  off- 
spring. I  perceive,  by  the  enclosed  copy  of  my  brother's  will,  that  his 
executors  are  appointed  guardians  to  Ins  children  till  they  respectively 
arrive  at  the  age  of  21  years;  by  which  it  plainly  appears  that  my 
brother  put  the  highest  degree  of  confidence  in.  you,  gentlemen,  in  his 
neighborhood  ;  for  he  knew  that  I.  should  never  have  opportunity  to 
intermeddle  with  the  estate,  being  so  far  distant  from  it.  And  what- 
ever dependence  he  might  have;  had  on  me,  if  I  had  dwelt  with  you,  yet 
as  the  case  is,  I  presume  he  had  not  (care  '/)  for  the  management  of  his 
children's  estates,  any  further  than  what  might  be  remitted  for  the 
education,  of  those  that  are  here.  .For  as  the  case  is,  his  executors  are 
accountable  to  none;  but  the  heirs,  as  they  respectively  arrive  at  age  ; 
and  as  he  was  fully  satisfied  four  years  ago  in  what  he  did,  and  never 
saw  cause  to  make  any  alteration,  I  have  the  highest  reason  to  be  eon- 
tent  and  rejoice  that  his  heirs  and  estate  are  like  to  be  so  well  cared 
for.  .By  some  of  my  brother's  letters  to  my  brother  in  Boston,  it  is 
manifest  that  he  intended  that  his  sons  who  are  here  should  have  ;ni 
education  at  college  ;  and,  as  there  are  no  colleges  in  your  country,  it  is 
necessary  that  they  should  abide  here  for  that  end.  I  believe  no  method 
can  be  taken  more  beneficial  to  the  heirs  :n  the  improvement  of  (heir 
estates  than  to  expend  so  much,  as  is  necessary  to  give  (hem  a  good 
education.  The  reason  why  their  expenses  here  have  been  so  large 
heretofore,  is  because.'  mv  brother  was  inclined  that  his  sons  should  live 


A  «ci  ///A////x  /'  ///  /•.  I  >,  ni  I. 


111  nr  lii-ar  IMI.  Inn,  \\lii-n-  thf  i-|iap_'i-  i-,  dnilli!'-  In  \\li:<t  i'  lni_',l  have 
li--.-li  t-l-,-\\  hen-  \\illi  tin'  salm-  ad\  aiil.i-.jv>  |<.  llicin.  A-  In  ln\  IK  in^ 
ijii  1  1  1  li'-d  :!-.  ;in  e  \erll  I  or,  I  Kin  i  'A  IP  '  I  \\  ha  I  I  -  li'  vi  -  a  r\  in  \oin  ci  iiirts. 
I  am  slliivivls  \\llllliL;  In  arivpl  (hi-  trust.  so  far  ;•  -  I  ln;i\  ill  aiiV  mea- 
sure serve  the  interest  ill  l:i\  lirolhers  |,.-||  .;  ;i|nl  t  1  1  o  1  1  •  _d  I  li  eallliol 
In-  i  A  |  ii  -i-  In  I  I  shall  in  1  1  Tli  |i  'ilt  Hi-  \  iT\  fa  r  as  a  fo|  v  -a  id.  i  f  \  i  ill  \\  i  1  1  |.h  a.-v 
t'i  Iliti'l'lll  lnc  what  is  lieee.-.>arv  l>  -lde>  >1  _i'l  i  i  i'\  1  1  1  :.f  1  1  1  \  acri  -|  il  aliri  •  in 

\\n'iiiur,  I  ^'11  rii'li';i\(U  iii  il"  ii  in  I'lirin.  Nutliii.u'  in"ipi-  i^  in-n  •>.-;»  rv 
In  -I  -i-  I  I  i;m  Iii  '_'H  til'1  \\  I  i  1  1  1)'<  >\  '  1  1  ;ilnl  .>]'_'!  i  i  IV  tii  llji1  J  H'  I1.;''-  "i'  1  1  I'D  I  i;!tc  ;ill 
aci-c|it:iin-i'  "f  ill'-  (ni>t.  !I;i\in_f  in  ;i  ln-uki-n  in;inn'-i-  nli-.-i-\  i-il  n|i'Ui 
tlir  ni'isl  ni;ii  i-rin!  jmrt  s  of  von  r  li-t  d-r,  ;unl  '-\]i"ri  inuf  ;ui  aiis\\  i-r.  tin!  I 
iiiiiv  hiin.s  lin\\"  tu  ciiiiiliir!  'I'-i'i  ;i  i't  •  T,  I  am,  L;'I  -nt  li-iiicn,  \oin-  nn>.-i  lnnn- 


In     Dalrln.'s  Hist,  of   (lie     IVot.   Ki.U.  <  'h.  of  S.  ('..  it   i-  Mat-  :1    iliat 
••  Mr.    Dxvi^lM    l.:i|.li/..-.l   -1-1   v.l,il,-  a;nl   L'  I,  ];,,-!;   chil'  I  ivii." 
[  '•  it'ui  (  i'-iii-r;!  1  1  1  in.  I      <  'In  M  ivn  : 

I"--1',    i.    TlriiiKi-    I5i-on^lijoii    !>\\i^li:.  Ii.  aliiiiil    I  7  •"••")  .  '1.  nninari'ii'il. 

1  7  X7.    ii.    I  >,i  n  !'•!    I  )\\  I'j-'n  I  ,  .1  r.,  i  i.   ;i'i  i'  iii  i    I  7->''.  .-'   h,  v\  \  '  ;-.  '  I.  i;  ;.]'  ;:  rii'  'I. 

17--.  iii.  Niitliaiii.-l  U\\i-_'lit,  1..  aUoiit  17.".^.  in.  a  M  i-  I  .•  v.  i  ,.  ;,!..l 
li:c  I  t'i  >\\  r  i-li  1  1'  I  i'i  -i  i  :  Tiinot  li  v  I  .i'V,  i  -  I  >\\  i-"!i!  ,  Vv  I:  '  (!.  wn  lioin  i  --.  ii,-  ; 
<  'ii  :ji  -;  ia  n:i  I  >\s  lulit  .  \vlio  d.  n  nmarri'  ''I  ;  V.\  i-  •;.'•.;  ii  !  >v.  i_ii;  .  \\\\>\  in.  :t 
Mr.  I  "a\s  li-v  ;  a  ir  1  <  >n-_;v!i  I  >.•'  n  n  I  I  i\\  ijli'  ,  \\  !M  <  <i.  u  i  t  li<  ini  i-^ur. 

17-'.'.  i\..l..lin  I  >u  i--',ii.  li.  al.'iiii  1  7  !  I  .  \\  i,"  iii.  -,\  M  i--  l.'-u  i-.  -i>i.-r 
of  tip-  v,  it'-  i  if  hi-  In''  it  her  N;"  !K>  ni'-l.  Tli'-\  liad  mi'-  .'h  i  M.  <  '1,  ri-  1  i;i  na, 
\s  Iii  i  i|.  iliiiii;,  ri'ii-il. 

I  7'."  I.     \.    Sainn.-l    l>vi<.:lii.   Ii.   S,-|ii.    !.",.     171."..  :«    IIH  -rrha  nt    in   (  'liarl.vs- 

ton.    S     (  '..    in.    Maivii    _'.',    !  7  1  ''7.    ll.-l.r.-ra      M::i  imi    |.!all.   "f   l-aa.-    .Marion 

runl    Ili-ln-i-i-a    AUton.        Isitar    Mari"ii\sa-    I!I'-I-M!'     t    1  .)-..:  in-r  nf  i  i,.'  i  i  i>- 

tiii-Ni-!!'-'l    llri-.  (  ;,-nl.    l-'ram-i-    Mari'.iM.       II      'i.    An-.'.1.    17-'.'.    ,-t,    I-"'. 

|  Si  \  t  li  <  ii-ni-rat  ii  in.  |       <  "n  i  I'lrcn  : 

17'.'!.   i.    I-M.-M-  I'.n.imlitoii  hv.i-'ln.  ii.  iii   I7'''.'.'l.  a'-'.  :'."..  iii   I7'.'i':  a 

in  •'•'•':•.  nl  ,   "  'ja  \  .   lianilsoini1  a  n.  I    \\  i-ll-l  i  i-ili  i.  and    n  n  lir'  n",'  •'!. 

i  7'.'-.    ii.    Tlioinas    I  >\\  ijit,   1  1.    177"     I.  d.    \.-!-\    - 

17'.'.".    iii.    Saii'ii.'l    Muiulit,    M.I)..  I..  .Ian.    17.   177:'.  li.    \i;.;.    L1^.    I  -:'"'. 

I7'.'1.    i\.    l-'ranri-    I  >v,  i-|,t.  I,.   An-,  i'  !.    i  777. 

I  7(.'"i.  iii.  Salnii'-l  I  >v.  i-lil,  M.I  ).,  Ii.  .1,-in.  !  7.  1  77:.'.  ua-  a  |'1._\  -iriaii 
.M  Sr.  .l..l,h">.  I'.-il:.'!.  \  I'aii  i.,  >.<'.<  I-""  '  .  "  M:.  l|..|,.  ."  -  II,- 
\s  ;,  .  ,  •dni-aii-d  ;il  tin-  M  I.  Ximi  I  '"!l'-i:i:  '•  I  !:-!  1!  M-  .  S.  (  '.  ,  a  I  :d  -_  I  ,f  1  1;:.  !  '  --1 
I  ,  iii  -  in'  dl'-al  -•'  ndl'->  at  I'll  i  iad'-ipiiia.  I  I  •  \->  a  -  a  Ina  i  .....  •!•  ar  |  'ai- 


iiiciif,  prompt  action,  and  sxiccess  in  liis  profession,  marked  for  his 
uprightness,  meeting  his  obligations,  financial  and  moral,  with  punctu- 
ality and  carefulness,  and  in  his  relations  to  others,  honorable,  just 
and  considerate— living  wiihont  fear  and  dying  without  reproach.  In 
his  last  illness  IIL-  manifested  his  characteristic  fortitude,  suHering  with- 
out complaining,  and  dying  with  calm  resignation  in  the  faith  oi  his 
fath'Ts,  and  in  the  expectation  of  a  happy  immortality." 

He  d.  at  ( ireenviilc,  S.  C.,  \vhil  her  he  had  gone  for  his  health,  Aug. 
'27,  I  <--•">,  act.  .">:.'.  He  m.  Nov.  20,  1 7(J-"3,  Esther  Eliza  Moore,  b.  Aug. 
I',),  1777.  She  d.  .May  Hi,  L SI (5,  the  mother  of -">  children.  He  m.  for 
a  I'd  wife,  :Nov.  1:2,  ISIS,  Mary  Eli/a  Tew,  1>.  Jan.  17;'!,  and  d.  July 
11,  ISi'O,  aet.  2"),  at  Pineville,  S.  ( '.  She  had  one  child,  lie  m.  for 
.'!d  wife,  Nov.  S,  iSl'i,  widow  Hmilv  Louisa  McDonald,  itce  Kirk,  b. 
Dee.  12  177S.  lie,  was  her  .'>d  husband,  as  she  was  also  lus  ->d  witc. 
Jlcr  first  husband  was  .Mr.  Joseph  Couturier,  her  cousin,  a.  planter  at 
St.  John's,  Berkeley,  by  \\hom  she  had  two  daughters.  K'.isa  and  Mary. 
Her  '2d  husband  was  Major  William  McDonald,  a  planter  in  \\  illianis- 
burgh,  S.  ('.,  and  a  .Major  in  the  war  of  IS  12,  without  issue. 

Bv  her  .'5d  marriage  (o  j  )r.  Samuel   i)wig]it  he  had  '•>  children  : 
[Seventh  (Jeneration.J      Children: 

.!>;/  ///•>•/  wife—  I'lsther  M.  .Mu:>re: 

17!)").  i.  Samuel  I'.roughton  Dwight,  ..M.D.,  b.  at  "Oak  (Jrove," 
\Vaccan:a\v,  ( Jeorgetown.  .District.  S.  ('.,  .March  '2-\,  17'Jli. 

17U'''.  ii.  Mary  Ksther  Dwight,  b.  at  same  place,  Oct.  l'"),  1797,  m. 
Dr.  Henry  Itaxenel. 

I7'.|7.  iii.  Isaac  Marion  Dwight,  1).  at  \Yillbrook,  Waccamaw,  June 
L'O,  17'.)'.),  d.  Dec.  10,  1S7.'S. 

I7'.i^.  iv.  Origen  Daniel  D\vighl,b.  at  Mt.  JLope,  St.  John's,  .Berke- 
ley i'arish,  Jan  S,  Isoj,  d.  Jan.  1  sO  K 

.ITK'.I.    v.    Elixa  J)wig!it,  b.  .May  <),  1810,  d.  Jan.  5,   1818. 
/>//  second  wife—^Ln-y  K.  Tew: 

1800.  \i.    .Mary    Kli/a    Caroline    Dwiglit,    1).    May   l'l,    1S20,  at   Mi. 
Hope.  (1.    Feb.    10,    IS:.'!'. 

HI/  lli'n-'.l  /'•!/'•' ----Mmilv   l>.   Ivirk: 

1801.  vii.    IJebecca    Louisa     Dwight,  i..  Oct.     14,    1SL%  in    IMneville. 
S.  ('.,  m.  Judge  (!(M>rge  S.    Bryan. 

1  SHI'.  \  iii.  I  iarriei   Marion  Dwighl ,  m.  Michael  Bryan.)         twins,  b. 
ISii:;.    i\.  (  'harlotte   Kirk    Dwight,  d.  Oct.  L".»,    IS^T).      \    Nov.  '.i,  |SL'.|. 

!7!»'i.  i.  Samuel  Broughtoii  Dwighl,  .M.D.,  b.  March  !':'•,  1 71)1),  m. 
ai  Binegro\ c,  (^rangeburgli  District,  S.  ( '..  April  1  •">.  IS^'O,  Mar\  Ann 
Jaiiii^"!!,  li.  Nov.  '!-,  1. 7 I'D  (dan.  of  Dr.  Van  J  >e  N'astine  Jamison  of 


<l  111  . 


Krd     I  I  ill.  <  >ran  -vKiiridi     I  >M  ri"t  ,  S.    ('..and     Kli/aKnh     L'umph).       Mr 

stlldird     mrdirinr     III      I  'llll:ii|r!|  ill  l;i.   and     prartlM'd      111--    1  1|  •(  i|«  •-  -1<  <\  i    III    llir 

<  tran  'jvKiirL:'  h  I  >i>t  rirt  ,  S.  <  '..  and  ai't-rwards  in  M  urra\  .  <  'o..  <  ia.,  \\  IHTC 
!],•  (1.  at  his  rrsidrm-r  I"  I  loprdalr  "  i.  <><•!.  17,  I  >.">'.),  art.  i  '•:'..  nt'  dropsy 
of  tin-  rhr>t.  Mr  was  a  man  of  si  rid  triuprraiirr,  m-vrr  touch  i  ii'_'  any 
spirit  nous  Inpior  whatr\  rr,  and  hail  u'rcat  rnrp_'\  •  <  >l  character.  I  I  <•  \s  as 
inm-c  than  i'>  fi-c!  in  lici^lit,  ami  \\  i-i^ln  <1  cuiisidiTiilih  KMT  I'mi  ]!,-,.  ami 
was  it  man  <  if  fine  ronm  landing  [irrsriiri1.  Slir  d.  df  a]n  ipli-xy,  A  pi  1  1  I  '_', 
1  Mi^.  art.  liS. 

|  riiulu  li  u'i'iiri  at  i'  in.  |       <  'li  i  M  rcn  : 

|sul.  i.  Mlixalx-th  l.nni-a  I  >\\  i-'in  -  1>.  -'an.  S,  lsi_'l.d.at  (  liai-l'-stoii, 
S.  (  '..  April  lL'.  1S:!7. 

INI  i.").  ii.  Laura  l!i-!iccra  iJwi^lit,  1).  I  >•  r.  L'L\  I>L'L'.  d.  unmarri  d  in 
I'.arti  iw  <''>.,  '  !;!.,  oi'  ci  nicest  ion  of  i  lie  Innu's.  Jan.  L'  I.  I  x'i  I  .  an  .  1  1'. 

l>(ii'i.  iji.  |  )r.  Samnd  Jiiiuixm  I'wi^lit.  1).  Junr  !•">,  1  >•_'•">,  d.  S.'pt. 
(.i,  ISC,!',  art.  :»7. 

1^(17.  i\.  I'raiK-is  Marion  |)\vi^ltt.  1>.  (>ct.  l'l.  1>L'7.  a  plai.tr]-  at 
|)alton  in  \\"liit!irld  ('(>.,  <  ia.,  m.  April  l'l.  1  S.">S,  at  (  'lirrrx  Crovc, 
St.  John's,  lirrkrlrv  I'arish,  S.  (  '..  llarrin  Marion  I'almri-.  1..  Nov. 
I".',  \^'.\^  i  da1,  i.  (if  John  <  ir  ml  roll  I'almrr  and  \\  idovV  (  'at  !i;iri  m-  (  'ountrii-r, 
a'''  M  arn  in  ).  No  r'hi  Idrrn  : 

1>HS.  v.  Julia  Adrlaidr  |)\\i^ht,  1).  Alarrh  ll',  |S.">H,  m.  ('ajii.  \\'m. 
T.  \\-oliord. 

Is'ii'.i.  \i.  K,,saltha(  'arolinr  Dwi^ht.l).  Krh.  1.  |s:;i,m.  Mr.  M,,rtin 
(  '•  .  \\"  illiams. 

ISjii.    \ii.    Mar      IvM  hrr  I  >s\  i-'ht  ,  1  -.   Nov.    II,    I  s:!i'i.  ]-r>idrs  iiniiiarrird 


|s|l.  viii.  Louisa  < 'athannr  !  iwi'Jit.  K.  J  nl\  :'.  1 .  I  ^  In.  m.  S.-pt.  i'f ), 
I  v'i' ',  \\  i  iliam  <  'aprrs  I'd  i .  in  o!  (  'hai  lr>t .  ,n,  S.  (  '..  a  umviiani .  hu  i  i..  >\\- 
(  I  V7  !  i  residing  on  his  farm  m-ar  Spri  ML:'  I  Mar,  .  \]  urra v  (  'o..  (  ia. 

l^'i'i.     in.    Saniurl  Jamison    |)\\i^ht,    M.l>..  K.  Junr    i.i.    |xi'.>.  •->   ;d:>-d 

mrdirinr      in      thr    Mrdiral    ('nllrov   of     S.     (  '.          lh-      1,1.       I'VK.      I1''..      l-.Vj.    ill 

llirhlaiid     histrirt.  S.   ( '.,  Sail\    A.  Sroii.       Mr    prani-rd    hi-   pi«t''- 
in   M  11  n 'a  \    (  'o..  (  ia.,   \\  hrrr    mo>|    of   hi>  rh  i  Idrni    \\  rrr    horn.        !  I  ••    d.    ill 
|'>a  rt  ow   (  'o..  '  ia.,  S  -pi .   '. ',    I  xi '!',  of  I  vphoid    pnriiinonia.   art .   .".7. 
Ninth  <  irnrrat  ion.  |       (  'hildrm  : 

l>ll'.    i.     Mar\     \nn    I  tuiirht,   h.    March   '.'.    I  ^ .">:;. 

I  -  1  ."..    ii.    Samurl    I  Irrlirri    I  )\\  iudit.   K.    April    1  :>.   1  <.">  I. 

]  -  !  !.    iii.    Join,   Sr,,ti    I  >\\  i-ht,  K.    Nov.    1  .">,    1  -."'.'.. 

I  -  I.".,     iv.     Ida    /nlirka    D\\  l-hl.    K.    An-.    •"•  i  .    I  '••'7. 

I '-I ''..    \.     Alan  Smith    Ihsi-'ht,   K.    April   L1^.    lv.'>:',  d.    Ma\     \-<.    1-ti". 


[Kighth  Generation.] 

1808.   v.   Julia  Adelaide    Dwight,    1>.  March    12,  1*30,  m.  Aug.   10, 
IS.V.t,  ('apt.  William  Taiom  AVolford,  a  lawyer.     1 1C  was  a,  distinguished 
P>rig.  Genl.  in   the    Confederate    Service  in    the    late;  war.      Jle   resides 
now  (1874)  at  Cartersville  (('ass  Station),  P>artow  Co.,  Ga. 
[Xintli  Generation.]      Children: 

1817.  i.  Mary  Tatom  "Wo  fiord,  b.  .)  uly  2.">,  1SC,0,  d.  of  diphtheria,  Jan. 
10,  18(53. 

ISIS.  ii.   Martha  Louisa  Woiford,  1).  Nov.  20,  1S(>2,  d.  Aug.  !>,  1SI53. 

IS  I!),  iii.  Laura  Wofford,  1>.  .lulyS,  ISiiJ,,  d.  at  Cartersville,  Ga., 
Aug.  Ii),  1S<;:). 

1820.   iv.    Helena Dorsey  "Wo  I  ford,  b.   Nov.  10,  18GG. 

[ Kighth  Generation.  | 

ISdi.l.  iv.  Rosaltha  Caroline  I  )\viglit,  1>.  'Fel>.  !,  1834,  m.  Xov.  17, 
lsr»(.i,  Martin  Gardiner  Williams,  M.D.,  a  druggist  at  Cartersville,  Ga. 
(1S74.)  Children: 

ISi'l.    I.   Mary  Annie  Williams,  1).  April  L'o,  1SC2. 
IS22.    2.    Herbert   Ihvight   Williams,  1>.  Mareh    •'>,   ISC)."). 

;;:'::;:     o.    Marion   liamilton  Williams,  b.  Feb.  7,  1S()S. 
****     4.    Julia  Williams,  b.  .Lily   14,  1S71. 

]  Seventh  ( leneration.  ] 

17i)Ci.  ii.  Mary  Ksther  Ihvighi  (dan.  of  Dr.  Samuel  ]>wight  and 
Esther  E.  Moore),  ]>-  Oct.  25,  i  7(.i7.  iu.  -Ian.  20.  181  it,  Menry  Havenel, 
31.!*..  b.  in  17i»0  (son  of  Hene  Kavencl  and  Charlotte  Ma/yek).  She 
d.  without  issue  at  1'ooshee,  S.  ('..  ireb.  11,  "1S20:  he  d.  at  ['inopolis, 
Oct.  17,  18()7,  aet.  77. 

^l^.  iii.  Hon.  Isaac  .Alai-ion  jhvi^ht  (son  of  Dr.  Samuel  Dwight 
and  Ksther  .Kli/a  .Moore),  b.  at  " Willbroolc,"  on  \\'aecama\v  river, 
June  20,  17'.'H>,  was  grad.  Dee.  I8l7.it  the  University  of  South  Caro- 
lina (Columbia),  lie  m.  May  27.  1821,  Kloride  1'eyre,  (d;ui.  of  I'Yancis 
l'e\  re  of  Sjiring  ()i-o\'e.  Si.  Stephen's  Parish).  She  d.  of  consumption 
Nov.  28,  1821.  Me  m.  April  22,  1824,  for  2d  wife,  at  {<  Ojihir,"  St. 
John"s,  Uerkelev  Parish,  Martha  .Maria  Porcher,  1).  in  I  S07  (dan.  of  Col. 
r.I'homas  J'oreher  and  \\ido\\"  Kh/abeth  Sinkler,  u.t-c,  l>u  ISo^e,  hi>  2d 
wife.  (  (ol.  Porcher  was  the  father  of  i' 1  elnldren  by  two  marria^i^s  ; 
of  wiiom  Mrs.  i)\\-io-h(  was  the  eldol  child  bv  tlie  2d  marriage,  being 
the  firsi  of  H;  borne  l>v  her  mother).  Sh'-  d.  of  consumption  at  "  l-'ar- 
miim'tsm."'  Kairiiehl  !)i^trict.  S.  (  '..  Aug.  :i  I ,  !>!_'.  aet.  .">.">.  ller  epi- 
taph reads  thus :  "In  life  she  fulliUed  all  the  various  obligai  ions  of 
\vife,  mother,  daughter,  sistiU1  and  friend,  wit  h  devotedness,  a  If' 'ei  ion  and 
lidelity.  In  death  she  exhibited  to  the  admiring  and,  sympat  h.i/ing 


I'elailVi   -   .11  nl    I  ili -l  ill-,    \\lin   ad  III  I  li  1st  el  ed    a!    In  T   side,    ihe    i.e,  e|\    e\am|.|.- 
i '!   a   _'•  -i , '  1'  .  i-  ,  i  in   a  i  nl    |  •].  'ir-  s]  1 1 1  l  i ,  a  I  n  I   .  it   a    in-a  rl   1 1\  i-rll.  i\\  I  n_j  \\  il  li  i^ral  i 
tnde  aiiil     alieeinm.        In     ei  iliiliii-lii'  il  a  I  l<m     <>\     In-r    ni.iiiv    \irtu.-s.  anil     of 
lirr  |>;ire  eharacii  r.   iilu-lrated   1>\    a   life  \\ell   -peni.  ;hr-    .-tune  lia      1  1-1  n 
eleei.  il   and    m^iTl'ie  1  li\    ln-r   i'ereaved    liu~.li.ilid. 

il^  in.  for  .">d  '.vile,  Nov.  h>JH,  A  nil  i  Maria  .M  ii  i  li  -we.>  of  (  'ha  i •!.••,!•  .11, 
S.  ( '.  (dan.  nt'  .Inhii  l,'a\.'ii  Malthewes).  Slir  d.  M  a  v  L".1.  !>."'...  lie 
wa-  a  jilaiiii-r  at  Si.  John's,  Ili-rlo'lev.  and  j|S."i."i  '>  7  >  a!  "  < Vdar 
drove."  M.  C.'iir^r's,  I  >i.ivlir-l  T.  (',.11. -loll  I'lMl'irt.  and  al  "  \\'ill- 
lir.iiik."  S:.  i'au!'>  I'ari-li  (i>."'S  ii.'i|.  At'i.-r  !-'':.>  In-  ii\.-d  uiili  lii> 
childr.  n  in  Faii'lirl.l  hi-i.and  A  !.l.r\  ill.-.  S.  ( '.,  and  iVmii  Ma\  1-7:.', 
tn  hi-  d.-at  h,  hi'.  In,  |  s7;'»,  vs'ilh  hi^  sun  < 'liarlc.^  in  IJiMinrvill.'.  M'»., 
art.  71.  I!.-  \\  as  L;T''ail\  Ins  cd  and  Iminircil  l.\  hi-  i-liil.ii'.-ii.  "  l.iki- 
most  <it'  the  |iari>ii  ^  lit  Icim-n  of  hi,-  time.  In-  M-r\rd  tin-  State  in  her 
legislature.  !li-  \vas  a  1  \vavs  a  eoii>isteiit  meiiilier  "i'  lip-  old  1  innii 
I'artv.  lr.it  as  simn  as  llie  Male  n  Mini'-d  In  r  ali>n!ute  -  >\  erei^n !  \  .  le- 
clici  rt'nlU  olieyed  her  call,  and  sii|>|>ijrt  ed  her  \\iih  all  hi-  |.o\\er  to  the 
liitt'T  end.  A  more  1.  >\  a  1  ei  i  I/en  iic\  i  r  li  \  ed.  or  one  o!  a  t  riii-r  or  in.  .ft1 
a  I  tee  i  h  ina  i  e  heart,  a  iinl.ler  s|  leeimen  uf  hiiiiianitv.  S.i  read-  a  iiri.-t' 
not  ic  •  u|'  him,  iii  |iar;.  in  "  Tin-  N i.-\\  -<  a  ml  ( 'oiirier  of  (  'iiarie.-:  on.  .Ian. 
L1  1 .  I  S7  I .  Iii  a  not  ice  ot  him.  .  |iii  it  ei|  in  the  -ami-  a  rt  i.-le.  tV"in  "The 
\\  !  nn  -  In  'i'i  >  \e\\-.  ii  i-  said  ihai  :  '•  lie  was  a  noli!.-  |>r.>ditei  uf  the 
old  ri  \  ili/.at  ii  in  one  v.  ho  ehi-ri -h.-d  hi'.di  t!iuii'_;hi-  in  a  heart  ol'euin1- 
les\.  and  uhii  liui'e  \\iihoiil  aiiii-e  the  uralid  ..Id  nalne  <•('  _'/•/<'''  /./'///. 
Nellher  e-ilonel.  Hoi-  e>'|llire,  llol'  doelof,  l|u|'  jil  ot'es.-or,  he  Inluhl  \\ell 

ha  \  •  '.N  nn  ei,  him-,  if.  .1 .  M  .  I  >\\  i-jht .  (  '•  -nt  1.  man.  and  i  !iai  in  i  IP  \\  urd'.i 
lie-t  .-eii-e.  I' ,  \\  ini-n  h;.\  e  li  \  i-d  iii  S:  Mil  h  (  'afi  iii  na  imii'i-  h'\  al  to  :  he 

State    than    tin-    deeea-ed.         A  1 1  d    V,  1 1 ,   II      he     l,,-lie\ed      that      the      Si  :  U    '     U  as 

lost  ,  IP-  hurl  ii  d  a  v,  :i  \  in  h  il'i  ','  -n  .rn  t  Vom  tin-  ,-.  .rru  ]  -I  nui  i  -i  -.  to  ]  .uiir 
ii]  i'  in  his  )';;  in; !  le  and  f,  i.  nd-  i  In-  rieh  si  re.  in, -,  ><\  hi-  -\  in]  i  a  :  h  :••-.  In 
hi-  u'.d  a'_fe  hi-  all'eei  ions  v.  ere  ;,  -,  \\  arm  a-  in  hi-  \ '  mi  h.  In  in  -  menial 
and  im  >i  a!  li  !>re  In-  \.  a  -.  rolm  -I  I  o  tin-  la-i  a  i  >  ,-•  uld  >  iiii  h  <  'aruh- 


Ki-jlr  ii    i  ietiej'at  iun.  |       i  'hildri  n  : 

/;,/,,,,„„/  ,,;,;  .- 

I '•I1.11.,  i.     l-aae  Mariun   Dui-l,i.  Jr..  I'.  Jan.  L'n.    I -•_•:..  d.   I-V1-.   11.1  -l'.\ 

I  •-!'  ! .  I :.    Thuma-    I  'ureher   I  >u  i'_Ji  I.  l>.  al"  ml     i  VL'7.  d.    N"\  .    '.'.    1  -  •  >  ! . 

I     L'.">.  in.     ^:.•M•tha      Mai  ia      I  >ssiuhl,    1 ..    al.uiii      I  -L".'.  o.    I  >.  e.    I.    i  -111. 

I--:.1''..  i\.     l-'ranei-     Marion     Dui-hi.   I,,  al-n:    !     :il.  d.    N..V.    7.    l>.".l. 

Till!         N'.ele       full  I       ll.i'e       e'llli'll.    II.       "     .- V\  e  |  1 1      III       -I'.ll.'e      a       llll'lltll        t  !'u  !  II       lil'1 

-    .  .1,1   .  .f  i  M  i'.  1 1 : .  d    f.  e  • :  i  ;    and     I  !n'l  r   Im  >ri  a  1    reiaa  I  n-     !  if  . '!.ei-    -•  d     Iii 


Dir'«jht  <>f  Charleston,  S.  Cf., 
Son  of  Timothy,  tion  of  Joint,  loin  of  Dcdhani,  J/^.s.v.    .'>(,)5 

a  I'oniinou  grave  beneath  the  .stoue  erected  in  affectionate)  remembrance; 
of  them  bv  their  bereaved  and  mourning  parents." 

ISi'S.  vi.  Charles  Stevens  Dwight,  b.  at  "Somerset,"  St.  John's, 
,lulv  11,  1S;>|,  grad.  at  (  'harleston  College  in  .March  1S.">1,  a  civil  en- 
gineer, residing  formerly  at  Pinopolis,  Si.  .John's,  Berkeley  i'arish,  S. 
(/.  "  lie  volunteered  as  a,  private  in  the  confederate  ranks  in  the  late 
Avar,  and  was  in  constant  service  as  such  until  after  the  battle  of  \\il- 
liamsburgh,  when  he  was  appointed  Lieut,  of  Engineers,  and  rendered 
efficient  aid  in  that  capacity,  until  the  close  of  the  war,  to  ilie  confed- 
erate army."  lie  is  a  ci\'il  engineer  at  Booneville,  Mo.  (since  18GD), 
and  has  of  late  been  engaged  in  building  the  grand  iron  bridge  across 
the  Missouri  at  Boonevillo,  for  the  .Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas  i!.  .Koad 
.'lie  in.  "Nov.  I  L  1S71,  at  Yfinnshoro,  S.  ('.,  Maria  Louisa  Gail  lard 
(dan.  of  J);ivid  Gaillard  and  .Louisa  Caroline  .Dubose). 

lie  says,  under  date  of  Feb.  L'S,  1874,  of  his  father  :  "Would  that 
you  and  our  northern  kinsmen  had  known  him:  there-  never  lived  a 
nobler  man.  To  me  he  was  father,  brother,  IViend  :  and  his  place  in 
my  heart  and  life  cannot  be  tilled.  lie  \Y;;S  truly  the  representative 
man  of  our  branch  of  the  good  old  slock."1 

1SL)(.>.  vii.  Kude.ra  W.-ishingion  Dwjghl,  b.  at  sea.  Oct.  'ID,  ]S:?.">,  on 
board  the  steamer"  William  Gibbons,"  ('apt.  \Yright,  while  on  liie 
Avav  from  New  York  to  Charleston,  S.  C.,  in  lat.  o7  :'»0  and  "long. 
7~> ',  in.  Francis  _M .  Mitchell. 

IS:?!).  \iii.  Dr.  Kit-hard  Veadon  Dwight,!).  Oct.  -I.  ls.">7,  at  '•  i'\ir- 
mington,"  Fairliehl  .Hist.,  S.  (.'. 

IS:!  I.  ix.  William  Moulti'ie  J)wiglit,  b.  June  i!S,  ls:'>(.)  (the  aiiniver 
sarv  of  the  haltle  of  i'ori  ..M  oult  r.ie).  at  I-'armington,  S.  ( '. 

is:',i».  x.  Kii/abeth  (••  Lilla")  I'orcher  Dwight,  b.  at  "  (Jedar  (irove," 
St.  George's,  Dorchester,  S.  ('.,  Nov.  S,  IS  10.  She  resides  now  (1*71) 
ai  Pleasant  Green,  _M.o.,  unmarried. 

I»i/  tli'n-'l  vifi' — Anna,  3d.   .Mat  I  ln-wes  : 

is:?:.1).  xj_  Anna  31atihewes  i)\\'in'ht,  b.  .May  1  '•'>.  iS.">L',  in  C-harleston, 
S.  ( '.,  d.  at  i-  Ophir,"  St.  John's,  of  croup,  Feb.  .">,  i  sr»i;. 

ls:?l.    xii.    An    infant    that    lived    but  a  lew  hours,  unnamed,!).   May 

is:,:;. 

ISi'ii.  vii.  Kudora  Washington  Dwight,  1).  Oct.  l!i.  I  s:l.\  m.  May 
(i,  I1-.1"-),  at  "Cedar  Grove,"  Si.  (Jeorge's.  Dorchesi.er,  S.  (.'.,  i'rancis 
]\1  ill-ion  Miiciiell  (son  ,,f  i  )r.  lvlw:ird  Mil. -hell  and  FJi/a  Baynard). 

j  !'>\  this  mai'riage  two  branches  ot'  the  .Marion  familv  are  uniicd  to- 
ge!hei'-—!l'rancis  Marion  Mitchell  lieiii'j;  a  lineal  deseendant,  ihrough  his 
father,  of  Lsiher  Marion,  lite  on!\  sister  of  Genl.  '''rancis  Marion;  and 


Ki|.|«ra    \\".    l>\\idil     In-ill^  it     lihi-al     ili—ri-Iiilitltt.   tlirull^li     IHT   i;ill.«-r.     uf 
Ixiac    M.,l  -iu|,.    ill.'    .   M.-l     l.|-i,|]|cr   <•!'«:  I'lil.     Fi'alld-    .Ma  riu|,.  | 

S,.,-.  f,,r  l.ri.-f  .-kcid,  «>f  <;,,,!.   Frauds  Minimi,  L--iir/>  Kid.  I   i:.,,,k 

i  if  I  In  •    i  i'i-v  <  '1  ill  i  <  in.    \  i  il.    l.   1  1.     177. 

\Milil    (  '•'   In'Tat  I'  '11.   |         <  'llll.ll  I'll   : 

1  >.".:•.    i.    Ivhvanl    Mildidl.  1..   Kdi.  L'L',  l-T'7,  in  Char!.  MOM,  S.   ('...I. 

ill    Smilill.TN  illi'.    S.    <  '..    (  >c!.    L'l>,    |S."S. 

lv."i'i.     ii.  Mart'aa    |)ui'_'lil     M  il  didl.  K.   ;ti    S  1  1  n  1  1  m  •!•»  i  i  !•  •.  A  11  _'.   :'•.    l"-"'v. 

I>:17.    ill.  Kml..r:i    Mil.-li.-ll.  Ii.   :i!..,:il    An.-.'.    ]>•"''.'. 

]<:X    is.  Ciijtrl.-r,    St.  -v.  -us    Miicli.-ll,  1..  .lul\    L'l.    1st1,!),  in   .\],],   \,i],. 

1  >i.-i  rii'i,  >.  i  '. 

Is:'.!',    v.  I'i'.-inri,  .M;i!-:..n   M  itch.  !i.  1..  iilxmi    I  Si;:',. 

|S|n.    \i.  Julia    Aiiu'ii-la    .M  iii-li«'il.  Ii.    S'-j't.     IS|i">,    al     <»nii:i_'''    Hill, 


1  >\\  i'jlii  .  Ii.  Oct.  1.  1^:57,111.  al  l'...)>lici'.  Si.  .Inhn's,  IJ.-i-krlcy.  N.iv. 
!  L'.  Isi'i.",.  I'luwcna  1-ili/iilictii  K'a\d!f]  (dan.  uf  I'}'.  HCIMA  KaNd.i-l  ;;!..! 
Mlixal.i-tli  <  'atliarinr  I'urclicr,  .Imi.  uf  (  '.,1.  'Huma-  I'urdiri-  ,,f  ••  (  IP  !,;>-." 
:\':<\  I'iiarlutlc  Ma/\ck.  lii>  tir-t  \vifi-).  Hi-  1'.  <  >.  aiiiln--  lia-  i«.-f|i 
I'.uinn-auV  Si.-.;i..ii,  N.  !•:.  II.  l!..;i.l,  S.  C..  !,iu  -in.-  -Ian.  1-71.  !,••  iia-> 
].•-!•!•  •'!  ;i>  a  ]  'I'ai-!  !-!!!•_'  i  'ii  \  -  -ician  a  I  I  "l-'a-ani  I  •  r>  •••n.  (  '.  »ij  ,.•!•  ('....  M  •  .. 

T"  liini   -|i'-cial   ;  iiank-  aic  <lnc  t'ur  l  lie  accuiini    II.TC  t'nr)ii-lic-il  »)'   :ln- 
•  Ic-.-i  'iiiiant  •>  uf   !  Ii'V.    i  'a     id     I  >\\  idi  I  . 


Cliil.livn  : 

i -11'.  i.  F!i/a!i"tl,  llasc-d  I  "v.id::.  1..  S.-j.t  1  I.  1-u  i.  a;  1'j,, 
S.  <  '..  .I.  al  Aik.M,.  s.  (  '. 

::    iii.     H,-nr\     1,'aM-nd    I'uidii.   i..  .iu!\    L' 1  .    ' -7-.  al    I'l.  (•; 
;:    iv.     Uiac    Mai'iuii    hsd'Ji'.   ''.   in    Fail-lid,!    l»i-i.,   S.   ('..S-- 
I  v'i'. ',    .!.    ill    1  '!.    '  •  i  -. -. '!:.   uf  1 1  1 1  .'hi  In  ria.    I1  d  i.     1  L'.    1-7."'. 

"    \  .     II  -:ir\    l;  i\.-!id    I  >\>.  iu'lil,  Ii.   ih.-n-  .1  ni\    '_'  i .   I  -7-"-. 

1    F.ijull    C.-li.-l-atiuM.i 

I-:;!.  i\.  U'iliiani  Muuliri.'  !>v,i-ii'.  1-.  .Ini  .•  :>.  I-.".'.1,  m.  .!. 
1  -  .d,  ;,'  ••  '  lif'.'i:."  \\'ini,d,,,,-u.  Kair!i,-i,|  I  >'•-•  .  S..  I  '..  Idi 
I'.  rd:,-|-  <  iaillar.i  I'iaa.  "f  I  »a\i'l  <  laiilal'.l.  i  '.  !  '.  !'.  U.  17'.''. 
I  .  .1  i  .  I  ',-,:  u|i;.,.  I  >'!  I  '.,  !•.  Ii.  Od  .  ."'.1  -'  i'.'.  aid  -i  -t'T  uf  i  ii'- 

-  c,.,i.         i:  ;, ,;  ;,.  M;.  ;/;,,,,  i  •  d.  |!:^.. 


I)iri<jlrf  of  Charlatan,  S.  <?., 
iinotliij,  Son ~  <>f 'Toll //,  /W/*1  of  Dcdlutin, 

ami  at  the  S.  C.  Military  Academv,  and  at:  the  I'niversitv  of   Virginia 
— ha v nig  been  graduated  at  several  of  the  di  lien -lit  schools  of  the  latter. 

lie  \vas  at  the  beginning  of  the  hue  war  a  teacher  in  the  Abbeville 
Pistriet,  S.  C.  ;  but  in  May  1SC.1  he  joined  the  I'd  Itegt.  of  S.  (.'. 
Yols.  in  the  Confederate  Armv  as  a  private,  and  was  slight Iv  wounded 
in  the  leg  in  the  iirst  battle  at  Manassas,  Va.  lie  beeaine  ere  long 
Captain  and  Asst.  Adj.-(  ieneral,  and  was  afterwards  appointed  I  n- 
spector-(  leneral  of  Brigade  on  theslall'of  (Jenl.  J.  .15.  Kershaw,  and 
served  afterwards  through  the  war  in  this  eapaeitv,  and  was  regarded  as 
'•  a  most  gallant  and  efncient  officer,"  says  his  brother.  He  was  twice 
taken  prisoner. 

After  the  war  he  taught  for  two  years  in  the  Mt.  Zion  sehool  at 
Wiliiisbovo.  Since  .Jan.  iStii!  ]ie  has  been  a  merchant  at  \\  innsboro 
—  "  iiiercantile  life  being,  as  he  sa\s,  a  new  role  in  our  faniilv  in  this 
section/'  Jie  writes,  Feb.  1!),  IS7-1,  that  lie  and  his  two  little  boys  are 
the  only  male  D wights  of  whom  he  knows  that  are  now  left  in  South 
( 'an  ilina. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      ('hildren: 

IS!  |.  i.  Louisa  (iaillard  Dwight.  b.  Oct.  l'-l,  lS<j;5,  d.  Xov.  '2  I ,  !N7_', 
of  diphtheria. 

1SS-5.    ii.    .Klori'e  J'eyre  ])wight  (twin),  b.  April  iMi.  'lN(iC). 

IS  1C,,  iii.  Martha  Porcher  Dwiglit  (twin),  b.  April  I'D.  lSO(i;  d.  Nov. 
II,  1S7L*,  of  diphtheria. 

*:•::!";:   [y_    |saae  .M a rioii  J'v.ight,  b.  .July  ll',  Is'dS.,  d.  Jan.    17.    IStiO. 

****    v     \Villiam  Moulti'ie  Dwighl.b.  Xov.  L*.  isr.'.l,  d.  July  IS,  |S7(». 
::    vi.    j>avid  Caillard  .hwight.  b.  Sept.  >.  Is7i. 

****    \ii.    William  liaiilard  Dwight.  I).   Fel>.   IS,  Is7o. 
|  Seventh  ( ieneration.] 

ISO),  vii.  Kebecca  .Louisa  Hwight  (dau.  of  Dr.  Sanniel  Dwight 
and  Kmily  I,.  Kirk),  b.  ( )ci  1  !,  L82i>,  in.  I'\-b.  i'S,  1844,  Judge  (k-orge 
Snni'i  l>ryan  (son  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  Brvan),  I".  S.  Judge  of  ihe 
Disi  net  (  'ourt  of  S.  (.'.,  ai "pointed  at  the  close  of  the  late  war,  residing 
at  <  'harleston.  S.  (  '. 


Is  17.  i.  (Jeorge  |)wi^:ht  iiryan,  b.  Sept.  Lv>,  IS};"),  was  a1  the  i".  S. 
Na\"a!  Academv  at  Annapolis,  Md.,  when  S.  Carolina  seceded  1rom  (he 
i  iiinn  in  ine  late  war,  and  resigning  his  position  tli^re  entered  i  he 
Conf-'derate  Saw  and  was  assigned  to  service  in  the  eelebrai  eil  cruisei' 
'•  \'}<  I'ida,  '  of  which  in  the  end  lie  became  Master.  i!e  has  been  since 
the  war  a  lawyer  at  Charleston.  Me  (,i.  Aug.  -">,  Isdli,  Marv  Middle- 
ton  King.  1).  Feb.  I'i'i,  [SIC,  (dau.  of  Dr.  .Miichell  ('ampbell  King,  of 
Fla:  IJock,  N.  C.,  and  Klixabuth  Middle-ton).  They  have  four  children  : 


I  )l  .SVV    ////it///'*     <>f      /A/'.      Jhllll, 

.'I'.l.S        '/'//<    .S'M//   of  ^\<itlni  a  it  I  J  hrii/lif,  of  Xori], K'n/i>l<, n, 

ISIS.    1.    Ceoi-L,'e  Smiili    r.i-xan,  li.  .h '.i.    l>7". 

::::'**      L>.     Mitch,.)]    Kin;,'    |5,-y:ni.    >..   <>,-(.    '.'.    IS71. 
i::::*     ."-.    Kli/alMMh   Middleti.n   hryan,  I..  Nov.  7.   I-7J. 
I.    MeMilIan    Kin-   I'.ryan.  I..    |-V!..   L'L.'.    i  -71. 

IM'.i.    ii.    Caroline    Se;,lirouk    llrvan.  \>.   Junel".',    |s|s.  ,].   m   Aikm 
S.  (  '..  .Inly    IS,    1S.M). 

l^.'iii.  iii.  Isaar  .Marion  l',r\an,  li.  .Mari-h  I'.',  1s-"1".  is  praeti-in^ 
!a\v  i  l>'7  I  ).  in  (  !reen\  ille.  S.  (  '. 

Is.'il.  i\-.  .lolni  I'endleton  Kennedy  I5ryan,  li.  Sept.  In.  I  S.'ii'.  ^r;nl. 
at  lYincetoii  in  I>7-">.  at  the  lnvd  of  a  elass  of  7''>  -Indent-,  hold-  a 
fe!io\v-hip  in  menial  seienrr  i'l  om  the  edlle-e,  and  i  now  ii-in-  it  a-  a 
student  in  I'x-rhn.  lYn>Ma. 

ls:.-_>.  v.  Arthin-  I'.i'vaii,  li.  .Inly  ^.  IS.".!,  is  a  drrk  (Cro.  \\'.  \Vil- 
liain>  iV  Co. )  in  <  'liarli  -ton. 

1  <:»:',.    \i.    |{.-l«.(Vii    Mario,,    Rryan,  \,.    Fi-h.  L'H,    1>\V.. 

Is.'il.    \ii.    Katr     llanijitoii     I))-\an.    li.   April    S,    ]  ^."i>,  il.    in     Sniiil'-i-, 
S.   <  '..   of    M-aHrt    i'c\rr,   (  )rt.     I  7.     1M'>.'). 
I  I  li'icl'    I  >i'\  an  <  it  in-all  i^\ . 

I.  .liiil^'1  C-or'jv  !'-ry;'.n.  a  lavvyr.  1>.  in  Dnblin.  in  1 7:'>L'  (.-on  ,,f 
S;miii"i  I>'\an,  \vlio  liao  also  sons.  Ari'hnr  atii!  (n'or^'1.  tliat  li.i'l  '!«•- 
sc"n:!-in;  -.  and  oilier  rliiidn.n  \\  !:o  had  i,on.-),  ramr  alon«-  to  this 
conntrv  a';ont  I7"'i  -L'.  and  s"tth-il  in  i  'ii  i  ladi-1 1  >!.  ia.  !!;•  sva>  a  man  of 
la  r^v  in  t ' -Her!  and  a  lai'Li'r  licart .  and  one  ot'  1  !i'j  n.  •rih^t  anionu'  I  li<  •  >  arl  v 

toll  !id"f->    o)'    ulir     llliel't  le.;.  Tlll'oiiU'h     the     N  e\\  j  H  irt  S    li  1 S    fatlh'r's    t'aliiliv 

V,  as   ei  inil'vt    "i    \\ltli    the    (•]  'I  '.;'!:•  ii    peeiau''. 

Alli'o>l     hi-    wli'ile    }',-',.    \\;is     -prli!      ill    oliiria!    M'l'X'iee-    of    ;!    plllilh'    kind. 

I'h  •  >oi  •  of  i  r;M  ;!',]!_;•  !,:•  had  had  at  home  i'.ir  a  hr.:'n  and  lr  >no|-a '  'ie 
coiir.-e  of  'hi'",  max'  !>••  I'eadilv  S'-en  ti-i  iii  a  lin  •!'  I'.Mra'1'  from  a  h  tier 
>t  i  i  1  in  e\  i-,i  :-nee  \\  n;  i  i-n  to  him  1  >v  hi-  i'a  i  !i'. -r  --hoi'i  i\"  at'i  >•!•  hi-  arris  al 
her-,  and  dat-d  •'  l>n!'!in,  Sept.  -'•'>,  I  7">l!."  it  read-  ihn-  :  "  l,i-t  not 
the  ea  relr--ne-s  o|'  th"  \\orid  alioiit  \-MI.  \\i'!i  re-pi-i-:  |ii  <;.id  and  re- 
liu'ton,  !::i\  e  a  li  V  eli'-rt  i  in  \  :i!|.  I ''or  if  Vi  ill  i  a  n  h  '-•  '  -  I'j'iit  of  t  iii-.  \  mi 

v.  i  i  1  lie  an  ea-v  pii\'  io  '-\i'r\  \ii-.'  ['•:':  nii'i-r-,  I  i  iijure  \..u  (.1 
t  ak-  •  ni  \  ad  \  lee  and  di  i'i-i-!  ion  1 1  \  •  M!  \alii'1  nr  •  a  -  \.itir  I  >  -i\<  ]<•:•  and  all'-  e- 
ti''h;  '••  (alh  r  \\at.-hfnl  of  \-i,i;r  happlln  - -.  (''•nid  \oii  eone,'i\c  m  V 
I  i\  i  in  \  on  r  a  '  i  a  1 1 1 1  i  i':'  i  ii  •  -'  •  ha  pp\  end-  \  on  u  on  id  not  -  i  i  ,p  i  n  \  •  •:!!' 
pn  ;  -  : ; :  1  '. ' ' . T  1 1  ih.1'.  \\  i  r>  •  n  '•"!••  \  -  iti  r  c  ;v.  n. 

!!••    v.;..     a     i. ,l,ei-  ,,f    .in-    Cnl^nia!     C.-n1.     \    -.-i-l,:;.    ,.f    1'a..    :.-..!   of 

]'.'.••  (  '  -  •!«',,  :!•          in     1  i  >'..\  a;nl     I'i.-    id    n:     in    i  77  -  of  i  ]M-  (  ;,i\- 

i  :      .         .      i   f    i  ';'..;.      ii.i      i  i  7'. '   a     li|i-lu  01  •)•  ot '    I  !;•  •   >:  .1 !  .  •    !  .•          !-,'  ;; ;     .        1  i  '• 

-:d     •  'i  MI.'    <   onri    ,,f    IV.      17-'    -:    I    .  and    n      i  7  -  I 

1 '  "  '!  ir  •  '  '<  M  i  n  -i  1   •   ,    I  '.  •!  i  -  •  '!'-*.      a  p]  ioi  nt  I'd    t  o  ni.ik  »•-:;•!••:  i'n-i      '•.• ';;".!  h" 

I  •       •  ••  '•   '  .  lr_--    o|'   I  h''    (  •    i\  '  .    of     |  'a.    fur    the    UlVeei  ll  liu;    7    \  ea  1  s    i    1777     x  1     . 


Dir'xjlit  of  Cliarl-xlon.  X.  (7, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Xo»  of  Jolt  n,  l><>fJi  of  Dedlicim,  J/~<7*x.   '50!' 


ITe  was  also,  greatly  to  his  praise,  flic  author  of  the  first  act  for  the 
abolition  of  Slavery  ever  planned  and  executed  in  the  world  (1778), 
and  was  Ir.msolf  the  one  who  carried  ii.  into  effect.  A  monument 
\vhich  time  only  makes  more  beautiful  foreve-.  !  I  (s  preamble*  has  been 
greatly  celebrated. 

*  The  Prdciniii,'  nf  <f  liiH  for  th<  AJi^itlon  of  Shi  cm/,  drcirn  by  Jurfgc  GKOKGE 
r>i;v.\x  of  J'/iitudil/ihiii,  iii  1  7?S. 

"  When  \ve  contemplate  our  abhorrence  of  th.it  condition  to  which  the  arms 
and  tyranny  of  Great  Uritaiii  were  exerted  to  reduce,  us,  when  we  look  back  on 
tho  variety  of  dangers  to  which  we  have  been  exposed,  and  how  miraculously 
our  wants  in  many  instances  have  been  supplied  and  our  deliverances  wrought, 
when  even  hope  and  human  fortitude  have  become  unequal  to  the  conflict,  we 
are  unavoidably  led  to  a  serious  and  grateful  sense  of  the  manifold  blessings 
which  we  have  undeservedly  received  from  the  hand  of  that  Hoing  from  whom 
everv  u'ood  and  perfect  gift  cometh.  Fin/pressed  whh  these  ideas,  \vcconccive 
that  it  is  our  duty,  and  we  rejoice  that  it  is  in  our  power,  to  extend  a  portion  of 
that  freedom  to  others  which  hath  been  extended  to  us,  and  release  them  from 
that  stilt;:  of  thraldom,  to  which  we  ourselves  were  tyrannically  doomed,  and 
from  which  we  have  now  every  prospect  of  being  delivered.  It  is  not  for  us  to 
inquire  why.  in  the  creation  of  mankind,  the  inhabitants  or  tho  several  parts  of  the 
earth  were  distinguished  by  a  difference1  in  feature  or  complexion.  It.  is  suffi- 
cient to  know  that  all  are  the  work  of  an  Almighty  hand.  We  find  in  the  dis- 
tribution of  the.  human  species,  thai  the  mosl  fertile  a--  well  as  the  most  barren 
parts  of  the  earth  are  inhabited  by  men  of  con  plexioii  dift'i  rent  from  ours  and 
from  ea<-h  other;  from  whence  wo  may  reasonably  as  well  as  religiously  infer, 
that  IFo  wlm  placed  them  in  their  variotv,  situations  hath  extended  <  Dually  his 
care  and  protection  to  all.  and  that  it  beeometh  not  us  to  counteract  his  mercies. 
Wo  esteem  it  a  peculiar  blessing  granted  to  ITS  that  we  arc  enabled  this  day  to 
add  one  more  step  to  universal  civilization,  by  removing,  as  much  as  possible. 
the  sorrows  of  those  who  have  lived  on  under  cruel  bondage,  and  upon  which. 
by  the  assumed  authority  of  the  .Kings  of  Great  Britain,  no  effectual  legal  re- 
lief could  be  obtained.  Weaned  ]>y  a  long  course  of  experience  from  those  nar- 
row prejudices  a  nd  partialities  we  had  imbibed,  we  find  our  hearts  enlargei  !  \\  i;  h 
kindne-s  ;;nd  benevolence  tnwarus  men  of  all  conditions  and  nations;  and  we 
conceive  ourselves  at  this  particular  period  extraordinarily  called  \ipon.  by  the 
blessings  which  we  have  received,  to  manifest  the  sincerity  of  our  profession. 
and  to  give  a  substantial  proof  of  our  gratitude. 

Ar.d  whereas  tho  condition  of  those  persons  who  have  heretofore  been  denomi- 
nated negro  and  mulatto  slaves,  has  been  attended  with  circumstances  which 
not  only  deprived  them  of  the  common  bles-.ingi-  thai  they  were  by  nature  en- 
titled to,  bin  has  cast  them  into  tho  deepest  aili  i"!  ions  by  an  unnatural  separa- 
tion nnd  sale  of  husband  and  wife  from  each  o;'  r  and  from  1  heir  children,  an 
iujurv  tiie  '..n'eal  ness  of  which  can  .....  ;.  ini  conci  ivi  il  1  '  \  siijiiiosing  thai  we  were 
in  1  he  s:;u;o  nnlianpv  ease  :  in  justice,  therefore,  to  p  rsoib  so  unhr.iipily  cir-cum- 
Stanc  d.  and  who.  having  no  prospect  b  •''.,.-,.  IJHMII  \vh:  reon  tliey  m.-sy  I'csl  their 

to  sixiiefv,  which  thcv  otherwise  might  ;   ai:d  also  in  grateful  commemoration  of 


II'  m.  Kl  I /.a  lie  I  li.  il;i'.i.  "f  Samuel  S:ui:li  nt  Philadelphia  land  :  Id1 
ot'  II'M;.  .1 1  inat  ii  ill  llavaid  Siniili,  .M  .  (  '.  1777  s,  :iii<l  >i'_rii'T  \>\  t  he 
A  rt  icli  -  "I  <  ' '1,1'e  Id'at  ini  i.  \\  In  i-e  Mm,  S:i!uui-l  1 1. -i ru I'M i  Siiiii  !i.  I'  i:n .ded 
TlieNai.  I  ntelliireiicer  ai  Wa-diiiminM.  I  >.('.,.  Hi'  il.  iii  I  'hilad.  iphia. 
.Ian.  L'7.  1  7'.'  I.  art.  .V.I. 

Il  lirrailli'  Ills  iliilv  niice,  III  177>,  a>  IVe>l.  <if  I'a..  In  see  ilia!  !  \\  1 1 
(nries  11)'  i  n  |]  iidil  lal  |n  isl  i  lull,  \\llii  liail  liei-n  condemned  In  d''alli,  Ue|-e 

executed.  'I'lir  i<T\  |iar!\  was  pn\\ert'til  in  tin-  ciiv.  A-  (in-  imur  M!' 
e\eeiit  i'  in  drett  niu'li.  il"1  Sin  i  ill'  called  upon  him.  in  un-ai  a^iia;  i  .n. 
.saving,  ilia!  "  it'  lli'Tr  \va>  nut  a  jianlnii  'j'i\di  llidn  lli'Ti-  umiM  In-  a 

rescue."     anil    lie    lii'L;'j;eil    him    IM    ^n   alllU'il    it'    lie     \\e1l!     nut     nt     lll^     linllM1. 

lie  replii    I   like    an    nM    I  I'Miian.  \'<>f    ii  rinii"--s  :    "  .Mr.    Slu-nll  !    il'i    \<>ur 

(lilt  \    !          i     iii  i    Hi  il    care    I  .  i    SIH'\  1\  i1    1  he    h,  \\    ! 

II.    .lunar  liaii    IJrvaii.liissMii.li.    ali'iii!     I  77>,  >ei  i  led    in    I  "har!«--:  m, 
>.  ( '.,  a>    a    niercliani       ^"'n0.'    ihere    \,>    \\\<-    shortlv    at't'-r    m^    laili'Ts 
death.        lie     111.     Alav     1'.      Ixi.'i,     Saraii.     dan.     nt'     haiii'-l     Latham     nf 
( 'harle^tuii,    nf    Knirlish    doeeni.      ••!!.•    kejit    uiidiinni'-d    (lie    prieei.^ 
le^ae\    nf   hi-,  t'aiher">  f\ain|ile."       lie  d.  ilieiv.  net.  >."i.  in    iv'ii. 

ill.  .)  >ii  j._.-,.(  ii'oi'o-e  Sm  i  i  h  i  !i-\  an  I  >iin  nt'  .Ii  inal  liaii  and  Sarah  lir\  an  /. 
li.  Ma\-  1' i .  I><i;i,  in  1'liiladelphia,  \\'as  educated  in  '  'harlot .  m  li\  ;he 
celelirajed  ('ailmlic  liislm  Mn^'land  nt'  S.  ( '..  and  Mudied  la\\  v.  ith 


ear  d-.vi:  in:]  i]iy  ilelivci-;uicc  t'rniii  I  hat  st:itc  i  if  Ulicuiidit  ji  ilial  >lllnni--itiii  t  •  >  \'~  '.icll 
we  \\'iTi'  liniiiiicil  li\  the  tyranny  uf  IJritain, 

I!"  it  I'li'K'tcd.  etc." 

On  ;:..•  !it!i  i.f   N.iveiiilicr.   171s.  (..•,,r->-  I'.ryati.  tlie  Vice- 1'n-i. lent,  i:    hi-  :i.e-- 
>aLr'-  i-  iii.  ii   "  t  h'-    a;1,  en  ti' in    n!'    ihc    A  --••::!  ><'.\-  \  i  >    t  he    -'i'.  •!••••!.  a:..:  -ai'i.  :  I.     '.;!.• 

A 1 1  inly  \va<  I'll  rni-h'-'  1   '.vit  h  t  li'1  \\<  -ai  1  ••  "f  a   l>i!l  l'i  n1  isiaii'liiiit  t  iii_  ::i!';i!i!   !.••..  :••-. 

In  inn-  i  'I  .--la  Vi'>.  t'V  'A  liicii  tin-  ^i'a  iu:i  1  aln  •! ;;  j,  .11  , .!'  servit  Mile  (•<}'  1  i  !'e  \\  ••.,'•,  \»- 
iilitaineil  in  an  ca>y  inmle.  h  isimt  |iin[iii-eil  ili;ii  the  |ire-ent  >lave-.  iii"-;  nf 
\vhuai  an-  M'arce]  v  cinn|i'-t  i-nl  i  if  frecilniii.  -In  mill  In-  ni'-<  i'  ill  <l  v.  ii  ii.  im;  ;iii  ini- 
|iiiit:.tiuii-  niii-l  lie  furlii'l.  if  the  iiiea  In-  ii'iupii-il. 

'i'iii.-  nr  -i. me  l.ett'T  -chi-iiie  \vniiM  li  :i'i  1"  a  ':.;•.  -:.;i  .-•lavry.  i;.e  ••j.|i;i.'t!  ir.ni 
f.f  A  !!;•  •!•!'•••.  fri'iii  niimi.'^  ii-  :  :i:ni  nu  |"  -. •:'••!  -i  <  ::.-  !;.n!-e  haj.ny  f"i'  tii.'  a;;«  inp' 
ih.-in  tic-  I'i'eseiit,  a-  t!ie  niui'ln  r  "!'  -uch  unhappy  cl.aiacter-.  .  \.  r  fi-'.s  ;'.  !'•  iiii- 
-\'lv;i!:;a.  ha.-  1'i-eii  iMin'h  reiluceil  1  iy  i  hi-  [irjict  ice-  an  !  pin  MI  !<T  i  >!'  ni:r  !:.;•  ;:i- 
va<ler-.  In  'ii  \'e-;  ii.u'  1  he  Slut  e  nf  -la  v-  \  "ll  u  i !  1  '••  |ii:i  .!_\  -i  r\  i  I  ;,.•  >  an  -••  '  i.u- 
lii:i.liiiy  aii'i  jmiiey.  i.inl  nll'i  r  in  (ii.'i  nlif  "f  the  I:,..-;  j, fop.  r  .-.ml  i..  - 
V  a'  :1  a  .••  :'  r  iii-  ;j  real  ilelivcivnee  i 't'  ll  -  ainl  "'1!'  p.— I  .  ,:  \  :  !'•  'hi  !  iir.i.'  :•  .  _>  "H 
•,-.  :  i  ;, '  -  \Miir  eharaet''!'  i'ni  ji:-:  ',<•<  ami  !.•  m  \  •-'•  ••  i:.  ;:;.•!:;;•  p.-:;.;  .  :  \  ..  \v 

Iii  aii     i!  ;!•"]"-.   \\  In  i    a  !''•     a  -;  .  'iii-ln  -i   1  >  <  •  i-e    a     pe<  .pli     .  a-,  r    f,  .r    i:;  .  >  ;  \     !:•.'. 

1,,    •••.,-       '.    1   .  ,'    il'|"e    " 

>-;.-;,     |.  ::   .  Miiiralice-     nf     llieif  in. Me   -il"''   tin      l'il\\ali    i'al!.;!\'   ef     Si'lf!'*!   »    a!Wj!?:i 
\  a'-|-     l:ir  !!!••!•••  i  han   I  in-  i-'npt  v  I  i''i.'."!iry  «\     a   n:i:ii".   ir  .'.\  e\  ':.'  c  •;:;'•.:  •  •;  -    .'.  it  a 
-•.  iiiiinl-.   thai  pi  i  — i  •--!•-  im  .-n. -a  iii'irii!  h    in.ir. 


DwiyUof  C'harle8ton,S.  C., 

Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolm,  l>oiliof  Dcdliam,  Jlfftss.   401 

Hon.  Thomas  S.  Crimke,  the  distinguished  scholar,  orator,  statesman, 
and  patriot,  whose  ideas  and  ideals  as  a  lover  of  The  Union  forever, 
lu,1  In  is  ever  delighted  to  call  also  his  own.  "Nullification,  anarchy 
reduced  to  system,"  lias  been,  always  his  definition  of  Secession,  as  it 
was  Jackson's.  Since  .March  11,  iSliiij  IK;  has  been  the  I'.  S.  .District 
Judge  for  South  Carolina. 

Sai'l  .Madam  Rebecca  I j.  Bryan,  incidentally,  in  answering,  March  o, 
187  1,  some  inquiries  for  further  dates  math;  by  the  writ  or  :  "  We 
were  never  brought  up  in  the  ( 'alhoun  doctrines  of  Slate  rights  and 
Secession.  For  we  were  taught  that  our  ancestor,  General  Francis 
Marion,  fought  for  the  union  of  States,  and  not  for  S.  Carolina  alone. 
I  trust  that  we  may  still  have  our  rights  in  that  union,  which  I  am 
sorry  to  say  cannot  at  the  present  day  be  styled  glorious."1 

[  Seventh  Generation.] 

180:?.  viii.  Harriet  Marion  Dwight  (dan.  of  Dr.  Samuel  Dwight 
and  Fmily  L.  Kirk),  b.  about  1824,  m.  Nov.  28,  .1844,  Michael  Jiryan 
(son  of  Col.  —  —  Brvan  and  Kli/a  Catharine  Legare,  sister  of  .lion. 
Hugh  S  win  to  1 1  Legare,  U.S.  Attorney  Cenl,  under  i'rcst.  Tyler).  The 
two  iJryans  who  thus  married  sisters  were  not  at  all  relate<l  bv  blood 
to  each  other.  I  I'e  d.  She  resides  in  Abbeville,  S.  C.  (1871). 

|  Kighth  Generation],     Children: 

18.V>.  i.  Fdward  Benjamin  Bryan,  b.  Jan.  S,  181'),  "a  gallant 
soldier  throughout  the  late  war,  and  of  good  moral  character,  in  the 
confederate  service.  He,  is  now  engaged  (1874)  in  the  fur  trade,  near 
"('amp  Breton,"  Montana. 

ISrxi.   ii.    Marion  Butler  Bryan,  b.  Dec.  20,  1847,  d.  Aug.  2."),  1840. 
1>">7.  iii.    Kmily  Catharine    Brvan,    b.    Jan.    27,    18.V),  m.  Nov.  28, 
I8h!),  Thomas  A.  Andrews   of  Abbeville  Dist.,  S.  C.       They  have   had 
3  cliildr.  n  : 

1.   Archibald  IJryan  Andrews,  b.  .Vug.   1870. 
-.    Kmilv  Cathai-ine  Andrews,  b.  .May    1^72. 
:     .'>.   A.  son  not  vet  named,  b.   I'Yb.    1,  JS71. 

ISoS.   iv.    Mary  I>egare  Uiyaii,  b.  March  20,    I8o2,  d.  M;iy  17,  lSo2. 
18.1!).    \-.    Harriet    Dwight    Bryan,    b.    July    2  I-,    1  ^f).'),    m.    \Villiam 
Ncwbold  of  New  York. 

LSiiO.  \i.  William  \\'ood  l>ryan,  '<>.  Nov.  27,  18.")."),  is  almost  a 
cripple  from  rheumatism.  In  Feb.  1874,  he  removed  to  Cooper  Co., 
Mo. 

Sixth  (Generation.  |      See  page  .">!)( I. 

17'.'l-.  i\.  l''i-ancis  .Dwighi  (son  of  Samuel  Dwight  and  Rebecca 
Marion),  b.  Aug.  21,  1777,  assumed,  at  the  request,  of  his  great-uncle 

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/>,  x,v  it'Iit  lit*   »f   /?,/'.     1^1  ill. 

IOL*     'i"li'  N"//  <>?'  Xttt/ii/ni,  i  />"•;,//,/,  of  \'<>i-ti<i  in  I'ton, 

Cicnl.    I'Yaneis     Marion.  Ins  family   name  HIM!    liecame  his  heir.      <>\\m'_', 

ho\\  r\  er.    to      lllc     slight       i  1  1  1'«  >l  1  1  1.1  1  1  i  !  V    of  there      lifili^'      lull     I  \\  o      ili-tead    nf 

t  hive  \\  ii  iie>M-s  in  (  Jen  I.  Marion  ->  will,  as  then  lr,  law  ]  iri  i\  \<  i'  •>  1.  he 
acquired  onlv  the  personal  pn  'pert  S  .  The  re;;]  e>t,lte.  1  1  1  1  '  •!  11  1-  -i  I  al-o  to 
lie  lie,  jli.'al  hrd  to  liini,  |ias»'d  ;il»»luh'l\  1  1  y  la\\  ilit'i  tin'  hand-  "f  Ills 
\vidn\\.  \\li.i  liri  jurat  in'd  il,  at  her  ilralh,  lei  |\i'atiir_f  i.i-uis  >  1  ln<  >ns, 

\vl|c»i'    i'aillllv    >tlll     |i(iSSC>S    it. 

l-'rancis  Ihr'ujJtt  Marian  in.  Maivh  L'S.  1  7'.1'.',  <  'iiai'lut  t.-  Kirk.  li. 
An-',  -ii.  17^1'  (dan.  (if  a  Mr.  Kirk  i.f  .M  t  .  I'l.-asanl  .  St.  .Ichti's.  I',,  rk.-lcy. 
She  d.  wii  1  1  MI  it  issue  in  aim  ut  a  \  car.  I  !«•  in.  A  j>ril  >.  1  v<  >  1  .  ai  "  M  t. 
1'lrasaiit,"  ln'r  twin  sister,  llarrift  l\irl<.  !!••  u'as  a  planter  ai  "  .M  t  . 
I'lra-ant."  St.  .lohn's.  r.rrkch-\.  l'ari>li.  She  d.  April  >.  Is.'ni.  a»M.  ".'5. 

[  Sr  \  •cut  h  (  icncrat  ion.  |      (  'hildrcn  : 

iSiil.  i.  i;,.]..-,ra  Charlotte  Marion,  h.  l',-li.  1.  1  >ML',  1,1.  I  >-•.  l'  1  , 
ISL':..  Charles  Conies  I'orcher  (son  of  I'hilip  I'on'her  of  St.  .luhn's, 
llerkeley,  and  .Mary  (  'ordes).  She  d.  Jan.  1  '.».  1  ^L'7.  ;e-t.  1'  !.  <  >ne  child  : 

!>,;•_'.    1.    Kraiicis.Mari.nl   I'orcher,  1).  N,,\.  '.'.  isi'd.  ,1.  o,.|.  i'l.!-L's. 

isr,:?.    ii.    Charlotte  Marion,  It.  .Ian.  :'>M,   1  -n  I.  d.  »  >ct.  >.   I  -''7. 

iSi'il.  iii.  Louisa  Caroline  Marion,  1>.  l-'di.  S,  l-^'i.  in.  ai  Mt. 
IMeavnit.  1  )cc.  .".(I,  1  >.")'.),  .lohn  I!.  K  inu.  of  Sninter  I  )ist  riet  .  S.  (  '.  They 
reside  in  Hoii.Mon  (  '(>.,  (  .'a.  <  >ne  child  : 

IM'.:>.    I.    l-'rancis  Marion  KiiiL'.  h.    Dec.    IS.  1SJI. 

1  Mi'i.  i\.  ('atharine  ('oiiturier  .Marion.  K.  April  1(F.  1  X|I7.  in.  -loh:i 
C.  I'alnier. 

|Mi7.    \.    Charlotte   Kirk     Marion,  1,.  April   I1.    !>"'.'.  in.    Dr.    l-aae  T. 

(  'i  illt  Uriel'. 

|Sf,s.  vi.  M;;ry  Vi.l-:iu  Marion,  li.  Sept.'.l.  l^Il.iu.  Ilidiard  Yca- 
doii.  Jr.  She  v\  a^.  Maincil  at'iei-  the  uit'e  ot'(-enl.  Kraiicis  Marinii. 

IM'I'.'.  vii.  \'Ar.'..\  I  larriet  Marion.  1..  K.-l..  L1'!.  1  -  !  :'..  in.  .1  in,.-  -.  l^iil, 
I  >]•.  I  --aac  T.  C,  in!  nrier,  a-^  his  I'd  \\  i  fi  \  and  d.  I  >ct.  >.  1  >.">  I  ,  aet  .  I  >. 

|S7u.    viii.    Cal.riella    Marion,  1..  N'os  .    I.    IM.\  in.    I'hili     C.    Kirk. 


iMi'l.    i\.    ('atharine    ('oiiturier    Marion.  1>.    April     I".    l^"7.  in.    I'eii. 
II,    l>:lli.  John     Celidron     1'aliner    l--n    of    Jo-eph     I'aliner    and     |-;ii/:i 
I'orcher  i.  ;i   planter  at    "  <  'herrv  (  '•  n  >\  <•."    M  .  John's.    l'>erl<e!e\  .       I  I  •  d. 
I  1  1  -   \\  idow  re--ii|e-  in    I  I  oii-t  on  C,  i..  (  ;;(. 
'  KL'hth  (  leiieration.]      (  'hihlreii  : 

1-71.    i.     Harriet      Marion     |';diner,    \>.     N.i\.l".',    I-.".",  in.     April-!, 
1-."'-.   l-Vanci-    Marion    |K\iLd,t.    I..    Oct.    "Jl.     i-:'7  ,    of    Dr.  Sam!. 

I',.    |>\\i--ht   and    K-iher   K.    Moore  i.       See  preNi.ni-   account. 

I  '.',    i  i;  u  -  ma  rr\  i  n_'  a    I  '\\  i-h  i    -lie  reci  i\  ere.!  airain   the  name  to  ln-r-clt 
v.'nich   her  e-randtai  her   I'raticis  (  Dwi^ht  )    Marion   reli  non  i  -hed. 


I)wi<jU  of  Charleston,  8.  £'., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolm,  loth  of  Dedliam,  Mass.  403 

1872.  ii.   Francis  Gendron  Palmer,  b,  Sept.  7,1832.     He  was  grad. 
at  the  8.  0.  Military  Academy.      He  was  a  Major  in  "  Tlie  Holcombe 
Legion,"  8.  0.  ATols.,  Confederate  Army.      He   d.  at  AYarrenton,  A^a., 
Dec.  4,  18(52,  from  the  eifects  of  a  \vound  rec\l  Aug.  30,  18G2,  at  the 
2d  battle  of  Manassas,  Va.      He  was  called  "  a  gallant  soldier." 

1873.  iii.   Elixa  Catharine  rainier,  b.  Jan.  30,  18:54,  adopted  by  her 
aunt,  Airs.  Pichard  Yeadon,  with  whom  she  now  resides  in  Charleston, 

s.  a 

1874.  iv.  Joseph   Palmer,  M.D.,  b.   July   0,  183."),   educated  at  the 
S.  C.  Military  Academy,  and  grad.  in  March,  18f)9,  at  the  8.  C.  Medi- 
cal College.      He  was  a  Major  in  the  Confederate  Army.     He  in.  in 
Griffin,  Ga.,  Alary  Lewis.      He  is  a   practising   physician  in   Houston 
Co.,  Ga. 

187-).  v.  Charlotte  Rebecca  Palmer,  b.  Feb.  11,  1837,  m.  Pev.  Elli- 
son Capers. 

187G.   vi.   Ann  Maham  Palmer,  b.  Sept.  28,  1840,  d.  Sept.  1842. 

1877.  vii.    John    Gendron   Palmer,   b.    Sept.    28,    1S41,  d.    Xov.  18, 
185G. 

lS7f>.  v.  Charlotte  Pebecca  Palmer,  1).  Feb.  11,  Is37,  m.  Feb.  29, 
185(1,  at  "Cherry  Grove,"  Pev.  Ellison  Capers  (son  of  Bishop  "William 
Capers  of  the  M.  E.  Ch.  South  and  Susan  McGill),  grad.  at  the  8.  C. 
Military  Academy  in  ]N.~>7,  and  L'rof.  in  it  before  the  late  war,  ordained 
a  deacon  in  the  Prot.  Kpis.  Ch.  in  April,  18(57,  and  is  now  rector  of 
the  Kpis.  Ch.  in  Greenville,  8.  C.  He  was  very  active  in  the  defense 
of  Charleston,  and  afterwards  as  Lt.  Col.  and  Col.  of  the  23d  8.  C. 
Pegt.  and  as  Prig.  Cenl.  in  Geid.  Jos.  E.  Johnston's  army.  He  was 
several  times  wounded. 

[Ninth  ( Generation.  ]      Children  : 

1878.  i.    Catharine  Alarion.  Capers,  b.    March  2,  18GO,  d.   June    2G, 
18G1. 

1879.  ii.    Francis  Fayssoux  Capers,  b.   June  .">,  18(51. 

1SSO.  iii.    Susan  McGill  Capers,  b.  Nov.  11,  18(52,  d.  Aug.  17,  1^G3. 

1881.  iv.    Mary  Videan  Capei's,  b.  July  17,  J.8G4. 

1882.  v.    J'olm  Clendron  Capei's,  1).   Aj>rii   IS,   iSGii. 
lss:>.    yi.   Theodotns  Capers,  b.  about    1S(5N. 

|  Seventh  ( Jenei'ation.  ] 

1SG7.  v.  ( 'hai'lottc.  Kirk  Alarion  (<lau.  of  Francis  (  Dwight)  Alariotj 
and  Hariiet  Kirk),  1>.  April  2.  1809,  m.  AJ.ay  14,  182!>,  Dr.  Isaac 
Theodore  ( 'out  urier  (son  oi'  Joiin  ('outni'ier  and  Anne  ( 'ahusae — pro- 
nounced as  if  spelled  Cousack).  Sin-  d.  April  IS,  IS.'io.  act.  21.  Had 
one  child  : 

1881.    I.    Pebecca Couturier,  b.    I''eb.    K»,  1830,  d.  Xo\ ,  2.   18:5(1. 


I  >,  x,v  it'll  ///>'    "/'   //'  <".     /A////. 

I  »|        77*    ,sV///  <>t'  .\ittji<ni/tl  Itiriifltt,  of  .\  nrtlii  in  filnn. 

|  Sc\  eiit  h  <  IciMTai  i'  'ii.  j 

l^i'.s.  \i.  Marx  Vidcati  Marion,  I..  Sept.  '.'.  IM1,  in.  Dee.  L1:1..  I  >•_".'. 
I ;  leha  I'd  \  CM 1 1'  in  (  M  MI  <il'  I !  n-ha  I'd  Yea dmi  and  M  ;;rv  \  mi ),  a  la u  \  IT  in 
<  'ha  r!i' -!  i  in,  S.  (  '.  "Ill-  had  acquired  eminence  a!  I  he  liar,  and  a  !m'- 
inne,  |'iv\imis  In  tin-  ialc  \\ar.  \\liii-li  il  n.'ailv  or  i  j  11 1 1  >•  >\\  •  |  <\  a\\a\. 

N,i    ixMlC. 

l-7n.    \iii.    Caln-idla    Mari..n.  1,.    Nov.     1,   Is);,,    ,,,.  ai     Mi.    I'lea.-aiit 
I-V1..    :.'!,   IS.",!.   I'hilj],    Cuiitm-i.-i'     Kirk  (.vui    n('   lIuL.Ti    .1.    Kiik    and 
i;i";!!i«ir  (  '  mturii-r).      Sin-  d.   Au.u'.  •"'.   lv  !-. 
!•'.  lu'Iit  1 1  ( JriK -rat  imi.  J      <  '1 1 1  idr'-ii  : 

l*s:».  i.  I'liilip  Svdnry  Kirk,  M.D.,  K.  June  ."),  I>:1.\  u'lad.  at  tlic 
>.  ( '.  \liliiar\-  Ai-adiMiiv  in  Is.")."),  ;md  at  tin-  S.  ( '.  .M.-d.  ('(ill.  in  !>.">'.). 
Hi'  uas  a  |'liv>iciaii  and  jilantrr  at  Si.  .li.ilm's,  lJ'Tkcl<  v  pari-li,  prcvi. 
nii>lv  to  ihr  laic  \var.  llr  \\'as  an  A>.^*t  Sui'Lf'-<'ii  in  li"'  ( 'unfi'dcratc 


Mari'iii.  IHT  lioiin'.-tcad,    Ml.    I'ica.-aiit,    St.    .Jnlin"-,  S.  (  .,  and    un\v    n- 

sidl'S    llll-lV. 

1-S.l.  ii.  Mary  Vi-l.  an  Maiidi  Kirk,  1>.  1  i.-c.  .".  1 ,  1  si  1 .  ad.  .|.I.M  l,y 
lii'i1  aunt,  Mrs.  Richard  Yradon,  resides  with  IKT  in  ( 'iiarloiun.  S.  ( '. 

|  !•'.  iii  n  h  (  IriiiTat  ii  in.  j       Sec  jiau'i1    1  1 1 1. 

.".''..  \ii.  Al'iah  ])v.  i-'hi  (d.-iii.  i.i'  Justice  Natlianid  !>\\i-']it  nt' 
N..I  ihaniptMi,,  Mas>.,  and  .M.-hitiilih-  I 'art  ridu'e),  \>.  K.-l>.  17.  17"!,  luiu 
v.i'ii  I'liiliu  I'ssi^'lii.  \\liu  d.  uninarrii'il,  act.  L'."',  in.  I'V1>.  1'^,  I7l'l. 
>. ,inu.  !  K  nt  nl'  Siillichl,  d..  !•.  I  »cc.  !  I,  h'l'.is  (smi  utMchu  Kent  :;:  ,,f 
S.i;i;c!d,  Ii.  .Ian.  L'!'i,  I'a'i-i.  uh.i  in.  Max  '.'.  !'>''.,  ALi-'ail  I'udlcv.  \>. 
.Ma\  L'!.  h'.i'.~,  dan.  cf  \\'iiiiain  I  MidlcN  of  Sa  \  1  ,r,  „,!,,(  ;.,aial  Mary 
I;...-).  ileil.  Ori.  L'S.  I  77-.  ;id.  71.  Shed.  Kd,.  I'.l,  I7!>.  aci.  Ii. 
II'1  in.  f.ira  I'd  wii'e  \viild\\'  'laniar  !Mn'I)\  .>!'  S]irini^lic!d,  Mas.-.,  \\ipi 
.i.  July  1  -.  I7.M1,  :n-!.  l.\  II.-  in.  l'..r  a  :i.l  v.  if,-  Mr,  Hannah  ll....k,.|-, 
v.  i.inv,  ..I'  Thomas  I  I,.,,;., a-  «.!'  1  lai't  I'md,  <  't. 


Th''  c'l:i  lil  r«'M   i  if  .li.liii    K   'ill    i,f  !-:•,!!!•  !M      -nil   i .','  .1 .  ';:!i   of   \ ,  a'l !  :a  I'l  j ,;  "M  '   \\i-iv  : 

:.  M.-.ry  K'.'iit.  1>.  .!:m.  '.'I',,  n;-,;  -j.  .I,,],,,  |\,  ,,, .  ],.  j..,,,  -j,;.  HiS.  :;  .\!.i--iil 
Iv  '.;  .Ml'-.  C,,|r-li-vi.  1..  S.-pI  'J^.  Hi'.in.  .|.  !),••-.,, rail  K.-iil  Mr-.  llatii.'\va\  .  1.. 
A';--.  •.'•-'.  \<\'.>'-'>.  ").  l)n,ll,\  Kcin.  i'.  Oct.  •.'-.  h'.'J'i.  ii  Mary  K,  nt.  I.  Oct.  -.".i. 
I'.n;.  ;.  .-ainiii'l  K.-ni.  1 1.  !>•<•.  II.  H;!i^.  S.  Al.n.-r  K.nt,  Ii.  .lime  I.  llnl. 
!i.  liii-iia  K,  nl.  1 1.  .liny  H.  i  ;n| 

II.    .,      !'.,r  a  '.M  \viic.  a!,,  HI:    i;n^.  A  i.i.  .a:'  \Vin.'!i.  !!  ..lau.  ..f  I 'a|.:  .  .l.-.-pli  U'in- 
-a'K.'M.   Ct.  •.       SI,,    ,!.    Mar,-';  '.'I.    l',i\l.       1 1  ,   'i:  -  '.M  iaa  rr;:i'.;.'  !:i-  .-hil,]  r-n 
I'l.    .lnM-|,h   K,  in.  i,.    I1,.',,  ','ii.    i;n!i.       II.    N,,ah     K,  nt,  1,.   April    '.'s.    ];]]. 
:     K-.iMriria'c  Knit.  1,.  .March   1.  lil  ;.      J-lui  Knit  d.  April    ll.lrJl. 


Dwlfjlt  of  Charleston,  S.  C., 
Son  of  Timotlty,  Son.  of  Jolt  n,  botli  of  DedJuun,  Mass.    405 

[Fifth.  Generation.]      Children: 

1887.  i.  Lt.  Elijah  Kent,  b.  Jan.  G,  1722,  d.  March  17,  1708, 
act,  40. 

188S.  ii.  Lucy  Kent,  1>.  Sept.  27,  1721,  MI.  Ensign  Jonathan  Kel- 
logg, and  for  a  2d  husband  Timothy  Mather. 

1889.  iii.   Abiah  Kent,  b.  Atig.  10,  1727,  in.  John  Leavitt  of  Sufiield, 
Ct.,  d.  June   12,  1782,  aet.  D"). 

1890.  iv.   Phillis    Kent,  b.  July  20,  1720,    m.  June  7,  'I7.~>9,  Martin 
Kellogg.      Jle   d.  May  1,  1780).      Their  children  were — 1,  -Mary,  called 
"Molly;"   2,  Martin;   3,  Jonathan  ;  4,  Joseph;   .">,  Rebecca;   G,  Arden; 
7,  Sarah. 

1801.    v.   Anna  Kent,  b.  Oct.  2,  1730,  m.  Freegrace  Adams. 

1892.  vi.   Major    Elihu    Kent,    b.  June    1,    1733,   d.    Feb.    12,  IS!!, 
act,  80. 

1887.  i.  Lt.  Elijah.  Kent,  b.  Jan.  (i,  1722,  a  farmer  at  Suiiield,  Ct., 
m.  Feb.  L>7.  174:>-G,  Rachel  Kellogg,  b.  July  II,  172-1  (dan.  of  Joseph 
Kellogg,  "the  Indian  Interpreter,"  and  Rachel  Devotion).  Her  siMer, 
Joanna  Kellogg,  m.  Seth  I) wight  of  Somers,  Ct.  See  previous  page. 
She  d.  July  17,  1747,  aet.  23.  lie  in.  for  2d  wife,  Oct.  20,  1748,  Je- 
mima Kellogg,  b.  Aug.  21,  172-")  (dan.  of  Martin  Kellogg,  Jr.,  of  New- 
ington,  Ct.,  and  Dorothv  Chester,  dan.  of  Stephen  Chester  of  \Veth  er.>- 
field,  Ct.  Martin  Kellogg,  Jr.,  was  brother  to  -Joseph  Kellogg,  "the 
Indian  interpreter,"  of  Fort  Dnmmer  memory).  He  d.  March  17 
170)8,  act.  -hi.  She  d.  .Nov.  20,  1791,  act.  08. 
[Sixth  ( Generation.  |  Children: 

1893.  i.  Elijah  Kent,  b.  July  3,  1747. 

1894.  ii.   Rachel  Kent,  1).  July  2<i,  17">0. 
189").  iii.   A.ngnstus  Kent,  b.  May  28,   17-">4. 
1890.  iv.    Sarah  Kent,  b.  May  9,  17")0. 
1897.  v.    Samuel   Kent,  b.  April  •!-,  1  700. 

[  Lt.  Elijah    Kent   and    Major    Elihu    Kent,    brothers,    m.    sisters   for 
their  tirst  wives.      The  2d  wife  of  Lt.  Elijah    Kent  was   lirsl    cousin    to 
his    first   wife.      The    husband    also    of    Lucy    Kent,    Ensign    Jonathan 
Kellogg,  was  brothei1  to  the  first  wives  of  Elijah  and  Elihu   Kent.] 
[  Fifth  ( ienerat  ion.  | 

isxs.  ii,  LUCY  Kent.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1721,  in.  Jan.  1:5,  17-11-2,  Ensign. 
Jonathan  Kellogg  of  Suiiield,  b.  Aug.  23,  1 720  (son  of  Lieut.  Joseph 
Keilog"-,  *  1).  Nov.  S,  1  O'.l  1 ,  and  d.  Aug.  17")"),  and  Rachel  Devotion. 

'*  The  children  of  Lt.  Joseph  l\c]lo,u'g  were  :    1,  Kiisi^n  Jonathan  Kollcxrg.  b.  at 


•  ini'i   />,  ,sw  nilitiit*  <>f  \tt>Ii<i  ni<  I   [hriifltt  of'  \<>rf}ni  nt]>ton, 

(l;m.     of.  I,,  ],n     Dcvutii.ll    nf  SllllirM.    \sli-.ln    lie   in.    .Maivh     III.    171'.').        'I'' 

rciiii>\c<l   tV.'iii  SiillirM  tu    -  -  Yt.       Mr  <1.  ami  she  in.   I'M-  a    iM  hus- 

I'aml  Tini'  'I  li\    M.-ti  her. 


j  T'ifl  li   (  ielicrat  ioll.  | 
ISS'.I.     iii.     A!>iah    K.  nl    (.|;iu.    (if  Siiliillrl    K.'lit    of  Sutli.-M.  ;unl    Al.i;i!i 

1  >\\  L'liU.  li.  A  iiL.r.  1".  I  7  1*7.  \\  In  i  (1.  .1  11  in-  I  -.  1  7  xi'.  ;ti  -i.  •">  1.  in.  .1  niii-  l'1'. 
1  7  I  •"'.  -I  i  >li  n  I  .r;i\  1  1  1  nt'  Sullii-M,  (  'i  ..  ;i  I'lirimT  ;ii  M!  (  ;ir|ifiitcr,  wlit-n-  li'' 
(1.  art.  71,  Ajii-il  •"•.  \~t\^.  Mr  \vas  l>.  .luh  [•'.,  171'l.aml  \\a>  M.iiof 
I.i.  .iM-lnia  l-cavitt  of  Sutlirld.  li.  Auir.  1.  I  ''i>7.  ami  ii.  <  >••'  .  --.  i  7  ."•!', 
ami  Mannali  I  )fVoti<m,  1..  in  1'ii'i'.  and  .1.  Nov.  L'  I.  I  7lY..  |'l'li-  fatln-r 
df  .li»lnia  i>f  Sutlii'1.1  \vas  .I.^iali  I.  -avitl  uf  Min^haiu,  Ma>s.,  1..  May  1. 
1  ('i.'i.'i  (  sun  i  it  I  *ra.  -I  '  ill  n  ami  Sa  rah  I  ,ra\  i!  1  i  if  I  I  i  :  'Uiiain  ).  1  1  ••  in.  <  t,-r  . 
L'n.  I  'i7('>.  .Mari;arri  dan.  nf  II  uni|ilirr\  .)  (iliiison.  i  >ra.  .li>lni.  tin-  Si-t  t  Id', 
il.  Nov.  •_'(>.  HJ'.M.  'I'll--  i-liildiviMif  .li,>lnia  l.ravitt  ami  Maniii.li  I  >i-\  nMuii 
\\rrr:  1.  llannali.il.  Ain-il  !.  171."'.  ami  .1.  <  >rt.  !':'•,  1  7."i'J  :  -.  -I  <  -ima. 
1,.  Mar.-li  1.  171')-7,<l.  while  in  cnllfi.'.-.  ()<-t.  ill.  17:'.L';  .">.  K.-V.  Kiv,- 
-•ra.'r.  1,.  AIILT.  1-.  171;'.  «1.  ad.  I'?,  17''.  1;  I,  .Imiima,  1>.  N..V.  i  <  >.  1  7l'l'. 
ia.  l»a\iil  KlUwinh  df  NN'imlsor:  ."•.  .l..lin.  !•.  ,1  uiy  h'i.  1  7i'  I.  m.  AKiuli 
K.-isl  :  I'..  Irlial.ii.l.  1).  ami  .1.  N..V.  171'''..] 
|  Si  \i  I:  (  r-nrrai  inn.  |  <  'iiiiilr.-n  : 

I'.Hil.    i.    .loliiia    Lraviit.   I..    l>r,-.    IT).    171''..  .1.  -Ian.  L'.    1  7.~>  1  . 

I  '.MIL'.    ,i.    .lulu,   l..-a\iit.  1..    .Ian.    !•',.   171'.'.  .1.  -Ian.   7.   I7.~>i'. 

I'.in:1,.    iii.    'I'liaiMrus    Ij-avitt.  K.  Scj.t.  '.'.    17."'".  .1.   -Ian.    L'L'.    \^\:'<. 

Hull.    iv.    .l..>lma    Lcavitt.LM.li.    !>',-.  L'  1  .   17"'l'.  M.    A\i_'.    L'''..    1-"'.'. 

I'.'n.'i.    \.    .luhn    l.ravin.li.    May  L".'.    I  7"'"'.  d.  <  In  .   I  s  I  .">.  a"i.  ''.". 

I'.'Ui'i.    vi.    Amdia  Lcavitt.  li.    lire.    IL'.    I  7-"»7.  m.   Uaae  I  !i--rl  |.  .I  ,-. 

I  '.Mi7.    \  ii.  A  iiia  h  I.eas  itt,  I.    l-'el..  I  'i.  I  71'".  m.   I  lanir]  Lot  IT.  1  1.  .1  tine 


N., it  li  t'.i.l.    M,,-..    An-j.    •.':',.    1  ;•.'"  :    '.'.     It-ieln-l     K.  :!-•-.    !..    .Inly    II.    I  ;•.",.    v,  Ihi  ill. 

!•'.•;..  •:;.  i ;  r..  i.i    i-::ij-.ii  K. m  ;  ••.  .i.nnuia  K.  iin;  •-.  i..  i». .-.  -jr..  i  T-.T.  \\iin  111. 

Cap;     S.  ih   Iiv.i-ht   nf    >•  .an  r-.  <  'i .  ;     I.    lei,,  era    K.  .;<  -  _r.   i  •.    A  i>i  : ;  •>.    1  ;•.".!.   \vhu 
ii,     I'.  '..    1".   1  ;:,;.    \I ..,:.,,   |;!i!.,i   K,  ;,;  ;   :,.   Martin   Kfll.-u.  I,.   A;,-.  'J'i.   1  i  :l. 
C.iiil.  .l  —  i"  ill  K>  i:«L"j  <1.  An-    1s.   1  I'."',  ami  wa-  liuri.-.i  at  <ch.':i-.-!;,.iv.  V    'i 


Son  of  Timothy,  /Son  of  John,  both  of  DedUam,  J\fass.  407 

11)10.  x.  Jemima  Leavitt,  b.  July  24,  176o,  ni.  Nov.  13,  17*5,  Eli 
Grander,  and  had  8  children. 

1911.  xi.   Dorothy  Leavitt,    b.   April   '24,   1767,  m.  Llias  Bissell  of 
Randolph,  Yt.,  and  afterwards  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

1912.  xii.   Charlotte  Leavitt,  b.  . Ian.  9,  1769,  m.  Oct.  10,  1794,  Wil- 
lian  Mumford,  and  had  a  dan.  Sophia,  b.  Av.g.  *,   1795. 

1903.  iii.  Thaddeus  Leavitt,  b.  Sep.  9,  1750,  was  a  merchant  at 
Suftield  and  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  was  commonly  called  "Squire 
Leavitt.1''  Me  in.  Nov.  25,  1773,  Lli/abeth  King,  b.  .June  22,  1751, 
(dau.  of  William  King,  Jr.,b.  Aug.  10,  1721,  and  d.  March  1791,  and 
Lucv  Hatheway,  whom  he  in.  June  26,  1717,  and  who  d.  Feb.  18,  1S17, 
Laving  had  9  children.) 

He  was  tall,  neat  in  his  apparel,  of  a  dignified,  aristocratic  air,  and 
of  an  exceedingly  mild  and  benevolent  expression  of  countenance,      l!c 
d.  Jan.  22,  ]S13:   she  d.  Feb.  4,  1S26. 
[Seventh  Generation.]      ( 'hildren  : 

191:5.   i.   Thaddeus  Leavitt,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  Hi,  1778,  d.  Oct.  12.  1828. 

1914.  ii.  Lli/abeth  Leavitt,!).  Sept.  S,  17*7,  d.  Feb.  17,  1865.  She 
in.  .Hon.  Luther  Looniis,  .Jr.,  and  d.  Feb.  17,  186."). 

19i:>.  i.  Thaddeus  Leavitt,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  16,  1778,  in.  Jan.  i,  1*1)1, 
Jemima  Loomis,  b.  Se]jt.  21,  1779  (dau.  of  Col.  .Luthei-  Looniis  of  Out- 
field and  Jemima  Bronson)  :  a  merchant  at  Suilield.  lied.  Oct.  12, 
182*  :  she  d.  April  1  (),  18  !•'». 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

191">.  i.  .Jane  .Maria  Leavitt,  b.  Oct.  16,  1801,  m.  Hon.  Jonathan 
Hunt,  Jr.,  of  Brattleboro,  N't. 

1916.   ii.    William  Henry  Leavitt,  b.  July  2.">,  1803. 

19  hi.  iii.  Julia  Ann  Leavitt,  b.  Jan.  27,  1*06,  m.  Oct.  (i,  1823.  Gar- 
diner 0.  1 1  all,  who  resided  in  Brattleboro,  VL,  and  d.  in  J8.V1.  They 
had  *  children:  ('handler;  Jlenry;  ( u-orge  ( '.  ;  William;  Addison 
].5ro\vn  ;  Julia;  John  ;  Jane.  31rs.  Gardiner  ( '.  Jlali  1-1 -sides  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 

r.i!7.   iv.   John  George  Leavitt,  b.  31  arch   1;%  1808,  <l.  Jan.  21,  I860. 

191.").  i.  Jane  Maria  Leavitt,  b.  Oct.  16,  1*01.  m.  May  I."),  lsi'(); 
Hun.  Jonathan  Hunt,  Jr.,  b.  31ay  12.  17*7  (sun  «if  Lt.  (Jov.  Jonatlian 
Jluui  of  N'ernoii,  N't. , and  La\  inia  Swan ),  grad.  at  I.>ai1  month  in  1*07; 
a  lav.  vcrat  Urattldioro,  N't.,  and  a  member  of  Congress  (1^27-32). 
H<-  d.  at  NVashingion.  I).  ('.,  whilr  M.  ('.,  May  I  -"),  1832.  Mis  widow 
residi-s  in  New  York. 

|  Ninth  ( -rnerai  ion.  |      ( 'hildren  : 

19  ix  i.  Jane  .Hunt,  b.  Aug.  .">  1 ,  1*22,  resides  unmarried  in  ]S"ew 
York,  an  amateur  artist. 


lli.s     /><s!'tn<J<tiifs<>t\\(if/i/i/i!>!   I>ir/iflif  of  \oi-/l/ii /n  i'fo/1 

I'.'l'.l.  ii.  \\'illi;i!il  .Morris  Illilll.  1).  M;nvli  .".,  I  >  I1  1 ,  | ,,.  (  1,-t .  I  S,  1  <,;,, 
l.oinxi  I  tiiniei  •].  jiif  I'erhms  ot'  I'.oMoii,  \>.  in  l>."ii  (i|;in.  of  Tli'iinas 
llamla->\de  IVrkin-.  -Ir.).  ;ni  arii^t  in  I'm^ton.  !!••  --indied  hi-  ;irt  in 
Mm''  i| "'  ami  practised  n  for  several  vearsin  I'ari-.  (  'Inlilri-ii  : 

I'.'-Jn.    I.    Morris  Hun!.  \,.  .July  L1  ! .   |s;,C,. 

!!'•_' I.    1'.    Kllcn    Hunt,  1..  Nov.    1."..    |s:.s. 

I'.'L'L.'.    ."..    Cuido  Iliint,  1..  Sept.    ll\    IS'1. 1. 

I'.'!'.".,  iii.  Jonathan  Hunt.  M.l>..  1..  .innr,  I  ."i.  i^'Jti.  went  to  K'lfopc 
in  I  v  I  •'.  Lfrad.  in  liis  iiH'ilii'.-il  ^t  u  iii-s  at  t  !;<•  I'  ni  \  i'i->i;  \  i  if  |  'ari>  in  1  **'>'•', 
|irart  i-:1^  iiiciiicinc  in  I'ai-is. 

I'.'L't.  iv.  Uichiii-d  .Morris  Hunt.  I,.  Oct.  .".  i .  1>LJ<.  in.  in  I>''.1. 
(  'at  liarinr  ('lintmi  Houlaml  of  N'r\s  \t>rk  (ilaii.  of  Saiuiii'l  I  !  >  >s\  !:i  ml ). 
ilr  ^;ri(lii-(l  architrctun-  in  S\vit/.>'rlaiiil  ami  I-'I-.-MK-'-,  ami  I'-T  '.'  yt-ars 
•\v;is  a  pupil  of  i.cf'hd.  Architect  to  ihc  l''ivnrli  |''.m]i  'nn\  ami  \va>  mailc 
(luring  that  time  I  nsjii'ctcur  du  l.nuxrc.  He  ile>i--ne(l  thi'  facade  of 
the  Inijienal  I^ilirai'v  of  the  Louxre.  lie  returned  In  thi<  country  in 
Is. ").").  and  h;is  lieen  I'D-  maiiv  \'cnrs  an  nrelntect  oi'  note  in  \i  \\  ^  ork. 

I'.1 '_'.">.  v.  Leaviit  llunt.l).  l-'ch.  L'L',  I  >.">(  >.  in.  .1  u  Iv  II.  1  Mil '.  < 'at  harino 
1',.  .lar\  i-  of  \Vether>field,  N't.  He  studied  la\v  in  (  lermany.  and  io..k 
his  dcLrree  ot' doctor  of  laws  at  the  ("niversitv  of  II- -id'Thei-^.  returned 
to  A  meri'-a  and  completed  hi--  law  studies  at  <  'aml>ridufe. 

In  the  late  war  he  \\as  aid  to  (leiil.   I  leintxelmaiin. 

:  I  liulii  h  (  ienera!  i«n. 

I'.'li'i.    ii.    \\illiam    llenrv    l,ea\itt   (  son  of 'riiaddens   I  .ea\  it  t.  .)  r..  atnl 
Jemima     LonniiM.    \>.    .lid\    L'-'i.     isn.'l,    m.    .Ian.    l'"'.     Is.).".,    Mii/a     Ann 
Stoddard,  1,.  June    i'.\    1  >  |  S.       He    i,    supposed    to    he  dead.       lli>wife 
and   fami  ly   reside  in  (  'anada   \\'e>t . 
Ninth  (  Iciierat  ion.  |     (  'hildren  : 

I'1-1',    i.    Ar\  in  Stoddard    l.ea\  it  t ,  1..  in  ( 'anada.    I  ice.    11.    \^:\7. 
I '.'I' 7.    ii.    Thaddcu-.   l.ea\i;t.  1,.  in  Suim-ld.   No\.    }<  .   l-li1. 
M'L'S.    in.    \\illiain    lleiii-v    Lea\itt,l>.   in  Sutli'j.i,    |-'.-l..    "\    \^\'.<. 

|  l-JL.rht  h  (  ienerat  ion.  [ 

l'.'I7.    iv.    John  C,,,,-,.    I.easitt.  1..    Mar.-h    |.\  1-i's.   m.  Jan.  .",.   1-.-.7, 
Kli/.a    Hul.l.ell  of  Crocks  il!e.  (  'anada,   I..  June    j.\    1  -117. 
He  d.  at    r.ratllel.oro,    \  :.  Jan.  L' 1  .    1^'i". 

Ninth   (  'i-tiera  i  ton.         <  'h  ildfeii  : 
I'.1!'1.',    i.   John  (  leor-,.   |.,..,x  i,,.  ),_  Sept.  ."..   1  -;x_ 
I  '. ':;M.    j  i.     l-'raneis    I  Join  rt    I  .'-a  \  it  t .   i>.  .1  u  l\    -.    ]  -  h  '. 
I '.'•'!  1.    iii.     Henry    An-'i-tu-    I .'  a  \  i".   \>.    l'<\>.    1  -   I:'. 
I  '.'."'  L' .     i  \  .    '  '  n  a  i  i  o :  ! .  •    I  .o  i ; ;  -a    !  .<  -a  \  i  u  .   1  >.    .M  a  \  .    !  -  1  ."• . 
1  '.'."'"..     \  .     II  er'hei-1     I  ,ea\  it  t,    1 1.   aii'  an     I  -  !  ,"i.   d.    -•  ion. 
I  '.'.";  1 .     \  i.     A  i  l  hur    I  .>  a  \  it  t  .   1>.  al.oui     1  -  I  7.  d.   >-  "  'li. 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  l>otli  of  DedJiam,  J/^.y*.  409 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

1014.  ii.  Eli/abeth  Leavitt  (dau.  of  Thaddeus  Leavitt  and  Elizabeth 
King),  b.  Sept.  s,  17*7,  m.  Jan.  .'!,  Is  10,  lion.  Lmher  Loomis,  b.  .July 
_7,  17*1,  (son  of  Luther  Loomis,  1).  June  2!-,  17f>4,  and  d.  Oct.  20, 
]S12,  and  Jemima  Bronson,  b.  April  24,  17<il  and  d.  March  21,  Is  34, 
dau.  of  David  Bronson  of  Sulh'eld  and  Jerusha  Cooley),  a  merchant  in 
Xew  \  ork — from  which  lie  was  driven  out  in  the.  war  of  ls]2 — and 
afterwards  in  SulHeld  to  the  date  of  his  death,  "March  .''>"],  ISliG.  He 
was  a  man  of  large  means,  and  was  judge  of  probate  and  State  Sena- 
tor, and  was  once  nominated  for  (Governor.  She  d.  Feb.  17,  Isiio. 

[Eighth  (Generation.  |      Cliildren: 

I ',».')•").  i.  Caroline  Elixalieth  Loomis,  b.  Oct.  L'O,  Isll,  m.  Aug.  13, 
Isii.).  Hezekiali  P>.  Loomis  (son  of  .James  Loomis  of  "Windsor,  Ct.), 
a  retired  mei'chant  in  New  York.  lie  d.  April  -'.},  1S44,  leaving  no 
children  that  survived  her.  Hem.  for  _d  wife,  .Sept.  1),  lvl!',  Euphemia 
Anderson  of  New  York  :  without  issue. 

liKW.  ii.  Louisa  M_ari;i  Loomis,  lj.  Oct.  1'J,  1  .s  1:3,  d.  Feb.  11,  lsi'4. 
iii.  (Jeorg.i  Augustus  Loomis,  b.  Juno  I'D,  1  >!.">,  d.  Nov.  I), 


iv.   Francis  Henry  Loomis,  b.  Dec.  24,  Isl7,d.  Nov.  hi,  ls.">.j. 
v.    Edward  Ferdinand  Loomis,  b.  Oct.   1:>,   1  si'U. 

19-ld.  vi.  William  Luther  Loomis,  b.  Sept.  2:5,  I.s2:5,  m.  March  l<>, 
lsi>s,  Arabella  Jeruslia  J5issell,  of  Lawrence,  Kansas,  b.  .Jan.  24, 
Is 2.")  (dau.  of  IFarvev  Bissell  and  Arabella  Leavitt),  a  farmer  and  mer- 
chant at  Sullield,  and  town-clerk  for  several  years.  He  has  been  the 
chief  contributor  of  the  facts  here  detailed  concerning  the  Leavitt  and 
Loomis  families.  Abundant  thanks  and  praise  to  him  for  his  generous 
zeal  in  behalf  of  the  good  cause. 

Ill  II.    vii.   Charles  Frederic  Loomis,  b.  March  4,   Is27. 

19:>7.   iii.   George  Augustus    Loomis,  b.  June  2d,  181.1,  m.   Feb.    21, 
1S41,   Maria  Eloisc  Loomis,  b.  May  .">,  1S20  (dan.  of   Ilenrv   Loomis  of 
New  York  and  Mary  i!.  King):   a  merchant  in  Boston  and  afterwards 
in  Sullield.      Ho  d.   Nov.  (i,  iS.'id. 
|  Ninth  (  u'neration.  ]      Children  : 

1942.  i.  Mary  Elizabeth  Loomis.  b.  Aug.  7.  1812,  m.  May  l>,  LSG2, 
liev.  Henry  \V,  .Ballantino  of  Marietta,  <  >.,  formerly  a  Missionary  to 
India. 

I'.'|:'>.   ii.    George  Yer<line  F^oomis,  b.  Aug.  21,   1 
York. 

I'.M  1.   iii.    Maria  Kloise  Loomis.  b.   Aug.   hi,  18! 
Charles  A.  Chapman,  cashier  of  tlie    First  National    .Bank   of  Sullield. 
She  d.  Oct.  ii,   IS?:?,  leaving  a  son. 

:    !.    (  ieoix'e  Lewis  Chapman,  b.  .Julv   lSii7. 

"|!)4."i.   iv.   Caroline  Loomis,  b.  May  1,  1849,  d.  July  o,  1849. 


Kl-_jlll  ll     <   I'-lll-rat  lull.    | 

I'.'."''1.  \.  K'lward  l-'rriliii:iinl  hooinis  (smi  of  linn.  Lutln-r  l,oond>, 
.li-..  Mini  Kli/:ilit-lli  I..-MV  ill  i.  li.  <  >.-l.  l:'..  Is  I'M.  111.  (Id.  I'D,  |S|i-,,  Kli/a- 

l.rlli  l,'a\  Klin. -lid. iff  of  Solm-l  \  ill.',  N.  ,l.,l>.  May  1  I  I.  \^'^\  |dal|.  of 
\VilliMin  and  Maria  Ml  IIP  -in  l>  >rf  )  :  teller  in  tin-  r'irsl  National  llalik  of 
Sonierv  ill.-,  N.  .). 

I  N  ini  li  (  lenerat  ion.  |      <  'Idldivn  : 

I'.'l'i.    i.     \Yilli:mi    Klmemlorf     I mis.   1,.    .June    L".l,     IMS,     .1.     An<_'. 

1'S.    IS  I'.i. 

Ill  17.    ii.    Caroline  Kli/aliet  h   Lonmis.  !..    K.-l..   1  .">,   Is.'ti. 

I'.MS.   iii.  (i.M.i-i,'!-  l.mliri-  LiMiinis,  I),  .liin.   In.  l>;,:;. 

I'.'l!'.    iv.    ..MMVV   Klnn-ndiirf  Lodinis,  ii.  Oct.  :5ii,  IS").|. 

I'.'-'ii1.    v.    Aiiiiu   Loomis,  li.  .liilv  L'II,   l'S.">7. 

|  l']lL.rliI  ll    (  -i-ll. -I'Mt  lull. 

I'.'ll.  vii.  ( 'liMi-lc.-,  l-'n-il.-ri,-  L.M.iiiis  (MIU  nf  llmi.  l.uili.-r  I.M..ini>, 
.Ir.),  I).  Maivli  I.  lSi>7,  in.  June  II.  iSiii'.  .M;,ry  KIi/.:il,.-ili  lluni  uf  K. 
<)ti>.  .MM>->..  li.  Scjii.  I.  I  s:',.")  (dnii.  (.!' < 'urlis  I  hint  ami  l!i-tM-\  Mii/.-ili'-i  li 
Kly.  dan.  <>f  K'limiii'l  Mly  of  \Y.  S|irin^lii-M,  MM >•-.):  M  f;irni'-i-  MIL! 
ni.-fcliMhi  iii  Siilliflil,  (  'i.  (  'liiMn-n. 

Ifi.M.    I.    Mary   Louisa   Loon.is,  !,.  Ma;,    17.   Is.;  I. 

i'.1"'!'.    L'.    ('ariiliiic   l.cavilt    Lo(tini>,  li.  April    I*'.,   l»'.s. 

'  Si  \  i  li  (  1.  -i  1 1  -TM  t  i  01 1.  | 

I  '.'i  i  I .  iv.  .losliua  I..-M\  ii  i  (son  of  .1  oh  1 1  I  ,i-a\  itt  ami  A  i>i;ili  K-  t:i  i.  1 1. 
Dr.-.  L'l.  \7-^2.  ni.  Maivh  i1:.1.  1771.  Aliiu'iiil  KIH-:M  farm.-r  at  Suiii.-l.l. 

II.-  il.    An-.    L'l'..    ISII'.l  ;    she  ,1.    (  »,-t.    •_'!'.    ISL'J. 
|  Sc\  i-ntli  <  M-n.-ral  ion  |.      (  'h  i!.  In-n  : 

I  !'.">:>.    i.    S.-ih    l.,M\itt.  li.   An-,  s.   1771.  .1.  Si-].t.  L':>,    Isp.i. 

l'.'">i.  ii.  .Jioliua  Li-aviii,  li.  Scjii.  L'L'.  177'i.  m.  .Inn.-  L''i.  i^mi. 
Iluliiali  l'.nin'1-oy,  li.  in  1777.  Siir  d.  l-'.-K.  1.  I  s."is.  ;,,.[.  s|t  '|'!,,-v 
liMil  M  son  l.nlli.T,  1).  Jan.  !'.  IMI  I.  d.  Oi'i.  L's,  |>]u.  ai,,l  a  dan.  Mar\ 
Ann. 

r.l'i.'i.  iii.  l>a\id  I.t-Mvill,  L.  i  )i-c.  L'."',  1771-.  III.  Marcli  I.  IXI'L'. 
AsriiMtli  Smi'li.  and  t'u-  a  I'd  \vifr,  S.-jit.  !.  I  >•_'_',  |.in-ii,da  l',:,ri;.-. 
I  >\  li  i~  li  r- 1  \\  l  f.  •  In-  liad  a  son,  A  IIIII-M  I  ,.-a  \  it  1 .  1  >.  .1  .-in.  i  '„'.  I  K| '."'.  \\  li.  >  d. 
•  lnl\  L'-'i,  1V1'.'».  II'-  liMd  M  -"ii  !>.-i\id.  Mini  a  dan.  I.M.-N  \\lio  m.  N,,rioii 
O.  M.-l.i-an. 

r.'.'i1',.    i\.     Alii-ail    l,i-a\ill,   I..   S.-pi     1 1'.,    I7V1. 

I'.'-"'".     \.     I'ollv    l.i-a\ilt,   1 1.    |-'.-li.    17,    I|S,.   m.    ||,-i,|-\     Kfiit. 

I'.'.'iS.    \  j.    |.\dia    l..-M\iii.  I-.    l-Vli.  7,    I7'.1-"'.  livd   iinniarrii-d. 


Son  of  Timotliij,  tion  ofJ~ohn,  loili  of  Dedha-m^  3f<fs*.  411 

Union,  Ct.,  and  Hannah  Harman  of  Sufficld,  Gt.      See  Hist,  of  Strong 
Family  by  tlie  author,  p.  1  1  J  I)  :  a  farmer  at  Warren,  Vt.      lie  d.  Sept. 
'25,  1849:   she  d.  March  1:5,  1S.19. 
[  Eighth  generation.  ]      Children  : 

19~>9.   i.  Lucius  Leavitt,  1).  Nov.  .">,  1798,  d.  Nov.  12,  18G4. 

19<K).   ii.   Loiroet  Leavitt,  b.  July  21,  1799. 

1001.  iii.   Leander  Leavitt,  b.  Nov.   1,  1SOO,  d.  July  2,  1S21. 

19(52.  iv.   John  Lcavitt,  b.  Sept.  :>0,  1802. 

19C>:5.   v.   Abigail  Leavitt,  b.  May  20,  ISO."). 

1!)(')4.    vi.   Hannah    Leavitt,  b.  Sept.  2,   |St»C>. 

IDii-l.   vii.   Mary  Leavitt,  b.  April  2,   1SOS,  d.  Oct.  31,  1849. 

rjOC).    viii.  Joshua  Leavitt,  b.  April   1  1,  islo.  d.  Oct.  I'd,  18:30. 

19(57.    ix.    Lydia  Leavitt,  b.  April    19,  1MJ. 

HM),s.   x.   David  Leavitt,  b.  April  27,  Is  14,  d.  April  2s,  1,^02. 

19(i9.   xi.    Zebina  Leavitt,  b.  Jan.  ."),  18,17,  resides  in  Riclimoiid,  Ind. 

1970.  xii.   Return  Leavitt,  b.  Ajiril    (i,  Isi'd,  resides    in  Covington, 

"Ky. 

|  Xo  letters  to  the  members  of  Ibis  family  dre\v  forth  any  response.  | 

|  Seventh  Generation.] 

19.") 7.    v.    Polly  Leavitt,   b.    Feb.  17,  1787,  in.  April    8,  181:5,  Henry 
Kent  of  Sulh'eld. 

[.Eighth  Generation."]      Children: 

1971.  i.   Henry  Sikes  Kent,  b.  Feb.  11,  1814, 
1971*.    ii.    Mary   Leavitt     Kmt,  b.  .Ian.  s,   ]sli',. 
197-").    iii.    John  Havdcn  Kent,  b.  Xov.    1:5,   ls]7. 
l'.»74.   iv.   Fmmeline  King  Kent,  b.  3lav  .1:3,  JS22. 
197.">.    v.   Albert  Mason  Kent,  b.  Dee.  27,  1  s2.'). 

|  Sixth  ( leneration.] 

190.1.    v.   John    Leavitt,   .Jr.   (son    of  John   Leavitt    of   Sullield    a.nd 
Abiah  Kent),   b.  May  29,   17 •")•"),  m.  March  20,  1777,  Silence    Fitch  ;   a. 
farmer  and   merchant  at  Sullield,  Cf.^and  after  1  SOO  a  farmer   at    \\ar- 
ren,  ().,  where  he  d.  Oct.   181").     She  d.   Dec.  1S27. 
[Seventh  <  ieneration.  |      ('hildren: 

197').  i.    William  Leavitt,  b.  Jan.    2-1,  1779,  d.  .July  19,  1779. 

1977.    ii.    Cynthia  Leavitt,!).   Aug.    IS,    17SO. 

197s.    iii.   "William   Leavitt,  l>.  July  2">,   17S2. 

I'.i7'.>.   iv.   .John   Leavitt,  b.  July   1  o.    I  7S  1. 

i'.i-o.    v.    Henry  Lea\  itt,  J).  Juh   22,   1  7s(>,  d.  July  4,  17s;». 

I'.Hi.    \i.   Silence  Leavitt,  b.  Aug.  7,  1  7S7. 

r.i-2.    vii.    Abiah   Leavilt,  b.  ( ),-(.  9,  I71.1!. 

1'.'^:').    \'iii.     I  leiirv  Fitch    Lea  \  ill ,  b.  .Nos .    I!',   17:':?. 


11  '2     /V.svv ///A////*  o/'  \tttlnliii<  I    I>iri,/Iit,  of  ,A'"/'////////y,A///, 
li'-l.    i\.     ll'in.    Humphrey    Howe    I.eaviu,  1>.  .lime    I v,    17'."'. 

I'.'V..     .x.      Allirr!      |.c;i\  ill,    1,.    Alll,'.      1  .".,     I  7'.''.'. 

l!'st.  i\.  llmi.  1 1  um|ilnvv  llo\\e  I  ,ea\  it  t ,  li.  .1  une  I  s,  |  7'."'.  in.  I  >••<•. 
1  ^L'l,  M;iri;i  Antoinette  \I  c- 1  >,  ,\\  .-I  ] .  1 ..  April  I  <  I.  \1(.^  (dan.  of  I  >r.  .).,hn 
McDowell  of  Chester  Co.,  I'M.,  :ui(l  Martha  .1  olmM  on)  :  a  lavs  \  er  at 
Cadi/.  <  >.  (  I  sir,  I'.i),  and  ai  Sieulien ville,  <  ).  (  I  -  I'.i  .Vi).  Sin.-.-  i  -.V> 
lie  has  resided  at  <';  ncin  na  I  i,  <  >.  In  I  -I'.'i  h>-  was  elected  a  nieiii'ier  of 
t  he  <  Mi  in  le-'i.-dal  111  e  (tlic  1  louse)  and  in  1  vl'7  of  thr  State  Senate,  lie 
\\.i-,  i\\  icr  .si  -ill  to  Coup-ess  (  1  s.">i  I  '_'  and  1  -:'iL' -  I  ).  ln.lul\  I  -:i  I.  \\  liile 
>till  an  .M .  ( '..  he  \\asajipoinied.  under  (len.  .Jackson's  admini-i  rat  ion} 

•Illd-'e   of  the      District    Colll'l    ot'tiie    I' .    S.    fo  r    t  1 1  e   d  i  >l  >••>!    of    Ohio.         Ill 

1  '-.")•")  t  lie  di>[  rid  \\  as  di  vided   into  the    Nort  hern  and  Si  nit  hen;  di-i  nets, 
and   he   \\as    a>si^iit(|   \,>  the    Southern       the    courts    lieiiIL;-  li\,.d    at    <'in- 
cinnati,  over  NS'hich  he    >;ill   presides.       He  is  a    nieinlier    of   the    lYe-h. 
Ch.       .Mrs.    I.eavitt   d.  Jan.  L'l',    l^ds. 
[  Ki-j;ht  h  (  ienei'at  ion.  |       <  'hildren  : 

I'.iSii.  i.  l!ev.  John  .M.-Dovx'll  Leavitt,  1).  in  1  ^l' 1,  urad.  at  .1,-li'ersou 
('oil..  1 'a.,  .studied  hi\v  and  pracii>ed  it  lor  some  years  in  ( 'iiiciniiat  i, 
lull  is  now  an  Kpiscopal  clei'Li'N'iiia  n  and  lioth  editor  and  propriet  ( .r  (pf 
"  Tiie  ('hurch  I!"vie\v  "  (i|iiarterl\ ')  puli.  at  New  Vm-k. 

l'.|S7.  ii.  l!e\.  Ivl ward  !lo\ve  l.ea\itt,  IP.  in  1  XL".(,  u'i'ad.  at  \\a^inn^- 
1 01 1  (  'oil.,  J 'a.,  in  1  S  }  ^  is  ;i  I'resli.  cler^N'inaii  :  was  lor  .'>  \'ears  (  1  v.p  I  >  j 
a  inis-.io;;arv  to  India,  and  Io>ni^  Ins  health  returned  to  thi>  fniiiMrv 
•ind  settled  at  Zanovillr  <).,  lilt*  after  '.}  vears  re-iu'iied  In-,  pust  on  ac- 
count IP!'  ill  health.  lie  ha^  lieen  of  la;e  years  :t  chaplain  i::  the  I  '.  S.  A. 

1 !' ^.    in.    I''rancis  J (phnston    Lea\  ill ,  1».  in    1  X'S  I,  a  inerchani     in  <  'ill- 


Sixth  (  lenerat ion. 
I  !H  h'p.    \  i.    A  nielia     l.ea\  it  i    (dau.    of   -I  ohn 
Al.iali    Kent),   1..     Dee.    ll>.    17.">7,   in.    -Inly    1.    I 
at      I'].    Windsor,    <  't.,    .Ian.    L'.\     I  7  I'1     (-IPII    of 

Ivi'olpe).  Me     |ivc.l     ill        Mail. PS,. r,     N.     II.  He    d 

she  d.    Nov.    IT.,    IMKI,  act.   :,± 

|  Se\  elltll     <  leneral  pill.  <  'lllldl'eli   : 

I'.1-'.1,    i.    Amelia   r.is>ell.  o.   April  I.   1777.'' 
I!'! Ml.    li.     Amelia    I'-issell,   I'd,  IP.   March    l':',. 


at    Sullield. 

I '.I'.i  I.    iii.     Isaac    Hissell,  1,.    March   .",!,    177'.'.  d.   <  id.    I*'.,    I-:!  !. 

I '.".'I',    iv.    Amelia   i;i\se||,    :'„!.  IP.    .luh   'i.    17-1,    i...   II.  m.    .lo,.Th  A. 
(  '11  rt  i-,  i  pf  Mano\  er,    N.    II. 

I1.'1.':1.,    v.    Sainii.-l    I'.i  — -II.  I..  -Inne   IM,   17-::.  «i.  An-,  i  !.    I7:>7. 

I '.''.i  I.     \i.    S,,|,hia    I'.i-.-ell.   I,.    !•',  !,.    M.    I7>."'.    in.    |-:ie;,/er    D.    Cur:i-.  <I. 


Son.  of  Timotliy,  Son  of  Jolm,  lotli  of  Dcdham,  J/<Y*X.  413 

ID!)."),  vii.   Harvey  Bissell,  b.  Dec.  G,  178G. 

199G.  viii.   George   B.issell,  b.  Dee.  11,  1788,  d.  Aug.  2o,  1797. 

1997.  i.\.  Asaph  Loavitt  Bissell,  3F.D.,  b.  Jan.  1,  1701. 

19D8.  x.    .Betsia  B.issell,  b.  Aug.  2,   1  7'.>:>,  d.  Aug.  4,  1797. 

1999.  xi.    Sally  B.issell,  b.  Sept,  2:5,  179G,  d.  Aug.   19,  1797. 

2000.  .xii.    Luthera  Bissell,  b.  3Iay  14,  17'.»9,  m.  Calvin  Blodgett. 

2001.  xiii.    George  Bissell,  1).  July  28,  1801,  d.  May  1,  1802. 

1991.  iii.  Isaac  Bissell,  b.  3Farch  31,  1779,  at  Sullield,  Ct.,  m.  at 
Onondaga  Hollow,  X.  V.,  Oct.  20,  1801,  Nancy  Wcmple  (of  Belgian 
and  Dutch  origin,  named  in  her  o\vn  language  Xina  \Vempe),  b.  at 
Schonectady,  X.  Y.,  Oct.  22,  1781  (dan.  of  John  Vfomple  and  31ary 
Vecder).  Ho  d.  at  Hartford,  Vt.,  Oct.  1G,  18:51:  she  d.  at  Hanover, 
X.  II.,  June  G,  lS."if),  where  they  resided. 
|  Kighth  Generation.  J  Children  : 

2002.  i.   George   Bissell,  b.   at  Hanover,  X.  IF.   Jan.  180:5,  d.  there, 
Sept.  24,  1804. 

200:S.  ii.  Amelia.  Maria  .Bissell,  b.  Aug.  1807,  d.  at  .Hanover,  X.  .IF., 
3Liv  29,  IslG. 

200  L  iii.  Caroline  Elizabeth  Bissell,  b.  3Fay  2,  1809,  d.  at  .1  Fanover, 
June  22,  1824. 

2oof>.  i\-.  Sarah  Anne  Bissell,  b.  in  Hanover,  Feb.  2,  1814,  m.  Julv 
1G,  |S:5."i,  George  Sturtevant,  b.  at  Hartland,  Vt.,  Xov.  2s.  IS '1:5  (son 
of  George  Sturtevant  and  Betsey  \Yashburne),  a  merchant  in  Xew 
York,  and  resides  in  Brooklyn. 

200(1.  A-.  Amelia.  M.aria  Bissell,  I'd,  b.  <  let.  2G,  1S1G,  at  Hanmer, 
m.  June  21,  18:5-"),  William  Davis,  b.  in  1814  (son  of  Joshua  Davis 
and  Betsey  Dana),  a  farmer  at  Elkhart,  Indiana.  She  d.  June  •">. 
1870,  act.  f)0. 

2007.  vi.    Luthera    Melvina   Bissell,  b.  Sept.   12,  Isll.i,  at    Hanover, 
X.  II.,  m.  June   2:5,  1S.">2,  George   Tenney,  Ks<{.,  1>.  Feb.   .12,   1811)  (son 
of  Benjamin  Tenny  and  Betsey  Taylor),  a  lawyer  at  Hartford,  \  t. 

2008.  vii.    George    Henry    .I5isse.ll,   b.  Xov.    8,    1S2 1,  grad.  at    Dart- 
mouth m  lS4f),   Prof,  of  Languages  at    Norwich    I  'ni\  ersit  v,  \  i..  for  a 
short  time,  afterwards  Prin.  of  the  City  -High   Srhool  in  .New  Orleans, 
La.,  and  Supt.  of  the  public  schools  of  that  cit  v,  was   admitted    to    the 
practice  of  lav,,  but  has  devoted  himself  to  the  development  of  his  large 
petroleum  interests.      The  lirsl    petroleum   \vell    in    the    country  is    said 
to  ha\  e  IMTII  bored  on  his  land,  and    the  lirst    analysis  oi  its  component 
elements  to  have  been   made  at    his  expense  l>v   Prof.  Benj.   Silliman  of 
Xe\\     Haven,  in   IS.').").       Ho    m.    Oct.     1:5,     IS.V>,    at    .N'e\\     Voi-k,  <  >pl:ie 
Louise    <  '•  riii'en  (dan.  of   Charles  (JrilFen   and    31ar\   .Matilda  \\'heeler). 
She    d.    at    New   York,  April  2-"i,  18ii7.       lie    is    senior   partner    in    the 


liankim,'  h'.UM's  ,•!'  (Id. rp-  1 1 .  I '.issell  ,V  C,,.,  al  Oil  City,  I'a.,  Franklin, 
I'M.,  a  i,i  I  1  'clr:  >li  MI  in  (  'i  -ill  iv,  I  'a.,  ill  id  al  New  Y<  irk. 

Mr  presented  t  \\  CM  \  -li  \  r  thousand  ilnlliir^  in  Ins  iiliiui  mater  ;i 
fe\\  \fars  a_rn  fill'  tin-  erectimi  of  a  <.'\  innii^i u in  I'll  its^r<tuud>.  Chil- 
ilivn  : 

L'UII'.I.     |.     Florence   NVemple    Hi-ell.   1..   at     N.-w    Vin-k,  .liili.    11.    l>">7. 


M'Velllll    Ci  elierat  li  ill.   I 

I'.)'.'!.',    iv.    Amelia     ItivM-ll,    1..    .July  I'.,    17*1,    in.    Fel..  ISliS,    llun.  .!o 

ph    Allen  Curtis  of    Hanover,    N.    II.,  a    merchant     there    (MUI    "t'    I  >'-a. 

i.seph    Curtis    of    llan.ixer    ami     I'hel.e     Davi>).       II. •    ivim.ved    tn    \] 

'.i'tli.-l.     \"l.,    ami     ;ifii-r\\anl>    l-i    \Vanvn,    \'l.        II'     il.    >.•.).    1  L'.    |Mifi. 


I  Flight  h  general  li  MI.  |       Children  ; 

•_'«II.  i.  Harvey  ('urtis,  li.  i  >ec.  h,  ISM-;,  resides  in  \Vanvn.  N't. 
Hem.  Fli/alieth  C.  Adams  of  Troy,  N.  \.  Shed.  Aug.  1-1'.'.  They 
had  lull  uiie  child  : 

L'ulL'.  |.  Fdv.ard  Maln.hu  Curtis,  M. ]).,!..  Fel,.  [i1,.  IMu.  a  phy-i- 
eianal  <)>we^ii.  N.  N.  lie  was  a  Miix'enn  in  the  I  .  S.  A.  in  the  la''1 
war.  lie  m.  AMiy  Humphrey  of  l-'erri-iiiir-rh.  N't. 

L'11!."'.  ii.  Amelia  I.eavilt  ('nrlis,  \>.  .him-  L'.  1  >  1 '_',  m.  May  1,  1  v  1  L\ 
/era!,  Minis.  II  (if  r.iiiiMningKin.  111.  She  d.  April  I.  I  -  !  !. 

I'11!  I.  iii.  Mary  Lutliera  Curtis,  \>.  Jan.  .'!.  IH~>,  roides,  uninar- 
ried.  in  N\  a  ITCH.  N  t . 

-^  I  •>.  iv.  Ji  i-eph  NN"elliiii,rt(iu  ( 'urtis,  }>.  A  HL;'.  •"•  1 ,  1  >  1 ''.  wa-  a  faptaiu 
1:1  tin-  late  \\  ar  in  tin-  I  .  S.  Na  vv  ;  he  M'r\'c(l  al» »  in  t  lie  M  i'\icaii  \vai . 
He  d.  ai  NVarren.  N't..  Aug.  ."),  |s.*i^. 

I'11!'!.  \.  Flli-n  Fli/ilieih  ('urti-.  1'.  |-'eli.  L'.  I  v'J-'>.  m.  Jan.  L1  i .  I  SI1'*, 
Nuriiian  I'uraii!,  an  iitinrnev  at  Tiinlirid^e.  N  i .  lie  \\eiit  In  Califuf- 
nia.  in  June  !  S.'HI,  :>nd  d.  there  \..\.  :>.  l^-.'-.i-.  She  d.  al  NVanvn.  N  (., 
I  »ee.  .'1 1 ,  I  v"."i.  Tii«-\  had  i  .ii"  sun  ; 

L'n  I  7.    I.    Frederic    Curtis    Durant,   M.l'..    Ii.    Oct.     !•''.   1  MS-'  udi.-d 
medicine  at   (  >-\\  ,  —  .i.    N .    \  . 
j  Se\  en  t  h  C  em  Tat  imi.  | 

IX'!.  \i.  Sophia  l;i»"!l  (dau.  i.f  l.sia"  F.i-"il.  Jr,.a:,d  Am-lia  l,'-av- 
in  ,.  I,.  Fel,.  II,  I  7>"'.  m.  ill... ill  l>l.'i.  a-  hi-  I'd  uit'".  Fl' a/-r  l>a\is 
Curii-,  li.  in  1  i  Ml  (-,,.,  (,f  hca.  J(.-eph  Curti-  i.f  I  I  am  >\  er.  N.  I  I.,  and 
IM..-I.  '  l>..\  i-.  "M  April  1".  |-i:,.  ||i,  |i,.,r  v.  if-  \\:i.  Sii.x!  |)u  !-l.I. 

]   '-e,.      >!,,.    d.  (  »,-i.     I-  I'i.       He    d.  March     I.",.    I-  I:!.      Si,,-   d.    ;  t    I'.ur 
I,..,:   ....    N'...  S.-pi.    |;,.    |-7-.   ;,,,.   .7. 
Kiuhi  i,  (  General  h  in.         Children  : 
'".-.    i.    Jam-     |-;ii/a    Curti-.  !,.     F. L.     II.    i^i1''.    m.    N..\.     l^ll.l'i. 


of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolt  n,  lotlt  ofDeJham,  jlfaxs.  415 

Edwin  Hull  of  Alfred,  Me.,  who  d.  Nov.   1S.">2,  and  slio  m.  for  2d  hns- 
band,  Oct.  31,  IS ('>."">.  Ceorge  Henry  Cook  of  Portland,  Me.,  a  merchant. 

201<J.  ii.  Julia  Octavia.  Wingate  Curtis,  b.  May  23,  1820,  m.  Jan. 
IS.">4,  Joseph  IMnneo,  a  nurservman  in  .Hanover.  X.  IE.  lie  d.  .Feb. 

isiil  :  she  d.  April,  isoi. 

2020.  iii.    Sarali.    Morley    Curtis,  b.    Xov.    23,    1S21,   m.   Xov.  184.), 
Timothy   Ihvighi    Smith  (son   of  Dea.  Timothy  Smith   of  JIaiiover),   a 
merchant    in    Hanover,  X.    H.,   lint  of   late  years  a  resident  of  Chaska, 
Minn.     She  d.  .April  IS").").      Children,  2  :    Klla  .lane  and  lEeiiry  Dwight. 

2021.  iv.    Mary  Eli/abeth  Curtis,  b.  Sept.   1  M,   1S2!>,  m.  Sept.."),  IS.")."), 
George  Addison   Hunt,  b.   Feb.   1!,  IS2S  (son  of  (,(ol.  Norton  Hunt  of 
PetiU'boroiigh,  1ST.    H.,  and    3Larv   Cuiniuiiigs),  grad.    at    Dartmouth   in 
1S.")L',  a  lawyer  in  Qnim-y,  111.  ( 1  S."i  l-()7),  where  he  d.   Mareh  l'4,  18G7. 
Ifis  widow  resides  in  JJurlington,  Vt.      Children,  all  of    wliuin  d.  soon, 
three:    Kinma  Curtis;    I^lla  Jane;   and  Ceorge  Norton. 

[Seventh  (generation,  j 

I'.!'..!."),  vii.  Harvey  IHssell,  b.  Dee.  (i,  17S(i,  m.  Jan.  2-"),  IS1G,  Ara- 
bella J,ea\'itt  (dan.  of  Freegrace  Lea\ilf  and  -lerusha  l^oomis). 

lie  d.  Dec.  -('»,   1S.")().      1  [.is  widow  resides  in  Lawrence,   Kansas. 
|  Kighth  Ceneration.  j      Children: 

l'<(i'i>.  i.  Jane  Annette  .IVisselL  b.  May  11,  ISls,  m.  John  1  >.  Smith 
of  Vevgennes,  Vt. 

L'()L'.").  ii.  Henry  .Freegrace  liissell,  b.  March  0,  1820,  lives  unmar- 
ried at  Lawrence,  Kansas. 

2024.  iii.  Kli/.abeth  Amelia,  lUssell,  b.  Oct.  2,  1S22,  in.  Oct..  17, 
1843,  lienrv  C.  Lawrence  of  N^ergennes,  Vt.,  and  has  had  2  children: 
Arabella  and  Charles  Henry. 

202").  iv.  Arabella  Jerusha  liissell,  b.  Jan.  24,  |S2.">,  m.  March  10, 
lSi)S;  \\iu.  I^utlier  ijoomis.  See  on  previous  page.  No.  I'.MO.  \i. 

2020.    v.    Louisa  Maria  JUssell,  b.  March  0,    1.827,  d.  June   1!>,   18:5.1. 

2i»27.  vi.  So[ihia  Leavitt  ISissell,  \>.  .Feb.  '.»,  IS.'iO,  resides  unmarried 
at  Lawrence,  Kansas. 

2022.  i.   Jane   Annette   I'.issell,   b.  May  1  I,  1818,  in.  Jan.  31,  1842, 
John,  hevotion    Smith,  b.  Julv    12,  1*10.  at  AVe^t  'Haven,   Vt.   (son    of 
William     Hunter    Smith    and     Klechi     Strong.      See     Hist,     oi'    Strong 
Family,  by  the   author,  vol.  ii.  p.   1020),  a    farmer    f'>r    man\    years    at 
Vergennes,   Vt.,  but  of  late    postmaster  there.      She  d.  Nov.  28,    ISlO, 
and  he  m.  for  2d  wife,  A])ril    I'1.   1848,   hlmily  Church  of  liristol,  .1!.    I., 
and   has  had  bv  this  marriiige  >i\   children. 

[Ninth    ( <enerat  ion.  j      ( 'hi  Idren  : 

2028.    i.    William    lE-irvey  Smith,  b.  Feb.  1  S  1843.  d.  Sept.  I  1,1800. 
202'J.   ii.    Henvy   Uissell  Smith,  b.  Nov.  27.  IS!  !,  d.  Dec.  ."),   18-18. 
2n:;o.    iii.    Edward  lEunter  Smith,  b.  Sept.  17,  18  10,  d.  Aug.  2-"),   ISiiS. 


-Ill',      />•  sf,  i,,1<tltt*  at'  XiltJii/ii/,  1    I  >il'i,/lif,n)'  Xni'thiliiinfoi). 


I  SrVi'iil  li   <  Irii'Tat  Ion. 

l!''.*7.    iv.    A-aph    Lra\itl    I'.is-'ll,  M.l>.,  li.  Jan.  K  17!»1   /> !    i 

r>i»dl  and  Ainrlia  l,ra\  it  n,  m.  J  uiir  .">,  I  S  I '.'.  l.m-\  Norton  of  >;,nidd, 
1..  I  in-.  1  .  17'.'.".  idau.  of  Danirl  Norton  and  l.ury  Kln-i.  Ih-ua-a 
ph\  -j.'iaii  at  S  mil' 'Id.  I  Ir  d.  A  mr.  1-'.  Is.'ill,  arl.  tin.  Sin-  d.  Mar  h  I  •'., 
|si;.\  art.  71. 

!  Ki;dit  h  <  ienerat  ion.  |       <  'hildrrn  : 

l'"-il.    i.    I  'harlrs    Samuel     l'>!--dl,    1..     April     •"',     I  >  L' 1 ,    a     f'ann    r     in 
Snllield,   in.  -Innr  L'l,    l>i'..'>,    Ki  i/al.rt  h    I'omrfoV,  I..  Jnnr  '_'.">,   |-."i.">  .dan. 
of  Chaiimvy  and    Maria    I'omrn.v  (,f   Snllield).      ( 'hiltlrrii  : 
i:**      1.     l.ra\itt     1'omrn.v    |',i-,-dl,    I..    April     1  >,    1  >'''">. 
:     L'.    I  'haih-s  Cliaum-.-y   I'.isM-lI.l,.  A  uir.    IS,    I>i'.7. 

L'(i.">L'.    ii.    William    Norton    i'.i^dl,  li.   Nov.    1>L'.">.  d.   S.-pt.  ."..    Isl.'!. 

L'"-"'-"i.  iii.  |-'ram-i^  !.ra\iti  !'.i--''ll.  !•.  ahoin  1>L'">,  i^  a  liookkn-pi-r  at 
I.oi-kport.  N.  N  .  l!r  in.  ahont  l^'i'i.  Hannah  Maria  Sipnrr.  oi'  NI  VA 
.lrr>i'\-.  \\lio  d.  I'rr.  .'I,  1^'d.  art.  ->s.  llr  in.  attrr\vards  for  L>1  uifr 
Adrlim-  lloliiir-;  of  Loch-port.  lit;  had  liy  hi-,  |'n>t  ssir'i-  .".  childr-  n  : 

****     I.    Mary   IHssdl,  h.  Jan   !''.,   ls:>7. 

:;::;:;:::;:     L'.    Clara   Aral.clla    I'.issdl.  I..    NIIV.   7.    1  •=.">.<. 

:;::;::;':::     :',.    Carrie  Shddon  l',isM-ll,  I,.  .Inly  !>.   Isr.J. 

L'i '."•!.  iv.  Marv  Amdia  l'ii>-dl.  li.  ahout  1XL'^.  in.  I)---.  |v."..">, 
llorai-e  l'!ii  Mather  of  Snttield,  a  mei'chant  at  Ilarifonl.  <'[.  Three 
children  : 

1.    l-ai, il\   l;i--dl  Mather.      L'.    Mary  I'.i-ell  Mather.      .",.    Lu.-yAl.- 
Matin  r. 

L'<'.".:>.  \.  Kmily  l.ntheria  l!i».-ll.  I.,  ahont  1  s:',] ,  ,1.  Sept.  !  •_'.  1 --"'7. 
She  in.  Sepr.  17.  |s.">'J,  Natlian'i-1  Sh ••rmaii  I'mn'oii,  \\'ho  i~  i-n^:i_r''d  ;n 
ill.-  iron  l,M>iiie>«.  in  Chicau'o,  li!.  Thi-v  had  one  child,  I'haiii  -  Sh-/- 
man  I  '.i  iiKon.  \>.  in  I  v"'7.  that  <l.  -oon. 

I'M:',.;.    \i.    ||:,n,.y    l..-a\i:i    \\\--<-l\.  h.  :d.ont    |s:',J,  d.  s  „,,,. 

L'n.">7.    vii.    l-Ji'_'i.ni'   l'>i»di.  li.    N..V.    I.    I  x.">'.(.  in.  -I'll.-    'i.    Is1'"',   Maiv 
Matilda    Van    Name  of    Ne',v    N'nrk.    I,.    March    L'l.    I  SI.",.        ||..    i- 
i  n   N  e\\    ^  i  irk.      'I'\\'<  >  <  hildren  : 

I.    Knu'ene   Van   Name,  ],.    N  ,\.    L'7.    |s.',7. 

::***     L'.    Kior.'iv.'   N..rton    Van   Name.  h.    March   L".    1^7-"-. 

!  Se\-cnt  h   l  Iriierat  'on.  | 

L'""".    xij.    I.nthi-ra     I'.i,-,-!!.  1,.   May    II,     1 7'.".(.    in.     April    L'l,     h-L'.'-, 

C;,  i  \  i  n    |,|  M  i_fet ' .  1 ..  .Inn.  ."i,    17':'"   (  - .f    I  I  i-ti  r\    I  'do-  !_•'•::   of   I  Ja  ;     "I  ph. 

\'t..  and    Al.i-ail     I'armelc,-,  dan.    of  .l.hid     I'arm.'le,..  of    I,  i..' 
II..    ;  •  •!     !•:  u.ie,-    ||, -nd".',  win, >.-    moth.-r  ua,   a  d-t.-r  of    |':,     -.    \\'l 

'.    ..;'    I  >:•;  i  nioii;  h    ('olli'_o.),    -,    lunih    r    nn  rdianl    in     I  '.i  rii ; .  4"  "\  .    \'. 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  loth  ofDedham,  Jfass.   41 7 

[  Eighth  Generation.] 

2038.  i.    Calvin  irony  Plodgett,  b.  in  llandolph,  Vt.,  April  7,  1827, 
a  lumber  merchant  in  Purlington,  Vt.     He  m.   Aug.   14,   IS").'),   Man- 
daiui  G.  bloody   (dan.   of  'Nathaniel  Moody  of  Waterbury,  Vt.).      She 
d.  Sept.  1,   18D4,   and   he   in.  for   2d   wife,   Feb.    19,    18f>(},   Julia   Ann 
Jenness    (dau.  of  Hon.  Jonathan   Jennets  of  Topsham,  A't.).      She   d. 
Sept.  2."),   ISU3. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children  : 

lit/  second  1 1' if c,  : 

2039.  i.  Julia  Mandana  Plodgctt,  b.   \)w.  21,   1S:>0. 

2040.  ii.   Eva  Luthera  Plodgett,  b.  March   1,   1S.VJ. 

2041.  iii.  John  Calvin  T.lodgett,  b.  Aug.  U,  IStil,  d.  May  27,  18G2. 
He  in.  for  3d  wife,  June  14,  JSG-"),  Eva  1'itkin  15111  (dau.  of  (,'arlos   T. 
liill  of  Topsliam,  Vt.). 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

I'.'O".  vii.  Abiah  Li-avitt  (dau.  of  John  Leavitt  and  Abiah  Kent), 
b.  F(>l>.  Hi,  171'iD^  m.  Oct.  ">,  1780,  Daniel  Lester. 

He  d.  .Jan.  20,  lsl:5:   she  d.  at  1'liiladelpliia,  .Juno  22,  iHl.l^aet.  f)"). 

They  had  eight  children:  .Daniid;  Naney  ;  Abiali  ;  Sally;  ( 'liar- 
lotte  ;  Fanny;  Edward,  who  lives  at  SuiHeld  ;  and  .Villon,  who  lives 
at  SuiHeld.  No  further  facts  could  be  gained  concerning  this  family. 

UMK.    viii.    IFannah    EeaA'itt  (dau.  of  John   T.eavitt  of   Sullield  antl 
Abiah  Kent),  b.  Jan.  12,  I7ii2,  in.  JVc.   13,  1781,  Zeno  Pease,  b.  i-'eb. 
2,  17-">!)  («on  of  Joseph  L'ease    and   3Iind\vell  King),  a    farmer   at    Suf- 
iield,  Ct.     He  d.  Fel>.  2,  isoO  :  she  d.  Nov.  8,  ISL>O. 
[Seventh  Generation.       Cliildren : 

2012.  i.  Zeno  Pease,  b.  in  Norwich,  Ct,,  Dec.  31,  17-^2,  d.  Feb.  1U, 
1793. 

204.").  ii.  C'harlotte  Tease,  b.  Jan.  2f>,  -17^4,  was  living  in  Sutlield. 
(Jt.,  in  1  si'iSj  unmarried. 

2ol!,  iii.  Hannah  Pease,  b.  April  9,  1780,111.  Eli  Itising  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  died  without  issue  March  2,  iMiil. 

2o|:>.   iv.   Henry  Pease,  b.  Jan.   14,  1  7s7,  <l.  J  ul \   (',,  Ls.">4. 

20l(i.  v.  Eydia  Pease,  b.  June  23,  1  7 *'..',  in  SufHeld,  Ct.,  where  in 
isiis  she  was  still  living,  unmai-ri'-d. 

2017.  v:.  Cynthia  Pease,  b.  Nov.  2s,  1  7(.H>,  in  Sutlield,  d.  at.  Wash- 
ington, J).  C..  June  22,  1815. 

20-i-H.   vii.   Hon.  Chaitucey   ['ease,  l>.   !M-!I.    1,   1  7'.>2.  in  Sullield. 

2041).    \iii.    Adeline   ['ease,  b.  Aug.  29,   1  sO  I ,  d.  Oct.    1844. 

201-0.  iv.  Henry  Pease,  1).  Jan.  1  1,  17^7,  in.  Xo\.  2!»,  IS],");  Surah 
King,  b.  <)rt.  2,  17'.1!  (dau.  of  i>;in  and  Sarah  King):  a  manufacturer 
at  .Si  liield.  Me  d.  July  2,  I  SI}  I  ;  she  died  July  (i,  ISOl, 


>>,<«•<  H<Jlt  lit*    "/'    .\'il>}fll<i<J    J>  "•/;////,    <//'    \lH-tltltlll't<>ll. 


i  Ki'_'hi  li  <  lenerai  i<  ni.  |      '  'hiidr.-n  : 
Un.Mi.    i.    1  1,  'iit's    IVa.sr,  I..   April    I,    1  -  1  -. 

L'"."'l.  ii.  C\utliia  Marhili  IV;,  sr,  ),.  JuU  |.  1--JII.  in.  I  I  •  l  .  I'  \  A. 
I.  .....  nir,  i.f  SllMirld. 

L'i'.'rJ.    iii.    /nn>   Kin-'   I'ea.-M-,  li.   Sept.    17,    I  -I1:'). 

I'll."'.",.  iv.  Sarah  l.-al'i-l  |'i  ;!•,,-,  h.  April  1  L',  I  -.">0  in.  Al\ah  <>ai!iian 
t.f  Ui-ooklyn,  N.  V. 

L'l'.'tl.     V.     llrh'li     MalT     I'ra^r.   1  1.   .luiic    '_'!'-.    !>.">!,    li\i'>   I  II  !  Ilia  fl'ii  '  1     ill 

|.r....klvn.   N.  V. 

L'"."'".  i.  ll.-nrv  I'.-asc,  1,.  April  I,  |s|S.  ni.  -Ian.  hi,  1  >  |.\  Laura 
Mitrhrll  Uixitli,  1).  July  I''..  I  SL'L>  (,|;,,i.  of  \Valt-T  l!....ili  ,,f  M.-ri.l.-n, 
Cl..aml  Laura  .Mitrhrll):  a  inrrrliaii!  at  I  iartt'nnl,  <  't.  Shr  d.  |-V1,. 
L'">.  lv-"'l.aml  lie  in.  fur  I'd  \\  it'r.  M;t\  I'l',  I  x"">,  A  iinr  Lli/ali"th  <  "iiurrli, 
i.  l-'rli.  1,  I.^L'S  fdau.  («!'  Austin  ('huivli  .it'  Nr\v  York  and  Nain-y 
I  '\\i--lit.  Srr  sulisri|llclit  pa_fri. 

|  Ninth  <  Iriirral  ion.  |       (  'h  ildrrn  : 

///////w  /'•;/;.  .- 

L'<.i.').").    i.    Kk'hard   H.-iiry   I'.-UM-.  li.  AH-.  .",.   lsr.ll,  ,1.    I'd,.   7,   l^'l'. 

'  /I,,*,',-,,,,./  „•!/>•: 

L'n.'n'i.    ii.    C!iarlr>  Austin   1'casr.  !,.  Ort.  h,    1  >.">7. 
L'H.'i;.     iii.     lOllrnuril    I  looker    L'ra^r,   1,.   Ort.   S,    |  S.V.I. 
L'n.'.S.    iv.    \\'il!iaiu  Cliurrh   1'i-as.-.  li.  July  .".  1  ,    l-'il. 
L'  M.  V.i.    v.    AHVrd  li.    I'rasc,  1>.    Nov.  L1''..    1-''.!. 

|  Ki<Jii  h  (  Iciicration.  ] 

l'i  '.">!.    ii.    Cynthia   Machin   1'rasr.  li.  J  ul  v  -1  .  1  >l'i  ',  m.   A  11.'.  1  '.'.    I-!!. 

II'-nr\    All"],   Lr,Mii;i->.  li.  Api-il  :).   I^L'L'  IMIU  of  Allen  Loomi-^  <•!'  Sutii.-l 
aiiii    Ln/.a     1  la!  ha\\a\  !,  a    i;ia  1  1:1  far!  ;;  r  •;•    a;     Sullirld.       She    d.     I''>-li.     li. 


•Ninth    <  leiierai  i'  -u.  |      (  'hildrrn  : 
L'li.'.u.    i.     ||r,,ry    L.->lir    l,...],;i^.  I,.    Max     I  L'.    I-  |.\ 

L'l'ill.     ii.      L'ririliald     Allrli     Lm.luiv.    I,.     N,,N.    -<,     1-  1. 

JiniL'.    iii.    Nrll\    Kli/a    Ln,,ini.,   I,.    Ail-.    I'.1,   I"-"'11. 
L'"1'.:'..    i\.    llirhard    Ne\\t..n    I.MMini-.  1..  Junr    I  I.    1 
L'"'i  t.    \.    <  '.ird<  iia    l-'av    L-nnnU,  1..  <  >rt.   -,    I  ^. "•.">. 


j   I-.iu'iii  h    Ciriirrai  io 

"."'J.  iii.  /-•;,,,  Kin^  1' I,.  S,-pi.  17.  !-:_-.  in.  <»,--.  |:',,  I>I7. 

Ti'  l  I'ritnii  l.iHiiiii-..  I..  NH\.  7.  \^-'-'>  idau.  '•!'  Jaiif  -  Lull! ! 

:'.'  Id  ;i  it.  1  Sal.lv  I  'rili  MI  i  :  a  iiin-.-Iiaiil  at  I  I  a  rt  |.  n-d.  Ct .  >i,..  d.  A  UL.'. 

i  -."'..  and  In  in.  fur  _d  uit'.'.  >rpt.  I".1.  1-.'-^.  I. \di.i  I  .•  HI  i -.  •  (  'ha  p- 
..  i'  Marr';i  :;').  1-:',|  (,iaU.  -t'  J..hli  I'.UcLlry  <  'i,a  jHiiall  ..)'  \Va)' 

••    I  '"i::! ,  (  '; .,  and    I  .s  Mia    I  lulkin-  ). 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Joint,  lotJt  of  Dedliain,  J/^/x.y.    410 


2066.  ii.   Nun-let  Louise  I  'case,  b.   June   27,  1850,  d.   Dec.  25,  1866 

2067.  iii.    Buckley  Chapman  .Pease,  b.  Juno  12,  18(1.°). 

2068.  i\-.    Frederic  Chapman  Tease,  b.  -March  1),  18G7. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

205:;.  iv.  Sarah  Isabel  Tease,  b.  April  2,  1830,  m.  Nov.  a,  1855, 
A  hah  Oatmau  of  Brooklyn,  X.  V.,  b.  .March  17,  1823  (son  of  Arnold 
Oatiuan  of  Hartland,  Ct.,and  Abigail  Hays),  a  merchant  in  New  York. 
[Ninth  Generation.]  Children: 

201')!).   i.  Richard  Edward  Oatman,  b.  Nov.  15,  1856. 

2070.  ii.   J  Tarry  Tease  <  hitman,  b.  April  2,  185S}  d.    Sept.  1858. 

2071.  iii.    Laura  Isabel  Oatiuan,  b.  June  21,  1859. 

2072.  iv.   Clara  Abigail  Oatman,  b.  Aug.  1.3,  1801. 

2073.  v.   Alvah  Oatman,  b.  Aug.  3,  1<*65. 

[Seventh  (  Generation.] 

20  |8.  \  ii.  lion.  Cliauncey  Tease  (son  of  Zone  .Tease  of  SnlFiehl, 
and  Hannah  Leavitt),  b.  Feb.  1,  L792,  m.  Dec.  22,  1819,  Julia  Fowler 
of  Weslfield,  Mass.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1797  (dau.  of  .Blackloach  Fowler,  and 
Marv  Smith):  a  farmer  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  a  selectman  for  13  years 
successively,  and  for  3  years  a  member  of  the  Mass.  legislature.  He 
d.  Dec.  22,  1855  :  she  d.  Nov.  29,  1846. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

2071.  i.  Steuben  Tease,  b.  Oct.  10,  1820,  m.  in  1847  Lucinda  Tal- 
mer.  1>.  Dec.  24,  1821  Man.  of  Daniel  Palmer  of  Southvnck,  Mass.. 
and  Lucretia  Fowler)  :  a  farmer.  lie  d.  Jan.  2,  1*67,  a<-t.  4-6. 

2075.  ii.    Adeline   Tease,    b.    Nov.  13,   1821.   m.   in    1851    Milo  Un- 
derbill, b.  in  1823.       He   d.  June   26,  ls(J7,  aet.    41;   had    sons,  Frank 
and  (ieorge,  and  daughter  Alice. 

207').    iii.    Ileni'v  Pease,  1).  Marrh  27.    l^2.'5. 

2o77.  i\.  Julia  Pease,  b.  in  Isi'^jiu.  in.  1  s54,  A.zariah  J  udsoii,  M.D. 
bin-  d.  Jan.  1  1,  1861.  Children  : 

207^.    I.    Knima  Judson,  b.  in   Is55. 

2<>7'.'.    2.    llenrv  Judson,  \).  in   1S57  and  d.  in   1>60. 

20-(i.  v.  James  Tease,  b.  ..March  7,  1*31,  m.  i  )<>c.  17,  1*56,  Mari- 
ette  I*.  .Moodv,  1).  Jan.  v,  \^:}'2  (dau.  of  haiiiel  D.  .Moody  of  MOJI.MHI, 
LMa>s..  and  Sarah  Perkins)  ;  a  firmer. 

;M)S|.    \i.    (  'liarloite  Tease,  Ii.  in    1S.">7,  m.  in   l*(iS   Fi'ank  Terri'tt. 

2076.  iii.    Henry    Pease,   b.    March    27,    1823,    m.    April    12.    1849, 
Fally    L'helon,  b.  Nov.    16,    iSi'S    (dau.  of   John    I'helon    of  Oraiuille, 
]\lass.,  and  Fallv  1  loisingtmi)  :  a  farmer  ai   \\"estfield,  .Mass.    Children: 


j> 

L'HS-J.     I.    <;,•,,!•-•,•   II.    IVase,  1).   <).•(.   L'L',    IS.'.H. 

•Jn-V,.    L>.    Myron    II.    IVav.  1 1.   April  I'!,    !•>-.  il.    Mar.-li    I.   |SC,  |. 

L'HSI.  :;.    Mary  I'-.  I'I-JIM-,  I).  An-.  i'l.  |sr,;,. 

Se\  en!  li  (  M'ti'Tat  inn.  | 

L'nl'.i.  \lii.  Adeline  IYa->e  (<la:i.  of  X  -m.  I1. •;.-.•  and  Mannali  l.easitt), 
1>.  Anu.  '-".'.  l<(|l.  in.  .lime  I.  ISl'^',  .luiialhan  Slicpard  |-',:i>t  mail,  1>.  at 
North  Ha\tMi,  Cf.,  Oct.  :'><),  I  7^^  (son  nf  ( 'lark  and  .Mar\  Kastinan  ),  a 
inainit'a.'l  iirri-  ot'  a^ri'^ilt  ural  inijilriin-nts  al  Halt  iinnn-.  Mil.  !!.•  v.,-is 
tlir  iiiM-ntur  of  (lie  !'aniniis  cvlindriral  >l  raw-ciitti-r.  II. 'd.  I  >.•.•.  '.', 
ISTni.  "Mr  was  an  ii]u-i^lit .  rnrriM  i'\  i  ndi1  - 1  ri.  »u  -,  u'1 "  "t  man,  <>t' '_'rcal 
(\\rciili\c  aliilit  irs."  Slic  d.  (  )ct.  i'..  1^1  1,  and  was  "a  ^fiitl.-,  allVcti  nil- 
site,  clia  n  ta  l>Ir  \\  oinan.  ot'  nnidi  licaiit  v  of  JKTSOII. 
|  I'liu'li! li  ( Icnrrat  1011.  (  'hi Idivn  : 

L'll>").  i.  Sarah  l'.'as<-  Ma.stniaii,  i..  April  '.',  I  SlM>,  in.  alioiit  1-17, 
•lanifs  Mriirv  (  'null  ill.  1>.  Sept.  L'.'i,  1^17  (son  of  Small  wood  A.  ( 'o_diill 
and  i''!i/alict  h  ( I rccuwood  ( Jarrct  t  ),  a  merchant  in  New  Nork.  Sh.'  d. 
^larcli  I:'..  ISl'.l  ;  and  he  in.  for  I'd  wife,  Maivh  '.',  1S.VI,  Mary  Mnlford. 
( 'hild  n-ii  : 

L'dsC,.    |.    IFeiiry  Co-hill,  b.  al.out    Is.JS,  ,1.  soon. 

L'(IS7.    '2.    Sarah    I'ease  ( 'n-rliill,  1).    March   M,    |S|!>. 

liOS^.  ii.  llenr\'  IVase  I'lastman,  1).  !>.•(•.  L'7,  l'.'i|(.  d.  of  M-arl'-t  fi-vi-r 
March  1'.  Is.'JI. 


fo\er  Ma\    7,    IS.",  |. 

L'l  !'.'(•.  i\.  llcnrv  V.'illiam  i'!a>!  ii'an,  1>.  (>ct.  L' I  ,  i -.'!.".,  m.  .Ian.  !.">. 
l>.")i;.  Anna  Mary  \Ventx,  l>.  .)  line  l".i,  1 -.").">  (dan.  of  ( 'liarle-.  Kin. 'aid 
V\"ent/.  and  I'.ii/a  Kim-aid):  a  furniture  deal.T  in  Halt  imoi-c.  Md. 
(  'liildrdi,  se\  IMI  : 

L'd'.M.     I.     Ida   Shepard     I'la.-t  man.   IP.    Nov.   :'.,    I -.">''. 

L'O'.ii'.    l'.    Sal-all    Adeline    Ma.-' man,   1..  .Jan.    M'.    I     .">-. 

L'n'.i.",.    :;.    i-;ii/a   \\'i-mx   l'!a>tman,  1>.    I  >  •<•.  I'D,  |>.",'.i. 

L'H'.il.     I.    Anna    Mary    KaMn.aii.  \>.  Sep.  ;.,    l>r,|.  d.    Nov.    I-"..    1  >V,;,. 

L'd'.i.'i.  ."».  l|.-nr\'  V  illi-im  Ivi.-l  ii.aii,  I  >.  No\'.  L'1 '.  lV|i.''.  d.  .Inn.'  7, 
I  Si',:.. 

•Jii'11'..    ii.    Anna    Mary    I'.asi  man,  1..   IY1..   .",.    |M',.;. 

L'11'.1!.    7.     !larr\     ! ''iniiinu,'   I'la^tnian,  1>.   Sept.   7,    l^1'"^. 


N'  '•>  ' •  >'.,    i    : .  i '.  •  r-i'  \    in    Mai  1 1  more,    Mel.,  in    !>.'><'..  and  al    tin1    I    ni  \  cr  -M  \ 

•  it'  M  ..  i".  i.     .  i   M  i    I  '.a  1 ;  imoi'i' ),  MI   1 1  ted  1 1 -in  •,  in    I  v-'! '.       1 1  <•   li'-cam--   ;  --i   :- 

n  i;,  I  !n-  n  •-!  ilar   I'.  S.  A.  in   Is  i  I    :'.     Sine.-    |M'.:;  In    h.-,     |..'<-n 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJoli  n ,  botli  of  J)edlt am ,  Jfass.   421 

Gormley,  1).  Aug.   ">,  1838    (dau.  of  Jolni   and   Ann   Conuley  of  Balti- 
more.)     Children  : 

2100.  1.    Lewis  Ahiu  Eastman,  1).   Feb.  22,  18G:>,  d.  Aug.  11,  180f>. 

2101.  2.    Mary  Kastman,  b.  July  20,  1800. 

[Sixth  Generation.  ] 

1909.  i.v.  Frcegrace  Leavitt  (son  of  John  Leavitt  and  Abiah  Kent), 
b.  Jan.  10,  1704,  in.  Dee.  30,  1788,  Jenisha  Loomis,  b.  Aug.  14,  1770 
(dan.  of  (I raves  .Loomis  and  Lli/.abeth  Smith). 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

2102.  i.   Jerusha  Leavitt,  b.  Dee.  ID.  1789,  ni.    Nov.  7,    1807,  Dan 
Wright,  M.D.,  of  Hartford,  Yt.      lie  d.  without  issue   Dec.  20,  1840. 
His  widow  resided  in  Middlebury,  Yt. 

2103.  ii.    Arabella    Leavitt,    b.    July    IT),    1793,   ni.    Jan.    2/5,    1S10, 
Harvey  Bissell.      For  account   of  her  descendants  .see  previous  page, 
No.   ID!)-"),  vii. 

2101.  iii.  Kev.  Harvey  Freegraco  Leavitt,  b.  Dec.  1,  171)!'),  in. 
Minerva  Shipperd.  She  d.  Oct.  1843,  and  he  ni.  for  I'd  wife,  Aug. 
1845,  widow  Miranda  Miner.  He  was  grad.  at  Vale  in  "J8!0.  Ho 
resides  at  Middlebury,  Yt.  Children  : 

13>/  jirst  tr/fe  : 

210.1.   i.    Sophia  Leavitt,  b.  in  1S2H,  d.  Nov.   10.  1844,  act.  21. 
2 100.    2.    James  Harvey  Leavitt,  b.  in  ]S.'}r>5  d.  June  17,  1^02. 

Jti/  second   i''if<-: 
2107.   .'5.    Sophia  Jerusha   Leavitt,  b.  Aug.  18-10,  d.  Sept.   1848. 

[Fifth  Generation.]      See  page  40.5. 

1M.'2.  vi.  Major  Klilni  .Kent  (son  of  Samuel  Kent  of  Suflield,  ( 't., 
and  Abiah  Dwight),  b.  June  1,  17.>.5,  in.  Frb.  in,  17">7,  Uelxvca  Kel- 
logg, b.  at  Fort  Dnmmer,  Yt.,  April  8,  172!)  (dan.  of  Joseph  Kellogg 
and  Rachel  Devotion.  See  previous  page  for  fuller  account,  of  her 
anccstrv).  She  d.  Aug.  27,  17<;l.  and  he  in.  for  2d  \vifc,  Nov.  !',  17''i3, 
•Snsainiah  I,yi::a!i,  b.  July  2^,  1737  (dan.  of  Dra.  Aar;in  Lyman  of 
Belt:hertown,  Mass.,  and  Kumri-  !)\vight,  dan.  of  Ke\ .  Josiah  |)\vight 
of  \Voodstoek,  Ct.).  She  ,1.  !•',•!).  1.  1770;  and  he  in.  for  3d  wife,  Feb. 
2,  1771,  Sibyl  Dwighi.  b.  Oct.  4,  I  7-1  t  (dan.  of  Col.  Simeon  Duighi  of 
"Western,  Mass,  and  Sibyl  Dwight,  d  an.  of  (apt.  Samuel  Dwighi  of 
Fnlield  (  '(.  See  subseipienl  page,  and  also  previous  page,  under  No. 
f>21>.  iii.).  Shed.  July  '.>,  Is22,  act.  7(5.  lie  d.  Feb.  12,  !  8 1 4,  act. 
8(1.  !  !e  was  a  .farmer  at  Snllield.  I'pon  tin-  news  of  the  battle  of 
Lexington  reaching  (lie  town,  he  raised  a  company  of  !' 1  men  within. 
21  hours,  and  inarched  at  their  head  as  captain  for  the  field  of  bailie. 
"lie  held  various  oilicial  positions  under  (he  State. 


•l'J2  A '«<•<  ii-li //As'  <>t*  X(ttI«iniJ  ./>//•//////,  of  \<>/'tli</ii/j>l/>,i, 

(Sixth  (  ienerat  ion.  I      Children  : 

/;y  _/;,-,/  //•;/;.- 

L'lHS.    i.    (  ',,].   Klihn    Kent,  1).   I  »er.  I."),   I  7~>7. 

L'ln'.i.    ii.    .Jonathan   Kell,,^  Kfiiljli.  Sept.  L'l,   17-V.i. 

LM  In.    iii.    Martin   Kent,  k  .1  uly   1  L'.   I7'il,d.  Nov.  is,   |s|.;. 

/;-/  »;;,,,,i  //•;/;  .- 

I'll  I.  i\.  <  .'amaliel  Ixdit,  1).  Aii'.:.  !',  I  7'i1',  il.  April  .">n,  !>.".  i.ut 
r.ainl'ridjv,  (  >. 

'Jill'.  \.  Susannah  Knit,  li.  Srjit.  L'0,  17''>s,  in.  Hon.  Ile/ekiah 
Hunt  in^ion  of  I  lart  fonl.  ( 't. 

/>'//    //,//•-/    ir]f,; 

l'll.'>.    vi.    Silivl  Kent.  1>.  in   J77'.'.      S<'e  snliseijiient  pau'e. 

21dS.    i.    Col.    Klilni    Kent.   1>.    De.-.     I."..   I7."»7.      lie    went    \\iih    his 

1'ather  into  the  revolutionary  armv.  and  v.as  captured  on  Lon^  I -land 
K\  the  eneni\'.  and  c.'oiitincd  for  a  lon^  time  a>  a  pri.-onej-  of  \\ar  in  the 
ohl  "  SuLTar  I  louse,"  in  New  York,  "where  he  tillered  Breath. 

He    \v;is    ;i    farmer   at     Sutlield,    and    kept  a  [lulilic-hou.-e    there   for  ;i 
time.       lie  m.   Kli/alieth   I-'itcli  of  I.elianon,  < 'l. 
Seventh  (Generation.        Children  : 

L1 1  1  1.    i.  Keliei-ea  Kent  J p.  Mai'eh  :ln.  1  7 > '1 .  d .  nnmarrieil  (  ),-t .  L'7.  1  x|  i.".. 

'1 1  1  ">.    ii.   lieisev   Kent ,  1).  Sept.  !'."•,  1  7^4 ,  in.  ( 'apt .  Sin  1011  Kendall.  . I r. 

L' J  1'i.  iii.  Samuel  Kent ,  1>.  Nov.  L'7,  I  7»>.  in.  Mareh  .">.  I  >  I  L',  M-  •',  i-ent 
Well,  s  Steele  of  Tolland,  Ct.,  1..  Ar,-.  «.»,  17'.'n  (dan.  of  Ashl.el  St.-ele 
and  Mli/.alieth  \Vel!e>).  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer  in  Tolland.  and 
held  various  pul.lie  otlires  in  the  town.  Ned.  Max  L1^.  1>."'I:  .-he  d. 
May  n,  !-!:',.  They  had  ehildren  : 

****  1.  Kli/alieth  Sophrojiia  Kent.li.  Sept.  |s,  1>17,  iv>id.  s  un- 
inari-i'-d  at  Toil -;nd.  Cl.  I  1  >7  I  i. 

**!';:*  L'.  James  Steele  Kent,  IP.  .Inly  '1\.  lvl'.',  a  merchant  in  Ilieh- 
mond,  \"a..  m.  .Inlv  L'.'!,  lv">7.  Minnie  !!\d"  of  Stafford.  I'l.,  IP.  Jan. 
1  -.">!>  (dan.  of'  Aivan  ll\de  and  Sarah  I'iniievi.  lie  d.  without  issue 
I>ee.  :'p,  ISiJ'.l. 

I'l  17.     i\.     A/el    l-'iteh    Kent,   U.   Sept.    I'l',    17'.'H. 

I'll-"),     ii.      I'.ctsev     Kent,    ll.    Sept.    I1."),      17^1.     III.    I  >ec.      I'd,      1  >M'.i.    (  'a  pt . 

Simon    KI  ndall,  -I  r.,  of    Snt]iel,|,    ('i..  1,.    ,\\\\\    J'.i,    i7^:i     .-,,n    of   Simon 
K'-ndall   and    The,,da    |!|-,.IIM,H  ).       IL-    d.    Mareh   I".1,     KV,  :    >!.e  d.    l-'.-l.. 

L'.">,     1  vl'i'  '.    ael  .     7  "'. 

',  l-'.i^hi  li  (  General  ii  >n.  |      <  'hihlren  : 

I'l  I-.    i.    <; •-.•   l-'iteh    K.-n.l-ill,  I'.  <  >.-i.    I'1..    l<ln. 

L'l  I1.',    ii.     I,'.  l.e.-,-.-i   Kendall,  IP.  (  >,-t.  :;.   I-I-J,  ,|.    M.-.r.-l,    I.   !  -L'.",   |:«ii,i. 
I'll'",     iii.     llet^.-s      Kendall    (t\\iin,    1>.    U,-i.    ."..     1  x  1  L',    in.    .!.>-. 'ph    \\'. 
Kin-. 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Joli  n,  loth  ofDedham,  Mass.   428 

2121.  iv.   Simon  Bi-onson  Kendall,  b.  Aug.  13,  1815. 

2122.  v.  Clarissa  Kendall,  b.  M.arch  10,  1817,  in.   Edmund  T.  Hal- 
laday,  a  farmer,     lie  d.  Xov.  1852. 

2123.  vi.   Mary  Kendall,  b.  June  23,  1819,  m.  April  30,  184G,  John 
McKibben,  a  merchant  at  Lima,  (.). 

2124.  vii.   Henry  Lorenzo  Kendall,  b.  Sept.  3,  1824. 

212.").  viii.    Jane  Maria  Kendall,  b.  Oct.  5,  1827,  d.  Aug.  15,  1828. 

2118.  i.  George  Fitch  Kendall,  b.  Oct.  1G,  1810,  m.  May  29,  1838, 
Susan  Baldwin  :  a  resident  at  Sutlicld. 

[Xiiith   Generation.  ]      Children  : 
212G.  i.  Helen  Smith  Kendall.      2127.   ii.  Anna  Baldwin  Kendall. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2120.  iii.   Betsey  Kendall,  b.  Oct.  3.  1812,  m.  Aug.  23,  1838,  Joseph 
Warren  King,  a  merchant  at  Xenia,  O. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children  : 

2128.  i.   Helen  King,  b.  June  12,  1839,  m.  Aug.  9,  18G4,  Hev.  AVm, 
G.  Morebead,  a  missionary  at   Florence,   Italy  :   2  children. 

2129.  ii.   Mary  King,  b.  Xov.  12,  1843. 

2130.  iii.   Ella  King,  b.  Jan.  29,  1845. 

2131.  iv.    Isadore  King,  b.  Jan.  22,   1847. 

2132.  v.  Emma  King,  b.  Dec,  14,  1849. 

[Eighth  Generation.] 

2121.  iv.    Simon   Bronson   Kendall,  b.   Aug.  13,    1815,   m.   Oct.    31, 
1839,  Adeline  Kent  (dan.  of  Comfort  Kent),  a  resident  of  Sufneld. 

[Xinth  Generation.]      Children: 

213:5.  i.  Emma  -lane  Kendall,  b.  Xov.  11,  1841,  m.  Xov.  17,  1859, 
Cecil  II..  Fuller  of  Suffield,  a  farmer.  Children: 

2134.  1.  Apollos  Kendall,  b.  Xov.  24,  18GO. 

2135.  2.  Adda  Jane  Kendall,  b.  May  4,  1863,  d.  Jan.  7,  18G5. 
213G.   3.   Harriet  Maria  Kendall,  b.  Dec.  1,  1SG5. 

2137.  ii.   George  Fitch  Kendall,  b.  Sept,  2,  1849. 

[Eighth  Generation.  ] 

2124.  vii.  Henry  Lorenzo  Kendall,  b.  Sept.  3,  1 824,  m.  April  14, 
185  1,  at  Yorktown,  Ya.,  Penelope  Shield:  a  merchant  at  Baltimore, 
Maryland. 

|  Xinth  Generation.        Children: 

2138.  i.    Maria  Elizabeth  Kendall,  b.  Oct.  8,  185.3. 

2139.  ii.   Henry  Simon  Kendall,  b.  Nov.   1G,   1855. 

2140.  iii.      Minna  .Rosalie   Kendall,  b.  Dec.    1  G,   IsG2. 

|  Seventh  Generation.  | 
2117.   iv.   A/.el    Fitch    Ivent,   b.   Sept.   20,    1790  (son   of  Col.  Elihu 


•ll'l    A  .vv  inltlilf*  "/'  \<tfli<l ni<  I    A'//1/,////,  c//'  X<>rt]t(llit]>to)l, 

Kent    and    Kli/alie!  h    Kitch).   III.   <>ct.    L'('t,    1  N  1  ]  ,    I.orinda    llatha\\ay    (dar,. 
of  S;u  in  n  •!   I  In  i  \\-.\\\  a  v  of  \V  Sin  I  MM-,  <  'I .,  mill   Lorinda    MOIT'I-  ),  :i  resident 
:,i  Sutlield.      I!.-  .1.   April  !»,   ISL.V,,  act.  :'.:>.      Si..-  .1.   Kelt.   17,   ls:>7. 
Kii;ht  li  ( lem-rat  ion.        (  'liildiTii  : 

L'l  I  !.    i.    A  child,  unnamed,  1>.  and  d.  Nov.  L'7,   1>  1 1'. 

L'llL'.   ii.   Ceoix'o   Kiich    Kent,  1).  .lune  I'r.,  l-ll,i,i.   Oct.  L'.\  K.7. 

Caroline   I  'art  rid;_r''  :    a  resident   of  Mo^adorr,  O.      Children: 

L'l  I."..    1.    II.-ulM-n   !•'.   Knit,  1).  July    I'.i,   IslTi. 

•Jl  I  I.    L'.    I'lora    I,    Kenf,  1>.    l"rl>.    hi.    I  -  K 

I'll."',  iii.  Charles  Kliliu  Knit,  1..  July  7,  IslH,  ln.  |-"rl,.  1,  1-1  |, 
Mar^aivt  Wilson:  a  im-ivhant  at  Cleveland,  ().  She  d.  Nov.  1^,  IS.'.O. 
"No  children. 


[Sixth  <  ieiieniiion.  | 

L'ld'.i.  ii.  Jonathan  Kello^  i\enf  (son  of  Major  Klilm  I\ei,t  and 
lieliecca  Kell. >-;-;).  1).  Sept  iM ,  17."'!*.  in.  Oct.  I'.I.  17-7,  Anna  I'hdps,  1.. 
Oct.  .\  17l'">.  She  d.  Jan.  L'l,  1  S.'')l'),  and  he  in.  for  L'd  wife,  Oct.  .".'I. 
l-:;i;,  Aviilov,-  (!i  •(-•!•.  lie  \vasa  firmer  at  Sutliehl.  lied.  A  u_f.  i'«,  !-!»'>, 
a-'t.  S|i.  Ile\\'asa  I'cvolutionarv  soldier. 
Seven!  li  <  !enrrat  ion.  |  ( 'hildren  : 

L'lli'..    i.    Jonathan    Kent,  "It.  Sept.  L'O,   17-^.  d.    Kelt.    II.   I^i'il. 

L'l  17.   ii.    Klijah    Kent,  b.  Dec  L'L',  17s'.». 

L'lH.    iii.    Cornelius  Kent,  It.    Dec.    I  s.    17(.M,d.   March  L'.\   1  - 1  .">. 

L'!!'.1.    i\.    ( 'assandcr  Kent ,  h.  J  uiv    1 ,   1  i  (.!|i. 

L'l. Ml.    v.    Anna   Maria    Kent,  1).    Dec.   L'.\    1>H(I,  d.    Dec.  L'">,    1~">7. 

L'  1  •">  I .    \i.    llenrv   Phelps    Kent,  h.    No\.    IS,    I-DL',  who    i-i-sides    MOW 
(  !  -7  1  i  at   Siitlield.  (  't . 

L'i:>L'.    vii.    I  >  -lia  Kent,  1..  Mav   I,   1  -1)7. 


[Sixth  (  Ini'-rat  ion. 

L'l  in.    iii.     Martin    Kent    (son  of  Major  I'llihu    Kent    and    l!elie,','a    Kel- 

!..:.'_' i,  1..  July    IL',    17'')  I,    MI.  a    Mi>s   Mule.       She  d.  and  he  m.  f,  „•  L'd   wife 

v,'idi.\\-    !,i>rmda    llalhawav,   n'<    Morris,  li.  J  une    I,    1  7'  i  -,  \\  id>  A\  of  S.nii- 

ii.-l     Ihithav.av   ('dan.    of    Ainos    Morri-    and     l.\dia    Caiap).       lie    \\;i.-,    a 

roident  of  Sntlield,  (  't.,  where  he  d.    Nov.    1  -,   !-!>'..      She   d.  March  'I. 

l-i'.i.  aei     -1.       Me    had   li\-    his    lir>t    v,  it'e    tliree    children,    Martin,  Jr., 

.la  Mies  and  .lo<iah.       <  >f  J  a  nie-;  and  J  •  »iah.  MO|  IIIIIL;  ha>  1  >eeii  a-cei't  ai  lied. 

I  Seven  t  h  (  H -nerat  ion.  I       (  'in  Id  ivn  : 

11,/jlrxt  "•;/;  .- 
;.'  I  .">."'.    i.    Martin   Kent ,  .1  r. 


Son  of  Timotlt  //,  Son  of 'Tali,  rt ,  lotfi  of  DedJtam ,  J/"^.y*.  425 

21:).").  iii.  Horace  Lcavitt  Kent,  b.  at  Sufiield,  May  7,  1804,  d.  Feb. 
20,  is 72. 

21.33.  i.  Martin  Kent,  Jr.,  m.  twice — name  of  first  wife  not  given. 
He  in.  fora  2<1  wife,  Sept.  23,  182:5,  Harriet  Hathaway,  1).  Dec.  28, 
1SU3  (dan.  of  Samuel  Hathaway  and  Lonnda  Morris).  Ho  d.  Jan. 
21),  1*35. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children  : 

J>>/  jii'xt  wifi' : 
215G.   i.   Charles  Kent,  a  hiwver  in  Toledo,  O. 

J)IJ    Xl'fltll'l     l''ij'l'    ' 

2157.  ii.  George  Kent,  b.  Sept.  20,  1824,  m.  Oct.  24,  1818,  Ann  P. 
Ilolcombe. 

21  5s.  iii.  Horace  Kent,  b.  Xov.  30,  1.827,  in.  April  7,  181'.),  .Jemima 
Ann  Peck. 

2159.  iv.   Emily  Kent,  1).  .July  28,  1830,  d.  Oct.  18,  1842. 

21  GO.    v.   Charity  Maria  Kent,  b.  Feb.  23,  1833. 

[Seventh  ( renovation.] 

215.").  iii.  Horace  Leavitt  Kent,  b.  at  Sufiiekl,  Ct.,  May  7,  U;0i,  an 
importer  and  jobber  of  dry  goods  at  Richmond,  \'a.,  from  .1828  onwards, 
and  had  the  largest  wholesale  establishment  in  Virginia.  The  late  war, 
and  especially  the  burning  of  Richmond  by  the  rebels,  swept  away  the 
large  portion  that  lie  had  accumulated.  !!e  was  faithful  among  the 
faithless,  and  never  swerved  for  a  moment  under  any  temptation  from 
las  lo\e  to  "The  1'nion."'  "This,"  lie  wrote  to  the  author,  Mav  11, 
18(js5  •'  is  a  source  of  great  comfort  to  me  in  all  my  trials.  I  have  lost 
more  than  half  a  million  of  dollars,  but,  thank  God,  I  had  .no  agency 
during  the  war  in  bringing  the  wide-spread  ruin  upon  the  hind  which 
pervades  it."'  lie  adds,  '•'  .Separated  from  the  home  of  mv  childhood, 
1  have  never  forgotten  my  native  hills  or  that  noble  old  i 'tin  inn  Mock 
from  which  .1  came  ;  and  tinder  the  most  corrupt  and  tyrannical  govern- 
ment that  the  world  ever  saw,  surrounded  by  spies,  with  the  terrors  of 
'  Libby  Prison,1  '..Belle  Isle'  and  'Castle  Thunder,'  constantly  be- 
fore me,  I  can,  with  heartfelt  joy,  thank  Cod  that  my  lovaltv  to  my 
country  was  never  for  one  moment  shaken.  And  when  the  old  (lag 
floated  again  from  the  top  of  our  State  capitol,  on  April  .">,  lsr>5,  i  could 
say  in  my  inmost  heart,  \vhidi  was  TOO  full  ibr  utterance,  \\  hat  though 
my  stores  and  warehouses  are  in  ruins,  let  them  all  u'o  !  praise  the 
Lord!  there  is  the  flag  of  r,iv  own  dear  native  counlrv  once  more. 
Terrible  indeed  was  the  despotism  that  reigned  in  .Richmond  during 
the  last  two  or  three  vears  of  the  war."  lie  and  all  his  household 
were  members  of  the  lYesb.  church. 

Hem.  Aug.    10,  1.830,  Kli/abeth  Frances  I'.aldwin,  b.  Aug.  25,  1813, 


(il;iu.  of  lleman  r>alil\\iii  of  New  York,  IP.  iii  (  I  i-:ui\  ille,  M:i  ...  iii 
I7X7,  and  lletix  Sniit  h.  li.  in  Nr\v  York  in  I  7>''>.  and  d.  1-Vli. '.i,  K>',l). 
He  d.  ai  l;ichmo;id,  !•'••!».  '_'>>,  Iv7l-',  of  L;ont  in  the  stomach.  I  I  i  , 
\\ido\\  still  (1>7!)  roidcs  I  here. 

Ki^lit  h   (  iem-rat  inii.  I       (  'li  i  Mrrn  : 

L'liil.  i.  l-'rances  Kli/al>etli  K  cut ,  1  p.  .1  n  m-  In,  ls:l|.  ni.  [•',.!,.  ^|? 
1SJL',  <'ol.  \\'illiain  i'rrslon  M  milord,  IP.  Nov.  !»,  I  s  !  s  (>,„,  ,,f  Wil- 
liam Munford  of  Itichinoiid,  a  translator  of  tin-  Iliad,  ami  Sarali 
Kadiord  ),  L,frad.  at  tin'  I '  ni  \  i-i'si  I  v  of  X'ir^inia  in  1  >  I  L',  sti|.li.-i|  law, 
is  Srrv.  of  tin-  .lames  l!i\i-r  ami  Kanaulia  ( 'o.  (since  1-1-  '.').  and 
an  elder  in  the  I  Ycsl>.  <  'h. 

I'M!',  ii.  Moraee  ISaldwin  Kent,!).  .Ian.  1,  I  -.".:'..  d.  Sej  ,t .  1  J,  I -Ti?. 
lie  1,1.  .Juiu.fi,  l.<i."»,  Kll.-ii  CiMetteof  Wcstlield,  Mass.  He  uasa 
inei'ehant  at  I '.  ichmoml.  Me  \vaslost  at  sea,  Sept.  |  J,  l.v-.")7.  un  '•  The 
('eiiiral  A  merma,"  a  stcamsliip,  \vlien  on  her  \vav  iVom  Aspin\\al]  to 
New  York.  liis  uidow  m.  afterwards  a  Mr.  I  lolcoiubc  of  Ni-\\  N'ork. 


cal   jiract  it  ioncr.       <  'ne  child  : 

i'lt;:1,.    1.     Ida   Viola    Kent,  1,.  .lune  i'  I ,    Is.V,. 

L'liil.  iii.  Charles  J'Mward  Kent.  h.  May  l'.\  1-:!!,  m.  Oct.  !',  I  -O'1., 
N'iru'inia  darland  Lorrimer,  1).  March  ill.  I  ^.'17  (dan.  of  (!ror_v  Thack- 
cra\'  l''auiit  Icroy  l.ornnier  of  !vsse\  ( 'o.,  \'a.,and  \  ir^'ima  (iariamii. 
JJeforr  the  late  war  he  was  a  toliac.-o  iiiaiiufactiirci'  and  ini-rcliaii! ,  and 
afterwards  a  farmer  in  Fam|iiier  (  'o..  \'a.,  luit  is  now  (  1  -7  I  j  in  Uir 
iiat  and  Inr  trade  in  Ashland  \  a.  'I'wo  children  : 

I'll'.-"*.     1.     l-'lor.  •!!.•.-  Carland    Knit,  1).    MayL'.\    [S:»S. 

:;:*:;*     -_>f    \,\  j , , , ,  j , .  ||vde  Kent.  1 ..  (M .  L' 7 .  isi'.s. 

L'M-'i.  iv.  Louise  Kent,  IP.  Nov.  I!,  1  ^ '•'>•'>,  in.  -I  line  L1-.  1  "•>'•  I.  (  "naries 
T'eiii'iii  Sniitli.  li.  June  1  •_'.  1  vi.i,  in  l-'rederick.sliiirnh,  \  a.  (-tin  of 
Ilenj.  lloss'ard  Smith  and  ('race  Kentoii  lii'ooke),  a  liaiiker  in  Kich- 
inoiid.  (  'hihlreii  : 

'_'lii7.     1.     Kii/alieth    Kcnton  Smilli,  It.  Oct.    h'p,    I  M-.">. 

L'li'.s.    -2.     I'M \\ard    Howard  Si. liih,  1..    l-'i-U.  I'l,    l>'.7. 

'V: :;: ''•'•' :':     ."p.    Arihnr   I'clicohis    K   'Hi.  1>.    Sept.    L'.">.    IS'iS. 

::::::::::;:      I.    (  Irace  r.nrke   Kent,  I..  Jan.    In.   1  -7:1. 

L'l'iil.  v.  Mary  Augusta  Kent,  IP.  April  I".1,  ls.",s.  m.  | ),.,-.  r,,  ]-i',n, 
.Iiiiiius  . Ml.ri-!  Morris,  IP.  in  I  lenrico  ( '«,.,  Va.,  .!  ul\  II,  |>.",:t  (-,-il(,f 
A  II  iei'1  A  list  111  M  orris  and  Sarah  Ann  Trneheart  i,  a  merchant  in  I  i  mli- 
inond. 

L'17".  \i.  l-jnnia  Baldwin  Kent,  It.  An-'.  |n,  |S)(i,  m.  I  '•  c.  |.\  |M'I'.), 
John  |',ro\Mi  'I'insh-y,  I,.  May  1.'.'.  |s:',S  (>,„!  of  John  I'r-un  'l'ii.-!e\ 
of  I'.  .\\  li.iian  <'o.,  \"a.,  and  K!i/a  Scott  Ti'iieheart  ).  !!••  n  -id-  -  at. 
I !  i  c  1 1 1 1 1  o  1 1  d ,  \  a . 


Son-  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolm,  bofJt,  of  Dedliam,  JTass.  427 

2171.  vii.  Margaret  Fitch  Kent,  1).  Jan.  17,  1842,  m.  Jan.  29,  1873, 
James  Marshall  Caldwell,  bond  dork  in  the  house  of  Jay  Cooke  &  Co., 
Philadelphia,  until  their  recent  failure.      I  Co  has  one  child: 

****     1.    Horace  Kent  Caldwell,  b.  Feb.  4,  1874. 

2172.  viii.    Laura  Virginia  Kent,  b.  July  29,  1843. 

2173.  ix.   George  Merwin  Kent,  1).  Oct.  20,  1844,  was  killed  on  the 
Dansvillo   II.  lioad,  near   Richmond,  when   on  his  return  from    "  The 
Amelia    Springs,"  where   lie  had    just   been  visiting   a   sister,  July  3, 
18(52 — "  As  truly,"  said   his  father,  "a  victim  to  the  wicked  war  as  if 
killed  upon  the  field  of  battle." 

2174.  x.   Stella  Kent,  b.  Feb.  28,  1846. 

2175.  xi.    Gertrude  Hunting-ton.  Kent,  b.  Jan.  1C),  1848. 
217G.  xii.  Alice  Leavitt  Kent,  b.  Nor.  4,  1850. 

2177.  xiii.   Clara  Munford  Kent,  b.  Jan.  f>,  1853. 

[  Sixth  Generation.] 

2111.  iv.  Gamaliel  Kent  (son  of  Major  Elihu  Kent  of  Suffield.,  Ct., 
and  Susannah  Lyman),  b.  Aug.  9,  17(5(5,  m.  Nov.  2(5,  1792,  Deborah 
Huntington,  b.  Nov.  21,  17(52  (dau.  of  John  Hunting-ton  of  Tolland, 
Ct.,  and  Mehitable  Steele),  a  farmer  at  Suitield  to  180(5,  at  Aurora,  (). 
(1807-12),  and  at  Baiubridge,  O.  (1812-3  i ),  wliere  he  d.  April  30, 
1831. 

|  Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

2178.  i.   Elihn    Lyman    Kent,  b.  Sept.  3,  1793,  a   farmer   at   Bain- 
bridge,  O.,  where  he  d.  Sept,   14,  1827. 

2179.  ii.  Delia  Kent,  b.  April  30,  1795,  m.  Russell  G.  McCartcy  of 
Bainbridge,  O. 

2180.  iii.    Laura  Kent,  b.  March  23,  1797,  m.  Harvey  Baldwin,  and 
for  2d  husband  Edmund  Mott  of  Collamer,  O. 

2181.  iv.  Gamaliel  H.  Kent,  b.  Jan.  21,  1799. 

2182.  v.  Alexander  Edson  Kent,    b.    April   20,  1802,  a  farmer   in 
Bainbridge,  O. 

u'^y"^  This  family  of  Kents  are  doubly  D  wights,  being  of  D  wight 
origin  on  both  sides  of  the  house;.  Their  lineage;  was  at  first  explored 
successfully  by  the  author  on  the  maternal  side  of  the  house,  and  there 
recorded.  There  let  it  therefore,  remain.  It  will  be  found  in  full 
under  (he  account  given  of  the  descendants  of  Llev.  Josiah  Dwight  of 
Woodstock,  Ct. 

[Sixth   ( !eneration,  ] 

21  12.  v.  Susannah  Kent  (dau.  of  Major  Elihu  Kent  and  Susannah 
Lyman),  b.  Sept.  20,  17(i8,  m.  May  5,  1789,  Hon.  Ilo/ekiah  Hunt- 
ington, b.  Dec.  30,  1759  (son  of  John  Huntington  of  Tolland,  Ct., 


!•_'>    A  .sv   n<I<l lit*  i>l'  \«t!/<t/i!>!    Itirt./Jit.   t,f  Xi>i-lIi<l)iij'''Hi, 

and   Mi-hitaM'-  St.-r].- 1,   I'.S.  Atinrni-y  fur  ( ' n-ciiciit  (l^u-1    •_':•.  :;,,d 

ini-nil.'T  i.|'  tip-  S:;i!.-  I  .r_'i>hit  un-  »-\i-ral  'ini'-s.  !!'•  pra.-!  i  -'-d  l.r.\  at 
Smli-ld  !'•!•  1'.".  yi-ars  (ll'.^i  I*  1  ."•),  and  afi.-i-xsanl  ;ii  1 1  ar;  )'•  .1  •  i.  l'i. 
(]S|.-,  !-_').  II,-  .1.  at  Miilill.-t.iwn,  <'t.,  .Max  1'7,  ISll'.  |',,r  fi;!l 

arc. Mllit  of  Ills  di->.-rlldant  >,  >'•'•  nnd<-|-  aci-ullllt  '_'I\«-I1  "j  dr-t-.-nd:i  III  >  uf 
lies.  .Jo>iah  i>\viidit  uf  \Vuodsto, 'k. 


I  F.  'iiri  li   (  ;. -Herat  mil.  |       Sec  |i;r_rf    I  1 '  '• 

."'7.  viii.  Mrliiiahlr  hsviu'ln  J>.  Nuv.  L',  17".''  (<lau.  uf  .Ju.-ti<T  Natl.ahi.-l 
|i\\i--hi  uf  Xui-tliaiiijiton,  .Ma».,aii'l  M  -liitalili-  I'arti-iili:.-),  in.  -Ian.  '.'>  1 , 
I  7  '27  ^.  I  'alii .  A  1  H  all  MI  n  I'lill-'haiik.  li.  S  jit .  S,  1  7<  '•>  (  >uii  uf  .1  uhii  \',<\r- 
liank,  Jr.,  uf  Sutlirld,  and  .Mary  ( Iran^T.  \\liu  \vrrc  in.  I  >i-<-.  L' 1 .  |'i'.''.i). 
lit-  war,  a  larirr  l:iinlli(ilil«-r,  M--i.lin-  at  Mitli.'M.  II-  -1.  N'..v.  L'II,  1  7.;;. 
Ill-,  rvta'r  \va.>  ajiprai^i'il  in  < 'uMin't-liciil  and  .Ma.-->:',<-liii><-tl>  a>  IM-III^ 
u\rc  C-'.1.'"".  Tin>  u'as  a  ri-nt'.irv  a^u.  a  lar^'-  c.>tati'  tur  uiii-  I:\i:._'  111 
tlii-  i-miiitrv  tu  u\\-|i.  ['I'lii-  childri-ii  'it'  .lulin  llurliaiik  aii'i  Mai'V 
(Jran^'T  \vi-r.-:  1,  .)ulm,  1..  |-Vi..  1  >.  I7d.  L'.  Alirahaiii,  h.  S.-jit.  ^, 
17u:5.  ."..  .J.ianna.  li.  An-.  I'.',  I7n:..  1,  .Mary,  I,.  .May  IS.  17-7.  :., 
Tiniu-l.y.  li.  An-.  1,  I7n'.i.  i1,,  Calrl,,  !,.  | ).-,-.  L' 1 ,  1  7  1  L'.  d.  A—.  I'1., 
1710.  7.  Luis.  1).  .Jan.  !."».  171  I—"),  who  in.  Kirhard  .M  at  IPT  uf  \\'II,M.-..|-. 
»'t.  .lulni  I'.urliank,  Si-.,  d.  .Man-h  L1."',  17-7.  | 
l-'it'i  li  <  ii-m-ral  i'  Hi.  |  (  'iiildrrii  : 

Ul-:;.  i.  M-hiriiU.-  IJm-b;iuk.  li.  .July  i'S  1  7J!1.  in.  lv>  n-/ -r  Hi)  i-y 
uf  \Vindhain.  <  't. 

L'l-1.  ii.  Alii;,!,  I'.nrl.ai.k.  !i.  -Jan.  -\  17-1.  in.  I-V1..  \->.  17^'.  U-v. 
Ki-fi'LTrao'  l.i-a\iit,  !'.  An_'.  ll'.  I71'.1  IM»H  ul'.lu.-hna  Li-a\itt  c  .f  Miili'-id 
and  I  l.iiHiah  I  >..-vui  iun  ;  an  1  1  >ru.  t ' >  .1  ulin  !.-M\  it  I.  \vh<»  ni.  Al'iah  K  ••;.:  , 
•_'l'ad.  at  \;t\''  in  17i">,  \vhu  d.  ujihu'.i;  i>-m-.  :n-t.  ll'.  <><•!.  '.',  17''1,  al 

Suini-r.-..  (  ';..  wli.-i-f  1."  \\  a-  M-:  ;  ii-d  ;,-  a  (•:•  i  j\  n,an  i  1  7  1  7-'i !  |.  >!,••  1.1. 
f'. i-  a  I'd  hn.diaiid  K.-\.  A  ii>ir--u'  Si- .rr>  uf  \\";.;.-nu\\  n.  ( 't..  1..  I».  •.-.  i'n. 
17."'-"'  (--n  uf  Saiuu'-l  Stun-.-,  uf  M ,,i,-;i. •!. i.  (';..  and  .M;,i\  \\'ai-U'-r), 
ll.-d.  .Maivh  1'.  17<>,  irrad.  at  VaL-  in  I  71'-".  •  in.  in  1  7 -''..  f.  T  a 

:',.!    l,!!~iiand,alid  a>   l,i>  I'd  \\if--.   II-  v.    I  >,  .  .1,   -•  ,  i,   1:      ::.l:.\    uf  I J,-;  1,1,-!,.  i... 

L'i..  L.   171'.'. 

Hi-  tii'>l  \vif-  was  Fi-ai.fi'>  Sh'-rinan  "i'  N'\'.  lla\'-n.  I';..  \\  hu  d. 
An_'.  .".".  \7^->.  I'.y  ln-i-  In-  hi'd  ^'  cli i idi-.-n  ;  !.u;  Ai.iaii  Unr- 

iiaid-:.  II--  d.  M:.ivl.  '',  17'.'".  ha\in_'  li.-.  u  -  ri.-1,,  v.::.,  |.al-\  N  ,v. 
I1.'.  17-''.  and  mad--  li. •!)'!.•->  \>\  it  tu  ;!,,-  da\  uf  1, ;-  -i. -a  t  !i.  ;:-•!.  7!. 

l'Iv\    iii.    Kl.-anur  I'.uf'uank,  I..   A|.ril    !.    1  7".  t .  m.    '  »:i  \  .-r  >•  •  -n. 

1,.    Ma\    1!'.    17^7  (>..n  uf   Nath.   St.-u-hi t'    I'..   \\'ind-.        nd   M.>, 

K!!-'A '.n ii,  \\  iiuin    li-    in.   >.•]>;.    I  i  l'i'  .      i  i.  -\    ';ad  • '  .-I: ;  -i!  •  :. 

\.-ar-    17'.  1    ai.d    177">:    naiii.'>  ii'.i    -!\  «-n.     >•••>::!•        AI.  -•.•:.:    \\;:-i-"i' 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  nfJolm,  botJi  of  Dcdliam,  Mass.  429 

2180.  iv.   Shorn  Burbank,  b.  May  21,  1730,  cl.  in  1800. 

2187.  v.   Abraham  Burbank,  Jr.,b.  Fob.  24,  1738-9,  grad.  at  Yale  in 
1759.     He  m.  Sarah  Pomeroy  (dan.  of  Col.  Scth  Pomeroy  of  Xorthamp- 
ton  arid  Mary  Hunt).     She  d.  a  widow  at  \V.  Springfield,  Dec.  21,  1803. 

2188.  vi.   Kuth  Burbank,  b.  May  20,  1741. 

2  IS!),  vii.  Anna  Burbank,  b.  Aug.  20,  1744,  m.  Nov.  20,  17G7,  a 
Mr.  Burbank,  and  d.  Dec.  27,  1707. 

218.°,.  i.  Mehitable  Burbank,  b.  July  28,  1729,  m.  June  11,  1752, 
Ebeue/er  Ripley,  b.  June  22,  1729  (soil  of  Joshua  Kipley,  Jr.,  and 
Mary  Backus,  dan.  of  John  Backus  and  Marv  Bingham),  a  farmer  at 
AViiidbam,  Ct.,  where  he  d.  May  20,  1813,  act.  84. 

[Joshua,  Kipley,  Jr.,  b.  May  13,  1C>88,  and  d.  Xov.  18,  1773,  was 
son  of  Joshua  liipley  and  Hannah  Bradford,  dau.  of  Dep.  (TOY.  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  Jr.,  of  Plymouth,  Mass.  She  was  b.  May  9,  1GG2,  and 
d.  May  28,  1738.  They  lived  at  Windliain,  Ct.,  and  previously  at 
Xorwich,  Ct.,  and  Hingham,  Mass.] 
[Sixth  Generation.]  Children: 

2190.  i.   Hannah   Kipley,   b.   April   28,  1753,   in.   Timothy  Burbank 
of  W.  Springfield,  Mass.:   d.  Feb.  1G,  1803. 

2191.  ii.   Lleanor   llipley,   b.  Aug.  1G,  1754,  in.  Daniel    Leonard   of 
W.  Springfield,  Mass.,  d.  Oct.  15,  1815. 

2192.  iii.   Jerusha  Kipley,  b.  May  28,  1750,  in.  Clad  Lamb:  d.  May 
29,  1838. 

2193.  iv.   Juliana  Kipley,  b.  July  31,  1757,  d.  July  18,  1759. 
2191,    v.    Justin  Kipley,  b.  Jan.   1,  1759,  d.  Oct.  2G,  1701. 
2195.    vi.   Abraham  Kipley,  b.  Feb.  25,  1701,  d.  June  15?  1835. 

2 .190.  vii.  Abiah  Kipley,  b.  Dec.  12,  17(52,  m.  Samuel  Palmer  of  W. 
Springfield,  Mass.,  d.  Oct.  8,  1833. 

2197.  viii.   Maj  or  D  wight  Kipley,  b.  Aug.  7,  1704,  d.  Nov.  18,  1835. 

2198.  ix.    Kbenexer  Kipley,  Jr.,  b.  M.;irch  20,  1766,  d.  April  30,  1849: 

2199.  x.   Thaddeus  Kipley,  b.  Oct.  22,  1707,  d.  April  21,   ls2G. 

2200.  xi.   Anna  Kipley,  b.  June  20,  1770,  m.  O/ias  Waldo,  b.  April 
21,  1708  (son  of  Zaccheus  Waldo  and  Tabitha  Ivingsbury),  who  d.  Oct. 
31,  1807,  and  she  m.  for  2d  husband  Jerome  Clark  of  Cherry  Valley, 
X.  Y.      She  d.  March  10,  1802. 

2201.  xii.    Horace  Kipley,  b.  Aug.  20,  1772.  d.  March    17,  1850. 

2195.    vi.    Abraham    llipley,  b.    Feb.    25,    HOI,   m.    June   ]  9,    1785, 
Marv   Leonard,  who  d.  April  8.    1780,  and  he  m.  for  2d  wife,  March  (i, 
17^,   1'liebe  Bliss,  who  d.  June   1  G,    |S.3.i. 
[Seventh   Generation.]      Children: 


13'*    /V.vrV//'/'//</x  of  ^dtltiln/'  J   Ihritjlif^  of  Xa/iJnt  >nj'ft>i>, 


L'l'i'...    ii.     Marry    Ilipley,  I..    M;iy:'.(>,    1  7s'.i,  ,].    May  7,    17'.">. 

L'L'tM.     ill.      HalT\     Kipley.    L'd,    1,.  Jill;,      |J.     I7'.'S. 

L'L'n."'.    i\.    Cal\in   I!ipley,li.   Nov.    I  .".,  I  7'.''1,  in.  in    I  SL".!  Su-au  (  'lialk 

(if  Sa\  lirook.    <  'l. 

L'L'i  >ii.    v.     Marianne   l!ipl<  v.  Ii.    Man-li  L'  I  .  lw'»l'. 

L'L'i  »  I.    iii.    Harry     Kipley,    K.    .luly     1  1'.     \7'J*,     in.     An<_f.     -1,     1*;]: 
A/.uiiali   Sno\v  of  Srinslii'ld    Ma>s. 


L'L'"7.  i.  Manila  Kli/.a  Kipley,!..  May  L'7,  ISL'l,  in.  llervey  Moo'ly 
of  (  'harlotte,  N.  Y. 

L'L11'^.  ii.  Julia  ('oruelia  Kipley.  1>.  Feb.  L'S,  ISL'.">.  in.  I  >r.  K'i-on.  Kier 
of  ('liir.>pee.  Mass. 

L'L'U'.I.  iii.    Meui-y    Kipley,  b.  April   I  L\  |SL'-"«,  d.  June  L".I.   Is.M. 

L'L'ID.  iv.    Joseph    Kipley,!,.    Maivli    I'.l,    1 SJ7,  (I.  (  h-t.    1">,    1^'il. 

L'L'I  1.  V.     K!i/al>etll   (  '.    Kipley.  l>.   (  >et.    '.I,    ISL".t. 

L'l'lL'.  vi.     Kii/a    II.    Kipley,  1..    Feb.   L'-.    1S.-52. 

L'L'K'i.  \ii.    .Mar\   Jaui;   Kiple\',  ii.  Julv  L'1'",    Is.'il. 

1'1'lt.  viii.  \Villiain  Bradford  Kipley,!).  Dec.  L'7.  1  s.",s,  in.  Alincna 

Pelou/e  of  I'.ro.iklyu,  N.  V. 

L'l'I-1.  i.\.  Jo-iah  Dwiijlil  Kipley,  1).  June  L'7,  1  >  !  1 ,  in.  Ma\  L' v.  1V''L'. 

Julia  K.  I  >ill-iu  of  New  York.  <  'hildivn  : 

L'L'li'..  I.    Sidnev   Dillon    Uii.lcv,  b.  Jan.    1  1.    |Si',:',. 


Sl\i  Ii    '<  ii'lirl'al  loll.  I 

L'!'.'7.  \iii.  Major  |)\vi-lit  Ilijilcy.  1>.  Auuf.  7.  I7'il,  m.  Ki-li.  L'l, 
17'."i.  r;ii/a  Coit  of  Norwidi.  ( 'i.  !!,•  iv-,idcd  at  Norwirli  I -i:y.  ( 'i. 
I!.-  d.  Nov.  |s,  i-:;:..  II, •  wa->  a  dru^i.M. 


I'L'ls.  i.     Martha    Ki].]ry,  '..    Ma.ivl,    If..    I7'.'7,  d.  July  L1''..    1^-"'. 

L'l'l'.i.  ii.    Kii/a  Coil  I5i|.|.-y,  I..  April  :',.   17'.'^.  d.  AuU'.   17.   1-":;. 

L'L'L'n.  iii.     \\'illiain    l>\\i;.di'    Ilipl^y,   IP.    S.-pl.    L',    i  7'.''.1. 

L'L'L' 1.  iv.    C,-.,ix'-     IIiiHiiilik     Uii.l.-v.  !P.     Maivli     1:!.     l-n|.  ,1.    .1,;! 


•21-^1.    \.    Lu,-\    Coil     liipl.-y.    IP.    .Ian.    II,    I  Mi:1,,    m.    I'.M.-kii-,  \V.    I'.irp- 
of  Noru  ii-li.  and   I'or  lM  Ii usl iaiid.   I  ice.   L'.">,   I  s  I  I.   Hod    ri.-  'I'.-rrv  of  I  |.-n 

f,,rd.  ('!..  1,.    March   J,    I7>'^  - pf   Jud_'p'    Kliplialei   Terr\  ..f  I  1;,  ri  f -rd, 

(  'I..  ;,nd    Mar\     Mall.  dau.    of    |);,,,irl     Hall,  Jr..  and     Mars     1  »\vi-J,t.   ..all. 
r.l'(';p|,'.    >;\\<i'.\'-\     i>\\i-jlil      of     llhi'.'M.    C|  .         S.'e     ;  ,  p  •  \  i .  ,ii  -     ]>au'''    .          H    '     'i. 

I-'.  IP.  '.'.    1  -  !'.'  :    -lip-  d.  a!    N..r\vi.'!i,  <   '..    Ma\    >,    1 -'''7. 

L'l'lJ'i.    v  i.    Jo,-'|ih    |{i|pi''\,  ii.   .\iu'.    17,    l^i'l.  m.  ( 'aiiianiie     \\;d-ii    of 

I: l.hi,.  N.  ^  . 


SonofTimofJiif)  Son  of  Jolm,  lofJi  ofDedham,  Jfass.  431 

2224.  vii.  James  Leonard  Rlpley,  b.  March  18,  1806. 

222").  viii.  Eli/a  Kipley,  b.  March  22,  1808,  m.  Gov.  William  A. 
Buckingham  of  Norwich,  (Jt.,  now  U.  S.  Senator  (1873)  from  Connec- 
ticut. 

2220.   ix.   Harriet  Kipley,  b.  April  7,  1810,  d.  Feb.  2G,  1817. 

2227.  x.   Daniel  Coit  Kipley,  b.  July  8,  1812,  m.  Sarah  Trumbull  of 
New  York. 

2228.  xi.  Jane  Hipley,  b.  May  1(5,  1815. 

2220.  iii.   AVilliam   1) wight  Kipley,  b.    Sept.  2,   1799,  m.   May   15, 
1822,  Eli/.abeth  lugersoll,  b.  June   12,  180-3.      She  d.   at  Norwich,  Ct, 
April   27,  1855,  and  he  m.  for   2d  wife,  Uec.  14,  1858,  Emily  Bullock 
of  Royal  ton,  Mass. 

|  Eighth  Generation.  |      Children: 

2229.  i.   John  Ingersoll  Kipley,  b.  Sept,  14,  1823,  d.  Aug.  27,  1825. 

2230.  ii.  AVilliam  Coit  Kipley,  b.  April  17,  1825,  d.  Jan.  9.  1S27. 

2231.  iii.  John  Ingersoll  liipley,  2d,  b.  March   8,  1828,  d.  Jan.   27, 
185G. 

22:12.   iv.   Wm.  Coit  Kipley,  2d,  b.  July  14,  1830,  d.  Aug.  1,  1831. 

2233.  v.   Mary  Dickinson  Kipley,  b.  July  23,  1833,  m.  James  Hum- 
phrey of  Keoria,  111. 

2234.  vi.  Elizabeth   Parks  Hipley,  b.  April   20,  1838,  d.    April  28, 
1855. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

222!.   iv.    George  Bin-bank   Kipley,  b.  March   13,  1801,  in.  Oct.  19, 
1825,  Hannah  C.  Lathrop  of  Norwich,  Ct.      He  d.  July  9,  1858. 
[  Highth  Generation.  ]      Children: 

22:15.    i.   William  Lathrop  Hipley,  b.  April  30,  1827. 

2230.   ii.   D  wight  Kipley,  b.  June  8,  1829. 

2237.   iii.   Hannah  L;ithrop  Kipley,  b.  Nov.  4,  1830. 

22:58.   iv.   Harriet  lUpley,  b.  Sept.  C>,  1^32. 

223!).  v.  James  Dickinson  Kipley,  b.  Nov.  14,  1*37,  d.  Dec.  29, 
1S(J5,  burned  to  death  in  the  steamer  "Commonwealth,"  at  Groton, 
Ct. :  an  Union  soldier  for  3  years. 

2240.  vi.   George  Coit  Kipley,  b.  Aug.  24,  1839. 

2211.    vii.  Emily  Lathrop  Kipley,  b.  June  15,  1.S41. 

[Seventh  Generation.  [ 

2221.  vii.   James    Leonard    Kipley  (son  of  Major  Dwight    Ripley  of 
Norwich  and  Eli/a  Coit),  b.   M;nvli    IS,   |S(»0,    m.  June  2,   1830,  Kuth 
.1,.  Hunlington   of    Norwich,    Ct.,    \>.   March     10,    .181.0    (dau.   of   Hon. 
Cli;!i-!c.^  IMielps    Huiuington  and   C'hai'lotte    Lathrop):   a    merchant    in 
New  York. 


•JLIL'.    i.    rharle.  I',   il.    Uiplcy,  I,.    N,,\.  L'''.,    |s:',i>,  ,,,.   Harriet     Inge,-- 

..!!  oi' S].riii''!iehi,   M;j:->.       Four    children:    ( 'harles,   Ml  \\ard  J.    James 
i         "  * 

J.  and    llenrs    1',. 

L'L'i::.    ii.    Martha   Hi]. ley,  1,.  Jnh    L':'.,   |s:',|. 

L'L' I  I.  iii.  Mary  Peril  Uij.lcy,  \>.  Oct.  7,  !>:'.''',  m.  Henry  U.  I'.-nd  of 
N'eu  London,  (  'i . 

L'L'l.i.  iv.  (Jrace  Uipley.  1>.  June  |  S,  ]  S.",S,  d.  Aug.  '.',  Is;1,'.),  in  Nor- 
\\  leii.  (  '1 . 

L'L'  hi.    \.    William  Coil    Uipley,  1..    May  L".',   |S|(I. 

L'L' 17.    \  i.    Samuel     I  lunt  ington    Uij.lcv,  1..  June    !>,   I  >  I  L',  d.   Air.:.  •">< 

Is'i:;. 

|  Sixth  ( Generation. | 

I'll'S.  ix.  Ll>ene/ey  Uiplev.  Jr.  (*on  of  Kl  leni  '/,er  I !  i  ]  .lev  and  M  •  'h  it  a- 
l.le  1  )\\  iirht  ).  li.  March  I'''.,  17i'ii,  a  fanner  at  Man-!ield,  I'a.,  m.  Sarah 
l''lo\ver.  Shed.  Aug.  7,  JSL'l,and  hem.  again  (name  of  wif'1  not  asci-r- 
tained  ). 

[  Se\cnt  li  ( ienerat  ion.  |      <  'hildren  : 

L'L' IS.    i.    Lester  Uijiley,  li.  J  >ee.  11,   1  7!'L',  a  farmer  in  Man-field,   I'a.. 
and  d.  there  in    |S}<). 
-    L'L'I'.'.     ii.     Alfred    Uipley,  1,.   X,)V.   !>,    17'.'  I. 

L'L'-'iU.    iii.    William  <'.   Uipley.  1).  Oct.    1  .">,    I7'.i~. 

L'L-M.    iv.   James  !',.   Uipley.  1».  Nov.   11,   !  7'.'!',  d.  in   Mexico  in  !*!!». 

L'L'.'iL'.     v.     r'rancis   |-'lo\\ei-    Uipley,   /    twin-,    o.    Jan.     L'M.     IM'L'. 

L'L'-'.'i.    \i.    l''ranecs   Uipley,  \   d.    in    1>IM',. 

L'L'"'!.    \ii.    Nanev    Uiple\.  1>.  and  d.   in    lSL".'. 

L'L'-'->.  \  1 1 1.  Luc\'  lliple\  .  li.  a  1  ion  i  1  Si  i  | ,  in.  1 1  iram  Spear  of  Sj.rin^- 
field,  I'a. 

L'L'.'"'..  ix.  Samu'O  l'\  Uipley,  1..  .March  I .".,  IsnS,  a  farmer  at  Man^- 
fiehl,  I'a. 

L'L'."'7.     X.     I  >\vi-hl     Uiplev,    I..    Jnlv    IL'.    IslL'. 


L'L!'.'.    ii.    Alfred    Uipley,  1..   Nov.  '.'.    17'.'!,  m.  Nov.   .".,    I-^L'L',  Anrelia 
i  a  s  of'  Svi  \  ania,  1  'a.  :    a  tanner. 

U'h  i  ii     (  ieli'-r;:  I  ion.  I        Children  : 


.Land  Jame,   1'.    I',i  i  -.;,,)  of   S\  Kania,    I'a. 

ii.    N;,ne\    i,'i|.le\,    li.   A  u^.    -i.    l^--'.  ,::.     l.\man     i  '.ri  -,!;•!.,.  n. 
i.;;  .1  .a  n  I    \\  all  .a     !  'n  I  la  rd  of  A  rinenia,    i  'a. 

iii.   Jan,.'     1'.   I'ij.lev,  I,.   Aps-il  L'.".,    I-J7. 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolm,  lofU  of  Dedliam,  3fass.  433 

2202.  iv.  Lester  Piplcy,  b.  Xov.  i:>,  1828,  in.  Jan.  12,  1801,  Helen 
G.  Mitchell.      Children: 

*****    1.   Inez    Kipley,   b.  Oct.    :>,  18G1. 
*****  2.   Carrie  A.  Pipley,  b.  Dec.  27,  18(54. 
*****   3.    Samuel  Pipley,  b.  Oct.  27,  1*00. 

2203.  v.   Martha   M.  Kipley,  b.    May  14,  1830,  in.  J.  P.  Harvey  of 
Coviiigtoii,  Pa. 

22i)4.   vi.   Silas  Pipley,  b.  April  30,  18:52,  d.  Oct.  20,  1832. 
220-1.    vii.   Alfred  Kipley,  Jr.,b.  Oct.  4,   1S33,  m.  Xaucy  M.  Shepurd 
of  Armenia,  Pa.      Children: 

2200.    1.    Melissa  .).  Jiipley,  b.  Feb.  22,  18.")!),  d.  March  12,  18G4. 

2207.  2.   FJkl).  Kipley,  b.  Feb.   14,1802. 

2208.  3.  Irad  \V.  Pipley,  b.  Feb.   ID,  181',:;. 
220!).    4.    Mary  J".   Kipley,  1).  March  2,   18(5;"). 
227(1.    f>.    Flora  Pipley,  b.  Oct.  8,  I8(i(). 

2271.  viii.   Adoli»]ius  .Kipley,  b.  Jan.  :50,  ls.3"),  d.  <  )ct.  11),  18.">2. 

2272.  ix.   Lucy  T.  lliphjy,  b.  March    4,  18.-J7,  m.    Oct.    30,  ISo  8,  P. 
If  ice. 

227:'..  x.  Anna  Marilla  lUpley  (twin),  b.  March  21).  1840,  d.  April 
0,  1810. 

2274.  xi.  Amy  Aurelia  Kipley  (twin),  b.  March  2!),  1840,  in.  Addi- 
son  ])e\vey. 

227-").  xii.  Julia  L.  llipley,  b.  Jan.  17,  1841,  in.  11.  F.  .Dcwev  of 
Kyota,  ^liiin. 


[  Seventh  (  Generation.] 

22")0.  iii.    William    C.      Ltij)ley    (son   of    Kbene/er    .Kipley.    Ji1.,    and 
S.irah   Flower),  1).  Oct.  13,  17(.»7,  in.  A.  .M  .    Ooddard.      She  d.  .July   1"). 
Is38,  at   Lamb's   Civiik,  Pa,,   and   ho    m.  for    2d  wife,   .Dec.   20,  1838, 
Eleanor  Flower.      1  le  is  a  farmer  at  Mansfield,  Pa. 
[Kighth  Generation.  ]      Children  : 

It  i/  Ji.rx/,   ti;ij'<>,  : 

2270.   i.  V'illiiini    B.  lltpley,  b.    Oct.    12,    1829,  in.    Sarah    Wells    of 
Kichinond,  !'a.      2  chiidn.-n  : 

2277.  I.    Mary  !'..   Kipley,  b.  Aug.  21,  JSbO. 

2278.  2.   George  \V.  .Kipley,  }).  .June   2,  1800. 

227H.   ii-    Francis    Kipley,  b.    Ocl.  7,   IS:5|,   m.  ."Nov.  •">.  J  s.">s,  llcts^v 
M.  drove.      2  children  : 

22SO.    I.    (Jeoi'ge   Francis  Kipley,  b.  Oct.    l!»,   IM)2,  d.  Nov.  27,   J804. 
2281.    2.    Anna    Delia  Kipley,  b.  .Ian.  3,   iSiKJ. 

/,'./   wine/   u-'ifa: 

22S2.    iii.    Alfred  Kipley,  b.  Jan.   L"),   I8t2,  d.  Nov.   13,   ISM. 
2283.    iv.  Joseph  I-'.   Kipley,  b.  March  21,    18-17, 

28 


Se\  e|it        (  !e|i"'|  ;i!  l"li. 

L'L'-'L1.  \.  I'Yanel-  rioter  |Il|>l'-v  (  S'  11  d|'  Klielie/er  l!l|'le\,  .h'.,  ;inil 
Sarah  Flo\\  i  I  ).  li.  ,l;in.  I'D,  I  MIL1,  in.  .M:i\  '-.  lx.">l.  llani'-t  N'eu.-il 
r.rit'an  of  I'.rookK  n.  N.  Y.,  1>.  A  !!•_'.  I  L'.  l>  I  I  dlaii.  n|'  Si.-|.li.-n  I'oti.T 
I'.rilian  ;;li'l  l.xdla  4(|uinliv),  i  -I  IL.':'  U' ''  1  111  ill1'  I  .  S.  ('ii-loiu  lloll~c  ;il 
Ne\\  Vurk. 

K!_;|I iht  Jeiicrai  inn.         (  'In li] reii  : 

L'L'M.    i.     .Mar\    r.rittan    l;i].ley,  1..    1'Yn.    I.",,    I -..i'.,  in     K!i/.;il..-t  li.   N.   .1. 

L'L'>"'.  ii.  Fr;iiiri.s  |-'li»wi-r  li'ipii-v  (twin;.  1..  M;ii-cli  I'.1.  !>.")'.',  ;it 
Klix:.li.-tli,  N.  -I.:  :i  i-lrrk  in  "Tin-  l!:.i.k  of  N,xv  York." 

L'L'M'I.  iii.  llan-id  llrittun  Ki|;lc\-  ituini,  IP.  .M:irdi  I'.1.  lv.'''.(.  in. 
J:ii\  I  v.  IM',II.  liri^r.  4  M-nl.  .lolin  !!"\\;inl  K  iicliiir.',  l».  .1  ulv  1^.">V  \^n\ 
di'  .lulin  P>.  Kii.'liiiiLr.  Ksi|..  .if  New  York,  ami  .Maria  UnnlinT).  II-' 
MTVcd  a-  t'ul.  iii  ill''  laic  war.  in  1  lie  I "  ni«  >n  army,  i  lircni^li  .Mr(  '|. 'Han's 
c.iinj  >a  iu'ii.  :ind  (!cnl.  (iran!  s.  i>n  tin-  I'dliiiiiac,  and  wa>  inadc  l'>i;_'. 
(ii-nl.  liv  Krcvci  for  his  L'nllanl  cundiirt  in  L."'iicr;d  a-  ;i  -"Id  n-r.  and 
j.articiilarly  at  the  liattlc  «,t'  S]iott>yl\  ania  <  '.  II.  M.-  was  wi>und<-d  :it 
l!ii-  liatilc  id'  (Vdar  ('reck,  whit  h.-r  he  had  lieeii  M-nt  \»  a--i~t  in 
di  i  \  ii:u'  (  Iciil.  |-',arly  mil  nf  the  valley.  A  niiiii:  a!  i"ii  nt'  li  i-  }'»«'  lie.'Miin1 

ncee.--al'V.         A      few      Week-     ilfl  tTWiin  Is     he     Was    iil'mn_'hl     ll '  'li  I' '.    a  lid    d  icd 

:t!    his    father's    house,    at     Dol.li's    Kerry.    N.    N'..   Jan.    1".    IM'.'I.      TWM 

ehi'iil ren  : 

L'L'^7.     !.     Ji.hll    Howard    K  itcliil:;j-.   1..    Sept .    L'7.    |M',1. 

--.   -1.    K.liil,   Howard  Kiti-liiiiL'.  1'.  Nov.    I.",.  IM;  I. 
L!L|X'.I.    i\.    Stehen   i'.riuaii    l!ii!.-\.   IP.   ai     K!i/;il»-t  h,   N..I..   Ai;-\    I.'1.. 


>i  \;  h  <  idi' -ra Hon. 

L'L'1  '  1  .      \ii.       I  lorace       i;i|'|e\       I  >o>|     of      Ko«    lie/el'     I  ,' i  ;      •  '  : 

I  iii  i  -Lank  •.  I..   An-.  I'M,   |  77_.  111.    I  ><  .-.  L:..    IMPL'.   K -•'..•,•   (  !\de.       He  d. 
a;    (  'h"i  r\    Vall'-v.    N .    N  ..  .1  nl\    '.'<< '.    I  M'.I  i. 

II '  •  !  i  a  d  7  c  1 1 1 1  d  re  1 1  ;  I ,  .  I  n  1 1  a  1 .  1 1 1  •  i  'e  I  i  a .  L' .  M  o  r  1  o  1 1  \\' . .  u  h  o  d .  .M  a  v 
'. '.  I  v  t  •">.  "<.  A  a  run.  I '.  and  d.  sa  ii:c  da  \  .  I .  I  •  •  ••  <:•-••  I  in  r!  'a  id;.  •'', 
Horace.  .;.  (  aiharine  (  'l\de.  7.  -lohn,  u  ho  ,|.  \,.\.  |n.  |-L'!'. 


II    (   Ie||i-ral  1"  "II.    I 

.     I  \  .     Sin  in    I  iiirliank    i  -on   of  A  In  a  ha  in    I  ill  i  1  .aids    and     M  <  hilaMe 
.    !•.    Ma\     L'l.     17:.'..    hl.     I  I,  ...    L"'.     !  7>'<\.     Al    I,;,      l-'itch. 
&   ^rad.  at     \  ale   in    !7^x.  and    \\a>  a   r.-,id.  n:    of    S;i!!'je|d. 

. :  :  i   (  •  i  -iid'a  i  ion.         (    i,  i  'd  i  en  : 


Sou  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolut,  l>otk  of  Dedliam,  J/c/.y.v.  435 

•l-l\^l.  ii.   William  Ihtrbank,  1).  Nov.  l'(),  1703. 

L'L'!!:',.  iii.    Anna  IhirKank,  b.  Dee.    1  .">,   170-I-. 

lilii)  I.  i\".   Lucy  J5urbank,  d.  soon  after  birth,  I).  about  1700. 

L'L)(.>:>.  v.   Abraham   P.urbank,  b.  Dec.  :><>,  1707. 

2lMjO.  vi.   Samuel  ]>nrbank,  b.  in   17(51),  d.  .Jan.   I,  1770. 

L)L:i.i7.  vii.    Lucy  r>urbank,  I'd,  b.  Jan.    l(),   1771. 

il'i'S.  A  iii.    Henry  P>urbaiik,  b.  Nov.  1.M,   1772. 

2i'.iS).  iv.    Samuel   P.urbank,  I'd,  b.    Dec.  L'O,   1774. 

[Fourth  ( Jrnevation.  |       Seepage  110. 

.""'*.  ix.  Joiiiithau  Dwight  (son  of  .Justin-  Nathaniel  .Ihvi^ht  of 
]S"oi'i  liniiinron,  ^Nliiss.,  and  .McliitabK-  Partridge,  i>.  Mai'di  11.,  170^,  in. 
•\vido\v  ,Mary  Lane  of  !'>.;ston,  Mass.,  ntti  JSoylston  (dan.  of  Thos. 
l]o\is(on  and  .Mary  (.lardner,  dan.  of  Thos.  (lardner,  whom  lie  in.  Dee. 
1-").  U>(>.~>).  He  was  a  hotel-keeper  at  Boston,  J\I ass.,  for  inanv  years 
(  1  7-)!'--"'"),  and  renujvcd  a. t'tei-v,  ards  to  Halifax,  X.  S.,  where  IK;  died. 
AVilh  Tiniothv  I) wight  (son  of  Sainnel  j)wiglit  of  Siitton,  ?>Iass.,  and 
.lane  1'iiiikley  :  see  snbset|uent  [)age,  under  descendants  of  Michael 
Jhvig'it  of  Dudham),  he  was  ai-riv<!  in  nlanning  the  first  sert.lement  of 
Ashbui'iihaiii,  .Mass,  The  records  of  Ashburnham  sliow  that  he  was  a 
very  leading  spirit  among  the  original  proprietors  of  the  place,  al- 
though nut  one  of  its  settlers. 

_Mii"h  effort  lias  been  made  to  trace  the  history  of  this  branch  of  the 
familv,  but  without  avail.  Any  reader  of  this  book  who  can  ;j;ive  to 
the  author  of  it  any  additional  facts  concerning  any  one  of  its  members 
will  be  heartily  thanked.  "If is  widow,  Mrs.  .Mary  (!5oylston)  J) wight, 
seems  to  have  married  a  .">d  husband,  a  .Mi',  llulibard. 
[  i1' it'll i  (  Iciieratiun.  ]  <  'hildren  : 

L'.'i'.'U.  i.  ?>lai-v  Dwight.  1>.  about  17:')H.  In  the  records  of  'Nathan- 
iel I  >w '[!.','  lit  of  !>elcliertown,  hei1  uncle,  \\'e  read:  '*  .\!ar\',  who  \\as  a 
mo.-t  Oeaul  iful  young  woman  in  shape  and  features,  read  an  abundance 
of  both  Jii^toi'y  and  divinity.  She  was  well  brotiglit  up  to  l)r.siness, 
and  (iiia'ilied  for  the  company  of  the  lie.-.t  gentlemen.  She  tlied  when  a 
litt  ]e  oyer  'I'l  \  ears  oi'  age." 

L':'iM.    ii.    Xa'h;:niel    I ) \vight,  d.  young. 

L'.'li'L'.    iii.    Samuel   I)\vight,  d.  yoiimr. 

L'- ")d.">.  iy.  Sa.rah  Dwight,  m.  a  .Mr.  Parker  of  J  falifax,  X.  S.,  believed 
to  ha  \'e  been  .Major  .Nat  !iaui-'i  PaiJ!-:er- — !  he  same  thai  was  1 1.  at  Shre\\s- 
burv,  Mass.,  and  b;M>l.  there  March  L'n.  1  7  I  •">  (sun  of  William  Pai'ker 
and  M:irv  Maynai'd,  dau.  of  Simon  Mavnard.  \\"m.  Parker  removed 
thither,  probably  from  Stidbury,  Mass.).  .Major  Parker's  children  svei'e 
"Xaiha;::  •!.  Marv.  1'anie!  and  Hannah. 

Major  Parker  was  in  the  service  of  <?enl.  \Volfat  the  taking  of  Quo- 


IP.'.'.  Tin'  land  "in  \\liich  lie  settled  in  Nova  Scotia  lie  dl'ev,  in  consid- 
eration of  his  !ilillt;ir\  MTNlVes.  %>  Mr  uas  ;i  mall  ot  sti'Hi  ri'_T  uorlh.  :ili<l 
a  iin  i-t  inllurtii  i;  1  1  leader  of  his  place  and  :i«,f|-.  II'1  was  endowed  v,  ;  ;  li  a 

strong  bod\.  ;i  \l'_;oriins  llllll'l.  and  :l  liberal  -nil].  ||r  Was  til''  father 
•  it'  :i  numerous,  intelligent,  industrious  ::ild  hl'_dd\  |-r-|irrt;ililr  I'amilv. 
Mis  de.-er||dailtS  :ilT  bel|:'\ed  Id  HUlllliiT  How  llearlv  I  U  o  t  lini:-:i!ifl. 
Til.'  I.  'I'd  li.'IS  lur--nl  ]|1S  |IM>|iTl!\.  lint  U'ltll  <_'rc;!  I  \\r;dl!l.  lilll  \\i:!l  a 
l'p"lll|H-t"l|CI'.  Si.llir  !\\rllt\  (if  tlirlll  IlItM1  lirr||  j  U'r  ;u  '!  !  r  Is  of  l]|r  _',,-  j  „  •  |  ." 

Tlius  wrotf.  ill  lsr,i>,  |;,.v.  I).  O.  I'arkrr,  on,.  (,f  his  dr.-  ••'•nda  n'  -.  a 
1'iajiti-i  |irrai'lirr,  si'ttlrd  then  at  I  ,i\  •  rpdi.!,  N.S..  Inn  sinrr  at  Hr..',!;- 
lii'ld,  ^Mirrns  ''(i..  N.  S.  Mr  ^\•as  lli"ii  drsiu'liiliL;  to  pr'-j-arc  a  inriuonal 
ot'  Major  1'ark  T'S  family.  Two  li-itcrs  written  a!  dilh-ivni  tinn->  sim-c, 
for  fuiilirr  facts,  have  resulted  in  nothing  additional,  much  to  tin1 
aut  lior's  rcLrret. 

L'.".'lt.     Mrliital.le    D 

l':'.n:,.     AlpJah    Dwi^ht, 

I':'.'"'..    MrliitaMr  Dwi^lit  (second). 

~2'.\^~  .   .lonatlian   Dwi^lit,  Jr.,  1).  sibout    1711. 

L'."iH^.  I.ury  hwi.Jit,  b.  about  17I'«,  ni.  a  Mr.  Foster  of  M  alifa  \.  and 
had  bv  him  a  sun,  Theodore  Foster.  Shi  !<-ft  her  husband  afterwards 
and  ret  urn  •  -d  to  I'xistoii,  liere  sin;  ill.  a  M  r.  Co\  el'ley,  and  li\  ed  at  .M  arl- 
boroiiu'h.  Mass.,  win-re  she  d. 


j  Fouri  li  (  -Ynerat  ion.  |       See  pa^-1   !  1  <  ). 

.")!'.  x.  Am.  a  hwi^lit  (dau.  of  ,lu>lire  Nathalie]  l»\\!Lrlit  "f  Nortli- 
ani|ito,,.  MM-.,  and  Meliitable  I'artrid-e).  b.  .Inly  L'.  \7\".  in.  in  17:,  L 
Aliel  (  adwrll  of  llartlbrd.  ('!..  b.  No\.  L'7.  17c:',  ('son  of  .Matthew 
Cadw.-ll  of  Marl  ford.  Cl.,  b.  Oct.  ."..  [i',.N.  and  Abigail  !  '„  ekley.  dau.  of 
.b.hn  I!  -eklev  oi'  I  lart  ford.  who;a  lie  in.  Maivh  "_'•"'.  li'i'.'.'i  'i.  and  grand- 
son of  Thomas  and  Fli/.a  t'.idwelh.a  farmer  at  \\Vsttield,  Mass.  Me 
d.  in  17'-il.  aet.  77. 

|  TIi--  children  ,,f  Matthe-.v  (  Vdw,-H  ,,f  !  [art  f  -rd.  and  Abiu'ail  Hnkly 
were;  1.  Matthew.  Jr..  b.  .Inn-  11.  It.1."'..  '_'.  Abi-dl,  I..  April  -^. 
1  •;'.«.  :'..  At,n.  b.  .May  ii.  I7"u.  I,  .l..!i:i.  I..  N-.v.  :'.'i.  1  701'.  ;,.  Abel. 
b.  Nov.  i'7.  17":;. 

Fi  t''  ii   <  .'"Herat  i>  m.  |       <  'hildren  : 

-:'."'.'.    i.    Matthew  Cad'Aell.  b.  I),.,-.  L'7.  I7.".l.  !^p-.  M.-n-.-Ii  L'-1..   I7:'.L'. 

U'id^e.    M;:--.  Ser    Jo]!''-,'      |ii-t.     of      do..     I  ,.       I  .V  ',  .     ;i|.d     ei-i'- 


L':i  I  ".     i  i.    Timot  h\    I  'ad\\  ell.   b.    Sejit .     I.  and   bap! .    Srpt .   ','.   1  7."'-"'. 

.':'.l  I.     in.     Mai-r   I  Ian   <  'adwell,   b.   N..V.    I-'i.  and   1-ap:.    No\.    I1',    i  7.".-"'. 

•  i.    M.O.  i,  -I.   17'.".'. 

L1:1-!'-'.    i\.    1'hri-tian    <'ad\sell,  b.    April   '_'.    and     lpa[it.    Api'il    L1  I .    !7.'i7. 
n,.    Lemii'-l   Mar;  i ndale. 


of  Tun  otliy,  Son  of  Joli  n ,  hotlt,  of  DedJi am ,  J/"<7.y*.  43  7 

2313.  v.  Anna  Cadwell,  b.  Nov.  23,  and  bapt,  Dec.  3,  17:58,  ni. 
James  Noble. 

2:511.  vi.  Mohitablc  Cadwell,  b.  Dec.  7,  1740,  d.  Nov.  19,  1829, 
aet,  89,  m.  Ashbel  i)e\vey. 

2:51.").  vii.  Abigail  Cadwell,  b.  Juno  2,  and  bapt.  June  G,  1742,  m. 
Martin  Smith  of  Springfield,,  Mass. 

23  IG.  via.  Lois  Cadwell,  b.  Feb.  5,  and  bapt.  Feb.  12,  174G,  in. 
Pliiuelms  Wright. 

2:117.  ix.  Eunice  Cadwell,  1>.  .May  28,  and  bapt.  June  4,  1749,  in. 
Moses  Sackett, 

2:518.   x.   A  daughter,  b.  and  d.  .March  4,  17f>l. 

2:5 19.  xi.  Sibyl  Cadwell,  b.  Aug.  7.  and  bapt.  Aug.  10,  1755,,  m. 
Aaron  Dewey. 

2310.  ii.    Timothy    Cadwell,    b.    Sept.    0,    1733,    m.    May   10,    175G, 
Catharine  Buckley  of  Wetherstield,  Ct.     She  d.  M.iy  .'5,  1757.       lie  ni.  a 
second  wile,  .Joanna  —        --,  who  d.  Nov.  25,  ISMO,  aet.    11.    lie  1:1.  for 
3d  wife  widow   Frances  Sanderson:   a  farmer  at  \Vest  liehl,  and    in  the 
latter  part  of  his  life  a  resident  of  .Pittsfield,  Mass.      ( 'hildren  : 

J>>/  j!rt<t  n'ij'ti  : 

2320.  1.  John  Ashley  Cadwell,  b.  Nov.  12,  1780. 

J>y  second   wife: 

2321.  2.  Elias  Cadwell,  b.  in  1781,  who  d.  Aug.  18G5,  act,  84. 

2311.  iii.   Major  Dan  Cadwell,   b.  Nov.  15,  1735,  ni.   !>,•(-.  21),   1757. 
Abigail     Phelps    of  AVestlield,    M;u;s.,    b.    1  >ec.  15,  1.70S    (dan.    of    Na- 
thaniel   Phelps,  .Jr.,  and  Abigail    Fowler):   a   farmer   and  innkeeper  at 
rittsfield.  Mass.,  after  17G1.      J  [;;  d.  there  March  G,  1  7'J'J. 

|  Sixth  Generation.]    Children: 

2322.  i.    Esther  Cadwell,  b.  iu  1758,  m.  Joseph   Hale   of  rittsiield, 
Mass.      Children: 

2:52:5.    1.    Sophia  Hale,  who  m.  a  Mr.  1  Using  of  Rockfbrd,  111. 

232k    2.    Frederic  Halo. 

2325.   3.    Jerusha  Hale,  whom.  William  McConuell    <>f  Gnifton,  (). 

2-")2G.  ii.  Mary  Cadwell,  b.  .Jan.  !,  175',),  who  m.  -  -  Chapin. 

They  had  two  children,  both  of  whom  d.  \  iniiiu'. 

2327.  iii.  Abigail  Cadwell,!).  Feb.  27.  17G2,  m.  in  1783  Kphraim 
Towers.  She  d.  .Jan.  18,1.841-.  Four  children  : 

2:528.  iv.  Ellas  Cadwell.  b.  1 7G5,  d.  at  Xorwieh,  Chenango  Co., 
N.  V...JUIKJ  21,  1827,  aet,  G2.  II.-  in.  Mehitable  Fairiield  of  Pitts- 
field,  Mass.  They  had  five  children,  four  of  them  sons,  one  of  whom, 
•James,  ]]  ves  in  Racine,  \\  is.,  ami  a  dau.,  A  bi^ail.  win  >  m.  I  1  ;-:i;-v  New- 
be.rry  of  Racine,  NYis. 

2329.  v.  Dan  Cadwell,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  1  1,  17G7,  d.  Feb.  K»,  1813. 

2330.  vi.    Rho, la  Cadwell,  b.  1709,  m.   1789,  Enoch  AVellur.      Shed. 


•l.'-S    /  >>  .-'V  //-A////.S-  of  .\  ilflul  n  1<  J    /  >  ir /,/]i  f  ^  nl\\  i  iffjni /n  j'fi'ii . 
IS"''J.      The\   li.-i'l  '.i  i-Ii  ildi-en.   I  i>f  ilifiu  sons,  unc   nl'  \\liniii,  An-ii-ins. 

is,  i,r   recent  i  V    \\  ;!•-.   a    resident    lit      r'i  i\s  |f  |  \  1 1  |e  ;   :i    dull..    Si  i|iii  |;i.  ;i  !-i «    ll\  rs 

at  <  !rei._'-.\  iilc.  N.   Y. 

•j:;:;i.   \ii.  \\  'illiam  <  'adueii.  i,.  N,,\.  :;.  1 77 \.  .i.  <  »,-t.  in.  [>."''.. 

'2 '•'<•'<-.  \iii.  l!"\;ii  I  >  \viijh  i  ( ':« 1  \vrl  I,  1 1.  a  In  MI  i  177l.ni.  lle!,,\  Lin1'-  uf 
1'  i  1 1  s  t  i  e !  d .  M.I—.:  ;  i  1 '  1 1  ii  1 1>  l '  1 1  H  l  V  1 1 : 1 1 1 1  1 H  I  V 1 1 1 1  .s  y  1  \  a  n  ia .  I  ! '  1 1 .  1  s  1  -  : 
had  '_'  rli ili  in •!!. 

I1:;.",:;.  ,\.  Anna  < 'aduell,  1,.  .March  II.  177''..  in.  1'nd.  .-•;.•  \\  ,  i  ,,f 
l'iu>liel,|,  MiiNS.,  ami  .1.  <  h-t.  '.'.  lSl".i.  II.-  <1.  <  >d.  l>!il. 

L'-'-'l.    \.    Sarah  (  'adu '••!!.  1..  aln.ii!    177'.1,  and  d.   \»ii!i_'. 

•_'.">'_'.>.  \.  Man  Cadwrll,  Jr.,  1..  Au-.  II,  I7'i7.  in.  N..\.  1  L'.  I  7>'.'. 
l>..r..tli\  lla.-kins.  1).  Au-r.  II,  177:i  ulaii.  ..f  KinM-li  lla.-kin-  ai-l  Mai-y 
\\'  illiam-  i  :  a  l>l:n'k>ini:  li  at  I'ii  i-li.-'.i.  Ma^-~..  am!  ai  I'ii  i-in\\  n.  N.  ^". 
l  1  7'.j'i  -I  >'  "i  I,  and  at't-'i-  I  SUi'i  a  i'iirnnT  :il  I  I  •  '1  la  ml  Pal  i-nt .  N.  \'..  ui.til 
hi,  d.a:li.  Frli.  Id.  l-l:'..  She  in.  t'.ra  L'd  hu-Land  Na  t  I.ai.i--!  T.  -u  n- 
>i-iiil  i 't'  I'  li  i\  d.  N.  \  ..  1'V  \\  lii  Mil  .slif  had  a  M  MI  "I  f-alii'1  ha  inc.  \\  i:< '  ii\  ••> 
in  (  >1.ri-liii.  <  I.  She  d.  a  I  Canidi'M.  N.  V..  Oct.  '.»,  1  SM. 
S"\  rii'  h  (  li'iici'at  li  ill.  I  (  'hlldri-u  : 

L':;.",:..  i.  H.-nry  l>xviudn  ( 'ad\\vll,  1..  Jan.  L' I .  I7'.'i.  in.  I-V1,.  1 :-.  1-!:'. 
Nancy  I  ><ui^las.  b.  Sept.  L' 1 .  1  7'.'">|  dan.  nt'  Majur  'riminas  J;tin.^  hi.ii^r- 
la-,  nf  \\r-i  lifld.  Mass..  ;nid  Tcni]  HTancc  I'aliniri,  \\!IM  i'|.  Ap'i!  1  •'•. 
1SL'  i.  :-nd  In-  in.  July  :'..  lsl'_'.  her  >i>:  -r.  .!  n !  i,-i  I  ),  .ii-i;^.  i,.  >-;.;.  L\ 
17'.'-'>.  !!'•  has  lr>r]i  \\>\-  niaii\"  years  a  merchant  ai  \\  aii-ri.  A\  n.  .l.-ii'. 
<  'n.,  N.  ^'.,  \ylii-rc  he  has  |j\ ,.,]  latterly  re!  i  red  t'l'Min  Ini>iin->>.  (  'hii'ii  en  : 

i;;/   ,1,-st  „•;,;.• 

I':'.:1,*;.  I.  Nancy  hmi^las  <  ',, dwell.  1,.  Marcli  1 :',.  lsl'!.  m.  Jine  \:>. 
1s!."..  i;, HI-HI,  II.  Tyler  ni'  Kiiiluii,  N.  N"..  a  lawyer,  and  tir-:  Jr  ;••  ,,f 
the  C.,;;nt\  C.uirt.  She  ,1.  An-  -'•'.  1SI7.  lea\in-  as.in,  Kai.-  .  IV-d- 
cric  '|'\ler.  1,.  .Inne  l.'i.  Is  1''..  a  clerk  in  an  lu>.  <  '.,.  in  Ne\\  \,  ik. 

II,,  »,.•„„./  ,'•;/,  : 

•i:\:\l.    -1.     Henry    |),Mi-!as    Caduell.    !,.     I  ),  ,-.    I'l'.     '-_-.    a     <•'.      .     t'.,r 
M '\.-ra  I  years  past    in  The  Continental    1 1;,  n !:  ..t'  N.  v.    ^'  •:  K  .       II.    :,,.  I  »••  • 
x,     1  x  "i:'i.   (  'harli  it  te  .)  lldd.        NCI   i-slle. 

I'eside    lip-     a'l"i\e      children,     ll''hi'\'     |)\\l^hl       ('.,d\'.e:l      Ii;:d    :h',  'her 

chi  ii  iren   t  ha'    d.  early.  \  i/.  : 

!'.".;>  '.'.  ii  and  I.  T  \\in  daughters,  li.  Auu".  -1'1.  I  s '-'."' .  that  !i\-d  iiin 
a  feu  M;,\S. 

L'il  1".    •"'.    Juliet   ( 'aduell.  1,.  Jan.    I.    Is:1.  l.d.    An-.   '_'  I .    IV,:;. 

L'iill.  ii.  Mary  U'iiliani-  ('adu-eli  (dan.  i.f  h.in  <'ad\\e!l.  Jr..  and 
I  ><>,.  •<;,•.  M.e-kins),  1,.  .lnl\  7.  1  7'.'."..  d.  un married  >,•;,!.  L'  I .  I  -''.;'. 

L':it:.'.   iii.    han  I'li.-ij,-.  «  'adu-,.|].  1,.  April  L'".   l7:-7.  d.  N,,\.    1  --:;. 

.'ill."..     i\.     H..r..ih\     Ha-kihs    t'aduell.    I,.    |)..,..     I.    1S"H.     ,,,.   C|, 
I  '  .  i  j'  •  ..!'  ('•  c;\  ••;  i.    ;;r.   N.    ^'.,  1  m,  ,ks,  •!  I,T  aiid   i  "  •-;  ma  -; .  -r  t  ir-i-e. 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJolui,  loth  of  DedJiam,  J/>Y.^.  4.°>9 

They  Imd  six  children — all  with  themselves  dead  for  several  years 
past. 

2344.  v.  Loren/o  ('a dwell,  1>.  Dee.  2<>,  ISO.0,,  m.  Eli/a  Underbill  of 
Troy,  7s.  V.  lie  was  formerly  a  grocer  and  provision  dealer  at  Troy, 
and  afterwards  was  engaged  in  pork-packing  at  La  fa  \vtte,  hid..  l>ut 
has  been  for  some  years  past  a  fanner  at  Xe\v  .i'runswick,  X.  J .  ( nil- 
dren  :  , 

234-">.  1.  Charles  I  lenry  f'ad\vell.  who  is  engaged  in  pork  and  beef 
packing  at  the  Atlantic  l>ock,  ISrooklvn,  X.  V. 

234H.    2.    Frances  Maria  Cadwell,  who  d.  act.  1(5. 

2.'U2.  iii.  Dan  1'helps  Cadwell,  b.  April  2o,  \7'.*7.  in.  in  1^22 
Catharine  Williams.  He  was  a  tanner  and  currier  in  his  earlv  lift'. 
In  latei1  years  he  lived  in  Ttica.  X.  1'..  and  was  a  director  of  one  of 
the  city  bunks,  and  connected  with  the  affairs  of  the  .IMack  liiver  1*. 
lload.  :He  d.  Nov.  1803.  Children: 

2347.    1.    Sarah  Ann  Cadwell.  b.  about,  1^24,  d.  in    |Sl8. 

23  !S.  2.  Fli/abeth  Cadwell,  b.  about  1S27,  m.  Jerome  P>.  Tyler,  a 
merchant  in  I  tica. 

234!>.   iii.    Caroline  Cadwell,  1).  about   1^2'.i:   unmarried. 
[Sixth  ( -enerat  ion.] 

2331.  vii.  William  Caclwell  (son  of  Major  Dan  Cadwell,  of  Pitts- 
field,  Mass..  and  Abigail  ['helps),  b.  Nov.  .">,  1771,  a  fanner  at  J'itt^lield 
.Mass.  Jlem.  Feb.  I,  [sol,  Anna  Hall  (dan.  of  Ambrose  and  Mehit- 
able  Hall  of  Lanesboro',  Mass.),  b.  April  1(5,  1777.  She  d.  Oct.  2.\ 
1SH7.  act.  'JO. 

[Seventh  fleneration.]      ('hildren: 

23.")0.    i.    Clarissa  Cadwell,  b.  .Tan.  20,  1802,  d.  Oct.  7,  1804. 

23.~>1.   ii.   Ambrose  Hall  Cadwell,  b.  June  lf>,  18()(i. 

23.")2.  iii.  Ann  ?>laria  ('adwcll,  b.  Feb.  S.  Is]."),  m.  Ceorge  Svl\cs;er 
Strong  of  I'itrsfield,  d.  Sept.  2.  1818. 

23.">1.  ii.  Ambrose  Hall.  Cadwell,  b.  June  M,  Isni',,  m.  April  2.">, 
1SU,  AchsahAnn  llayof'Cr.  Harrington,  Mass.,  b.  Feb.  21.  !S23(dau. 
of  ("lenient  Ray  and  Clarissa  Heed):  a  fanner  at  L'ittstield,  Ma^s. 
From  him  many  of  the  facts  Mated  concerning  hi-  immediate  kindred 
have  been  derived. 

[  Fighth  ( ienerat  ion.  ]      ( 'hildren  ; 

23-">3.    i.    Abby  Helm  Cadwell,  b.  May  7.  184."). 

23.")  I- .    ii.    Anna  Clarissa  Cadwell.  b.  June  23,  1  Sir,,  d.  Sept.  23.  1  s  lo. 

23.").!.  iii.  William  Mansfield  Cadwell,  b.  .March  23,  Ls|S}  lives  at 
1'ittstield  unmarried  (  1  s73  ). 

23.")(J.  iv.  Henry  HalH 'adwell,  M.D..  b.  April  S,  1 8.")0,  pursued  his 
medical  st  ndie>  at  I'it.l  ^(ield. 

23.">7.    V.    .Freilei-ick  .1  )wight  Cadwell,  b.   Sept.   H,    !S.")7. 


ljl>      /  ><  Si 'I    llJllllf*     <>f    \<llll</ll!>   1      I>ll'i</]lt,     (>/'    \<irtl/<llllj'f<//l, 
|  SeM'Ilt  ll    <  o'licl  al  Ion.   I 

'_':'.  .")•_'.  iii.  Ann  Maria  ( 'aihvell,  1..  Fd..  s,  |Sl."i,  m.  May  I  L1,  IM1,:?, 
(ieorU'e  S\l\ester  Strong,  Ii.  Sept.  I'.t,  1S07  (son  of  Nolile  Siron^of 
Pit  t  -field  and  Anna  Kinuf.  See  1 1  istorv  of  t  !»<•  St  roii^  Familv  K\  the 
anihor.  Mil.  ii.  pp.  1  ."••"> 7  s).  She  d.  Sept.  ;_',  I  sis,  and  he  married 
for  I'd  u  i  fe  Nancv  Isham,  li\  whom  he  had  ."i  children,  and  after  her 
deal  h  he  m.  in  1  Si  iii,  for  Md  wife,  (  'lam  M  .  <  'lev  eland,  u  1 1  lion  t  i.-.-ne.  lie 
was  a  farmer  at  Fedyard,  N.  Y.,  and  I'ittstield,  .Mass.,  where  he  d. 
.Inly  I-"'.  ISC.S. 

|  Fidith  (  Ion-ration.  |      (  'hildren  : 

I'.T.S.  i.  \\'illiam  Hall  Slrmi;,',  1>.  in  PiUsfidd,  .Mass.,  May  1,  I  *.",  I  : 
re-ides  in  Caleslmrv;,  111.  (ls7-l). 

L'.'l.V.I.     ii.     (ieol'L'e     Syl\  ester     StroilLT.     1  >.      ill      Ledval'd,      N.     N'.,    Fill.    J, 

l-:'.7  :    resi<les   in   i'ittslidd,  Mass.  (  1^7  I  ). 

L'.'l'in.  iii.  Andirose  ( 'adudl  Strong,  l>.  there  Anu'.  I1'.  I  -•"''•'  :  resides 
in  (  lale.sluiri;.  HI.  1  1^7  I). 

L':'.iil.  iv.  Samii"!  l^-r^eii  Siron^.  1>.  in  l/'ilyard,  A  n^.  I'.i,  I>1|. 
II"  enlisted  in  (  'o.  (  ',  1  .".7t  h  ill.  I  le^t.  Me  d.  on  his  u  a\  from  Teimes- 
s-  diom- -wards',  on  account  of  sickness,  Sept .  17,  l-'it,at  Alton.  111. 

|  Six! h  ( ienerat  ion.  ] 

L' :'>:'>.">.  i\.  Anna  ('aduell  (dan.  of  Major  Man  ('aduell  and  Al.i^ail 
['helps),!..  March  11,  1  7  7»i,  m.  al  .ont  I  7(.'.">.  Frederick  \\'esl  of  I'itts- 
lidd (-"ii  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  West  ),  a  farmer.  lie  d.  Oct.  l.'i,  I  ^-  {'.'<, 
and  she  m.  Sept.  |s]  (,  Aaron  Root,  I,.  Oct.  L'l',  I77<)  (son  of  Oli\er 
loroi  and  llannah  Ashle\  i.  a  farmer  at  I'ittslidd,  and  alieruards  at 
<  Jraflon,  <>.,  where  he  d.  Dec.  li,  1  S.'.i',  ;,et .  Si'.  She  d.  Oct.  '.i,  1VL.".», 
a" I.  •"'•"'. 

|  Se\  enl  h  <  leneral  ion.        <  'hildren  :  t 

L'.'J"1.!'.  i.  Mo,,.  ||enr\  F.  \\'e,-,,  I,.  March  II.  1 7(.Mi.  ||r  lived  in 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  and  \\as  at  one  time  Mavor  of  the  eit\'.  !1"  d. 
there  <>,•;.  Is.'iii.  Children  1:  llenrx  F.  and  Frederick  ('..merchants 
i!,  ('ineinnati,  o.  ;  (Ii-nr^e  M.,  a  merchant  in  i  ndtan.ipi  'ii.-,  Ind.:  and 
I  ami  \  ,  a  I  "ache!-  at  Tl  '  i\',  O. 

!'.">''>.">.    ii.    < 'aspar  ( '.   \\'est,  h.   Sept.    1 1',    I71.1'.'. 

!':'>''.  I.   iii.    Allii-r*.  D.  \\'esi,  li.  Sept.  i'7,   I  MI:.. 

L'.'i''.o.     i\.     (  'larillda    Wesl,    I,.     Dec.    I,    IS  Id,    m.    Sej.l.    1".',    1>:',I,  (ieor-e 

I,'.  >    ii  r.  of  (  Iraflon,  (  ).       (  hie  child  : 

L'-'i''1'".     I.    (ieor^e    ||.   Slarr.  a   merchant   at    Fl\ria,  <  >. 


Soil  of  Timothy,  SonofJolm,  loth  of  DedJiam,  Mass.  441 

d.  without   issue,   and   he   in.    for   2d  wife,  Jan.  1807,  widow  Each  el 
Kyan.      Ho  resides  in  Graf  ton,  O.      One  child: 

2309.    1.   Frederic  Oliver  Hoot,  b.  March  12,  1808. 

2303.  ii.  Caspar  C.  West,  b.  at  Bittsfield,  Sept.  12,  1799;  kept  a 
vineyard  at  Elyria,  O. 

Whom  he  married  not  stated,  while  the  place  and  date  are  given  as 
Marcellus,  X.  Y.,  Juno  5,  1823.  Children  : 

2370.  1.    Albert  West,  a  printer  sit  Albany,  X.  Y. 

2371.  2.    Marietta  Salisbury  West ;   resides  at  Elyria,  O. 

2372.  3.   Frederic  West,  a  druggist  at  Laporte,  Tnd. 

2373.  4.    Clarinda  S.  Bliss  West,  who  resides  at  Jackson,  Mich. 

[Fifth  Generation.] 

2312.  iv.   Christian    Cadwell,  b.  April    2,  1737,  in.  March  20,  1754, 
Lemuel   Martindale,  b.  at  Hatfield,  Oct.  20,  1730  (son  of  Edward  and 
lliith  Martindale).      lie  resided  at  Greenfield,  Mass.,  after  1704. 

[Sixth  Generation.]      Children: 

2374.  i.   Molly  Cathvcll  M.a,rtindale,  b.  April  20,  1735. 

2375.  ii.  Ebenezer  Martindale,  b.  Xov.  25,  1750. 
2:570.   iii.   Uriah  Cadwell  Martindale,  b.  Aug.  15,  1758. 

2377.  iv.  Justin  Martindale,  b.  May  4,  1700. 

[Fifth  G  eneration.] 

2313.  v.   Anna  Cadwell  (dan.  of  Abel  Cadwell  and  Anna  Ihvight), 
b.  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  Xov.  23,  1738,  m.  Nov.  29,  1758,  James  Noble 
of  Westfield,  Mass,  (son  of  James  Xoble  and  Catharine •). 

2314.  vi.   Mehitable  Cadwell,  b.  Dec.  7,  1740  (dan.  of  A.bel  Cadwell 
and   Anna   ]) wight),   m.  March    17,  1703,    as  his  second  wife,   Ashbel 
Dewey  of  Westiield,  Mass.,  b.  April  23,  1734  (son  of  A.dijah  Dewey, 
Jr.,  ajid  Mercy  Ashley).      His  first  wife  was  Mary  Phelps  of  Westfield. 
whom   he  m.  in    1751  (pub.  Sept.  15,  1754).      She  d.  March  27,  1702. 
By  her  he  had  four  children:   Adijah,  Ashbel,  1st  and  2d,  and  Mercy. 

He  d.  April  28,  1705,  and  she  in.  for  a  second  husband,  Sept.  22, 
1708,  Daniel  Saekett,  Jr.,  b.  March  0,  1734  (son  of  Daniel  Sarkett  and 
Mary  Weller  of  AVestfield),  a  wealthy  farmer  at  Tittsfield,  Mass.  She 
d.  there  Xov  19,  1829,  act,  89. 

[Sixth  Generation.  |      Children.  : 

/>//  jl i'*t  -innrrlaf/c,  : 

2378.  i.   Mercy  Dewey,  b.  May  13,  1701,  d.  Jan.   1707. 

Ill/     tii'COllll,      Ill<!  l'l'UK/1'  .' 

2:579.  ii.  Tryphena  Saekett,  b.  .April  18,  1771,  m.  Samuel  I'oot  of 
Tittslield,  Mass. 

2380.  iii.  Hoxana  Saekett,  b.  July  0,  177-'),  m.  AVilliam  Francis  of 
1'ittsfield,  and  had  one  son — "all  dead." 


L'."'S  1 .    \\ .    I  ,\  dia     Sackct  I.  li.   A  ULT.    7.     I  i  7->,   m.    <  M  i  i  n    ( loodricii  : 

children      oi f  t  hem.  (  'haunee\ ,  li  \  i  :c,'  in    I  'it  i  slidd. 

L':^l'.    \.    Mehital.le    Sackett,  1).     I  >cc.     I,    177'.'.    in.     Luke     Francis    of 

I'ittsfldd. 

•_'•"•  7'.'.    i  i.    Ti  \  phena  S. ick i -i  i .  li.   A  pri  I     1  S  I  77  I .  in.  alioiil     1  7  v  v    >a  m- 
iiel   Hooi  of    rittslidd,  li.   April    1,   1  7"'.i  (MUI  of   Olher    llm.i    of    I'iu.s- 
lidd  ami    Hannah    Ashh-\  ).       Siie  d.  Jul\    7.    1  7'.»'.',  and   he  in.  a-_'ain. 
|  S'-vciilli  <  ieiu-rat  ion.  |       Children  : 

L'."i>."t.    i.    Ojiaina   Hoot.  It.  Jiim-    I.    17s'.1. 

L'.'NI.    ii.    Julia    Hoot.  I,.    |)   ,-.    I.",,    I  7'.i  I. 

'_'•>*••'>.  in.  Franklin  Hoot,  }>.  March  1,  !  7'.'">.  a  farimT  in  I'll  t -lifld, 
forni'-rl  \  :  spend^  pa  n  of  i  he  \  car  no\v  i  1  s7  I  in  Tennessee. 

•_'."."•'''.  i\.  I  )r.  Oliver  Sackdt  Hoot.l).  July  I.  1  71.1'.1.  m.  Lnvc  Aili-n, 
who  d.  soon,  and  lie  m.  for  I'd  wit'-  Harriet  Alien,  dan.  of  ||"ii.  I'hin- 
ea-  Allen  of  PitUtidd.  Sin-  d.  Oct.  H».  1  ^.">S  ;  and  he  m.  for  ild  \\  ife, 
S'-pi.  !.  ls''.7.  Marie  M  au'ddina  J  ui  \ .  lie  \va>  a  ph\-ieian  at  I'ltts- 
tield.  where  he  d.  (  'hildreli  : 

/;,/  *,,•„„,/  „•;,;  .- 

L':5s7.  I.  Charles  Dillin-hani  Hoot.  I,.  Nov.  L>:>,  |s:'.;,?  d.  N,,v.  L'.\ 
1  S  1  1 . 

L'.'iSS.  L'.  Love  Maria  Uoi.t.  1..  Oct.  -  i .  1>:>7,  in.  May  I  .">.  IMU.  I  >r. 
Alonxo  I!.  Halmer. 

////  f /,;,-.•/  ,!•;/,  .- 

l':'i>'.i.    :;.    Charles  Whitall   Hooi.  1,.  July  L'.  IsiJS. 
I  Six'  h  <  !em-r.-'i  ion. 

L'.'lM.'.  v.  Mehilalile  Saekett.  1..  Dec.  !.  1  7  7U.  in.  Oct.  M.  1  7'. ' s .  I  .n  k  •  • 
Fram-is.  1,.  in  \\'«-iher>field,  Ct..  F.-l..  L'."..  l77l'  (son  of  Josiah  Fram-is 
and  Al'iL'ail  Spi-nceri.  a  farini  r  in  Hiit^lield.  Ma-s..  \vliei-e  he  d.  An  if. 
:')'l,  |.s|S.  SI,,-  d.  An,'.  I'll,  IS  p.). 

|  Se\  cut  ii  (  ieiieral  ion.        Chi  Idren  : 

L'."I'.MI.    j.    Croru'e  \\'ashinLfton    Fran.-i>.  I..  S.-jit.  '_".'.    I  71.1'.1. 

L'.'iHI.  ii.  hanii-l  Sackeit  Frain-i-.  I'.  Au_f.  L".'.  lsl'l.  d.  Jum-  :',i>, 
1  >  I  L'. 

i.1  .'i '. ' '_' .    ill.     Mannii:^   l''ranc]>.   li.  Jan.    L' I .    l>i'l. 

L'lll':1!.    i\.    Mehilalile   Francis.  1,.  Jan.  '2-'>.    l><"'.  in.    l>aid--l  Siearns. 

'_'.">'.'!.    \.     l.\dia     l.'idi-mia    Franci.s  I  1  s\  i  n ).  1 1.    Jnl\    L'-'.    lx|l>.    in.    le-\. 


L'.".'.'.">.  \i.    Luke   Lon-n/o   l-'raiiei 
|  v,,;,. 

I'-"'1."'.  \ii.     Fnnneline    Adelia      Franc!-,   li.    April     I1.1.    1  s  1  I ',    in     ('harle 
M.  r-an. 

•:;i'7.  \iii.    Sarah    I'.u-h    Frai..-i>.   1,.   April    |.'..    M  I.. I.  Se|,t.    I-.   |-|.-,. 

I1:'.'.'-.  i\.    John    Fniiici>.  I..    M  a  v   L1."-,    IH-.  d.  Au-.  -,   1  -  1  >. 


Son  ofTunotJuj,  Son  of  John,  loth  of  Dedltam,  JAm.  443 

231)0.  x.  Harriet  Amelia  Francis,  b.  Oct.  10,  181 7,  d.  unmarried 
Nov.  20,  1839. 

2390.  i.   George  Washington  Francis,  b.  Sept.  29,  1799,  in.  May  25, 
1829,  Martha    Adeline    Kellogg   <>f  Williamstown,   Mass.,   b.  April   G, 
1802    (dan.  of   Samuel    Kellogg   and  Anna    Blair).      Ho   was   grad.  at 
Williams  Coll.  in  182G,  and  admitted  to  legal  practice  in  182!',  but  lias 
spent  his  life  largely  in  teaching,  as  at  Troy,  X.  Y.,  for  15  years  (1830— 
45),  and   at   Yonkers,    X.  Y.,  for    13    (1845-58).      Since    1858   ho   has 
been  engaged  at  Yonkers  in  mercantile  affairs.      Children  : 

240(1.  1.  Mary  Adelc  Francis,  b.  Jan.  4,  1832,  resides  unmarried  at 
Yonkers. 

2401.  2.   Kellogg   Francis,  b.  March   8,  1833,  resides   unmarried   at 
Yonkers. 

2391.  ii.   Daniel  Sackett  Francis  (son  of  .Luke  Francis  and   M"ehi ta- 
ble Sackett),  b.  Aug.  29,  1801,  m.  Sept.   182G,  Lli/abeth  Caniiekl,  who 
d.  at    Fond  Du  Lac,  Wis.,   June    17,    181)0.      She    was   b.    in    1808    in 
Derby,  Ct.  (dan.  of  Lewis  and  Emma,  Oanfield).      lie  d.  June  30,  1842, 
in  the  prime  of  life,  from   the  kick  of  a  horse,      lie  was  a  merchant  at 
Troy,  X.  \'.,  and  in  the  full  tide  of  success  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

[  Fighth  Generation.]      Children  : 

2402.  i.    Henry  Augustus   Francis,   b.  Jan.  18,  1833,  m.   Laura  An- 
geline   Parker,   b.  at  Bridgeton.,   Mo.,  Sept.  15,  1838    (dan.  of   Charles 
X.  and   Olive   Parker).      He  resided  at  Fond  Du  Lac.  \Vis.,  where  he 
was  hiii'h   sheriif  of  the  county.      He  d.  from  the  effects  of  over-exer- 
tion at  a  fire,  June  18,  18G5.      Children  : 

2403.  ].    Laura  Eli/abeth  Francis,  b.  Aug.  G,  18GO. 
2401.    2.   Henry  Daniel  Francis,  b.  March  3,  18G2. 
2405.    3.   Clara  Emma,  Francis,  b.  June  30,  18G4. 

[  Seventh  Generation.  ] 

23'.'2.  iii.  Manning  Francis  (son  of  Luke  Francis  and  Mehitable 
Sackett),  b.  Jan.  21,  1804,  m.  Oct.  25,  18:51,  Eli/abeth  Robbins  I  toot 
(dan.  of  George  Bridges  .Rodney  Root  and  Honor  Robbins)  :  a  farmer 
at  Pittsiield.  Children: 

2-lOG.    1.    Frederic  Augustus  Francis,  b.  Xov.  13,  1 834,  lives  in  i'itts- 


_  til  I ,    _.    .\ 
Held. 

23H3.  iv.  Mehitable  Francis,  b.  Jan.  2."..  !8()G,  m.  March  17,  1824, 
Daniel  Stearns,  b.  in  Lenox,  Mass..  April  G,  1800  (son  of  Daniel 
Stearns,  b.  in  KiUingly,  Ct.,  Sept.  8,  17G[,  and  Fli/abeth  Hall,  b.  a( 
Newport,  IL  I..,  Aug.  !  I,  J7G7),  a  manufacturer  of  woolen  goods  at 
Pittsiield.  Xo  children: 


1  I  1    A*v<  nilitnf*  <>>'  \<lflitlni<l  />//•/,////,  "/'  A"/1// 


•_'.",'.•  t.  v.  I. \dia  l.odi'inia  Francis.  It.  .Inly  'J.'i,  I  MIS,  m.  Ma\  '_' I ,  !-:'.!', 
Ke\  .  ('haih-s  Uri-lit  l\e\es,  a  baptist  e]ei"_;viiian,  It.  Sept.  L'1'..  IMI-J 
I  M  in  dt'  Th<'aia>  Adams  Keves  and  Sallv  Sa-ej,  resides,  in  \\  »•-!  !if!d, 
Mas, 

j  Fi-ht  h   <  leiierat  ion.  |       (  'liildrrn  : 

•_'|US.  i.  Sarah  Fli/alu'lh  Kryrs,  h.  |  >er.  7,  Is.'i'i,  m.  Srpt.  1,  I  S."i."», 
Cror-r  \V.  I'almrr. 

I'll  Hi.    ii.    Mary   Fran. -is    Keys,  b.  "Matrli    I,    ISfJ,  d.    Frb.    ](i,    l>ir,. 

L'llll.    iii.    l.ydia   l.odrn.ia  Kryrs,  b.  An-    L.".',  |S||,il.   May    III,  ISJU. 

I'll  I.    iv.    Charlrs  l',ri-hi    Keys,  b.  Srpt.  .",,  |S|'.I. 

|  Sr\  rll!  h    (  It'lH'lMt  it  ill.  | 

I'.'i'.11'!.  vii.  Kiiuiu'liiic  Adrlia  l''ranns.  It.  April  I'.1,  1  ^  1 1 1,  m.  about 
is:;.;  Charles  Mor-an,  b.  in  \V.  Stockbrid.^-,  .Mass.,  AUL.'.  l:i,  1M»H 
(son  of  Miles  Morgan  and  laii'v  KsthiT  Morgan),  a  manui'artnivr  of 
\\oolrn  -  in  Is  at  I'ittsfh'ld. 

Fi-ht  h  <  irnrrat  ion.        (  'hildrrn  : 

L'llL*.  i.  Milrs  Francis  Morgan,  b.  in  \V.  Si  orkbridg",  Frb.  1.  \^.\7, 
d.  al  I  ,oni.s\  illr,  Kv.,  Nov.  1  L',  I  N.V.I. 

I'll:'.,  ii.  Harriet  Francis  Morgan,  b.  in  I'it  tsfield,  <  >rl.  I.  Is.'i'.l,  il. 
June  Id,  IM'I:'I. 

L'lll.   iii.    Kll.'ii    K!i/ab:-tli    Morgan,  b.    in    W.    Stockbi-idg.-,   1 I. 

1>  ll'. 

I'll."',    iv.    Agnes  Al/ora    Morgan,  b.  there  Oct.  L'L1,   I>M. 

I'll';,  v.  haniel  Stearns  Morgan,  b.  in  l'itts!i"ld.  Nov.  l',  lx!''i;  a 
soldi  ••!•  in  tin-  late  \var:  d.  in  hospital  at  I '»alt  inioiv,  Md.,  Au^.  '.'. 


|  l-'it't  h  (  Jem-rat  ion.  |       Sec  pa^'-    l.">7. 

L':ll.").  vii.  Al.ii,'ai]  (  'adw.'ll  (dun.  of  A'.  •!  Cad\v,'ll  ,  ,f  \V,.>:  li  'Id  and 
Anna  I  >u  iu'lu  ),  \>.  .Inn-  L'.  1711',  in.  !>•<•.  l-">,  I7'>."i,  M  ari  in  Sad  i  h  of 
Spriii'^li''ld,  Ma-s.  (  'liildi-rii  : 

-I  \^.     I .    Ann.'  Smith,  li.   May  l' 1 ,    1  7'i">. 

1'  I  !'.».    l'.    M  irtha  S.nith,  It.  l  >  -i.   I'M,   1  7'i^. 

-•''17.  i\.  K.iinir'  C.nhv.-ll.  It.  Ma\  L's,  17I'1,  in.  Nov.  I.  177", 
M  -••  Sai-k.'tt,a  fariiii-r  in  \\V,,t  lirld,  Mas-,.  Slir  d.  N"o\.  J".  1  ^  I  _, 
:M-I.  !'!. 

|  S;  \  !  h   <  i''hi  r;i !  ion.  I       (  'h  I  Idri'ii  : 
I'll.'1 1.     i.     |'ldl"iia    Sai'lsi'lt,   It.   .Ian.   -'•'<,    1771. 

L.'IJI.    ii.   (  »ii\i-  Sarki'ti.  1,.  Sept.    I.   I  77-"..  d.  .l.in.   I,   177-"'. 
:-'!_'!'.    iii.     Knnir.'  Sa'-k-'it,  it.   Mar.-h    I'.1.    I77-'1. 


Son  of  Timothy ,  Son  of  Jolt  n,  loth  of  Ucdhain,  Jf(f*s.   445 

2423.  iv.   Martin  Sackett,  b.  Dec.  23,  1770. 

2424.  v.   Olive  Sackett,  2d,  b.  Aug.  3,  1779. 

2425.  vi.   John  Sackett,  I).  March  30,  1781. 

2420.   vii.   Heman  Sackett,  b.  Sept.  30,  1783,  d.  'May  20,  1851. 

2427.  viii.   Frances  Sackett,  b.  May  20,  1780. 

2428.  ix.   Erastus  Sackett,  b.  Oct.    1(5,1790. 

2429.  x.  Israel  Sackett,  b.  Sept,  0,  1792,  d.  May  20,  1857. 

2430.  xi.  Koxana  Sackett,  b.  Dec.  22,  1795. 

[Sackett  is  still  a  AVest  field  name,  and  from  that  point  outwards  the 
family-history  can  be  traced  by  any  one  who  will  give  the  needful  time 
and  effort  to  do  so.  Simeon  Sackett,  the  settler,  came  in  1028  or  9 
from  the  Isle  of  Ely,  in  England,  and  located  at  Cambridge,  Mass., 
where  he  d.  in  1035.  His  sons,  Simeon  and  John,  removed  in  Iii53 
to  Springfield,  Mass.  John  went  thence  to  Northampton,  and  after- 
wards to  AYestfield,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  in  1719,  act.  87. 

[Fifth  Generation. 

2319.  xi.  Sibyl  Cadwell  (dan.  of  Abel  Cadwell  and  Anna  Dwight), 
b.  Aug.  7,  1755,  m.  March  12,  1777,  Aaron  Dewey,  b.  Jan.  15,  1750-1 
(son  of  Aaron  Dewey  of  \Vesttield  and  Sarah  Noble),  a  farmer  in 
AVestfield,  Mass. 

[Sixth  Generation.)      Children: 

2431.  i.   Aaron  Dewey,  b.  Oct.  10,  1777. 

2432.  ii.  Eunice  Dewey,  b.  Dec.  17,  1779,  d.  Aug.  15,  1790. 

2433.  iii.  diaries  Dewey,  b.  Jan.  29,  1782,  d.  Jan.  27,  17^3. 

2434.  iv.   Sibyl  Dewey,  1).  Nov.  7,  1783. 
243)5.    v.   Charles  Dewey,  b.  June  J5?   178(5. 
2430.   vi.   Ann  Dewey,  b.  Aug.  20,  1788. 

2437.  vii.    Eunice  Dewey,  2d,  b.  Aug.  15,  1790. 

2438.  viii.   HoyalDwiuht   Dewey,  b.  Oct.  3,  1791. 

Said  the  llev.  Emerson  Davis  of  \Vestiield,  Mass.,  who  kindlv  fur- 
nished rna.nv  of  the  details  here  given  of  the  familv  of  Oadwells  :  u  I 
do  not  know  that  any  of  them  were  men  of  mark.  They  were  all 
good  members  of  society,  and  as  useful  in  their  day  and  generation  J 
suppose  as  the  mass  of  mankind." 

[Fourth   Generation.]      Seepage   110. 

00.  \i.  ('apt.  Nathaniel  Dwight,  Jr.  (son  of  Justice'  Nallianiel 
Dwiidit:  of  Northampton,  Mass.,  and  Mehiiable  Partridge),  b.  June 
20,  1712,  was  a  large  farmer  at.  P>elcherto\\  n,  Mass.,  then  called  Cold 
Sprinu',  to  which  place  he  went  to  live  in  1731,  when  22  \earsold. 
.lie  is  said  to  have  owned  sometliiiig  like  a  mile  square  of  land  \\here 
Bclchertown  now  stands.  He  \\asagent  for  llek-her,  from  whom  the 


.A  A-,-,  ////,/// /x  o/'  r,/y,/.  .v. /////. 

•lit'.       '/'//'    ."v///   nf'  \titliitnitl   I>ir!,/li/,  nl'  \'t>rtLti  111 1'toii. 

I  .  i\\  !i  \\  a^  liallied.  Ill-  kept  [illlilie  linllse  and  \\  as  (-mint  \  -slll'\  e\  nr.  alld 
\V;i>  lilili'li  i-lii]  ill  i\  ••!  1  III  .-Hi'li  ;i  V>;i\  111  ;ill  that  I'eeinii.  I'M--!  nf  ;i|!.  he 

\\  ;i>  a  dt  elded   I'ii  r.^t  IMII. 

In  I  iiM.litlle'.-,  "Sketches  nl'  iJelchertnwu"  l,«-  i>  llms  .|«--i-ri!,i-i|  : 
"  Me-  i-:ililpl  here  alilnie_;  tin-  lir>l  >etth  r>.  and  u  a  >  a  |i|'i  ilnl  IH-II'  lii:i!i  111 
all  n  \  il  :iin  1  i v!  IL:I'  'il-.  a  lia;r->.  I  I  <•  \\  i-ni  into  '  1  lie  l''i'i-i:i-li  \\  ;ir  "  \\  it  li 

a    i-,l]  'i.-il  I  i   .-    enlilllll>-li  ill,     A  I  li;.    ! ',     I   i  .1  i  ll!i\  Illi;      I  i 1  V  f'l      ail    nl  <|iT    frnlll 

('til.  \\  i  ii  iam>>  ill  1 1  al  lii-lil,  in  iiiari-li  \\  i  t  lii  nit  MI -hi  \  l'i  ii-  t  li«-  i  ei  i  f  •  if 
1'ini  \\iiliain  Henry,  nrar  l.aki-  (lenrev.  which  \va>  attacked  i.v  a 
|iart\  nl  I'Yeiicli  and  Indians  miinKeriii'.,'  lljuiii.  'I  In-  cnni].an\  had 
marching  orders  tin-  same  day,  nn-l  tlii-  n-^iiii'-nt  at  \\eMlieM.  pin- 
ci'i'di-d  In  K  1  iidt-rhi  ii  >k.  \s  In-Fi'  I  in-\  1 1 -a  rin -i  I  that  I  in-  l'<  u'l  had  rapM  uiati  d, 
and  rrt  11  rnr d  In iinr.  (  'a|  it .  I  >\\  iiili  I  s\  as  art  i\'r  and  usi-t'id  in  i  In-  ri  \'n- 
1  n  1 1<  ma  r\  \var.  and  in  ]  ii'i  'im  >t  i  ir^  ilp-  Ix-st  inicri'st.s  nt  tin1  I'jti'lv  >'-tiii-r>. 
and  did  iniii-li  tn  ad\  ain-r  the  set  t  h'liirnt . 

I  It- in.  .Ian.  1',  1  7.")").  I  lannah  L\  man.  1>.  .1  nl  v  II.  1  7<>'.'  (dan.  dfl.t. 
I  '.cii  jaiui  ii  I.  \nian  nf  N<irt  liiiiiijitun  :ind  I'liajikt'id  I'lini'Tnv  ;. 

In  a  i'liirnal  \\hii-h  Ih-  ki-pt.  and  \shii-h  i>  .-till  |  ii-c>i-r\  •  •  i.  \\ .  •  ivad 
niid.-i-  liaii-  nf  Dec.  I.  17.")!:  "I.  Nathanii'l  I  >\\  i-ht  ,,f  1',,-h-l.i-r:  \\  n. 


Jonathan     Kdwards  was    then    pastor),  "and   wa-    admitted    to   j 
come  into  tuii  coiiininnioii  with  them;    for  which    I   mad.-    inan\    - 
j .  ron,  i -.  -  and.   \\\\\   the  ('.ml  of  all   -'race  enalih-  n-  In    keep  tic  in 
end.  >neii    \\a-   in--    record   nf    ill--   pll'lille   marriage   !n('hil-t;    a!, 

read-    iii-    record  of   marria"V    t:l    hi-  wife:    ".Jan.   1'.    I7.">~>.    I     a| 

lietdl'e     a      -lliail     a.->eml/i\      nf    jienjile      at       I;  I V     lil'iither      .ln-e|>h       |.\ 
llmli-e,,  aiid    there     I     jirollllsed      In    |o\e,    liiilmr,    lionri-il    and    cl;i   n> 
lise   \\nii    inv    dear   \\lf-,  as     the     law   of   (in'i   and    in. in    line-,    direi 
ma  rria_'  --ci  i\  i  !.;i  lit  .   and    I    jif:1,  \    the  (  ',   ,d   d     |,  i\  .-  a  lid    |  •<  :i .  •••   I ' '  e:,;d 
t<i  ke.-|i   liii-  covenant    and    lie   lonnd    I'ia  inch---. 

Me  u  a-  a  II   111-  life  all  eal'lie-l  .  |  irael  leal,  si  l'a!  _dil  fi  ii  \\  a  I'd  laa  li.  1  <  •;, 
dn:\    and   tor  \snrk.       ||e  did   nn<     himv,    \er\    \\eil   hn\\    in  -i\e    i. 

lc  ",\     In    lake    I  hell  I         a.   <  jll'.te  com  ]  MI  ill    c  1 1  a  r;  i  c  t  •  •  1 ' !  - !  1 1 '.    I  '    1  -    i  "'Me1,  i  M'.  . 
I  '".!•_;!.  I       I'  a  in  I  I  \       a  !       la  r^'e.         I  )i  >  1 1  1  •',  e  -i  I  "a  i  1  1  i  'j'.    e  \  e  1 1       I  ,\     \.  ,,  ',     <  . !      !  ,  I  ' 

Iii- V  i'|-    i li    In     \  n'_M|e    'A  !!  Il    ill''-'    lie-triniT    1  h1'    ta  Illl  I  \     lia  lie  .          1  '•  •    i:  I 

e.-.  1 1 1  icj    .   01    e\  en    -h  i !  1    i  n    Ilia  na  -ll  1 1  _;'  nl  her-,  a  I  :d     1  a'1!  .     ha  \  e     i  ,•  ' 
•  i  \    '  ,         : :    1 1 . !,-_:  mark  -  nl'  a  n\    lira  neii   »\    tin-  fainii  \  .       A   -ior\ 

'  1        . .  lie      ._      ill  -     •!•      '•     I   da  IT  -.    V.  1,!  ,'h    i-    1  1  i  'i   .'  ,  ;'  '  !  \  e    nl'     |    ;  -    •,    .    ,, 

diljiix     in     !in«-\|.ecled     ell    •  1 1  1 1 1  -l  a  1 1 .  -i  -.    in     hi-    ial!\     ill''.        I! 
.    i  .  .    ! ,  _;  i  •  1 1 1  •  •  1 1 1  -    \\  I  I  i  I      111-     i  I ! '  •  •  1 1  d     d       !  o     -o     i  .  1 1     1 1  o  I '  -  • '  1  •  i ' ' ! .     V   i  ' 

•,   ! :,.    \s  ooi  i-  :  n  li..-. ;  i  .n.  hi  -    ;   I  n  rni !  n  re  |.  >r  !  h'-i  r  i 

A  !       '   he     e!:d     n|'    !,,,  |'\  ,     ,1      j,.-     j,;     -   |,.|.       ,  |     i  ,,     N  o  |    1   i  1  ; ,  I  I     I  • !  •  •  I,  .     .  • 


Dwiyltf  of  J3elcliertoivn,  Jf((*s., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son.  ofJolui,  notJi  of  Dedliam,  3f(($s.  447 

ing  to  start  with  her  the  next  morning — he  in.  front  and  she  behind 
upon  a  pillion,  on  the  same  steed.  On  driving  up  to  Mr.  Ly  man's  door, 
and  asking  of  her  mother  where  Hannah  was,  lie  was  surprised  to  hear 
that  in  a  mood  of  frolicsome  feeling  she  had  gone  oil'  with  some  of  her 
young  friends  to  enjoy  a  picnic  with  them  in  a  neighboring  meadow, 
instead  of  welcoming  him  all  alone  at  her  homo  on  his  arrival,  and  had 
taken  with,  her  the  nut-cakes  designed  by  maternal  hands  for  their 
journey.  Instead  of  finding  her  and  her  companions,  and  mingling  his 
mirth  with  theirs,  he  mounted  his  hoi  se  anew  and  rode  back  at  once  to 
Belchertown.  N;-t  a  word  passed  from  him  to  her  for  several  months, 
until  on  the  occurrence  of  a  ball  one  evening  in  Northampton,  as  she 
was  dancing  with  a  friend,  he  suddenly  entered  the  room,  and,  us  she 
saw  him,  she  fainted  and  he  became  there  and  then  fully  reconciled. 
Long  and  happily  for  nearly  :">()  years  did  they  live  together  in.  the 
Lord,  as  helpers  of  each  other's  grace  and  faith.  lie  d.  March  .'50, 
17M-,  of  pleurisy,  act,  71.  She  d.  Dec.  :>:>,  17',»l',  aet,  No.  "  She  lived  a 
godly  life,  beloved  and  respected  by  those;  who  knew  her,  and  longing 
in  her  later  years  for  the  time  of  her  departure." 

His  personal  estate  at  his  decease  was  ,£2 1  1  L">s.,and  real  estate 
£('>!.IS.  over  ami  above  various  t^ifts  of  land  and  money  previously  made 
to  his  different  children. 

[Tin;  intermarriages  of  the  D  wights  with  the  Lvmans,  were,  in  the 
early  history  of  these  families,  frequent  :  so  that  the  history  of  the 
Dwight  Family  here;  presented  is  largely  also  (hat  of  the  FA  mans. 

The  paivnts  of  Hannah  Lyman.  afterwards  Mrs.  Nathaniel  Dwight, 
•we're  the  parents  also  of  .1  )ca.  Aaron.  Lvman,  likewise  e>f  .Belchertown, 
Avho  married  Eunice  Dwight.  elan,  of  \  te\ .  Josiaii  I  >  wight  of  Woods  took, 
C't.,  who  was  uncle  to  ('apt.  Nathaniel  Dwight — for  a  full  ae-count  of 
whose  descendants  see1  subsequent  payvs.  Mary  Lvman,  b.  Jan.  -, 
llMiS,  at  Northampton  (elan,  of  Lt.  John  Lvman  and  Dorcas  Plum). 
who  m.  ('apt.  Samuel  Dwiu'htof  Knlield,  ('!.,  was  aunt  to  Mrs.  Hannah 
.Dwight  and  Dea.  Aaron  Lvman.  See  pivvioiis  page. 

(Mi  the  I'omeroy  side  of  the  house,  Mrs.  Thankful  (PomeToy)  Lyma.n 
be  i  tin'  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Mehitable  (Pomeroy)  King  of  Northampton. 
Mis.  Kxperirnre  (King)  Dwight.  wife  of  Col.  Timoih\  Dwi^hi  of 
Northampton,  was  cousin  to  Mrs.  Hannah  (Lvman)  Dwight  and  her 
brother  Dea.  A -iron  Lvman.  See.  for  account  in  brief  of  .Vied ad 
1'oi.neroy.  K.-IJ..  of  Northampton,  Hist,  of  Strong  Pa  mi  ly  by  the  author. 
vol.  ii.  p.  ll'SH.  I 

[  Fii'l  h  (  ienerai  ion.         (  'hi  Idren  : 

LHMO.   i.    Klijiih  Dwight,  b.  Ne>v.  ;50,   I7:'..">.  ,|.  Jan.   19,    I7M. 

2IIO.  ii.  Klilm  Dwiglit.b.  March  :!1,  17o7,  d.  March  'Jl',  17ii(>, 
aet.  2:;. 


L'lll.  iii.  ('apt.  Justus  Dwiidit,  1>.  .Ian.  I:'..  I  7:'.'.',  <1.  July  L'7,  lv_l, 
aft.  v">. 

'_'  i  1 L.'.  iv.  I 'In  nice  I  hvi^lit ,  li.  .Max  L'>,  I  7  I  L",  in.  .lo.i-ph  (  i  i  ;t\  r--  ;  d. 
Sept.  I'1'-.  1  >"7,  acl .  i'i.». 

I'll."..  \.  .lonat  han  I  >u  iudit,  li.  April  .">.  I  7  1  1,  d.  Sept.  L'7.  1  71'if',,  act. 
'Jl!.  1 1  is  father  says  < if  him  111  Ins  familv-notes  ;  "  I  !<•  was  a  dut  iful 
!o\i-K  clillil  :  li;ii|  inailr  ;_'reat  |  >r<  i\\<-\<  •  I  icv  in  learning:  XX"  as  a  ^Indent 
in  N  ale  <  'i  >lla^f  ami  was  cnti'i'fil  njmn  his  fmirt  li  ainl  Ia>t  \i'ar. 

L'lll.  \  i.  Sn>amri  I  »\\  i^'lil ,  1».  ( )rt.  L'<i,  171''.  ni.  I  >r.  M.MCS  Iluw.'; 
<1.  Srjit.  ii.  I  7>.\  act.  .'>.'•. 

I'll.".,  vii.  (.'(.I.  Klijali  Dwi^lit,  b.  .Jan.  !.  iTl'.i,  <1.  S.-pi.  1:',,  1  T'.i.'., 
act.  Iii. 

l'!!<;.    viii.    .lnM;ili   Dwi^lit,  b.  Jan.  .">,  17"'H,  .1.   .Mar.-li   I1.',   IT';;.    Hi. 
fat  In  T    savs  of  him    that     lie  was  "  a    dutiful    and    oln-ilif  nt     child,  nf  a 
]>;;!  i>'itt ,  meek  and    luwlv  dispusii  n  >n,  faithfnl    to  (-odand   inaii  ;    and     I 
hope  ]MN  soul  is  in  the  ai'in-^    of  .Icsus?  whih1  hi.  lifi-lc»  form    i.    li.-fo|-.- 

llir." 

I'llT.    ix.    I'liny   Dv.-i-ht.  I).   An-    II,   1  7  "'•"•,  d.  .Mar.-li     IT..    1  :>:',. 

L'MH.  ii.  Klihn  l>\vi-ht,  1).  ..Maivli  ill.  l7o7,  in.  I  7") 7.  I'fii'-loj.c 
( Ii-avcs,  li.  May  S,  1  7:',.",  (d;m.  nf  Jonatliun  ( iravrs,  .Ir..*  of  llaUi-'ld. 
Mass.,  who  was  1).  in  1  7< »'_'.  and  d.  at  I '.rlchrrt  own  in  17X7.  and  Mar- 
Lran-t  Si  roiiLr.  dan.  <>f  Nathaniel  Strong  of  Northainjiton  and  Ui-li.'.-.-a 
Stcl)liins.  S.'.'  lli.i.  Sii-DiiL'  faniilv  liv  tin-  atithor  (\..l.  ii.  p.  I  1  !7. 
No.  :_' 1 1'~> 7  v ;.  Sin-  \\a>  sister  to  .Jo.-eph  (Ii'a\es,  \\~ho  ni.  his  >i>ier, 
Iv.Mii'-M  |)'.\i^'ot.  Me  \\a>  a  i'arnier  at  !'M-lehe|-t(  >\\  n.  lied.  Mare!,  L'l'. 
17'i".  a--t.  L'-"i.  Sin-  in.  fur  a  L'd  linshatnl  a  M::  llolli>ter. 

('a])t.  Nathl.  l'\\iu'iit  says  of  his  >on,  |-]!ihn.  in  hi-  fainilv  inHi-s; 
••  II'-  \\as  al\\'a\'s  a  dutiful  child,  an  lioin--;,  fai'ii!'iil.  industrious.  piMi- 
den!  juan.  and  dili^'eni  and  con-taiit  in  dntv  :  and  1  make  no  ilnulit  is 

LTone    to    rrcei\e      the      re\\al'd     of  a    life     de\otcd    In    (l.iil.         M|;e     ,la\      I      1  e- 

f.-ived  t  hi-  m  v  -'ill,  Kl  ili  1 1  I  >\\  iu'hl .  at  lh"  han- 1  of  (  i ,  ,d  i  hank  fn  1 !  v  :  one 
da\'  1  L:';I\I-  i;iin  i.ji  to  (ioi)  JM\-iiill\  (in  l-apJi-in)  and  I  hope  '•incere'v  ; 
and  one  ,|av  I  returned  him  to  (  '•>«{,  I  h-.pi-  patientlv  and  fait  ht'nilx ." 


-i.-.t'iaii  liravi.-s.  M  niur  1^,11  ,,f  Uaac  Cravi  -  «!  I  la:  ::••;, 1.  Ma-.,  and  .Mary 
a.  M.'.ii.  ,,!'  i;;.-:.-ar.l  CiniM-li  .  1..  in  Hill?.  v,a.  a  lann.  r  :,l  IlaMi.  M  ii.  in. 
I'ar-  MI-,  iia'1.  nl'.l..ini  l'ar-"ii-.  ami  I'1  IIH  >\  *  •>  t  I"  \>'-\f},>  rl"\^ii.  M;,--.  'I'iie 
-  i . ;'  I  -a. i'-  I  i  rax  ••-  \\'i  r<-  Tin  iin;.-  ;.!.'!  ~-ara  ii  I  •  va  '.  <  •  !  i  I . .  '  '  • : .  '  '  . 

;•  :'•:•  r  a. -r -i  i' n  it    nt'    t  IM-  (  irax  c-   |-';i!u:'y.   MI-    I  >    •  .   '!<•..    pp. 

••  (..  :  -;    llrui;    N    I'.-.!  I':.! 


DiuifjJit  of  J3elc]iertown,  3[a*s., 
Sou  ofTimoiliij,  tioii  of  John,  loth  ofDedlutm,  Jfas*.    44.0 

[.Sixth  (Generation.]      Children : 

2418.   i.   Margaret  ("  Peggy  ")  Dwight,  1).  Dec.  10,  1758,  in.  Thomas 
A.  Gates,  and  d.  April  1811. 

2410.   ii.   Hannah  Dwight,  b.  about  1.700,  d.  soon. 

21  IS.   i.   Margaret   Dwight,   b.    Doc.    10,    1758,  m.   March   1 0,  1  78 1, 
Thomas  Asa  Gates,  1).  in    Deeriield,  Mass,  (son    of  Thomas    Gates  and 
Experience  Terry),  a  blacksmith   at    Pelchertown,  Mass,      lie    d.    Feb. 
20,  1820  :  8]10  j_.  April  184  1,  act.  82. 
[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

2450.  i.   Horace  (Gates,  b.  Dec.  10,  178-1,  d.  July  13,  18J-0. 

2451.  ii.    Susanna   (Gates,    b.   Nov.    2(5,    178(5,   in.    Charles    Dunhar, 
and  d.  Jan.  11,  1847,  aet.  (50. 

2452.  iii.   Hannah  (Gates,  b.  March  11,  1791,  d.  March   15,  1703. 

2453.  iv.    Hannah   (Gates,  2d,  b.  Aug.    15,   1703,  m.  Mi-.  Gushing  of 
Mott  J  laven,  X.  Y. 

2454.  A'.   Clarissa    Gates,    b.    May    3,    170(5,    in.    Samuel    Lyman    of 
Springfield,   Mass.       Their   children    were.    Clarissa,    Laura,    Hannah, 
George,  Charles,  Samuel. 

2-150.  i.  Horace  (Gates  (son  of  Thomas  A.  (Gates  and  Margaret 
Dwight),  b.  .Dec.  10,  178  I,  m.  Dec.  17,  180(5,  Flecta  Parbour,  b.  Feb. 
15,  1787,  who  d.  Sept.  25,  j  8  1  4,  and  lie  m.  Oct.  31,  Islo,  Elt-cta  Dick- 
inson, b.  Jan.  Id,  1700  (dan.  of  Perez  .Dickinson  of  Amlierst,  Ma-^,, 
and  Uuth,  dan.  of  lleuben  Dickinson).  She.  d.  Xov.  22,  1823,  and  h<- 
m.  March  28,  io27,  for  a  3d  wife,  widow  Abigail  Strong,  nee  Pholps, 
b.  Ocl.  10,  1  70  I.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Pelehortown,  Mass.  He  d.  Julv 
l-'S,  1  H  !o.  She  m.  fur  a  2d  husband  Thomas  Sabin,  -Jr.,  of  JJelehertovrn, 
She  d.  about  18<5G. 

|  l^ighth  Generation.]      Children  : 

Ji>/  first  n-ife  : 

;;:::::;::!:  i.  Margar<}t  D  wight  Gates,  1).  Feb.  12,  1808,  m.  April  !).  1^28,. 
Ijemuel.  Saunders  Mason,  (son  of  Amos  .Mason  of  [>elehertown  and 
Elixabeth  Eaton  of  .Pelham,  Ma.ss.),  a  farmer  at  Hclchcrtown,  and 
mill"!'  (grist  and  saw-mills).  He  <i.  Feb.  22,  \+\\\:  shed.  i-eb.  ii, 
Is45,  aet.  37.  They  had  two  children  : 

:;:::::;::;:  1.  Lyman  (Gates  Mason,  b.  -June  22,  1820,  m.  May  22,  1-7::., 
Ella  I,.  ?d;ison  of  Sturbridge,  .Ma.s-..  (dan.  of  A  lon/o  \{.  3iason).  M,- 
is  a  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  lumber  at  Muskegon,  Midi. 

****  v>_  .Jei-oii!"  \\'rlls  .Ma-^on,  b.  Juno  22.  |8.">:'),  a  luiuberinaii  with 
his  lirothcr  at  Muskegon,  .Mich.,  and  unmarried  (Iw7l). 

ff***     {[_   Augustus  Eynian  (Gates,  b.  Mai'cli  22,  1^10,  m.  Xov.  i  -•:!'.!. 


I >,  *,;  inlttitt*  »f  ('<>j,f.    \<lfl,J. 
•l.~)(i        '/'//>    S»/i  of  Xd/hti n/fl   I>ir/</!,/,  df'  \<>rf!iiiiiij>!»n. 

De-.ire      Kliiils       l-'nlliT.          I!''      is     a      resident      of     .M  US  K  .••_'.,]  I ,      M  i  i  •  1 1 .         NM 

children. 

/;,/  >•,,-„„,/  „•;/;.; 

;  lii.  I'rivx  Dickinson  Cates,  I..  Oct.  1  !,  I  -  I  -.  in.,  in  I-."'11. 
I  .''ii  ;^;i  I  I  e\\  •<'->.  lie  \\  ;is  ;L  merchant  in  NfU  x>  <  >rk.  ;'\.<\  <\.  in  Honda. 

N..\.  L'7.  isc,  I. 

:  i\.  Kleeta  I'.arhonr  Dickinson  Cates,  1..  Dec.  |>,  l>l'l,m. 
Max  II.  1^17,  I  lev.  IMiny  I  Mi' HI  Whin-,  1».  in  Sprin-lield,  Vi.,  Oct.  •',, 
!  •  -L'L1  (d:iu.  of  John  \Yliiti-  and  r..-tliiali  llolton).  Hc|.i'ac(i  il::\vin 
\\'ard>l)oro,  l.ondondcn-y  anil  Urattlcl.oro.  \'t.  ( 1  >  |:'I—"IL' ),  and  n-siili-d 
ii.  St.  .InlinsMui-y,  \'(.  (ls.">^  7).  lie  was  licenced  to  |ov:u-!i  in  Ani- 
liei>t,  .Mass.,  May  Il,|s:»<,and  settled  at  < 'ovcntry,  Vl.  (  Fel).  l.'i. 
I-.V.'  -  April  L'l,  |Mil»).  Me  d.  April  L'l,  !MiD,ari.  Jf,.  S!;.-  i  -.-.-id.  -  :.: 
Ainlicrsl,  Mass.  (  1  ^7;',).  They  had  '.>  eii  iidivn  ; 

::::;::;::;:      1.    Margaret    Kli/iil,i'tli    \\'h  it.-,  1,.  .M  ;nvh   1'  I .    I  <!'.». 

****     L».    John   Alcxan.lrr   \Vliitr,  I..   Fi-'n.   l-'i,   ls:»l,il.  An-,  i  I1.   !-:.!. 

::::::::::;:     :;.    William   lie. lion   White.  1,.  An-.    1,    I  >.">•"». 

/>//  /////•'/  //•;/;  .- 

:      V.     (ieor-e    i  ']  ie!  ]  i.S   (  '•  lit  "S,    1 1.    M  a  V    '  i .    1  v  -  ^ .   resi  des   11 1 1  Ii  iai'1  '\<  d   ! ! ; 

Na-hville,  Tenn.   (  1  >7:5). 

;;:'::'::::     \  i.    Silvan    ('aniline    (ia(es,    1>.   Dee.    MI,   I  ^."rj,  in.    Dr.   \\ilii.ini 
Ii.   Willis  of  Wakeiicld,  Mass.      They  have  had  one  child  : 
!.    William    II.   Willis,  I,.   March  i'.\   I -.V-. 

:_'!•">  I .    ii.    Susanna  (  !;iti-s,  Ii.  Nov.  l!ii,  I  ~M',  ni.  An-.  1  L1.  D  n  !,  rharlc.- 


L'j."1.'.    i.    I'  ran ei-,  Dnn'iai1,  Ii.  .)  line  .'>,  I  >'  u,  a  tanner  ;n   |-'airjM  irt,  N.  ^  . 

l'l"i''i.  ii.  Susannah  D \\i-ht  Dnnl.ar.  !>.  An-.  !'.".,  1 -"-,  il.  .Ian.  .">, 
!  -  !  I. 

L'i:>7.  iii.  Charles  Thomas  Dnid.ar,  1..  No\.  II.  I  - !  I,  a  iarmer  in 
r.--!.-],.-rt..wn,  in.  K.-l..  -.  1  -:'.\  M;tr\  I  >.  |I1,..,,|  of  |-'aii-].ort,  N.  V. 
I'  i  -n  r  ehi  Id  ren  : 

I.    Willijiin    II.    Dnnl-ar,  i..    An-.   L'S.    |s|n. 
:     _.    II. -nn     M.    Dnnl.ar.  I..    Dee.    L':',.    I-  i  •_'. 
:     :'•.    (  'harle     1".    |  dniKar.  1..  <  >.•!.  \    1  -  |;,. 

!.    Mar-ar,  ;    M .   Dnnl.ar,  k  .lun>-    IS    1-!-.  d.  (  Vi.  i1..    D-.'-L'. 


D-wif/lit  of  BelcJi.ertown,  J\fass., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son-  of  John,  loth  of  ])e<lham,  3 fa  vs.  451 

Belchertown  and  Hannah  Lyman),  b.  Jan.  13,  1739,  m.  Jan.  ID,  I7i')3, 
Sarah  Lamb,  b.  in  1736  (dan.  of  Daniel  and  Martha  Lamb  of  Spring- 
field, .Mass.).  .!!cwa.s  a  farmer  and  town  surveyor  and  "  a  man  of 
means,1"  residing  at  Belohertown,  and  CK  a  decidedly  religions  turn  of 
mind,  and  mil  -h  given  to  theological  speculation,  lie  left  behind  him 
many  essays  on  religions  subjects,  lie  d.  July  '27,  1824,  aet.  S-">.  She 
d.  Feb.  i!.">,  Is.'ii',  aet.  1H5.  She  was  throughout  life  very  active  and 
energetic,  and  retained  her  erect  carriage  to  extreme  old  age.  For 
many  of  the  last  years  of  her  life  sho  was  blind. 

[  In.  his  father's  diary  occurs  the  following  notice  of  his  birth  :  "  Jus- 
tus, b.  Jan.  13,  1731).  Praised  bo  (.-Jod  for  blessing  us  with  two  living 
children  and  perfect;  and  I  pray  (Jod  to  grant  that  they  may  live  in 
his  sight,  and  also  to  give  his  servant  and  handmaid  hearts  to  bring 
them  up  for  him  and  in  his  wavs  and  fear."1  | 

Capt.  Justus  Ihvight  was  a  tory  of  the  negative  sort.  Although 
thinking  that  tin;  hour  for  colonial  revolution  and  independence  must 
and  should  one  dav  come,  he  did  not  feel  that  it  had  arrived  when 
those  around  him  shouted  and  thundered  that  it  had.  Although  re- 
maining a.t  home,  he  hired  another  to  represent  him  on  the  battle-fields 
of  strife. 

It  was  concerning  the  first  lover  (Mr.  Merrickof  \Vilbraham,  Mass.), 
of  his  wife,  Sarah  Lamb,  that  the  doggerel  was  written,  "A  pi/.in  sar- 
pint  bit  his  heel."'  It  had  originally  a  do/en  or  more  verses  in  it,  and 
was  sunn'  verv  much  all  over  the  land.  ';  Yankee  Hill"  used  to  sing  it 
often,  and  always  ''  through  his  nose,"  and  with  appropriate  twirls  and 
twangs  of  voice,  beginning  thus:  "I'll  sing  yon  a  song  of  the  olden 
time  : 

t;  '  On  Springfield  mountains  tlicre  did  dwell,'  "  etc. 

It  is  sung  also  nowadays,  at  times,  at  "  Old  Folks1  Concerts/'  l.t 
ran  thus: 

"  On  AYilbraham  Mountings  then;  did  dwell, 

A  love///  youth  who's  known   I'll  11  Well, 

Lieutenant's  Merrirk's  only  sen, 
A  Invc'.y  youth  not  twenty-one. 


On  M'om/y  morning  ho  did  go 


Out  in  the  meadows  tor  ID  mow  ; 


moil  tilted  n\xm\  till  he  did  reel 


A  pL'.in  sarpint  bite  his  heel. 


'When  lie  received  his  mortal  wound, 
!Te  east  his  scythe  upon  UK.'  ground; 
Ami  homeward  then  was  his  intent 
Crying  aloud  long  as  he  went. 


Hi<  r.Mly  riiln-s  \vci 

Uhii'ii  did  i'nuMi'1'' 

A  ci  -Mill  aii'l  ;i  \\  iiiiiii:^  -In-i't 

I  >M  i  in  -.1  his  li.nly   iimM    ruin  jili  •!••. 

°T\vas  >i.\l  cent  !i  (if  All:  ii-l.  >-i\t  \  -i  •!]<•. 
\\  h'  II   I  his  -a  >  I   ;ii-cjcii-iil    u  as  <li  inr  ; 
May  this  ;i  \\  ;n  nini;'  lie  in  nil. 
T.I  !.<•  j.n  pan  (1  whrn  (Jml  ,l,,tli  .•all." 

ll    1-   --:ili|    l!i;:t    llll->  clt'llsii  m    \v;i<  si  iilK-t  i  liM'S  ^HH'J'.'il 
ill  M'llM1    I'Ml'ls    i  if    I  In  •    1,'H  i.l.         I  f    so.    il    lull-'     iia\  r    lit-i- 

rch^inii  ;Mi'l  .-ilucal  ion  \vi-rc  ;it  n  IM\V  rl>lt. 


Si\:!i  (  .'nicni!  inn.  j      <  'hiMi'i'n  ni'(':i[i!.  .Iu>liis  |)\v 
-  \~>^<   i.   rjiiiu  i>\\  i-lii.  M.D..  1».  (  ).-t.  L'L'.  170:'.,  «!..!mir 
L'l.  ".'.'.    ii.    William  I  >\\  iu'lit,  l>.  Srj,t.    |s.   17''..''..I.  Au-_f 
il  I'M',  iii.  ci;ii'iss;i  Dv.-iu'lit.  li.  .hin.  :'.n.  |  7-;<,  ,1.  <  >,.;  . 
.  I!.  N.   Dr.  As;i  .MrFai'hinil  nf  (  'unconl.  N.  I!. 


L'K' LJ.    v.   Niithaiiir]  Dwi-rln,  I>.  Nov.  I'l.  I77'J. 

L'l'1.:'..    vi.    |);ini.-l   |)\vi^]ii,  I..  >.-;,!.  7.  177"'.  .!.  N'..v.  •• 

L'l'il.    \ii.     Sar:ili    l>\vi-lil.   ],.    Nov.   :».    177>.  ,1.    M:iv   L1. 
L'h •.."-.    \iii.    .iu-liis   Dsviu'lit.  -Jr.,  1).   An 

ilft.     "'  '. 

i'i:.-.   i.   Kliini  Dwi^lit.  M.|)..  !•.  o,-t. - 

in   I7'.'1''.  in.  <•••?.  7,   l>'nl,  !.\  ilia  Wliitf,  i> 
\\'m.  \\  ''  i''\::  ami     I.  \iiia     i?ai'i  !••; :  ).       HI-    simlii'.l 
I-'.in  nr/i'i'  llnni    i't'  NI irt liainji;  'ii.  tor  \vjiii-!i  "Iir   li 
I  ar-    ]  i'  r  \'i'a  r.  ;<\«\  to  si  a\    imi    !,•--.  ;  ha  ii   t  \\  o  \  cai  s  ; 
-t  MI  I.  ni  •   la  •  \\"a>  i  o  tak"  car'1  of   i  ]..•  slii  .|  >. 

Tir-  f. .;!.  A\  ii,_'  i io--^i  •]•,•]   u-"  1  I  o  circMlai"  7"'  y.'ars 
n-i.. n  ar  .un'L  iiln.ii-    S.    lla.ll.-y  : 

"  I  IT.  l'.i->i'il.  In'  ihviilv  1  lie  I'inii  ; 

1  'r.  M  i  I'  i'  i~  iii'Vi-r  at   In  mir  ; 

Dr.  Si,'l,',i!,>.  hr  i-  ill-  .lati.ly. 

D-.  I  >-.\  i'_':i!   i-  a':v.  -i\  --  !i:ni.;v." 


Diviyht  of  Beleliertown,  31<iss., 

Son  of  Tiniotli  >j,  Son  of  John  ^  nolJi  of  Dedham,  J\Iass.  453 

qmslied  further  medical  practice  ;it  70  years  of  age,  but  lived  lobe  'JO, 
arid  d.  June  1,  18.VL      She  d.  Aug.  <">,  184C>,  act.  09. 

[The  following  letter,  written  to  him  by  his  father  while  ho  was  at 
College,  will  at  lea.st  interest  their  descendants  : 

"  Tii;r.cni:i;TOV\'X,  July  7.  17-^7. 

]\1  v  Sox: — 1  recd'  your  letter  of  June  27,  by  .Mr.  Chapin  :  am  glad 
to  hear  from  you,  and  to  hear  that  von  are  in  health,  and  hope 
that  you  improve  your  time  to  the  best  advantage — as  your  future 
wcllbeing  both  for  time  and  eternity  depends  on  your  conduct  in  life. 
Let  it  be  your  constant  cart1,  to  do  your  duty  to  your  Cod.  voursolf  and 
all  mankind.  .Live  constantly  in  the  fear  of  Cod  and  vou  will  be 
likely  to  die  in  peace.  J  )o  no  action  without,  conferring  whether  it  is 
consistent  with  religion,  reason  and  justice.  J!e  kind  to  all  mankind, 
and  especially  to  those  who  show  kindness  to  vou,  as  vou  are  under  a 
double  obligation  to  them. 

Our  family  have  enjoyed  a  comfortable  state  of  health  since  vou 
left  home,  and  there  has  nothing  extraordinary  happened  to  us.  It  is 
a  time  of  year  that  we  are  all  oblige  1  to  work  verv  hard,  as  vou  know 
we  always  do.  "Vou  write  you  want  money  ;  but  how  1  shall  get  it  to 
send  at  coniui  'ucemont,  1  don't  know.  f  .shall  d  >  the  b  • -\,  i  c:in  for 
you. 

From  your  father  and  friend, 

J  L'STUS  J  JWIGIIT."  | 

[Seventh  (Generation.]      Children: 

2!  Hi'),   i.    Clarissa  Dwight,  b.  June  I'd,  isoi',  in.  .Daniel   J  I .  Lamb. 

lM<'>7.   ii.    Nancy  Jhvight,  b.  July   II),   ISO!-,  m.   Dr.  Austin  ( 'hurcli. 

24HS.  iii.  NVilliani  White  Dwight,  M.J).,  b.  Aug.  11),  18()f>,  d.  July 
11,  is.il. 

iM-i'.l).  iv.  .Klihu  Dwight  b.  July  2,  1SOS,  resides  at  Springfield. 
Mass. 

2170.  y.    .Mary  Ann  Dwight,  b.  Sept.   12,  1810,  m.  Edward  Hooker. 

2171.  vi.    Lydia   Dwight,!).    'Nov.  S,   1S12,  m.    Sept.  7,   IS-tO,   John 
Buckley  Chapman,  b.   .May   12,   1  7'.1','  (son  of  ('apt.  Ashbel  Chapman  of 
Tollnnd,  Ct.,  and  Lvdia  Lord  of    -Marlboro.  X.  J!.),  a  lumber  di'.-iler  in 
Windsor,  Ct.      ile  d.    Dec.    Hi,  1S49.      She  d.   Jan.  1:5,  1 8 12,  leaving 
one  child  : 

2172.  !.    Lydia    Chapman,   b.  Jan.  1-".,   1812,  who  d.   Aug.  29,   181:5. 
2!7:'>.    vii.    <  Vorgo    Dui^ht,  b.   Mav   1  :'>,  1  >!.'),  a  jeweller,  fm-nn-rl v  in 

IsVwark,  N.  J.,  but.  since  IS  19    in  San  Francisco,  Cai.,  unmai'ried. 
217!.    v-iii.   John   Dwight,  b.  Aug.   1,   1819. 
2  hii'>.   i.   Clarissa    Dwight,    b.    June    2n,    lSi.)2,   m.     Nov.    21,   18JT), 


M.xvv  initial*  of  (  'tijit.    .\tlll/J. 
1.~>1        7'//'    X///   of'  Xitfhilitlil   /'//•/<////,  (if  \orflt<lin']>fnit< 

haniel     Harvey     Latidi,  li.     I  )cc.    ill,    1^00  (sun    of    hani.l    ;m<l     Al>i-_'ail 
I , til  nl  i  of  S.    I  I  IK  111  \  ,    Mas-.  ),  ;i  merchant     in    Cleveland.  •  >..  \\lien-  In-  «!. 
A  1 1  ril   '_',    I  S  ''.">.  Mini   \viir  iv  for  ."''I  yi  'Mi-s  In-  had  l.ren  engaged  in  HIM  mi  (MC- 
t  uri  IP;-  si  I  era  t  us.       Mis  \\  idow  resides  at   Cleveland,  (). 
Kiidii  li  (  li-m-rat  ion.  |      (  'liiMivn  : 

L'I7">.  i.  Clara  hui-'ht  Laiid>,  1>.  at  Anihersl,  Mass.,  Sept.  I  L'.  lS'J7, 
in.  Nov.  I'll,  1  s  I'!,  A  mos  I  >.  Lufkin,  1 1.  Sept.  I,  Is  h;  (son  nf  Ni'liciniali 
I  .ut'k  in  Mini  IJaclirl  ( 'jirricr  of  ( 'Iii-Mcf),  ^nid.  ut  i  >MI-I  im  iiit  li  in  Mill; 
for  several  ye;irs  a  (e.-ielicT  o!'  Imys  ai  <  'levelaiid,  (  ).  |  [.  i>  now  ;  1  s7;',) 
a  iiiMiiiitact  uivr  oi'  the  (  'liaiiijiion  treadle  for  sew  niiT-mai'lii  lies,  ,  ,|'  \\  Inch 
In-  was  i  he  inventor. 

L'17'i.    ii.    Harvey   Lanil»5  1>.  Sept.   L'!!,    lSl".>,d.at   Tehama,  ( 'al.,   .lulv 


|  Seventh  ( leneral  ion. | 

LMi'i".  ii.  Nancy  I  >\s  i-'li! ,  o.  .1  nly  In,  lsn|,ni.  May:'.  1  si'7,  Austin 
Chun-li,  .M.D.,  1'.  -Ian.  '.»,  17!i'.i  (son  of  (  Hiver  Chuivh  of  l-last  I  la. Main, 
(  't ..  and  Mli/aliet  h  (  'one),  fornierlv  a  clieinisf ,  niannfaet  urer  and  HMT- 
ehaiit,  and  espeeiallv  of  pota>h,  saieratus,  etr.  lie  has  resided  for 
se\eral  \i-ars  past  at  (( I  reenpoint  )  Urooklvn,  N.  ^. 
|  Ki'_fht  h  ( Jenerat  ion.  |  ( 'hi hlreii  : 

L'I77.  i.  Anne  K!i/al>et  h  <  'hureli.  K.  at  ( 'oopersto\vn,  N.  \ .,  \-\\<.  I, 
ISi'S,  in.  as  his  L'd  wife,  Mav  l'l',  ISf))!,  Henry  l'ea-e,  -Jr..  of  Hartford, 
(''..  a  toliaeeoiiisl,  1).  April  I,  lxls  (son  of  ilenr\'  I'ease  and  Sarah 
Kin-- 1.  <  'hildivn  : 

•2  I7S.     1.    (  'harles  Austin    I'ease,  I,.  (  )et.  d,    |S.'»7. 

L'I7'.'.    L'.    Kdward    ||ook,T   I'ea.M'.  1).  (  let.   ^.    Is:.'.'. 

L'l  -".    :;.    William  Clmivli    I'ease,  I..  July  111,    |M'.|. 

L'l-1.     I.    Alfred   I!.    I'ease,  I,.    Nov.  L'I'..    l-il. 

L'lsi'.    ii.    Helen   I  >\\i--ht,  Clinreh,  !>.  at    Ithaea.   N.  \'.,   No\.    l^:>n,  d. 

Sep..  L-,  i-;± 

L'lv'.">.    iii.     !•' ranees  ( 'hureli,  li.  ai    Ithaca.    Mav   I'1'.    l>.'i."i. 

L'l-l.  i\.  Illihn  l»\\i--lii  Church,  IP.  at  llocliest.'r.  N.  \  .,  Apiil  L'l. 
Is;1,.;,  in.  .Inly  L':;.  I  -^.-i.  l-ill.'ii  \'i<-loria  (  'o..ke  of  NN'illiain-l.ui-li.  I..  I., 
!).  A  ii'.;.  \^  \*\  (dan.  of  Thonias  <  'nuke),  a  iiianufaet  urer  o|  axe  and  pick 
hand!-,  MI  Warwick,  N.  V. 

L'l  •".">.  \.  |.\dia  \\'hile  ( 'hnrch,  li.  .1  nne  I .".,  I^IS.  at  I  >'. ..  h<--  -i  >-\\  N. 
N'..  d.  Nov.  I,  ls:',s. 

L'h1'.  N  i.  .lann-s  Ali>tin  ('hureli,  1;.  at  1,'oelie-ter,  No\.  L'l,  l^.".'.l,  ;i 
\',  IM  i|<  -:de  spic'i'  I  n  .  •  n  -|  i  a  1 1 1  at  Ne\\  \''  irk. 

L' 1 "- i  .    \ii.    \\"ill;ani     l-'.duard    <'liurch.  li.  at    (  )swei,'o,   N.    ^.,   . \i!.r.   L'v, 

i- ;.;.  .i.  No\.  li,  I- 1  i. 


DivigJit  of  J3elclie'i'town-)  J/<y**., 
Sou  ofThnotliy,  Son  of  Jolni,  Loth  of  Dcdliam,  Jfax$.   455 

[Seventh  ( teneration.] 

21(18.  iii.  William  White  Dwight,  M.D.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1800,  m.  Dec. 
23,1.810,  Mary  Louisa  Coetchius  of  Xew  York,  b.  March  1.0,  1820 
(elau.  of  Henry  CfOctchius  of  Pmrlingham,  X.  Y.,  and  Catharine  Church), 
grad.  at  Yale  in  182(1,  and  at  Harvarel  Med.  Sem.  in  1830,  jrae'tised 
medicine  at  S.  Hadley  (ls.30-33),  Boston,  Mass.  (1833-;")),  and  at  New 
York  (183;")-")'.)).  His  health  being  poor,  he:  went  for  its  resterration 
to  California,  and  after  two  years  spent  there  for  the  purpose  returned 
to  his  professional  practice  again  in  Xe-w  York  ( ls.">  l-'.t).  During  the 
years  1S.")'J,  '00  and  Yd  he  made  several  sea-voyages  to  Cuba,  .Panama, 
San.  Francisco  and  .Furope,  etc.,  for  his  health,  but  could  not  rid  him- 
self of  the  disease  that  was  jurying  fatally  upon  his  vitals,  and  d.  of 
consumption  July  11,  1801,  at  Xew  York,  after  much  severe  suffering, 
"full  of  the  heipe  of  immortality."  A  classmate,  himself  a  leading 
physician  in  Xew  York,  .1  >r.  Jared  Linsly,  described  him  to  the  au- 
thor as  having  been  "a  tine  scholar,  and  a  sujurior  practitioner  of  the 
art  of  healing,  exceedingly  hostile-  to  shams  of  every  sort,  and  of  most 
jtersistent  adherence  to  whatever  he  deemeel  right  and  true,  and  one 
whe)  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  friends/' 

His  widow  el.  at  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  Juno  8,  1.871. 
|  Fighth  Generation.]      Children: 

2188.  i.  liYbecea  P.ennoe-h  Dwight,  b.  Oct.  17,  1841,  m.  3lay  10, 
ISO!,  Robert  Leeds,  b.  at  Xew  York,  Oct.  28,  IS. 12  (son  of  Samiu-1 
Leeds  and  Mary  Warren  Mellen),  a  hardware  merchant  in  Xew  York. 
Children  : 

24S!>.    1,    Mary  Louisa  Leeds,  b,  at   Brooklyn,  Oct.  8,  ISO."). 

2 -I'.IO.    2.    .Rebece-a.  Bennoch  Leeds,  1).   Feb.  S,  1870. 

2491.    3.    .Robert  Russell  Leeds,  b.  June  22,   1871. 

#=::##     4     William   Dwight   Leeds,  b.    Feb.   .">,    1 87-"). 

24'.)2.  ii.  Flihu  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  20,  1813,  at  Xew  York,  m.  Sept. 
12,  1<V00,  Kmma  Reed  of  Brooklyn,  b.  at  iVekskill,  X.  Y..  March  17. 
1817  (dan.  of  Aeldison  William  Reed  and  Sarah  Ann  ( 'IMJIU }.  He 
was  grad.  in  [802  at  Xew  York  College  (then  "The  X.  Y.  Free  Acad- 
emy"). He  is  a  manufacturer  of  morocco  in  P>rooklyn,  X.  Y.  (I'J> 
Flushing  Avenue).  Children  : 

241)3.    1.    Helen  Dwight,  b.  June  1  1,  1808. 

2-1!'!-.    2.    Fdiih  .Dwight,  b.  Jan.    IS,   1S7(). 

2ID").    3.    John   Maurie-e   Dwigiii,  b.   Jan.   1,    1872. 

2!!">.  iii.  John  Rutherford  Maurice  Dwight,  b.  Xov.  21'.  1^17,  m. 
Oct.  2">,  1871,  Anna,  Turk  of  Somers,  X.  N'.,  b.  Apiil  12,  ISI7  (elan, 
of  Joseph  Halslead  Tiii-k  and  Ann  Fli/.a  -  — ).  lieuas  Dcp.  Hospital 
S.tewai'd  in  (he  (~ .  S.  X'avy  Yard  at  Pi'ooklyn  in  the  late  war;  is  now 
a  clerk  in  Brooklyn.  J  las  erne  chilel,  Anna  Louise,  b.  Aug.  7,  18/2. 


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t"\\ll     and      I. \<ii:i    \\   ldt'-i,     li.   .Illlv    1',     I>US}    in.    Si-]it.     7.     !>ll'.    <    iiii.i     II. 

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\\  a-  foriinTl\    a  nirivliai:!    in  <  'li-vrlaiid,  <  '..  a  in  I  S.    I  Ia«i'n-v,   M  ;L-  -. 

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i1  ;:•'.'.  ii.   Alii-.'   II..lkins   Dwi-ln,  I.,   at    S.  Ha.ll.-v.  M:I>-. 


!  >"\  ••ntli  <  iciicrat  ion.  ] 

L'!7n.    v.    Al;;ry  Ann  Dwi^ln    ul.-.u.  of   I  >r.    Klihu   |)\vijn    .,f  S.    i!;;,|- 
y-.    I..    S,-.t.   11'.   isju.   ni.    .Ma      s.    is:',),    l-Mwiinl    I  I....k.-r.  1..    M.-u-.-h 


Ai.ii"  'rii'nn|i>oii  ),  <.'i-ail.  ai  \\  i!li:im"s  (  '.  ill.  in  1  vi'".  a  lav,  \  ,-r  ;>t  |,'a\i-ii- 
h:i.  ()..  an<l  at':«-i'\\anls  al  S.  HailW.  .Ma-s.  I  !.•  ivinovrd  in  l-:i.")io 
1  1  .  •li"-;«-i\  N.  \'.,  ami  afirrwanU  to  (  'i.  xclairl.  \\'f>i  >iil>-.  \\ii.-ri'  !H' 
(i.  A  ;;_'.  1  .  I  x  i  1  .  "  1  !'•  \\  a<.  a>  a  1  >n-i  n  —  .  man.  ri  -mark  a  I  'K'  f  •!.-••;'  -u- 
i:  in-.  a.-iMirati1.  |'roni]ii.  Mi^'a'-iou^  and  >u  •'•.•-^tni,  ai.u  lifi-aiiii-  in  rlii- 
1  ii  ;  '-r  jiart  ot  lii^  li  ft'  a  |  id-it  i\'c  and  carnr-,t  (  'iin>i  lan.  Ill-  wid'  ''.'•  !'••- 
>l'l'->  at  >.  I  I  adii-v  !r  >\\  (  1  x  7  i  i.  a  -  i<  '}'  inan  \  \  car>  J'a--l  '  >in.-'-  1  x  1  i  . 

!  .;  _;ii  I  ii   tT-'i'i  'l';i  i  !•  in.          (  'iiildl'i  -Ii  : 

"1.    i.    Iviwai-d    liook.-r,    I,,   iii    S.    Ila.il.'V,    Kri..    II.    1^:'..".    u'i-;id.  at 
\Viiii,  in-    •'.!!.   in    i  -vV>.   ,-.,;i;  ,1    1,,1-di.  •::.••  v.j;l,    |)r.   An-i    i    II- 
I'].    I  'ainiil  idu'',    Ma--,    'iii-   II  1  1.  •!•••.   and    d.   t  ;.!  !\    at    lii>    ]••• 
},  —    nil.  u  Iii  Ir  1  1  far;  i-in^  in   tin-   .Ma-s.  <  i'-!i'.    i  1  1  .-  pi:,"  !.   A  ]  •;  ii    L'1'.    i  v"'-. 

n;'    t  \  jillH-    f'-\  IT. 

J:-HL'.  ii.  Mary  Hook.-.-.  I.,  in  li.,,-!..  -ti-r.  N.  N'..  .Ian.  I-;.  ;  ::-.  in. 
A  n:  ii  II.  l^'i  I,  i  li-nry  \\"al  v.'..ri  h  Sniii',1.  I.,  in  Cm  ,;,.  i  ;..  ,l;,;  •  r,. 
1  -L'7  I  -on  of  I'lra-tu-  T.  SiniMi  and  Kr!  -,-a  I'.ai  'm  r  .  a  lm  ivli..:. 

.-.-.|-  a;    S'.  Tl,,,n,;,..   \V.    I.       ||,-  i-,-,i,|,  ,|   !.,:,-:%   at    Ci:,  -I,.:..,-  i.  <  I.  . 


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K.iwiii.l  llo,,k,T  Smiil,.  I.,  ai  s.  H;,  n.  -\.  s.-j-t.  l 


Dicitjht  of  Belcltertow)!, 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolm,  loth  of  JJeJltam,  J/«*.s>.  457 

Lydia  AVhite),  b.  Aug.  1,  1819,  m.  Jan.  31,  1811,  Xanoy  Shaw  Everett, 
1).  June  17,  1817  (adopted  dau.  of  lion.  Melatiah  Everett*  of  Wren- 
tham,  Muss.,  and  Fanny  Shepard),  a  chemist  and  large  manufacturer 
of  sodn,  saleratus,  etc.,  in  Xe\v  York.  His  family  residence  lias  been, 
since  !8.">S,  at;  Harlem,  X.  Y. 

[  Kighth  Generation.  )      Children  : 

2.">04.  i.  Kev.  Melatiah  Everett  Dwight,  b.  Oct.  1-3,  1 841,  grad.  at 
X.  Y.  Coll.  (the  X.  Y.  Free  Academy)  in  1800,  and  at  Andover  Theol. 
Hem.  in  1800,  having  also  been  grad.  in  his  medical  studies  in  IS 03  at 
the  Jiellevne  Med.  (Joll.  in  Xew  York.  Hinco  1809  ho  has  been  settled 
as  a  (Jong,  clergyman  at  Onarga,  111.  I  [e  m.  June  '23,  1870,  .Helen 
McClure  Kirbv,  b.  1S4.">  (dan.  of  Rev.  William  Kirby  of  Jacksonville, 
111.,  and  Hannah  McClure  AVoleott).  One  child: 

2.30.3.    I-   Ellsworth  Everett  Dwight,  b.  March  20,  1871. 

2500.  ii.  JohnElibu  Dwight,  b.  July  '2*,  1844,  grad.  at  X.  Y.  Coll. 
(then  the  X.  Y.  Free  Academy)  in  1803,  a  miller  at  Htaunton,  Jll., 
where  his  family  resides,  and  a  ilour  merchant  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  He 
in.  .March  '2,  1809,  Emma  Mabel  King,  1).  March.  10,  184.")  (dau.  of 
Joseph  Olmstead  King  of  Jacksonville,  ill.,  and  Sarah  Lamb  D wight, 
dau.  of  Daniel  Dwight  of  Westmoreland,  X.  11.).  One  child: 

1M07.    1.    John  Elihu  Jhvight,  b.  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  .May  3,  1870. 

L'.'iOS.  iii.  Anna.  Frances  Dwight,  b.  Dec.  17,  1848,  m.  Oct.  I,  1873, 
Rev.  Theodore  Augustus  Leggett,  b.  in  Crawford,  Orange  Co.,  X.  Y., 
Dec.  20,  181.")  (son  of  Rev.  John  Haviland  Leggett  of  Xe\v  York  and 
Mary  Noel  Bleecker),  grad.  at  Princeton  in  ISO."),  and  from  the  Theol. 
Hem.  there  in  1808,  settled  as  a  Presbyterian  clergvrnan  at  Chester, 
Orange  Co.,  X.  Y. 

2.309.  iv.  Clara  McFarland  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  24,  1851,  m.  June  10, 
187."),  Col.  Alexander  Pho-nix  Ketchum,b.  .May  11,  .1839  (son  of  Edgar 
KeUhum,  Esij.,  of  Harlem,  X.  Y.,  and  Elixabeth  I'luenix,  dau.  of  lu'v. 
Alexander  PhnMiix,  formerly  (jf  (.'hicopee,  M.ass. ).  .He  -was  commis- 
sioned by  Gov.  Seymour  1st  Lt.  in  the  .")0th  N.  ^".  Regt.  \  ols.,  and  went 

•::-  !.  JUcliaril  I'lvcrrtt.  one  of  tlie  first  sottlei's  of  DedliMiu.  Mass.,  came  with 
his  \vi!'c  Mary  io  this  country  In  the  sumo  ship,  it  is  «ai<l,  with  John  Dwight. 
thu  sutler.  JI(-  (1.  Aug.  :;.  Mili'2. 

11.  !!  is  sou.  t!api.  John  Evuruti,  1).  as  is  siipjio^eii  in  Wutcrtown.  3;ass..  in. 
Elizabeth  Pepper. 

1!!.  His  son.  ])eu.  John  Everett,!).  April  0.  lOTo.  m.  Jan.  :!,  1  C'.l'.l.  31ercy 
Browii. 

IV.  His  son,  l-',!)(;iu>/.ei:  Even.'tt.  b.  Aug.  G,  17(>T,  in.  Joanna    Shejtanl.   and   tl. 
June  ID.  UTS. 

V.  His  son.  John  Everett,  b.  Juno  1,  IT-"-'),  in.  .Mdutiuh  iletcuU'. 

VI.  His  sun.  Melatiah  Everett,  b.  June  '-21.  1777. 


A.NVV  n,ltl nf.t  nf  (  ',/jit.    Xiltlil. 

•ITlS  '/  //,      Sun     of   X  <llllll  It  I<  1     /  >tf'/',///f,    of  .Xiil'tJlO"  llljifnll^ 

a  1  inn- 1  a!  niic  •  npnn  t  he  -t  ,i  li'  i  if  l'.i  r_r.  (  Jen.  I  Iiifiis  Sax t( HI,  al  Sa\ aii nah. 
I!--  wa>  afterwards  transferred  as  ( 'aptain  in  the  IL)-M|I  !,'•-•.  I".  S. 

('li|n|-eil     Ti'<"'p-,,      .- !  I  1  I       1'e  III  a  I  II  1  I  I '_J      (ill      (Jell.      SaXtull'.S      S  t  ;  ;  1  f.  |l|        l»'.l     he 

\\as  assigned  1>\  I'l'e-t.  .Inhn-nn  tn  the  stall'  nf  M  ajnr-(  Jen.  llu'A'ard  as 
A  --t .  Adj.  (  Jen.,  and  stal  iniu-d  at  (  'harle.-t  nn,  S.  ('.,  ami  charged  with 
i  he  adjust  men  i  nf  t  he  lalinr  i  jin-st  iuii  IM-I  ween  the  fn-ed  men  and  f  .rnier 
«\\  m  •!  -  i't'  t  he  S'-a-i-laml  plant  a  linns  uf  S.  ( 'arulina  and  (  Je  ir^ia.  He 
wa.s  aftel'V.  ai'd-  hrevelted  -ueces-i  \  el  \'  Majnr.  I.!. -('MI.  and  <'••!.  .and 
t  ran.-fei  red  tn  Wash  i  n-i  nn,  |  ).  ('.,  where  IP-  .-er\  ed  I'm-  in-arlv  t  wn  \  ea  rn 
as  As-t.  A  dj.-(  Jen.  under  (  Jen.  I  fnward  in  t  he  1 'i  >  edmeii's  I'liirean.  lie 
n-iu'ta'd  his  pn-itii.n  in  the  army  in  N<>v.  l>n',i.  and  return'-d  '.«  the 
prac!  ic  •  i  ;f  lav.'  in  N'-w  N  <  M'k,  \\  h  n-h  he  had  ptv\  lulls!  v  !  ie-_'i,n.  I  i .  •  \\  as 
appointed  h\-<Jen.  (Jrant  A  s.se.s.snr,  and  Milise^m-nt  ly  < 'nllectnr  « ,f  \\-.- 
ternal  Kesentie  f>r  the  iMh  1'istriet  uf  New  York.  lie  iv-ide.-  at 

I  i  arlem. 

L'.'ild.    v.     Marinn    J  Kyi-lit,  1).    I'eli.  L'J,    l>'"ni. 

|  Sixth  (  Jeiieratinin] 

L'l'iii.  iii.  ( ''ai'is-a  lK\i;_'h:  idau.  uf.In-tus  1  >wn_dit  nf  Ilcli-liei-in'.vii, 
and  Sai'.di  Lamli),  1).  .Ian.  J'.".  I7''i^.  in.  Jan.  l'  1 ,  17'.".'.  lle\.  Asa  Mc- 
l-'arland.  I  >.  I  >..  1..  April  ]'.'.  17''i'.».  in  \Yuivester,  Mas-,  (smi  •  f  Jaim-s 
Mrl-'arlainl  i,  '_rrad.  a;  I  >a  rt  muii;  ii  in  I  7 '.'•">.  and  t  utnr  t  ln-re  t  v,  n  \.ars 
(I7'.1-"1  7  :.  She  d.  (let.  L'.'i.  I  7'.1'1.  lea\  in_f  aii  ini'int.  \\ineh  sni\;\,d 
her  Imt  a  few  d;i\.-.  I  !  e  m.  t',  ,|-  a  I'd  u  i  fe,  i  n  I -n  1 .  Nam-y  I  K\  i_h:  daii. 
ut'  I'iinv  lK\i-'h:  ut'  i  Jelchertnwn,  and  Martha  |-'n]'\\  ard.  See  -r'n-e- 
ipn-ni  p-'-'e,.  She,;,  \\itiiin  le.-s  than  threr  mnnths  after  h  ••;•  n.ar- 
ri  i_---.  IN-  m.  i:,  I-":!,  f.iralid  wife,  |-]!i /alu-th  Kiieeland  dan.  i.f  Uar- 

I  lln|.il/;e\<      K  lie   •!;!  i,d   nf      I'n-;     >I|I.          I',  \     hl-ia-!     1  i  I :  I  I'  ]". :  I  _'e  1 1 ,       li.-l-l    *>   l-l.l,. irell. 

I  I  •  \\  a  ->  a  man  nf  -Teat  mental  \"i^nr  and  i  ndn-t  rv.  He  \\  a-  a  -•  :  t  led 
minister  at  ( 'nnem-d,  N.  II.,  fur  L'<  \ears  ;  1  7'.' v- 1  VL'."  ).  and  d.  ii-rc 
nf  p;;,-aly-i-.  I''.-!,.  1  >,  1  -  L' 7 .  Iliswidnv,  d.  in  !-:>.  l-'nr  full-  -teh 
ut'  iiim.  -'  e  S].rai,fue"-  Anna!-  Am.  I  'nlpit .  \  nl.  in  pp.  !  I  _  1  t. 

L'i-'.i.     i..    Jonathan      |K\i'_'ht    (-nn     uf    JU-MI-     and     >a!'a]i     I1'.'.'.         "f 

I 1  !,•:,.  '-;.CA  n  ).    1 1.  Jan.    L'  1  .    !  7  7' '.  m.  .1  u  !  \    •"'.    I  ":  '."•.  A  m\    I ';.  r-m  •.  -.   i ,.  <  '••: . 


;:    !;.r_:'e   tai'in'  r  at    I  •<  '.  e'n  •  •  ri  1 1  \\  !  i ,  and  ,t    man   cf   anijih-  me; 

- :  •;  i'i : ,  i  •!'  --;  1-1  .i  L;  ;  i:d_''  i  a  -1.1 ,  and  t  n>  <i  <  'i;_rhl  \    i ,-.  i_:n  MI-.  a 

r  n   lit-    ii\e,|    a    -'i';,;     intliiein' •    in     the    t.iun.        ||e  tl.  ;,:     . 

N.    Y..    Ma;.    I1.',    1-.",|.       She  d.  a:    I 'hilad.  !pi,i  ...l-il\   L'.",.    h 

i'eiv    u|'   much    li'-all!  \     nf    p'    !'->,  ,1,    ;md     pi'"  V,    ;u,d    i  't'    a     'I'lleh, 
nd      -  n  '  ••  'I'!'  '!'    educat   |n||    fnr     l|e|-    d.l  \   .  She     h;|,  |     ;,  ';  -.  ,    |,  !,, 


of  Bclcliertotrn,  A[ass., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJolui,  l><>1h  of  Dedliam,  J/</*.s\    459 

[Of  Eldad  Parsons,  Ks<[.,  the  church  records  say  that  lie  was  "a 
soldiei1  of  tlie  revolution,  a  man  of  vigorous  mind  and  of  a  warm 
temperament,  and  an  ardent  friend  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ.  '  lie 
d.  in  182:>,  aet.  (is.] 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children  : 

2.11  I.   i.   A  daughter,  b.  and  d.  April   27,  1801. 

2f)12.   ii.   William  Courtland  1  >wight,  b.  Nov.   IS,  ISO"). 

2-11  .">.  iii.  Sarah  Lamb  D  wight,  b.  Aug.  f>,  1807,  m.  .Dr.  John 
Tavlor  of  Xew  York,  and  d.  without  issue  Nov.  183<>. 

2.11!-.  iv.  Julia  Diantha  Dwight,  b.  June  2(5,  1800,  m.  Col.  Theo- 
dore J).  .Lyinan. 

251.1.  v.   Ed \vard  :i)\vight,  \  d.  Dee.  10,  1813. 

'-Twins,  b.  Nov.  23,  1813. 

2-1  M.  vi.  Emily  D  wight,    )  m.  Henry  P.  Reck. 

2-117.  vii.  Edmund  Parsons  D  wight,  b.  Nov.  22,  18  L.I.  Ills  name 
was  originally  Eldad,  but  was  changed  by  the  Legislature  of  Louisiana 
to  Edmund. 

2-112.  ii.  William  Courtland  Dwight,  b.  Xov.  18,  180.1,  grad.  at 
Yale  in  I82i">;  was  a  lawyer  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  afterwards  at 
St.  Marv's  .Parish,  Franklin,  La.  ".He  was  a  superior  man  ;  of  noble 
impulse-,  ;md  very  benevolent;  of  large  business  in  his  profession,  and 
both  highly  esteemed  and  very  popular."  He  d.  unmarried  in  IS  .11. 

lie  left  the  direction  in  his  will  that  his  body  should  be  burned 
after  death,  and  the  ashes  borne  to  the  burial-place  of  his  father  in 
Amsterdam,  X.  Y.  His  surviving  friends  attempted  to  cany  out  his 
wishes  to  the  letter,  but  the  blacks  who  aided  in  the  cremation  of  the 
corpse  were  so  affrighted  at  its  ghastliness  that  the  attempt  was  relin- 
quished before  its  completion,  and  his  remains  wen.'  gathered  into  a 
collin  aud  buried  in  the  place  where  he  died. 

2-11  !.  iv.  Julia.  Diantha  Dwight,  b.  .lime  2<i,  180!),  m.  as  his  second 
wife,  Oct.  11,  1827,  Col.  Theodore  Dwight  Lyman  (son  of  Klihu  Lv- 
maii  of  Creonh'old,  ^Fass.,  and  Sarah  Stebbins  of  Deei  lield,  .Mass.), 
cashiei-  ol'  t  lie  Farmers'  P>ank.  of  Relchortown,  and  afterwards  a  mer- 
chant ,  '  Meiamoras,  Mexico.  lie  was  b.  in  !.7'.H>,  and  d.  a!  A. mi 
Arbor,  Mi  eh..  March  (!,  ]8||,  act.  .11.  He  was  a  man  of  a  line  per- 
sonal bearing,  of  a  superior  character  for  excellence,  and  of  beautiful 
consistency  in  his  religious  life.  lie  m.  for  his  first  wife  Rebecca  I  Sut- 
ler Bull,  dau.  of  Thomas  1  bill  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  and  Ruth  Rutler,  and 
had  bv  her  a  dan.,  Abbv  flail  Lyman,  who  d.  early. 
Kighth  Generation.]  Children.: 

2.H8.  i.  Jonathan  Dwight.  Lyman,  b.  at  Relchertowu,  Aug.  1-1,  1.828, 
d.  April  7.  1S32. 


'/'/,,     Sn-i     (if'    .\tlflnlltiil    /''/'A////,    of'  \ortlx 


L'.'i'.1.  ii.  Abl.v  iai/.a  I. \iuaii.  li.  l!nT>-  Au-.  "i11,  i^iiH,  il.  at  <  an,- 
brid-i-.  Ma--.,  u  liilr  at  sdmol,  An-,  L1'.1.  IM~». 

•_'.">L''».  iii.  Kmilv  l>\vi-iit  I, \inaii.  Ii.  ai  Ann  Arbor.  Midi..  <><-i.  7. 
I-:1.  I.  ,i.  in  l'liila.l.-l[iiiia,  .Inly  '.\,  IsM.  !!,•!.  l«.i.  r-Hiu|,  Si,-\,-!  >ai.l 
uf  Ii.-r  d'  at  ii,  i'i  |  iii  !•!  jr.  i  hat  ••  li.-r  -irk  ruuin  ivali/.nl  to  him  hi  -  1  i  di--- 
idral  ut  iii-a\i-n  uii  rartli,  and  ilia!  |i!i  v.-lra  1 1  v  aii'l  in  diarai-i'-r  ii--  u;;-> 
ill.-  IMU-!  bi-aiilifiil  Ililinan  bdn-  that  in-  had  cviT  sn-ll. 

L'-'L'l.    i\.     A    >uii,   b.   ()ci.     l.^.'iii,   \',  I  loil.    \i-r\-   M  ion. 

|  Sr\  nil  li    (  irlirrat  loll.  | 

L'.'l'i.    si.     I'lnnK     I  »u  i-lil    (dan.  of    .lunallian     i  )\^  I'di 
.-ui  i-  ).   1 1.    NIIV.  L'.'i,    I  >  i  •"'.  in.  .1  nnc  >.    I  -v  I  1 ,    1 1  -iii'  v    I  'a  nl     I } 
cld|iiii:i  i-iin  uf  1'aiil    I  M-d\   id    I  "nilaildjiliia  and    Mars    ll,;r\ 

bill     liol     rli-a-cd    111    tin-    [irarl  irr    of   In.-,     |iro|r.-.-luli. 

i'j-'ii  lli*  -iMi'TMt  lun.  j       (  "niidri'ii  : 
L'.'tL'L'.    i.    Sarah   Ann    I'.rck,  b.  Oct.    h'.,    1-^1:5. 
L1:.!'.-'..     ii.     1'alll    I'.rck,   Ii.    May    Hi.    l>i:>. 
L'.'.Jl.    iii.    Ib-nry   Dwi-in    I'.rck,  b.  .|..,n.  !i,   |S|S. 
.Mr-,   riniilv   I).    l)-i-k  lias  b ,-rii  \\iddy  known  fur  hn-    si 

I  S--\  i -1 1 1  Ii  ( I. 'iii  irat  ion.  ] 

'1 "'  I  7.  vii.  K  innnid  I'ar>on-  1  )svi_;lit ,  b.  No\-.  L'.'I.  lvl.">.  m.  i!:i'ab..;h 
Kinrid--  (dan.  of  !>r.  Kiuriil-r  uf  Louisiana)  v.lm  d.  v'di  L.-I-  in- 
fant. Ib-  in.  for  L'd  wit'.-,  Nov.  :).  |N.")S.  Clara  \Van-rinan  i  ;i.  of 


|    KI.M:  !  Ii    I  IrliiTill  lull. 
I'.'iL'-'i.     i.     Mai  \     Ain\     I  >\\  i^lil.   i'.    Ma\     i  ''..    1  ^i'HI. 
L'.~>L'''>.    ii.    I 'lara    \ValiTiii;in    I  hvi-lit ,!  i.  <>>•;.    II.    lvi'l'. 
1'."'L'7.    iii.    Iviniiiinl   \\'airrnian   I  )s\  i^ht,  li.   April    II,    IV|'>1. 

L'i'.'J.     S.     Nallialii.-l       l>v.  i-lit       (-"11      uf     .lu-Ml-;      l>\\iji!      ;• 
l.:.l. ,1.   .    L.    N..V.    L'l,    I77l',    111.    All-     lL'.    l^l'|.    Kli/nl,.  :!,    IHii.l 
i'.,    I  7^:'i  I'iau.    uf   Kulii-rt   ami    l'lli/aln-1  ii    I  >i  1 1  ;1 1.;  r  .  if   !  'rii  i  -  •  v,  ;. 
a    fani.'T  :i!    I '» •i'-!n  •!'! '  i\\'n,  aii'l   "  fur    iir-irlv    -111   \rar.-    a   run-i-l 
iii-  .  ,f    ill.-     (  '•  i|i-_f.   I  "!i.   in    I  lial     jilai-r."         ill-     .1.    Nu\  .    hi.    1  -  • 

-!,.•  ii.  M;,.d,  -.  I -;<•.  an.  7'i. 

I  ,'     \  .   (  ,   -,  ,!-_',•    A  .   (  l\  ia!  '  .   I  lid  r   |':i->tur.    -a  iii   ut'  tin-in   K-iI  li.   i '. . 

i  ir-  ;•-,-  ;..ii-.  :  !ia:   •'  Mr.    I  >\\  i-lii  \\  .1  -  a  n  •  •  \  i  r -!s  <  \  i  :!i  •  1.  -n '  a ' ,-  i 

i  :•,.    iii'    a    li  1.1 1 1   i  'f    _'|-, -a  :    -uu-1   >  -n-.'.   u'i'''al    i^  1 :  M  i  1 1' '  --  "1 


T)  iv  i  ijltt  of  Jjelchertown, 
Son  of  Tin/of]/  >/,  Son  ofJoJiii,  Ixifli  of  D&lliCLiii)  Jfrtx*.  40 1 

unbending  integrity.  He  was  one  of  tlio  most  conscientiously  honest 
men  I  over  knew,  a  sincere,  humble,  consistent  ( 'hrisfian,  and  a  iinn  sup- 
porter of  good  order  and  of  the  institutions  of  religion.  His  children 
may  well,  venerate  his  memory.  .Mrs.  !>\vight  was  also  of  a  retiring 
disposition,  but  possessed  great  worth  of  character,  and  was  a  devoted 
wife  and  mother,  and  a  genuine  Christian.  The  distinguished  name  of 
Dwight  iias  been,  honored  as  borne  bv  this  estimable  family. 
[Seventh  generation.)  Children: 

2">2X.    i.    Harrison.  Jhinbar  Dwight,  b.  July   12,  180(>. 

2~>2!>.  ii.  Josiah  Graves  .Dwight,  b.  Xov.  .'50,  ISO'.),  ;(  merchant  at 
North  Adams.  .Mass.,  d.  there  of  small-pox,  Dee.  [*,  I8.">I,  unmarried. 

25:30.  iii.  KH/a  Dwighi.  b.  July  <;,  I8li>,  m.  Xov.  1,  1841,  Klihu 
Root,  b.  Dec.  .">!,  1811  (son  of  Klihu  {foot  of  Belchertown  and  !,avi- 
ni;i  I'";'.;.",)  :  a  merchant  in  .l!eleheriown.  Ji'ed.  Mareh  II,  !>!-!-.  "NO 
children. 

2  .">:'>  I.  iv.  ?daryJ)\vight,  b.  Nov.  :in,  1814,  m.  Xov.  1  o,  1  837,  llenrv 
!M.ellen  (son  of  Dexter  and  tlanrah  !\[elloi]  of  [?elchertown),  a  farmer 
in  Belchertown  fornierlv,  but  no\v  in  Petaluma,  (  'al.  She  d.  .Ju!\'  .'J.1, 
1  847,  leaving  one  child  : 

25:>L'.  1.  Kli/.abeth  '.D wight  Mellen,  1).  Oct.  11,  1840,  resides  fls74) 
nmnarried  at  home. 

25:5:'..  v.  Clara  Ihvight,  b.  Sept.  G,  1818,  m.  3 1  ay  In,  18.")  I,  Lrvi 
Adam.-  of  N.  I'.i-ooktield,  .Mass.,  b.  .March  7,  1«I7  (sou  of  ])i\  Charles 
Adam-  of  <  >akhani,  31ass.)  an  accountant,  .lie  d.  A  ug.  11,  lS(jO.  Xo 
issue. 

l'.-.:'.!.  vi.  Nathaniel  J) wight,  -lr.,  b.  Aug.  L'O,  1820,  m.  Jan.  29, 
1S.">2.  Harriet  Uartlett  (dan.  of  .Joab  and  ( 'htirhjtte  iiartlett  of  llelch- 
ertown  :,  ;•  farmer  at  Uelchei'town.  One  child  : 

2.">:;:>.    ].    Harriet  15artlett  Dwight,  b.  March  :'.,  1^.").°,. 

2").0>(5.  vii.  Delia  Maria  J)\vigh(,  b.  Xov.  :><>,  1H2:-!,  m.  Dec.  17,  I  84."), 
Kstes  !  !o\v  Sanford,  a  merchani  in  NVorcester,  Mass,  (son  of  fchabod 
Suntoi-ij  (.»{'  IJelch.-rtown  and  Xaney  I  lo\ve).  I).  Xuv.  2  ! .  I  s  i  4.  (  'hildi'iMi  : 

2-'>:;7.    !.    KdmundDwight  Sanford,  b. -July  II.  IS.~>1,  d.  Sept.  17,  18'i(_). 

2-">.")s.    2.    Mary  Kli/abeth  Sanford,  b.  June  •">,  ]S.~>8. 

2-"'2-.  i.  lian-ison  Dnnl.ar  i)v\'ight,  I).  -Inly  12,  ]  S0('>,  m.  Xov.  *), 
18:57,  Sophia  A 1  mini  Cook  (dan.  of  David  White  Cook  of  lladley, 
Mass.,  b.  .lulv  2<).  1  77'.>,  and  Ssdoine  Cady,  whom  he  in.  Nov.  2."..  17',!!). 
lfcd.ii!  i'.elcliertown  Jan.  2'.',  1>">1.  aet.  71.  Me  was  sou  of  \\'m. 
Cook  and  Martha  \Vhite).  IS;.:  is  a  farmer  al  [Jeldiertown  and  ii\cs 
on  tiie  old  iamiU'-homi'stead,  of  some  JHO  acres,  which  he  owns,  mid- 
wavbeiv,"e"ii  IJelchertown  and  Amherst.  The  \[.  K.  station  J tn-!,;],^ 
c;f  whi;-h  In1  is  agent,  stands  upon  it.  lie  is  also  Kxpress  Agent  there. 


1  )<  .SVV  'Itlltlllt*    <>i    ('(/Jit.      .\<lfllJ. 

•{<'>-       7 /«    N////  of  \<it!i<tii !<  1  I hriijlit  of  Xurflnt  111  ['tan, 

P;_dii  li  ( M-iicrat  ion.  |      (  'hildreii  : 
l'."'.".!'.    I.   .l,i.Niiili  Kdwanls  DwijrhJ,  li.  May  17,  IS.'J'.i,  m.  I ).-,-.     '.,  !>•;], 

Luc\   .l.-ii,  •    Mill,  I,.  Dec.    !•_'.   ISPJ  (dau.  of  .Jan.r.s  Ki-LCS  Mill  of  '        , 1, 

N.  II .,  ;.  :;i  i  !' II  -cilia  M  cm  II  t  'l:a|  iln:i  n  ).  I  It-  is  a  llialilliac!  lifer  i  J  allies 
I!.  Hill  A-  < 'o.)  of  "The  Concord  Harness  and  Collar  I'orHir.e  "  at 
(  '( inci  ird.  !  !  as  had  1  wo  ch  ildrcii  : 

:     I.     .Main  1  Sophia    Dwi-hl.  b.    Peb.  I"),  ISiu. 
•1.    Harris.)..   Mill   Dwight,  1,.   IVb.  l' 1 ,   l>7.°>. 
I'.Mn.    ii.    Pli/;,    i;(,,,i    Dwight,   I,.    May   K>,  lsil,m.   July    17.   l-'li', 

.la.nr>  raiihi.-,  l''rcii<-li,  1).  at  l!iA\lin^  (I.-cc.i,  Indiana,  .\|nii  !.  \^-\<) 
(son  ill'  ll"\.  Ja.ncs  l''i-fi.c-l.,  now  nt'  ,\r\v  \'(M'k,  and  Nanry  Ti-nm-y), 
<_rrad.  at  Andicrst  in  IS.")1.'  at  tin-  Lead  of  his  class,  was  a  superior  lin- 
mn-i.  MI-  \\'as  a  teaclicr  of  (  '•  rn.-k  and  Latin  in  an  I'lpi -M-opal  Acadfinv 
at  Philadelphia  for  li  years  (  1  S.V.i-i'>.">),  and  was  ina.dc,  in  l>'ii."),  Prof,  of 
Mloi-iii  ion  in  ilf  I'liivcr.Mi  v  of  St.  Louis,  ..Mo.  IP-  d.  at  Kaiiuav, 
N.  -I .,  Jan.  1  <,  1  Sl'7,  act .  l''i.  rc|oici  IILT  in  (  'hri-t .  Ills  \vid'  >v,  roidcs 
at  I  i'-'clicrto\\  n.  Thrv  had  one  child  : 

:;;:X:r::      I.    l»oi-a  DxviLcht   Frciicli,  1).   May  L'O,   IM'H'I,  in   I5cldn-i-;owu. 

I'.'i  1  !.    iii.    Clara   Lamb   Ihvi-ht,  1,.   March  S,   1S|:5. 

LTill'.    is.    Mary  .M.-llcn  J)\vi-(lit,  b.  July  I'L',   ls|\  d.  N,,\.   I.\   IMS. 

L'.'il:!.    v.    Mary  (JuurtlaiulJ  )wiglit,  b.  Aug.  L'i;5  1  s.'n  i?  d.  J  an.  L':l,  i>"il. 


hickin-on  Mattodii,  b.  April  !,  1 7>'i  ("dan.  of  Major  (Jen.  Lbem./.rr 
Mattoon  of  Anihcrstj  Mass.,  a  hiwy.-r,  and  Mary  1  »icl;in~, -n  i.  He 
wa-  a  lawyer  in  \Vesfiuorclaud,  N.  II.,  whence  he  removed  in  P  -(>  to 
Jai'k-oii  \  i  lie,  111.  1  I  is  last  vi 'ars  he  spent  i  n  Louisiana,  and  d.  n.  '  'in- 
ciiinati,  No\.  ."'.  Is.'il^  aei.  71',  \\hen  i-etiirning  to  the  S..u;h.  >iic  d. 
Peb.  L'.\.  ISlL',  act.  lil>. 

[Major  CCM.  Kbcne/er  Mattooii,  b.  at  Ainher>t.  Ma--..  An-j;.  P.1. 
17."'-"'.  and  -jTad.  ai  I  >a  rl  inont  h  in  177''>,  was  lip-  son  of  Kbcne/er  Mat- 
toon  of  XmhcM'st,  b.  Dec.  L'l,  17l'n,  and  l>orolh\  Smith,  b.  I'M,,  i'.",, 
17-".'.  dan.  of  I  >r.  Nat  hi.  Siuit  h  of  Aniher>t  and  Mehitable  ln.:'ra.m, 
T.h'  \  \\i-i-c  in.  in  1717.  Tin1  lather  of  Kbciii'/.iT  Mat  toon,  .--eijior,  \\.is 
Dei.  P.!.  /,-,-  Ma  i  toon.  b.  .Maivh  1,  h'.'.Ht  (sun  of  Philip  Malio,,,,  ,f 
I  >e.  i  L  !d.  \  i  •-. ).  Ceii.  pb'  iiiv  -r  Mat  toon  was  a  Major  in  ;  he  re \  o- 
bnioi  v.ar.  uniler  (leu.  I  loratio  ( Jates,  at  Saratoga  and  e  \\lp-re. 

I  I  '•   '•.'. ,        '•  i'i  r    di  tferi'iii    t  lines    chosen    a    president  lal    elect   >r  (  1  i  '. 'J  alp  I 
Hand  ''•'<-).       IP-  s\as    Slate    Scnat-  .r  (  I  7'.'.r»--(i ),  hiu'li  -iierilf 
of  1 1  , !    i.  hire  (  '.>.  for  L'I  i  \  ears,  and  a  member  of  the  nth  and   7;  h  <  'on- 


Dwiylit  of  JBelcJwrtown, 
Son  of  Timothy,  >SW  of  Jolin,  l>otlt  of  Dedliam,  llass.  403 

gress   (1800-3).     Ho   Avas   long  a   Major  General  of  militia.     ]Jo  d.  a 
man   of  great  age,  worth  ami  reputation,  Sept.  11,  1813,  act.  88.      For 
some  years  before  his  death  he  was  totally  blind.] 
[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

25M.  i.  Kbene/er  Mattoon  Dwight,  b.  Oct.  20,  1810,  Avas  for  a 
short  time  a  cadet  at  West  Point,  X.  Y.  lie  was  a  merchant  at 
Springfield,  Mass.,  where  ho  d.  unmarried  Xov.  '2,  1S37. 

2515.  ii.  Justus  Dwight,  M.D.,  b.  Aug.  (i,  1812,  a  physician  at 
Manmeo,  O.,  Avhere  he  d.  Sept.  1,  18.31.  Hem.  July  1,  1811,  Mary 
BroAvn.  One  child  : 

251-C,.  1.  Anna,  (Jelstoii  Dwiglit,  b.  May  23,  1845,  at  Maumee,  re- 
sides at  Toledo,  ( ). 

2">  1-7.  iii.  Mary  Dickinson  Dvvight,  b.  Sept.  21,  1815,111.  George 
Kingsley. 

25  !S.  iv.  Sarah  Lamb  Dwight,  b.  in  Westmoreland,  Aug.  11,  1818, 
m.  Joseph  O.  King. 

25  !'.!.   y.  Martha  Lymaii Dwight,  b.  Dec.  25,  1821,  m.  Klizur  Wolcott. 

25 -1-7.  iii.  Mary  Dickinson  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  21,  1815,  at  Westmore- 
land, X.  II.,  m.  April  22,  183C>,  George  .Kingsley,  the  celebrated  musi- 
cal composer,  b.  July  7,  1811  (son  of  Fnos  Kingsley,  Jr.,  of  North- 
ampton and  Asenath  Pomeroy).  Jlohas  edited  many  musical  Avorks, 
and  been  an  organist  in  leading  churches  in  several  cities,  as  liosfon, 
llartl'ord,  Brooklyn  and  Philadelphia.,  Avhere  Mrs.  Mary  D.  Kingsley 
d.  Juii;1  2,  1851).  lie  has  resided  for  several  years  past  al  North- 
ampton. 

[Ki^hlh  Generation.]      (Jhildren  : 

2550.  i.    ("u'orgc;  ]) \vight  Kingsley,  b.  Feb.  8,  1807,  in  Philadelphia, 
kept  a  music   store    in   Springfield,  Mass.       He  Avas  a  superior  pianist 
and  organist.      He  enlisted  as   a  soldier   in    the    late  Avar  in   Co.  A  of 
the  liith   Itegt.  of  Mass.  A'ols.,   and  d.  of  typhoid  fever  in  the  hospital 
at  Newborn,  N.  C.,   i'\:b.  1*5,    ISC,:',,  aet,  2G. 

2551.  ii.    Chai'les  Howard  Kingsley,  b.  in  Philadelphia,  Feb.  9,  1839. 
He  was  living  in  Gal  vest  on,  Ti-Aas,  at  the  opening  of   tlie  late  \\ar,  and 
joined  (he  first  regt.  of  Texas  \'ols.  in  ''The  Army  of  the  South.""      .He 
Avas  taken  prisoner  at  Antietam,  .Md.,  where   he   met  his   bro.   William 
in  the    Cnion  Army.       lleAvas  subsequently  exchanged,  anil    returning 
to  the  confederate,  service  he  was  taken  prisoner  a  second  time,  and    d. 
of  a  fever  in  tin1  hospital  at    Point    Lookout,  July  12,   iSfjl,  expressing 
the  desire  to  take  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  old  flag  again,  and  saying 
that,  had  he   understood  things  as   lie  then    did,  he  should    .never  have 
joined  '.ho  cause  of  the  South. 


_."'•"«•_'.    iii.    William     Matto.  n     K  in,-!.  \ ,  1-.    at     rki!a<i<  !]>kia.   K<  K    .">, 
IM  1.  ji.ini'il     <'".<'  of   ilif    |liih     Ma.-s.    l;,-^!.,  in     lli.-    lal<-  war.  ami   was 

'    llL'l'    I'      I"       ill'1      I  •'••Jllll'-lll  .  Ill-      \\ilS     \\iillli.M-il       M-\l    |i    l\      III       111.'      lialtli-     nl' 

Kan-  <  >ak-.  l.ii:    ret i in i. -i  1  a -a  in  aftf r  r  <•> •  •,  .TV  P.  Iii-  po<t,  ami  -  T\ '  '1  f  .r 
i  111'.-'-  \  t-iii's  , -is  an    I    nil  MI  M  ill  i  ii-r. 

L1  ."'•"'."..  i\.  IMwanl  |)ui-!ii  k in.u'.sl.-y,  I.,  in  I'liila.l.-lpliia,  .Ian.  ."-,  I-!!. 
a  .-I1  T!,  :  n  >pn  n^lii-1.1,  Ma^s. 

•-•-I.    \.    Marv   l>\vi_U'lil     Kii;--Ify.  1).   in    Nc\v  York,  April  L'l1,   1^1''., 
n->i<Ii-s  iiiinijirricd  at   lumn-. 

L'.'I.'I.'I.  \  i.  hani.l  l)\\i:Jil  K  ilrj-1  -\  ,  1>.  in  I'liiia.'ti-lj'hi;'..  Mav  II.  l^^^. 
il.  in  >i\  \vi-cks  at'ti-r  MIM  h. 

j  S.-\  i-nt  h    L^'ni'i-at  im:.  j 

•J."'!x.  i\.  Sai-ali  l.aml.  I  »\vi^iit  ( .  l.iu.  <  >f  I  >an  i«-l  l>v.i-lit  i  .f  \V,-M  m.  ,••.- 
lamK  N.  II..  ami  .Mar\  I  ).  Mat?.,-  ,n  ).  I,.  An-  il.  |s]s.  ,,,.  A;:-  L»7, 
M  ID.  .l,,s,-],h  Olinstfiul  Kin-.  IL  May  |S,  1 -:  I  !  (sun  <>i'  A1..-1  KiiiL'  »\' 
I'lnt'u-M,  ('t.,  ami  .Malirl  1 1  -y  in  >!>U ),  a  nr-n-liant  at  .liic!<s..n\  ill.-.  111., 
Nvhri'c  all  liis  cliilili'.-n  were  ln,i  n. 
|  Kiu'lit  li  <  -I  iicra!  i'  in.  |  ( 'liilihvn  : 

L'."'.""''.    i.    .Mary    D^iu'lM    KiiiLT.  ''.  -I  uly  7,    |S|1. 

L' .">."•  7.  ii.  Kmniii  Ma!..-l  Kin,:.  1».  Mar.-li  I",  l^l-'t,  in.  Maivh  1'.  IN-'.'.I. 
.li.lni  I'.'.iliii  l>\\iuli'  of  St.  Louis,  MM.  S;-(.'  jircNinus  }iau'-'.  N". 
L'"'"1'.  il. 

l'.V-,<.  iii.  Ivhvanl. !..-•!.!,  K  i ,-.  1 ..  .1  un-  1  1 .  1  -  !  7.  ;. ,.  -k  1 1:-  tM1-'  ].:,!»* 
of  tin-  n. II. -^.-  .-our-.-  in  lilinoi-  Coll.-^'  at  .la-k-  .n\  il'.-.  111.  (1s"'..".  ."'). 
II'-  in.  -I  n  i  i-  !".  l^7'.'>.  l.la  Virginia  Sa  \\yn-.  li.  in  Kana.wha  «',,..  \'a., 
.Ian.  _".  Is1  Ionian,  of  !>;•.  ('liarl'-  K"in!.i"  Sa \vy.-r  ami  Virginia 
I',  ri  ^-j- ).  Ill1  i-  in  c.  iiniiii  -•-!•  'ii  1  UK -11 1 — .  at  -I  ;n  •!<•*"!,  \  i!  I'1. 

I'.".:.'.'.  i\.  William  Ma;;..,,,,  Kii,-.  I..  M.-.r.-li  !.  !-""'.  -rail,  a'  ll!i- 
nni-  <  '"II.  in  I  v.  n.  i-  1 kkf]i,T  i  i  ^,  .". )  at  Siant-n,  111. 

IT"  Mr-.  Sarali  I>'.\:L:''II  K  i !,_'  i  liank  -  a;---  .1  .n-  i'")1  hi"-:  ofiln-  fai'ts 
IK-IT  fiiriii-h'-il  i-oii'-f I'liiiii.'  ln-i'  fatln'i'V  I'ainiiv. 


in  .i-.-|:ln-I.  N.   II. I.  I..    I'.  •-.  -•"'.   l^i'l.  in.  .luiy    K>.  I-  I1''.  l-::i/M-  \\ 
of    r,a-i    Wimi-T.    (  '!..    !,.     Au_'.    17.    I  -  17     -..n    "t'    Kiiim   \\'..  . 
i;    .-;..  '    \!,.i  •;•:.).  -iv.-i.  :^    \..\-  in    I--:1,  ami    r.im     :•  .1    i"    1 
,;.,-.],:•     I-,'    -•v.-!1al     x.-ar-  ••i-n-a-1.!    in    railn.a.iil:-  -M:.l    ;,M 
i .    '.  '    .!  ;:.•!;-.  .!.  \  :!!••.    Ilk.  \\  it  iimii    -jMM'ial  i  n,]'!-'\  IIP  M    in    !  -  7 

1  K:  .1  •   t  I'-m-i-a  ;  ii  MI.        <  'liil'Ir.1)!  : 

.    i.    I.,  -nfv.  MI  \\'"1.-  .".  !'.  \"V.  L',  1-17.  .1.   An-.  7.   I-'  -. 
M    hv.  i  \\    .  .•-•:.  J..    !>,-,-.    I1.*.    I-/'''. 


[  Sixth  ( Generation.  ] 

2401.  \iii.  Justus  Dwight.  .'Jr.,  1).  Aug.  20,  1781  (sou  of  Justus 
Dwight  of  Belchertown  and  Sarah  Lamb),  111.  Sophia  Dwight,  b.  1780 
(dan.  of  Col.  Henry  Dwight  of  AVarren,  Mass.,  and  Kuth  llich. 
See  subse(|ucnt  page,  Xo.  (M-lii.  vi).  She  <1.  Xov.  20,  1S14,  act.  28.  He 
m.  Ja.li.  0,  ISIS,  Kli/a  Marshall,  b.  in  Bolton,  Ct..  Nov.  IS,  1  7'JS  (dan. 
of  .John  Marshall,  b.  April,  1 703,  and  d.  Aug.  30,  ]81f>3  and  Betsey 
Bissell,  1).  Oct.  20,  17(5:3,  and  d.  Nov.  22,  1810).  He  was  a  man  of 
high  moral  excellence.  He  d.  after  a  long  and  painful,  illness,  Julv  :>2, 
1S:')0,  act.  .")4,  was  a  faviiicr  at  Belchertown.  Mrs.  Dsviglit  united  with 
the  churcli  when  14  years  of  age,  and  found  through  her  long  life  of 
widowhood  and  of  abounding  family  cares,  her  Cod  her  strength  and 
stay.  Shed.  Nov.  17,  ISfiS. 

[Seventh  ( Jeiieration.  ] 

7>y  first  I'-ife  : 

2.") 04.  i.  Sophia  Emmeline  Dwight,  b.  3Iay  2,  1 8 1 0,  m.  ])eo.  28, 
18-°>(),  l^hliul  Smith,  a  merchant,  formerly  at  Cranby,  Mass.,  but  of  later 
years  an  insurance  agent  in  llacine,  \Yis.  She  d.  -Vug.  11,  JS:jO.  One 
child  : 

2.105.  1.  Josiah  Dwight  Smith,  b.  July  2,  1832,  d.  .March,  2,°,,  1810, 
of  scarlet  fever. 

J)ij  xccoiul  ii'ifi'  : 

2;")0r,.  ii.  j'.etsey  Bissell  Dwight,  b.  Sept.  18,  1819,  m.  Oct.  28,  18(0} 
Simeon  Rich  3.) wight  (son  of  Col.  Simeon  Dwight  of  Belchertowii, 
]\I;iss.,  and  Martha  .Rice),  a  fanner  in  Belchertown.  See  subsequent  page. 

2")07.  iii.  Susan  Dwight,  b.  Dec.  8,  1.S21.  d.  Jan.  1,  1844,  of  com- 
sumption,  siiflering  long  and  much,  but  often  saying  that  '•they  who 
were  pivpaivd  and  called  to  die  young  were,  the  favored  ones;  since  it 
re(|iiir,>.'l  more  grace  to  meet  the  trials  and  temptations  of  life  than  to 
die." 

2.V)S.    iv.    Xancy  Dwight,  b.  Oct.   10,  1823,  d.  April    11,  1.82.1. 

L'-IO'J,  v.  Nancy  Dwight,  b.  Oct.  23.  182-1,  m.  Oct.  20,  ls(7,  I'.yron 
Smith  of  S.  H-ulley,  It.  at.  Croton,  Ct.,  J  uly  182-1  (son  of  Krastus 
^'eiinan!  SmLlh  and  .Rebecca  !  5a  rbi-rj,  a .  farint-r  and  dealer  in.  Hour. 
Children  : 

2-17<>'.    1.    Rebec'-a   Francis  Smitli,  b.  .A]>ril  2ii,   ls.">2. 

2-171.  2.  l']rar,lus  Oilberi  Smith,  b.  April  :50,  18-1;1,  now  (1871)  in 
Amherst  Coll. 

2172.    vi.    Ann  Mli/a   Dwight,  b.   Aug.  2,  182^,grad.  at  Mt,  H'olyoke 


}>.  x,;  n<l<l,ifs   of  ('<lj,f.    Xtl'lil. 
h'.r,         '/'/,,     Sn;i     <>/'    \ilf]i<liii(}    /'//•/.////,   of   \<n-tli<lnij>toii, 

Si  -MI.  in  1^17,  has  I  illicit  in  \  arioiis  M'hool>  l'i  ii-  \'.\  vi -iii's  in1  m<  >r>-,  a-.  111 
\Vill< .Mu'hliv.  <  »..  Kochesicr.  N.  Y.,  Karmiiiirtuii.  ( 't.,  and  K!i/al>eth.  N. 
.1.  She  has  resided  for  sc\  cr;il  vears  p:t>t  ;it  S.  lladh-v,  unii:ai-i  i'-d  :  U 
n»\\  (  1  -"7  I  )  a  teacher  in  lloche-ter.  N.  N'. 

L'.'N."..    \ii.    Josiah    Dwiu'ht,  1>.    I'V'n.  <i,    l^i'il',  d.  June  S,    IS.VJ. 


L'llL*.  iv.  Knnice  l>wiLdit  (dan.  of  <  'apt.  Natlil.  I>wi-ht  of  I'.elcher- 
\n\\  n  and  Hannah  Lvinan  ),  1>.  M  ay  L'-N  1712,  in.  No\  .  1  '2.  1  7'i  i .  J  "»'].lt 
(I raves,  li.  Sej.t.  17.')-""  (SUM  of  Jonathan  (I raves.  Jr..  1>.  in  llaMieid. 
March  (I.  17i"'J.  and  d.  at  lieldi-'i't  •  >\vn  in  17V7.  and  .Mar_';ir'-t  SII-I.IIL.', 
li.  in  1711.  dan.  <>f  Nalhaidel  Si  run;,'  uf  Nurt  hain]  it'  >n  and  H.-ln-c-ca 
Stel.liins.  Se,'  lli>t.  of  the  Strong  Kamily.  vol.  ii.  ]>j>.  1147-0.  The 
|iarenl>  of  Jonathan  (-raxes.  Jr..  were  Jonathan  <Ira\e>  ot  llattield 
and  Sarah  Par>on^).  He  was  a  fanner  and  innl<ei-|(ei'  at  I  leli-hertown. 
Hi?  d.  tln-rc  Ajiril  17,  I70ti,  act.  (H);  shed.  Sept.  'Jd,  1 SUT.  aei.  »;."). 
Sixth  <  leneral  ion.  ]  ( 'hildren  : 

L'.")7l.    i.     Kle.-ia   Cra\e>,l).   Nov.    lit.   17(!J,  d.  June  L'7,    I77'i,  aet.   1:5. 

L'">7.">.    ii.    I 'ere/  (Jraves,  1).  .May  it,  17»H.  d.    l-'eK.  '.».   1^7.  a-t.  I'L'. 

•_'.")71''.  iii.  Margaret  (iraves,  b.  l''el».  ^S,  1  Ttid.  d.  1  >rc.  1'.'.  1  !('•'>.  aet. 
L'H.  She  in.  I>enjamiii  1  lov.  e. 

Ll.">77.  i\ .  Ml' -eta  <  i  i'a\  es,  li.  Jan.  0.  1  7»i'-;.  in.  I  KM.  Aaron  L\  man,  J  r. 
S.-e  Mili'-eijueiit  paLTe.  No.  :!402.  i. 

L'"i7s.  v.  S'l-annah  (1  raves,  1>.  I  )er.  1  .">,  1 7|i!',  in.  Major  Nathan 
1  'ar-'  in--. 

L'."i7'.t.     vi.    Ju-iah    I'uiu'li!    (Iraves.  li.   Jan.   .">n.    I77i'. 

L'.")Sti.    vii.    Joiiatlian  Craves.    1>.    Marcli  .",n.    177!.  d.  unmarried. 

I'.'iM.    viii.    Klijah  Craves.  1).   April1.'.   177.">.  d.   March    11.   177^. 

L'."i>L'.    i\.     l-liijali  Craves,  I'd.  li.  S.-pt.   1  L',    177'.1.  d.  Jan.    1 :.'.    !  7'.'!'. 

•J-'i-^'i      \.     I'eiielupe  (iraves.   li.    An-',    l.'i.    I7V1.    in.  Jonathan    llarr. 

L'.'isl.    xi.    Ji.vpl,    Craves.   Jr..    !..    An,',    l!'.    1 7s,1, :     :i\,d    in    Ma\- 

ehester.     N.     V. 

l'."''-."i.    MI.    Jereiniah  (leaves,  li.    April  '.'.    17V|'. 

-•"'7  "'.     11.       I'el'e/   C  raves,    li.    Max     '.'.     I  71'  I  .    Hi.      V  I  Ilia    Spelieel".          lie    \\  as 

a    farmer    at     I'lelchertown,  and    after    I^L'I'I   at    <  >rono,   MI-.,   \\here    h"    d. 
Ill-   -on    |i.-;i.  J.i-.'ph  Cn\i--  li\c>  there  now. 

L'."'7'i.  ill.  MaruMi---:  i"  I 'c  _f_r\"i  Cra\i->.  1>.  I-'t-i).  L'^,  I  7'i'i.  n..  in 
!  7-."'.  I'.en.iamin  Houe  ,,f  |;.-|ehert,,\\  n.  Tl,.  \  had  I  children  ;  1. 
I v.ii'.ii'.' :  :'.  Harrii't.  \\ho  m.  in  isl'.t  Jus.'ph  \\'.  KM-,,I,  ,,('  N'e\\  Urain- 

-•  :    :'..    M.-.i          -i  :     I,    r.-'niaiain.  I.,  in    1  7'.'  I.  -i.   in    1^1  I,  a-  t.  .""',  \\  h  •- 
.•i    I  l.-nry   li\--  1    in    N'eu    I  Ia\en.  <  't. 

-'•'77.     i\.     I1'.!-  >•', ,      (Iia\es     idau.     of     Stephen     Craso      an-1      I'lunii-' 


Divight  of  jBelcliGrtown,  J/c/*s., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son,  of  Joint,  lotli  ofDcdkam,  Jfass.  407 

Du-ight),  b.  Jan.  9,  1708,  m.  Jan.  9,  1788,  Dea.  Aaron  Lyman,  b.  Oct. 
1,  17GO  (son  of  .Major  Josiah  Lyman  of  Ooshen,  Mass.,  and  Sarah 
Worthington  of  Colchester,  Ct.),  a  fanner  at  Charlemont,  Mass.,  where 
lie  d.  in  184").  She  d.  Aug.  14,  ISIS.  [Major  Josiali  Lyinaii  was 
the  son  of  Dea.  Aaron  Lvman  of  Belchertown  and  Eunice  Dwiglit, 
dan.  of  liev.  .Josiali  Dwight  of  Woodstock,  Ct.] 
[Seventh  Generation.]  Children: 

L'.'iSH.  i.  Josiah  Lyinaii,  1>.  J  >ec.  12,  17SS,  in.  May  20,  1819,  Ze- 
ruiah  A.  Loop.  lied.  March  11,  ]S-|S.  No  children. 

2fiS7.   ii.   Eunice  Lyman.  b.  Oct.  2  1 ,  17'.H),  d.  Nov.  '2'),  1S2G. 

i>f>S8.   iii.    Sophia  Lynian,  b.  Oct.  1'7,  171)2,  d.  April  lli,   1811. 

2;">S!>.   iv.   Almira  l.ynian,  1).  Sept.  :')(!,  17D4,  d.  May  4,  JS-jS. 

2 ")!.'().  v.  Susannah  l.yman,  b.  Sept.  !.">,  17(,><;,  in.  Mai'ch,  0,  1 827, 
Thomas  Carter.  She  d.  Sept.  20,  ISC,!).  One  child  : 

2.V.IL    1.   Aaron  Carter,  b.  Nov.   1  1,  1S2(J. 

2r)!J2.   vi.   Emily  Lyman,  b.  Oct.   14,  17(JS,  d.  April  ID,  JS22. 

2."»!»:i.  vii.  Margaret  Lyman,  b.  Nov.  22,  1800,  m.  Aug.  19,  1827, 
Josiah  Jiallard.  Two  children: 

2.M)4,    1.   Charles  Henry  Uallard,  b.  Jan.   1,  18:52. 

2o!>."").    2.    Frederic  Lyman  ISallard,  b.  Oct.    1,   1SM7. 

2.V.H;.  viii.  Abigail  Lyman,  b.  Feb.  25,  ISOo,  m.  Aj.ril  .'»,  1.S22, 
(Jnrdon  Swan,  and  has  had  '.'>  children: 

2.r)97.    1.    Kli-cia  Swan,  b.  Dec.  Ml,   ls:-',2. 

2:)9S.   2.   Angeline  Swan,  b.  July  10,   IS.'U. 

2-"tl)l!.   .3.    Margaretta  .!'.  Sv.-an. 

2(iOO.  i.v.  Klccra  Lyman,  b.  May  28,  ISO."),  m.  Oct.  2">,  18:51,. Dea. 
James  M^iller  Claghoi'ii,  b.  in  1801  (son  of  James  Claghorn  of  Ctini- 
mington,  ]\Iass.,  and  Asenath  Strong.  See  Hist,  of  Strong  Family, 
vol.  ii.  ])]).  8(iO — 1-)  :  8  children.  He  lives  in  .\.  Evans,  Erie  Co.,  N.  V. 

2(101.    X.    Myron  Lyman,  b.  May  •">,  1S07,  d.  Oct.  ;">,  ISHS. 

2i)(i2.  ,\i.  Frederic  Augustus  Lyman,  b.  .June  2"),  1  NO1,),  d.  .J  nl\  >. 
1809. 

200:5.    xii.    Lviulon  (!ra\'es  Lx'inan.  b.  June,  II,   1 '>  I O. 

2'iO).  xiii.  Augustus  l,c  IJai'i-on  Lvmun,  b.  June  2",  181:1,  d.  March 
8,  181"). 

[  Sixth    < lenerai  ion.  | 

Susanna     Craves    (dan.    of    Joseph     Craves     and     Eimirr 


Nathan  Parsons,!).  .March  22,  1 7">2  (son  of  Oliver  Parsons  of  J'.elcher- 
to\vn  and  A  m\  Could  ),  a  mercliant  and  farmer  a  I  P>elrherti>\vn  (  |  7S7- 
90),  al  Tliomaston,  Me.  (  1  790-  !  SOh  ),  and  at  P.angor,  .Me.  (  1  SO(U2:i)., 


/ >,  s,',  n,Itl,if«   of'  C<lj>f.     \dtlil. 
•p'.S        Tl»     >'"//    f>f  \iltlnfiiiil    /'//•//////,   of  \»rt],<i,i,j, f,,,,. 

\\lli-l-i-     }••     (I.     <>.'t.       II.     I  >•_':>.    arl.     71.         Mi-      til-t       \\ifi-      Was     <  ';il  1,.11'il,.' 

Could  idau.  ..f  l>r.  Dasid  Could  of  N.  .1..  ;in  !  a  <iaii.  of  C,,v.  John 
Pn.id  of  N.-l.i.  II'-  "as  a  rc\  ulil!  innal  V  .-oldi'-r  troln  tin-  lii'ujlliliilii;  I" 
lli.-  i -inl  of  tin-  war.  Hi-  v.  as  ;tt  I  hi-  ItaM  !••  of  I  ">i  ml;  >T  1  I  ill.  ;inil  of  Sal  a- 
t.i-a  v.  lii'ii  P>iip_'ovm-  suiTi-iidi'n-d.  and  wa>  i|iiarli-r<-d  \\itli  \\a-hiir_fioit 
at  Morn-town.  N.  .1.  Mrs.  Sii>;mii!ili  Parson--  d.  I  >.  '-.  17,  1  v-.":'.'.  a.-t. 
'.ii  >.  ;:  IIP  !!il>'-r  tin-  ."'(I  \  -<-,\\-<  a  in  I  m>  p|v  of  t  h>-  <  'on  if.  (  'I  i. 
|  ^'-\  .-ut  li  <  ''i-!i<M-ai  iim.  |  (  'liilili-iMi  : 

L'|'.'  '•"'.  i.  I5ii'lil  I  ';irsuiis  li.  Srjii .  S.  1  7s 7.  1 1.  at  (  tciiiiuinuwm-,  \\'i>..  in 
lsi',1. 

"'in,;     ii     Snarliawk   I'arsuiis.  li.  .Inlv    II.    17*!».  ,1.    Au-     I!.    |S.*,I. 

I  • 

I'l'iiiT.  iii.  < 'atliariiif  (imilil  I  (ar->i  m>.  IP.  N<>\.  17,  17'1!,  in.  UP  v.  <  ). 
S.  'I'aylur.  ,1.  at  Aul.urn,  N.  \'. 

iMii.x.    jv.    SlicM-lock   I'ai-M.ns.  1..  (  let.   17.   I7:'."p. 

L'i'iii'.i.  v.  Su.-an  (!r;i\cs  I'ar-^Kiis.  1>.  Au^.  -~ .  I"'.1-"1,  in.  f'ajpt.  S.  ( '. 
linn-ill.  .. i'  MMl.ilr  Ala.  I!.-  d..  an<l  shr  IVM.I.-N  at  I'-aii^'t-.  M-. 

L'l'iH'.  \i.  K!<-rta  I. \inan  I  'a  I'.-niis.  1  >.  at  Tlioina--!  "li.  M  '-.,  A 'i;_r.  '',  i  7'.'7, 
i,  -!'!••-  unmarried  at  I>ani;i>r;  Mf. 

L'p'.ll.    vii.    l-'.lijali  Cravr.s  Pars-. UN,  1,.  Maivh   In.   I7'.iit. 

L1''.!!'.    \iii.    I'liny   Du-iu'li*    I'ai'- pn>.  1,.    |-\-i).    1.    l^n]. 

L'''.|:'i.  i\.  r.-ni-lijir  (ii\-i\fs  1'ar-iins.  1>.  .Ian.  1  .">.  |Sn.°i.  m.  |!,i!in;nd 
('..ll.imi.  II. •  d.  June  l:'p.  |sr,S  :  ,,,,  isMir. 

J-:i  !.    x.     Ki.I.-lU   l'ar-pn~.  1,.   Marrli  2.    IMI.\  d.  -I-,,,.   L'.    i  V,  | . 

L11''!"'.    \i.    .Mary  Vox-  I'avMHis,  IP.  at  Th(ini;'>tnn.   Mar.-li  7.    l"l!7. 

L1'-,!':.    xii.    Park    Il-pilaii'l    l'ars',n>.  1..  al     I  !a  1 1-_"  >r.   Mai.'li  S.    IMI'.I. 

•_'••.  17.  :.iii.  Kinina  Could  Par-.:,-..  IP.  N.P\.  L'.  1  >  1 1',  in.  \\'iili.-:in  1'.. 
M  ,:--•  of  Cnion,  .M.-. 


L'1'".-..    i.    I'.ndd   I'ar.-oiis,  li.   S  -pt.  ->.   17-7.  in.  in  Or..!;...   M--.,  in   1-17. 
M  n-;.    I!.  Ilin  -l;l.-y.  '-.  in   I'.i-nn-u  i.-h.  M.-..  in   1  7'.'7.       !L    v  a- a  n. 
!,-    ll.pii-oi-.  M.-..  l,n;  af;.-i-   Hl'L1  a:  Oroi,,.  M,..      1 1  M.-.t.-r  \.-;.r>  1..    -p-nt 
a1    i  >'- • .:,.  'in  iu  oi-.    \\"i-..   wli'M'.-  -li"  d.   in    1  X"'L'.  : • :.-!   IP-  in    i  s'i  I .  ad.   77. 

Tin-  r. -i -i  ird  .III  IP  p  I  i-  .IIP-  t  - '  hand  nnt  il  a  1 1.  -r  ma  n\  |.aL.f.  ••-  in  ad  \  ani-i1 
v  •  -  :•:••!  and  n'iinli'-n-d.  On'v  ih,-  t':miil\  iiiii.il"-r  i-aii  I"-  -_i\.-n 
t;  '  •  •..,-,-  :-P  i-ari,  ,-hi!d.  v.iilp.ni  a!-,  ih,-  -.-n.  ral  nn:n!..-r. 


(  'hildn-n  : 

M,      I.:!'.      P,  .  ;,'      Pal,-  -r     ill      1-  I!'.     1,1.     in      I-  !".     .1,,],,;     I.. 

M  .   a    himih-r  liP-lvhanl    in    O,-, ,,.,,.        M.-    d.   and     -In-   m.    I'-r   a    I'd    hn- 

1.      'I   \\~  :i-:i  ,    P.    M-  ad.  a  d.-nti-i    i;:  <  >r,.i,.,.       N-.  .-hi'dn-n. 

i:,    .1    ;    .     P      Par  -•:.-.    1..    in     Pan-  .r    in     \^'2l  .     in.    it;    <  L-.  'n-np  .v, . ..-. 
M  .'  :    _r   ,,('    <  )-v,-r_'  ..    \.    V.       I  |,     i,    a    i'arnr-r    in    (  I.-' .IP  . IIP -v 

:     I  i.  ,.   (.. 


ld  of  jBelchertown,  Mass., 

Son  of  Timotlnj,  Son  of  Jolt  //,  l>otU  of  Dedliam,  J/^-9.    4(30 

iii.  Susan  G.  Parsons,  b.  in  Orono,  Me.,  in  182:5,  in.  in  1841  M. 
D.  (/ui-ran,  a  merchant  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Seven  children  : 

1.  Abby  I).  Curran,  b.  in  4'lattville,  Wis.,   in   1842,  d.  in   184G   in 
Milwaukee. 

2.  Henry  G-.  Curran,  1).  in  Galena,  TIL,  in  1844. 

3.  Michael  Budd  Curran,  b.  in  Milwaukee  in  1840. 

4.  Abby   Curran,    b.    there    in    1818,   in.    Capt.    John    Williams    of 
Junction  Citv,  Kansas. 

f>.  IMary  E.  Curran,  b.  there  in  18,10,  m.  Frank  P.  Moss,  postmaster 
at  Junction  City. 

G.   William  Mead  Cumin,  b.  in  Oconomowoc,  Wis.,  in  18.35. 

7.   Lucia  M.  Curran,  b.  in  Manito\voc,  Wis.,  in  1857. 

iv.  Rebecca  A.  Parsons,  b.  in  Orono  in  182G,  m.  in  Monroe,  Wis., 
Mr.  George  W.  Fay,  1).  in  Boston  in  1811,  a  merchant  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  afterwards  in  Oconomowoc,  Wis.  Four  children  : 

1.  C.  P.  Fay,  b.  in  Boston  in  1837. 

2.  Abby  L.  Fay.  b.  in  Boston  in  1842. 

3.  William  Budd  Fay,  b.  in  Ocoiiomowoc,  Wis.,  in  18-30.     4.  Mary  .E. 
Fay,  1;.  there  in  18.")"!. 

v.  Flmond  IF.  Parsons,  b.  in.  Orono,  Me.,  in  1828,  a  machinist,  m. 
in  1800  Martha  A.  Merviii,  b.  in  Wis.  in  1844.  Two  children: 

1.    Wilson  Parsons,  and  2.   Lucia  M.  Parsons. 

vi.  Elijah  D.  Parsons  b.  in  Orono  in  1830,  m.  in  18.").")  in  Oconomo- 
woc, Julia  Bond,  b.  in  Xew  York  in.  1834:  a  merchant,  has  throe 
children:  Frederic,  Edgar  and  William  41. 

vii.  Elizabeth  4].  Parsons,  b.  in  Orono,  Me.,  in  1834,  m.  in  18.3:3 
Charles  Thompson,  a  farmer  in  Oconomowoc,  "Wis.,  who  was  b.  in 
Attica,  X.  \  .  They  have  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter. 

2GOG.  ii.  Sparhawk  Parsons  (son  of  Major  Nathan  Parsons  of  Bel  - 
chertown,  and  Susannah  Graves),  b.  July  14,  .1.781),  m.  Aug.  28,  J821-, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Dean  Keeler,  nr'n  Travis,  b.  Feb.  23,  1  78.3  (dau.  of  Bartholo- 
mew Travis,  and  widow  of  .Horace  Keeler,  \\honi  she  m.  July  3,  181G, 
having  by  him  one  child,  Matthew  4'.  Keeler  of  Rockville,  .N.  ^'. ,  b. 
June  i),  1817).  In  the  war  of  1812  IK'  was  ;t  captain  of  marines,  and 
commanded  the  quarter  deck  of  the  ship  (!en!.  Armstrong.  In  an  en- 
<*agenient  oil*  Cape  de  Verd  Islands  he  was  wounded  in  the  groin,  and 
had  to  mo\e  about  for  manv  veai's  on  crutches  and  canes.  Ileside  a 
surgical  o[)eration  about  1.821  for  this  wound,  he  had,  some  2")  years 
later,  his  right  leg  amputated  below  tin-  knee.  IFe  resided  for  t  he 

Q-reater  part  of  his  life  at    New  York.       lie  d.  ;u  Baniroi-,  ."Me.,  ol' a  dis 

&    '  j  ~      "  ~ 

ease  of   the    kidneys,  Aug.  11,  18G1,  act,  72,   "a  gentleman,  a  scholar. 


I ><  xfi'iiililiif*  uf'  ('iljif.    XilfltJ. 
•17*1       Tin    -s'"//  of  X'llflnt nil  I   /<>//•//////,  of  \orflt<tni]>foit, 

and  a   hero."  and    better  than   them  all.  a  Christian.      His   uit'e    d.  June 
•_'S   |s:57,  in  N'.-w  Viu-k.       He  had  but  on.-  child  : 

I'1'.  Is.  i.  \\iii.  liartlioloiiit-w  Pudd  Parsons.  I..  Juni-  L'">.  1s-!.'"',  in. 
Oct.  I'll.  1  >.>(•,.  Lucy  M.  Hanson  (dan.  of  Samuel  P.  llalison  of  lid- 
fast.  Me.).  He  resides  at  New  York.  <>lie  child: 

L'l'il!1.  1.  Louis  Craven  Parson-.  I,,  in  Prooklyn,  Nov.  <">.  1  >o  1  ("ihe 
d;.\  of  th>-  election  of  Lincoln  a-  the  Pre-t.  ,,f  ihe  I".  S.") 

Sevent h  ( ieuerat  ion.  | 

l_''ii  '7.  iii.  Cat  ha  rim-  Could  Parsons  (dan.  of  Nathan  Pars-ins  and  Su- 
sannah C  raves),  b  No\ .  17.  I  7'.' I .  in.  NOV.  !.  IS  i'i.  Il.-v.  <  Mivcr  Swaine 
Taylor.  I.L.D..  b.  I  tec.  17.  I7M  (si  HI  of  Thaddeus  Taylor  of  New 
I  p-w;di.  N.  1 1.,  and  P. rid _:  -t  \Valt-m),  n'rad.  at  I  )  irt  'noiit  h  in  1  ^'Ki.  prac- 
tised medicine  at  Dover.  N.  II. .and  Peh-hertown,  .Ma--.,  for  !  years 
(l>l."i-7),  was  clerk  in  the  Treasury  Department  of  the  A.  P.  ( '.  V. 
M.at  I'.o-ton.  and  Asst.  Mdit'ir  of  "  Tin-  Paiiopiist  "  at  ISoston  (  Is  1  7- 
L"'i.  I'or  L'7  \eai-s  lie  taudit  school  in  various  places,  as  I  ladh-v.  Ma-s., 
Homer,  N.  V.,  Auburn.  N.  N'..  Prat tsbi-.rdi,  N.  Y.,  and  T.-.-uin>.-li.  Midi. 
IP-  was  ordained  an  evangelist  in  middle  life,  and  piea.-ln-d  for  ]n  \.-ar.s 
a-  he  had  op  port  unit  v.  while  also  keeping  school  (  Is  |li-.">i  i ). 

<  M'  his  pupils.  several  have  been  mayors  of  cities;  three,  judges  of 
rouiitv  court-:  three,  jud_"--  of  the  Supreme  Court  :  six.  members  of 
CoiiLTess  ;  t  \\-i  i.  general-  in  the  I  nion  Arniv:  seven,  foreign  mis-ion- 
ari.-s  :  T\\'d\e,  tutor-  and  pi-ot'e--ors  in  college  :  and  ti\.-.  presidents  ot' 
colleges.  (  hie  of  these  was  tin-  tir-t  I".  S.  einbassador  to  Japan  ;  and 
several  of  them  ha\e  b.-.-n  eminent  a-  physicians  and  as  minister.-  of 
the  C., -pd. 

|-'e\\-  cart  hi  v  lives  indeed  an-  nund-d  up  ^  it  h  an\  siidi  noble  n  ,-,  ,rd 
of  wide-spread  usefulness.  !!••  ha-  resided  ot'  late  years  in  Auburn, 
N.  N".  si,,-  d.  July  7,  isi;:>. 

[  Mi_rht  h  <  ienerat  ion.  |       <  'hiidren  : 

L'i'iL'ii.  i.  Catharine  Could  Taylor,  b.  Dec.  In.  \>\~,  m.  Dd--M. 
K-.-l.-r. 

L''.L'l.    ii.     P.-v.  Charles  Taylor,  b.  Sept.    |...    1>1!». 

L'1 '.!''_'.  iii.  H'-nrv  Mart\ii  Ta\lor,  b.  \la\  '.',  l^L'"1,  in.  Marv 
A'i'_'ii-ia  Marl.-  (dan.  of  Justus  Marie  ;md  Anna  Matilda  Stau'L'):  n 
del -k  at  Auliurn.  N.  \  .  No  children. 

L'1!!':'..     i\.     Mduard    Pa\-on   Ta\lor,   b.    S.-pt.    L'7,    l^L'7. 

L'  ''i  I'-'',     i.    C;l  thai-ill"  Could   Ta\  lor,    b.    D.-C.    I  •'.,    1  >  1  7.  III.   (  »cl .  .".  1 ,    1  >.""'., 

D.-'|.  Milt.  .11        Keeler.     b.       Sept.L'l.      1^1.1        (soil       l.f       Dr.     >i'a-        Keeler      of 

•pi...  N.  \..\,.  Apiil  II.  17'.'."..  and  d.  April  I."-.  |-''.7.  and  1,'d.eeea 
La  .  b.  N,,\.  :•,!».  |7'.'l.  an.l  d.  <  >ct.  I-1,.  I  -:'.:.  i.  II--  ie-i,i,  d  at  \u 


Duytfjld  of  Jlelcliertown, 
Sou  of  Timothy,  Sou,  of  John,  Itotli  of  Dedliam,  Jfass.   471 

burn,  X.  Y.,  and  was   Secy,  and  Treasr.  of  The  Tuttle   Manufacturing 
Co.  of  Agricultural  Implements.      He  d.  of  paralysis  Oct.  1,  18G8, 
[Xinth  Generation.]      Children: 

2(524.  i.   Homy  Taylor  Keeler,  1).  Oct.  2(5,  1857. 

2(52.").   ii.    Catharine  Keeler,  b.  Sept.  23,  1851). 

2(52(5.   iii.   An  infant,  b.  and  d.  Feb.  21,  1861. 

2(527.   iv.    Charles  Keeler,  b.  Jan.  9,  18(53. 

[  Kighth  Generation.] 

2(521.  ii.  Pev.  Charles  Taylor,  b.  Sept.  15,  1819,  in.  at  Camden,  S. 
C.,  Dec.  2(5,  184(5,  Charlotte  Jane  Gamewell,  1>.  in  Marlboro  Dist.,  S. 
C.,  May  20,  1828  (dau.  of  Pev.  John  Gamewell,  a  Methodist  clergy- 
man, b.  in  Maryland,  Sept.  12,  17(5(5,  and  Delilah  Booth,  b.  in  S.  C., 
April  21,  1792).  lie  was  grad.  at  X.  Y.  University  in  1840,  and  be- 
came at  once  a  classical  teacher  in  a  Methodist  Seminary  at  Coxeburgh, 
S.  C.  For  (5  years  (1848-54)  he  was  a  missionary  at  Shanghai,  China: 
for  3,  Professor  in  the  Spartanburgh  Fein,  ('oil.,  S.  C.  (1S55-S)  ;  then 
Genl.  Supt.  of  Sunday  Schools  of  the  M.  E.  Ch.  South  (185S-G1),  and 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  AVadesboro  Dist.,S.  C.  Conference  (18(51-5). 
In  isGd  he  was  elected  Prest.  of  The  Kentucky  AVesIeyan  University 
at  Millersburgh,  Ky. 

|  Xintli  Generation.]      Children  : 

2(52*.    i.    Charles  Gamewell  Taylor,  b.  Sept.  19,  1S47. 

2(521).  ii.  AVilliam  Taylor,  b.  Sept.  IS,  1S49,  d.  Oct.  24,  1*49,  at 
Shanghai. 

2(5:5(1.   iii.    Henry  Parsons  Taylor,  b.  Sept.  20,  1851. 

2(531.   iv.   Martha  Wilson  Taylor,  b.  April  19,  1855. 

2(532.  v.  Frank  Taylor,  b.  July  31,  1857,  d.  at  Columbia,  S.  C., 
Dec.  10,  18(50. 

2(133.  vi.  Catharine  Taylor,  b.  Feb.  14,  18C50,  d.  at  Chennv,  S.  C., 
May  14,  18(55. 

2(5:51.    vii.    John  Oliver  Taylor,  b.  Sept.  '12,  1SG2. 

2(535.    viii.    Charlotte;  Booth  Taylor,  1).  May  12,  18(55. 

2(53(5.    ix.    Kdsvard  Payson.  Taylor,  b.  Xov.  29,  18(57. 

Kiu'lith  ( ieneration.  ] 

2<523.  iv.  Edward  J'ayson  Taylor,  b.  Se]i:.  27,  1S27,  m. 
1851,  I'Yanres  1'earce  Holt,  b.  at  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  Aug. 
(dau.  of  Charles  Holt,  b.  al  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  Xov.  9,  1M>5,  and  Jane 
Pearce,  b.  at  Truro,  iMig.,  June  22,  lS()Sj,;i  member  of  a  large  cabinet- 
ware  house  in  New  York.  His  family  resides  in  Brooklyn. 

[Ninth  Generation.]      Children: 
2U37.    i.    Edward  Pearce  Taylor,  b.  .May   I'.',  1S52. 


L'''..".-.  ii.    Franc's   Parsons  Taylor,  b.  June  1  o, .  Js.",  |,  d.   March.   I-."'1.'. 

•J1'."-!1.  iii.    < 'lenient    l-'rcnch  Ta\lor.  1>.  Jan.    L".1.    1 -">'.'. 

L'l1,  In.  i\.    <  'harles  Taylor    b.  July    I  1.    ISdl. 

L'ii  I  1.  v.    Frank    Holt   Taylor,  b.  July   I.",.    IShV,. 

|  Seventh    <  leiicra  t  ion."] 

L'MIIS.  iv.  Sherlock  Parsons,  b.  <>ct.  17.  I7'.r.'i  ('son  of  Maior  Nathan 
Parsons  and  Susannah  <  I  ra  \  e>  ),  in.  Jan.  L'L',  I  -L'L',  1 1  anna  h  '  •  r.  >-\  cnor, 
b.  in  St.  Vincent,  \V.  I .  (dan.  of  Sand,  and  Fli/.ab-th  <  .  ro-\  enor  of 
Frederii  ton,  N.  !'•/).  Me  was  at  tirst  a  shiji-lmilder  in  Fredeiicton, 
N.  P.  i  1^1  l-17i,  then  followed  the  c-oastinu  trade  for  17  vear-  '  1  v  i  7- 
.">  t  t.  b-i  \\  ecu  l-'rederieton  a  ni  I  Si .  John,  and  afterwards  settled  a  I  I  'n.no, 
Me.  (  is;1,  |  ..C,,;,.  Since  isijil  he  ha-  iv,i([e,|  at  M  e,  i  foi  -,  I .  M  a  - .-. .  a  nd 

been    e!il_';iL,'  •!  1    HI    !l  (•(  Ml  11 1  j  ll^-lll  )11S(  •    III     I  lost  o|i. 

|  Fi-'ht  h    <  ienerat  j,,,|.  j      (  'hildren  : 

L^il'J.  i.  I'lli/abeth  Susannah  Parsons,  b.  I  )ec.  S.  I--L'I'.  m.  ()ct.  1, 
1-17.  Uev.  Har\vy  M.  Stone,  b.  in  Cabot,  \'t.,  irrad.  at  P>.inU'-i-  Th.  ol. 
S, -in.  iii  1  s  1  7  :  a  < 'OHL;.  minister  set  tied  siicci-s-i\el\  at  Illiie  Mil!.  Me.. 
\Valdoboro.  Me..  Cardine,-.  Me..  South  Di'imis.  Mass.,  Middieboro, 
Mass.,  Laconia,  N.  II.,  and  now  (IS7:1,)  Uochester,  N.  II.  No 


•_l(i|:'>.  ii.  Sanniel  ( Jrnsvcnor  I'arMins,  1>.  (>et.  1  ^.  1VJI.  in.  Se]it..">, 
ISiil.  Mary  Kli/.abetli  l'"all  of  ( 'liai'lestown.  Mass.  :  Secy,  of  Tin'  I'ut- 
nani  I-'ire  I  ns.  (  'o.  at  1  lai't  t'ord.  <  't.  :  one  child. 

1'iill.  iii.  Anna  hofotliea  I'arsoiis,  1,.  May  L'L'.  !>L'7.  in.  Oct.  1.",. 
is:,].  Jo.-.;,!,  Thomas  Minckley.  a  merchant  at  I'.lne  Mill.  Me.:  I 
children. 

L'>'i  1">.  iv.  Sherlock  lindd  Par>ons.  1,.  An--.  II,  !XL".'.  a  -a!.--iu,-i  n  in  a 
clot  hiirj;  sti  ire  in  I'.o-ton  :  nnniarried. 

L'tilii.    \.    \\'illiani   Johnson    l'arson>.  }>.    Sejii.    •>.    l>.'i|,    m.    No\.    7. 

I-'',  1.    I.Ucy     Kl.irid-e   of     Al-Ale,     Me.  Melixedat     <),,,,,,,.     M,..          |[,      ,1. 

Sept.  !•;.  I-'-.."'. 

L'1'  1  7.  \  i.  1  'I  i  n\"  I  )\\  lu'hi  I 'a  i>o  i  is.  1>.  A  n  ;_.'.•">.  I  ^."i  1 .  re.-iili  >  uninarried 
in  <  >iv_'on. 

L'|!|V;.     \  n.    ''harle-.    (  !  i-i  .>\  i-ip  >v     I'ar-on-,   li.    |-'eli.   L'L'.    l^''7.    in.     June 
1-<;|.   Martha    Iv    Ifo^'-rs    of  ( 'onway.    M;!».  :    a  |.r..\  i-ion    m.-ichai 
I'.-.-ton.   Ma-s.      Hi-  fainilv    reside,  in   Me,|to|-d.   Ma--       One 

L'1 '  I '. '.    \  iii.    I  '•  i  in ;  i  m  I  '  '•  >11  HI  rn    I  'ar-oii-,  li.  Jan.     i  •"•.    I  - ".'<'. '.  ei(_-:  _,  ,  ]    m 

llll  lid  I  lr_r    cabinet     i  ,]'--;i  II-. 

L'''i"'H.     Jx.     Mar\    <  Irc^.rv    I'ar.-on-.   b.     March    1  ."i.    I-M. 

L"  •.."•!.       .     Maria    Va\  e-,,nr    I'ar-.n-.  b.     March     I  :..    ]-!!.,  i.     Aiii-, 


Dwiglit  of  Udeli  ertown,  Jfass., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJolin,  Iiotli.  of  Dcdham-,  3f((*s.   473 

[Seventh  ( veneration.] 

2G11.  vii.  Elijah  Graves  Parsons  (son  of  Major  Xathan  Parsons 
and  Susanna  Graves),  b.  March  10,  1799,  a  surveyor  of  lumber  at 
Bangor,  Me.  He  m.  July  13,  1830,  Oetavia  Jane  Perry,  1).  Sept.  11, 
1801  (dau.  of  Dea.  John  Perry  of  Brunswick,  Me.,  and  Jane  Stan- 
wood). 

[  Kighth  Generation.]      Children: 

2G-~>2.  i.  Susan  Jane  Parsons,  b.  in  Orono,  Mo.,  Aug.  11,  1831,  m. 
Sept.  30,  IS. "Hi,  AVilliam  Scott  Edwards,  a  civil  engineer  in  Portland, 
Me.,  b.  there  Feb.  23,  1830  (son  of  'William  Enstis  Edwards,  former 
editor  of  The  Portland  Advertiser,  and  Adeline  Oerrish  '(dau.  of 
Joseph  Gerrish  and  Barbara  Scott).  One  son  : 

2G.">3.    1.  Eustis  AVilliam  Edwards,  b.  July  27,  1S.")7. 

2(').")4.  ii.  Xathan  Appleton  Parsons,  b.  in  Orono,  May  21,  1833,  a 
merchant  in  Chicago,  111.,  m.  Oct.  8,  JS.">7  Amelia.  Sophia  P>all  of  Chi- 
cago, b.  in  Bui-ford,  C.  AV.,  Sept.  1,  1837  (dau.  of  Silas  .Rosier  Ball 
and  Ja,ne  Sophia  Hyde).  He  was  capt,  of  Co.  1,  f)3d  111.  Kegt.  (Col. 
Oushman).  He  d.  at  Chicago  when  on  a  furlough  for  the  recovery  of 
his  health,  May  10,  18(i2,  of  typhoid  fever,  calmly  trusting  in  Christ. 
He  had  one  child  : 

2  f>  .">.">.    1.    Lucius  AVillard  Parsons,  b.  Jan.  23,  18G1. 

2G.")G.  iii.  John  Perry  Parsons,  b.  in  Orono,  May  12,  183"),  a  civil 
engineer  in  Now  Orleans,  La. 

2G.">7.  iv.  Adeline  Wilson  Parsons,  b.  in  Orono  June  20,  1837,  d.  in 
The  Lisane  Hospital  at  Augusta,  Me.,  .March  14,  18G3. 

2o:>8.  v.  Scott  Bun-ill  Parsons,  M.  I).,  b.  in  Orono,  Oct.  11,  1839,  a 
physician  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in.  Jan.  1,  1SGS,  Henrietta  Knight  Evans 
of  St.  Louis,  b.  Sept.  19,  1841,  at  Oaermarthen,  AVales  (dau.  of  Henry 
Evans  and  Marv  Ann  Knight).  He  was  grad.  at  the  Halmeinann  Med. 
Coil,  at  Chicago,  111. 

2G">9.  vi.  Eli/a  Shaw  Parsons,  b.  in  Orono,  July  10,  1842.  m.  Jan. 
3,  1SG2,  Henrv  Franklin  TefH,  a  dentist  in  Pmngor,  Me.,  b.  in  Pro- 
vidence, R.  I.,  Feb.  23,  1811  (son  of  Rev.  Dr.  P.enjamin  Franklin  Teilt 
of  15rewer,  Me.,  former  editor  of  "The  Ladies'  Pu'pository "  in  (Cin- 
cinnati, O.  and  Sarah  Ann  Dunn  of  Poland,  Me.).  Two  children  : 

2G.">9.    1.    Benjamin   Franklin  Tel1>,  b.  Oct.    '  0,   iSGi^in  P.rewer,  Me. 

2GGO.    2.    Fanny   Rosabel  Tetn.  b.  in  F.rewev,  Jan.  2G,  ISi'.G. 

2Giil.    vii.  Oetavia  Louisa  Parsons,  b.  July  13,  18Jl,d.  Sept.  10,18)1. 


Ism',  ha>  l:\cd  at  Paii^or,  \\here  lie  is  a  farmer  ami  lumberman,  lie 
in.  Oct.  |S:',1,  Kli/al>eth  Klnise  Wise  (.Ian.  nf  Jo>e|,h  and  Mar\  \\'!M- 
ofSeliec,  M.-.).  Shed.  Dec.  L'(»,  IS.".:'..  I  I  e  in.  fnr  I'd  \v  i  fe.  a  I  [{.i.xlmry, 
Mass.,  N. iv.  I'd,  IS.",  I,  Hannah  Hill  II. ...,  er.  !,.  Jnl\ •.11,1,  IS  1 .',  (dau.  of 
.Inlin  I  looper  ami  Susannah  .Meservc.  .luhn  Hooper  \\  as  son  of  Pev. 
\\illiain  1  I  in. per,  a  Paptisl  minister  at  l>n\er,  N.  II.,  ami  .Mai\  Lord. 
Ill'  \\  as  nnc  nf  7  1  in  it  hers,  all  nf  whom  were  I  ">a|  it  1st  ministers  j. 
[  Kightli  ( Icncrat  ion.  |  ('hihlren: 

./*//  ji I'K!    irif>>: 

1'iiiii'.    i.    .loM-jili    \\'ise    Tai'snns,    li.     Dec.     17,     1  Si',:',,  m.  .1  an.    1,    ISi'ii.. 
Delia   A.ldic  Clark,  1».  -Inly     17.    iSCi  (dan.  of   Hiram  Clark  nf  I'.ivwer, 
.M'-. .and    Harriet-    — ):    a  farmer  at   Uan^nr.       Two    children: 
i::i:*     I.    I'Yank  Tel  ft    Parsons,  li.  at    P>aiii;or,   Nov.  l!,    iSiil. 

i::i::|:.-:-:    .^    (;,..l(.(>  ISultiiich   Parsons,  1).   April  Id,   1>71. 
/>'//  xr?atnl  u-'ifi'  : 

l'iii'i."i.    ii.    Scott   Cnlil)   Parsons,  li.  Oct.    hi.    Is:',."),  d.   l-'d,.  i'»,  ls:',i',. 

1'i'iiil.  iii.  Mlixahctli  \\'ise  Parsons,  li.  .Ian.  ii,  Is:i7,m.  Dr.  Henry*;. 
I  >  I  a  n  k  n  i  a  1 1 . 

L'I'H'I.I.  i\.  Susan  iloojier  ['arsons,  U.  Julv  L'li,  ls.",',(  m.  l-'rederic  A. 
I>re\\  .-r. 

L'fiiii',.    v.    Sylvester  Dwi^lit    Parsons,  li.    Au<:.     14,    1SJI. 

L'li'i.",.  iv.  Susan  Iloojier  Parsons,  li.  July  1'Ci.  \^',\\\,  m.  Auur.  -1.  1  ^''._, 
Kiederic  Augustus  lirewer,  1>.  Sept.  is,  1  S:i(>  (son  of  lienjii.  P>re\\er  of 
Leicester,  Ma>s..  and  <\mliia  I  lal  eh  ),  u  liroker  at  San  Kranci.M-o.  He 
d.  and  .-he  m.  lor  L'd  hu^liand,  !•'(•!>.  I,  1  S7(»,  James  M  unroe  De  P;:ss  of 
llu^ueiint  de>cent,  1).  in  N.  Orleans,  La.  (MIII  of  Joseph  De  Pa>s,  and 
Annie  llarie).  She  had  liv  her  tirst  iiiarriau'e  one  child  : 

L.'''ni7.  I.  l-'redei'ic  Dwi^ht  l!re\\er,  1>.  at  San  l-'ranci-^co,  Sept.  i':i, 
lst',4. 

L'lit'il.  iii.  I'ji/alieth  \\'ise  Par-ons,  1>.  Jan.  tl,  ls:',7,  m.  Jan.  '1  !, 
1  sii.'i,  at  San  I'Yanciseo,  Dr.  llenrv  Ccrreii  IHankman,  li.  Ma\  :>,  1  s  I  S, 
in  Amsterdam,  Holland  (son  n|'  llenrv  P.lankinan  and  Kli/alieih  l.e\- 
ersnii ).  She  is  his  I'll  \vife,  t  he  tirst  ha  vilr_r  Keen  Mau'ilalelia  Del  \alle 
(lllece  nf  Cell),  \allejn,  so  \\ell  kllo\\li  ill  the  histnl'N  nf  (  ',1  1 1  inr  1 1 1  a  >, 

uho  d.  Apiil  ll',  ISC,  I.  P,y  her  he  ha.l  1  children:  Joseph,  | ;,,-,;,, 
Pell  -<iid  llarr\.  lie  \\as  admitteil  tn  the  liar  nf  ('ahfornia  in  I  >•'.">. 
lie  reside.-,  at  Monterev,  Cal.,  \\ith  lar^e  means  and  im  t'nrmal  einpln\- 
iii'  ni.  l"-iiiL;  fond  of  hooks  and  let  lers. 

Ill-  la  i  her  u  a>  <;  rand  Cliainliei'la  in  to  I ..  ,n  is  N  apnlenn  ,  k  1111,'  ni  1 1  oi- 
land  :  a  nd  after  /«  t'ej  |  i  n  I  o  disfa  \  or  \\  it  h  [ '><  ma|iart  e,  he  liecame  niie  ni 
t  !!••  ehamlierlains  nt'  Pniiaparte  him-elf,  hut  left  In  ,  ser\  ice  immediately 


of  Belcliertown,  Mass., 
Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  loth  of  Dedliam,  Jfass.  475 

before   the  expedition   to    Russia,  and  came  to  the  United   States  in 
1818.]     Two  children  : 

2GG8.   1.   Eugene  Warren  Blankman,  b.  at  Monterey,  Nov.  11,  18GG. 

2GG9.  2.  Louis  Washington  Blankman,  b.  Feb.  22,  1809,  at  Mon- 
terey. 

An  appreciative  article  in  "  The  Monterey  Times,"  written  by  him 
concerning  the  French  Emperor  and  the  French,  readied  Louis  Napo- 
leon  some  years  since,  to  which  a  formal  reply  was  made  by  his  direc- 
tion as  follows  :  "  It  gives  me  pleasure  to  acknowledge  the  honorable 
sentiments  which  inspired  Dr.  Blankman.  of  Monterey  in  speaking  of 
the  Emperor  and  of  France.  And  I  desire  that  you  will  not  allow 
him  to  remain  ignorant  of  ihe  favorable  impression  which  the  ability 
of  his  production  and  the  dignity  of  his  language  make  us  feel. 

(Signed)  DIIOUYX  DE  LIIUYS. 

FKENCII  CONSULATE  AT  SAN  FKAXCISCO,  Aug.  23,  I860." 

[Seventh  Generation.  ] 

2G14.  x.  Fidelis  Parsons  (son  of  Major  .Nathan  Parsons  and  Su- 
sannah Graves),  b.  iu  Thomaston,  Me.,  March  2,  1805,  m.  Oct.  1,  1837, 
Rachel  Ann.  Bowker,  b.  Dec.  30,  1815,  at  Phippsburgh  (dan.  of  Major 
James  Bowker,  1).  at  Phippsburgh  in  1779,  and  d.  there  Oct.  13,  1852, 
and  Eunice  Batcheldcr,  b.  in  1777,  and  d.  Jan.  18(52,  dau.  of  Timothy 
Batclielcler).  lie  was  a  farmer  and  removed  to  San  Francisco,  and  d. 
on  his  arrival  there,  Jan.  2,  1852. 

She  m.  for  a  2d  husband,  Jan.  1,  18G4,  Judge  F.  V.  Bulfinch  of  Bos- 
ton, deputy  collector  at  the  City  Treasurer's  office. 
[Eighth  Generation.]      Children : 

2G70.   i.   James  Bowker  Parsons,!),  at  Bangor,  Jan.  1,  1839. 

2071.  ii.  Annie  Merritt  Parsons,  b.  at  Bangor,  Aug.  31,  1843,  in. 
Sept,  12,  18(52,  Capt.  Mauraii  Perry  Furbish,  b.  in  1  838,  in  llockland, 
Me.  He  was  lost  at  sea  Dec.  10,18G4.  One  child  : 

2G72.    1.  Mauran  Irving  Furbish,  b.  Oct.  3,  18G4,  at  Rockland,  Me. 

[Seventh  Generation.  ] 

2G1G.   xii.   Park    Holland    Parsons   (son  of  Major    Nathan    Parsons 
and     Susannah    Craves),  b.  "March  8,  '1809,  m.    Sept    23,  "1845,  Irene 
Dickinson    P>arron,  b.  April    22,    18,17  (dau,  of  EHscus  Barron  of  Am- 
lierst,  Mass.,  and  iVlia,  Dickinson)  :  a  fanner  at  Medway,  Me. 
[Kighih  Generation.]      Children: 

2(573.   i.   Marv  Vose  Parsons,  b.  July  11,   1847. 

2(57-1.    ii.   Fleet  a  Louise  Parsons,  1).  Feb.  28,   1850,  d.  Aug.  28,  1853. 

2G75.   iii.   Frederic  Barron  .Parsons,  b.  Sept.  23,   18, >3. 

2i)7(5.    iv.   Susan  Burrill  Parsons,  b.  Oct.  8,  1855,  d.  March  2(5,  1859. 


\~(\      'Hi'    Sun  "/'A  iitlniti/'l  I)tr!<j!if,  of  _\<>rt1t<iiiijtfi>ii, 


and   Su-annah    Cra\es),   1).  :it     I'.aiiLTor.    No\.    L'.    1  <v  I  I1,  in.  <>e|.    1  L1.    lv.".7, 
\Villi.-nii    I'.radford    Morse,    I.,    at     Cuion,    Me.,    Auj;.    L' I .   isi:1,  ,„,,,,   ,,f 
I.e\i    Mor.-e  ami    Polly  Cay    I  Iradfortl  i.  a  merchant  at    I  Jock  land,  Mr. 
j  Kijjit  I:   (  .'eneral  ion.  j       <  'hildren  : 

lV.77.    i.     Pene!,,pe  Collnim  Mor.-e.h.  AU-.L".!,  ls:',S.  ,1.  .July  2s,  |s:,7. 

l'i'.7s.  ii.  William  Il.'iiry  Morse,  1>.  .Ian.  I.  IMI,  .'iitriv,!  the  C.S. 
A.  uf  \'nl>.  in  ilic  lair  \\ar  ami  \vas  killed  at  I  >ciiald>i>n  \  illr,  'I'. -nn., 
Jlll.r  1'S.  IMJ:',. 

I''i7!t.    iii.    Charlr.x   Kradt'..!-,!   Morse,!).    Dec.    L'.">,    |S}7. 

[Sixtli  ( !t  neratioii.  ]       See  |ia^e    |tii',. 

L'->7'.).  \  i.  .lo-.iali  |)\vi^'lit  (I  raves,  li.  Jan.  .")'!,  177l'  (sun  ot'  .l»>rjih 
( Iraves  of  Uelrlierrown  ami  Kuiikv  1  )\s'iurlit ),  m.  Fell.  "),  17'.|s;,  Alii^ail 
Wheelork  I'oineroy. 

[Seventh   (  ieneration.  ]      ( 'hildivi!  : 

L'liSK.    i.     l.ytlia  Craves,  1).  Oct.  1'4,  ISIMI. 

::::;:::::::      ii.    Mai-y  Ann  (Jraves,  1).    Keh.    I,    iMit. 

L'i'.sl.    iii.    A l.igail  Wheelodc  Craves,  1).    rYl>.  U,  1  si !.;. 

-'i^l'.  iv.  I  >ea.  Mliliu  1'iiiiirroy  Craves,  1>.  Jan.  l'i>,  1 SUS.  a  farmer 
at  Sii>]irii-inn  llridu'e.  Niagara  < 'o.,  ,\.  \".  l,rtters  of  imjuirv  were 
a<Iiirr>se(]  to  him  iii  vain. 

l'i'i>:5.    v.     Penelope  Cra\-es.  1).  Sept.    1  i,    1  >  1 1 1. 

L'ti.M.    \i.    Nathaniel    |)\\i-ht   Craves,!).  Jan.   L'.'i,    1s!  1. 

|  Si\th  < lenerat  ion.  { 

'J-iS.'1!.  x.  I ''•!!'•].  ijie  (!ra\'e>  (dan.  of  .Jo>e]ih  (!ra\'es  ami  I'luniee 
l)\vi_'hi!,  Ii.  A  iii.'.  l"i.  17>l.  m.  Jonathan  IJarrof  I>elrherto\\  n.  Tuo 
ehihlren  : 

L'1!^.").     I.     |)\\'i_'ht    (Jraves  I'.arr.       l'1^').    L'.    ('Ini^tiaiia   llarr. 

|-','icl-~    Wel'e    >on-'ht    earet'i|li\'    hrl1.',    lillt     \\itliMllt     ell'-et. 

L' •"'>'>.  xii.  Jeremiah  Crase-,  (>oii  o)'  Jn-,rph  Craves  and  Iviniee 
I  )\\  i^iit  i.  1 1.  A  j  in  1  '. ',  I  7^'i,  m.  M  a  r\"  S]  leneer  ami  li  \  -'d  in  J  aek^'  >n  \  ille, 
111.  <  'hi  Idri-ii  :  \\illiam,  Marv  Sjpeneer.  Jo-eph  Spencer.  Julia. 

Al.iirail. 

l-'ifl  il    (  lelieral  ion.  |       See     pa^e     I   I  S. 

I'll  I.  \i.  Sn-aiina  D'.vijit  (dan.  of  ('apt.  Nathaniel  Ihsi-ht  and 
Ham, ah  I.\man),  I..  (let.L'u,  17!''.  111.  K.  i'.  1^.  177."..  Mr.  li-Jr.-,  ll,,\\e. 
li.  Jui  •  L'l.  1717  (-on  of  Samuel  ||,,we,  1..  Sept.  L'.",,  I7i'.'.  and  d.  June 
L'-.  17M,  :,nd  Hannah  <:,iiili.  1..  Sept.  1.",,  17l'l.  and  d.  \pril  -.  \-\>\. 

L'i.-l     I'L.We    w;,,    (I,.-    -.1.    ..f    M lloueof    M.-il-l!,,,!-,,.     Ma--.   ).    the    til'-! 

pii  \  - -i'Ti  1)     !  ha  '      -'•'  I  led      ill      I  lelehrrl  o\\'ll,    U  hefe      he     pi'ar!  l.-ed    il  I-    pn  >!'   - 


sion.  for  more  tli;in  50  yours.  .In  "  tlio  old  French  ^var'1  ho  was 
drummer-boy  in  his  father's  company  at  .Lake  George  in  175!).  Twice 
during  tlio  revolutionary  \var  lie  served  as  surgeon — in  Col.  Brewer's 
Kegt.  (April — Dee.  1775),  and  in  Col.  Duifus  Putnam's  (Jan.  1,  1777— 
May  1,  1779).  He  also  went  tluongh  the  campaign  of  Saratoga,  and 
was  on  the  staff  of  (Jen.  (lutes,  lie  was  disabled  l>v  paralysis  two 
years  before  his  death.  In  June  1S25?  when  (l-en.  Lafavette  AS  as  pass- 
ing from  Albany  to  Boston,  through  Belchertown,  on  being  told,  when 
approaching  his  house,  that  then;  lay  sick  and  feeble'  an  old  olhcer  of 
the  army  of  Saratoga,  he  ordered  the  carriage  to  stop  and  went  in  to 
shake  hands  with  the  invalid  veteran.  He  d.  March  3,  182'i,  act.  79. 
His  wife  Susannah  d.  Sept  (.i,  1785?  aet.  .'59,  and  he  in.  for  2d  wife, 
Mav  23,  1797,  Mrs.  Diana  Hinsdale  D  wight,  b.  Sept.  1'S,  1752,  widow 
of  Col.  Elijah  Dwight  of  Belchertowii,  bro.  to  his  wife  Susannah  (dan. 
of  Samuel  Hinsdale  of  Greenfield,  Mass.).  No  issue  bv  this  marriao'e. 

/  f  O 

She  d.  Jan.  25,  1833. 

[Sixth  Generation.]      Children: 

2d87.  i.  Hon.  AVilliam  Howe,  b.  Feb.  4,  1774,  m.  April  28,  1814, 
Annie  Sophia.  Childs,  b.  Dee.  5,  178(1.  Jle  was  grud.  at  .1  )artmont  h  in 
1794,  a  lawyer  at  Derby,  Vt.  He  w;is  twice  1'robate  Judge  (181(1-25 
and  1827-8),  and  a  Member  of  the  Vt.  Legislature  for  several  succes- 
sive terms  ( 1  8  1  3-20).  He  d.  Nov.  19,  1828.  Xo  children. 

2(188.    ii.   Xancy  Howe,  b.  .Feb.   1,  177(1,  m.  lehabod  Sanford. 

2H89.   iii.    Horatio  Gates  Howe,  b.  Xov.  2,  1777,  d.  Aug.  20.  1781. 

2(190.   iv.   Est.es  Howe,  ESIJ.,  b.  Oct.  :>,   1780,  d.  Dec.  2(1,  1825. 

2(191.    v.    Eunice  Howe,  b.  Dec.  21,  1782,  d.  Sept.  2,  1784. 

2H92.    vi.   Judge  Samuel  Howe,  b.  June  20,  178."),  d.  Jan.  20',   1828. 

2<188.    ii.   Xancy  Howe,   b.  Feb.  1,  177*),   in.    May  fi.   1799.    fchabod 

Sanford  of   Belehertown,  b.  Oct.    18,   17H8  (son  of  [Jev.  Da\id  Sanford, 

b.    Dee.    11.    17:!7,    and    d.    April    1810,    and    Bathsheba    Ingersoll,    b. 

June."),  17o8,  andd.  Xov.  1800).     She  d.  Oct.  22,  I  8  10  ;  he  d.  A  ug.   18(10. 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

2119:5.    i.    l!ev.  William  Howe  Sanford,  b.   [<Yb.   II,   1800. 

•1(\\}\.  ii.  :B;tthsheba  Ingersoll  Sanford.  b.  Jan.  22,  1802,  d.  April 
11,  1805. 

L>(1'.)5.    iii.    Susan  Dsvighi  Sanford,  b.  June  Id,  1  80  |-?  d.  April  21,  1805. 

2i')!)«>.    iv.    George  Carlos  Sanford,  1).   Feb.  9,   1.80(1. 

2(1!  7.    v.    Horatio  Gates  Sanford,  b.  .March  22.  180.8. 

2H98.  vi.  Baihshoba  Sanford,  b.  Se}>t.  I,  IMo,  in.  Dec.  19,  1811. 
Addison  Burnett  of  Belehertown,  b.  .Tune  7.  1SK),  at  S.  Iladley,  M"as.s. 
(sou  of  Ar/a  Bnrnett,  b.  Oct.  2,  1785,  und  d.  Aug.  (1.  l8i!2,  and  .Mary 


17s 


M  .....  IN.  1,.   M;,,vh  L'7.  ITSl.aiiil  .1.    l-Yl).    1  11,.  ISL'.-I),    resident  ..f    lielrlier- 

to\\  n.      '_'  children  : 

LVi'.i'.l.     1.     Kst,  's  Sanfonl    liurnct  1  ,  1).  (  >ct.   L'7,    |S17,  «1.   <»et.  7,    1M'.'. 
•J  7  n  1  1.    •_'.    I'.athsheha  Sanford   limned,    h.    Oct.  L'  I  ,   |s.>|.in    I'.eleher 

I  i  AS  II. 

L'7n|.  \ii.  Susan  Tracy  Sanford,  h.  April  .".n.  Is):',,  m.  Au^r.  II, 
ls:;.\  Th.mi.-is  Alnn/.o  Chirk.  1>.  l-'d>.  1."..  |Sl<l(son  of  Thoniiis  <  'lark, 
1>.  in  \\";iii-rio\vii,  .Mass.,  ;unl  Saruli  TvliT,  l>.  in  iJn^ton  —  no\v  ]•<•- 
>iiiiii'_f  in  l'>i»t<>n>.  a  nicrcliant  at  \\'oi-ccstc]-?  Mass.  <  'Inldivn  : 

'••    I.    Su^aii  Tracy  <  'lark.    / 

.  .  1.1     .1,     »   l^ins    1,.    Mardi    l'>.   Is  1  1*. 

•••••  .......    _!.    .Naiicv   I  lo\v(!  (  lark,  ) 

-27(t±  viii.  Dra.  Kstcs  Mow.-  Sanfonl,  1..  Nov.  i'l,  |si:>,  in.  D«-c.  17, 
l^-l.'t,  h.'lia  Maria  Dwi^ln,  1,.  Nov.  :\n,  ]SL>:',  i,  Ian.  of  Natlil.  I  )wiLr|ii. 
of  l'..'lcln-rto\vii  anil  Klixalicth  .hnnliari.  l-'or  dii  Mrfn,  sec  ]n-.'\ions 
I'ap'.  No.  l'.">."iii.  vii.  l-'i'oni  him  many  of  tin-  fads  linv  statnl  \\vr«' 
drrixril.  lie  is  a  nit'i-clianl  at  NN  urctistrr,  Mass. 

L'!1.!!.").  i.  K'cv.  William  llo\vc  Sanford,  1..  Kd..  II.  1  *(><).  .trrad.  at 
Uar\ai-il  in  l^L'7;  settled  formerly  as  a  ''.,11^.  minister  at  UoyUion, 
Ma-s.;  is  now  a  liooksellei-  in  \Voreester.  Mass.  lie  m.  AIILT.  -•'•.  l^-'l"'. 
Harriet  Smith.  I).  Sept.  1  L',  lN)~(d:m.  of  I'lthan  Smith  and  I'.at  li.-li'-lia 
Sanfoi'd). 

iKiu'hth  <  iencrat  inn.  |      (  'hildren  : 

L'7":i.    i.    .Myr..n  Smith  Sanford.  1».  July   1  1'.   IS.0,]. 

L'7H|.    ii.     Klixai.eth    1'helps  Sanford,  1..   Oct.   L'L1.    IS.",.",. 

L'7n">.    iii.    \\"iiliam    I  l<  «\\  e  Sanford.  1>.  Sept  .    I  s,    1  v-:'..">. 

l'7(|('.    iv.    (;eorur(1  l-iii'lmi  Sanl'ord.  l>.  Jan.    17.   ls;;s. 

L'711".    v.    Charles  K.  Sanfonl,  li.  Jnlv  L'7,    Is  in. 

•J7(i^.    \  i.    |-'ranei>   I  )\\  i^ht    Saiit'ord,  \>.   An,'.    I  ."'.    lvl^. 

|  Se\  entll    <  M'lierat  ion.  ] 

L'''.'."'..  i\.  Ceor^'e  Cai-h.N  Sanford  (son  of  lclia!>od  Santoni  and  Nancy 
llo\\e).  h.  l-'el,.  '.i,  [Sin;,  m.  aliout  l>  .">!'  S  >|,hia  Uurneti,  1..  Sepi.  isi:; 
i  da  u.  of  I'lnoi  h  Hurnet  t  and  Sophia  Chapin  )  :  a  farmer  at  l«.delierlo\\  n 
(  1  V7.">  ).  a-  f'<  >r  mail  v  years  pas!  . 

Ki  _dit  h  <  ieiierat  ion.  I      (  'hildren  : 

L'7"!i.    i.     Lemuel    Ma-"n  Saiiford,  IP.    Nov.  '.'.    ls;l|. 

L'7I".    ii.     lloi-atio  <;ate.,  Sanford.  K.   Sept.  i'..    \^l\<\. 

L'7  II.    iii.     I  larriet    Smith   Sanford.  IP.   <  let.  '.'.    I  -:'.x. 

L'7  I:.1.    i\.    \anc\    I  have  Saiilonl.  !•.    Marc],    I  n.    |s  in_ 

L',  !•"'.    \.    Sophia    r.urii'ti   Sanford.  'o.    N'o\.  '.i.    !"•!_'. 

L'7  i  I.    \i.    •  ;.-..r_'.-  <  'arlo,  Saiitord.   I..    M..\    .\    1-11. 

'-">.    \ii.    ch;;|-ie-  \\'iliiam  Sanfonl.  li.  June    |.;,    I-!''.. 


D  wight  of  J3elcliertoiun,  Jtfas*., 
Son  of  Timotliy,  Son  of  Joltn,  l>otJi  of  Dedlunn,  Jfa-ss.    479 

2716.  viii.   Enoch  Burnett  Sanford,  b.  June  20,  1849. 

2717.  ix.   George  Edward  Sanford,  b.  March  1,  1852. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2697.  v.  Horatio  Gates  Sanford,  b.  March  22,  1808,  in.  Sept,  16, 
1835,  Harriet  Eliza  Harkin,  b.  Feb.  17,  1809  (dau.  of  James  Harkin 
of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  and  Eliza  Dlummer  Hough).  He  was  engaged 
in  mercantile  business  in  Boston  (1825-50),  in  manufacturing  at  Wor- 
cester, Mass.  (1850-9)  and  in  mercantile  business  anew  at  Gloucester, 
Mass.,  (1860-8),  where  he  lives  now  (1S74),  retired  from  business  since 
1868. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

2718.  i.   Horatio  Francis   Sanford,  b.  March    19,  1843,  m.  June  18, 
1867,  Florence  Friend  of  Gloucester,  b.  April  22,  1848  (dau.  of  Josiah 
Ober  Friend  and  Caroline  Sayward).      He  resides   at    Gloucester  :   has 
been  engaged  in  the  dry  goods   trade:  is   now  in   no  business   (1873). 
Has  had  3  children  : 

****    1.    Blanche  Sanford,  b.  May  8,  1869. 
****   2.   Henry  Friend  Sanford,  b.  July  8,  1871. 
****   3.    Horatio  Cates  Sanford,  b.  May  25,  1873. 

2719.  ii.    Walter  Howe  Sanford,  b.  Feb.  27,  1846,  d.  Sept.  27,  1848. 

2720.  iii.   Howard  Buchanan  Sanford,  b.    Sept.  12,  1849,  d.  July  8, 
1852. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

2690.  iv.  Estes  Howe,  Esq.  (son  of  Dr.  Estes  If  owe  of  Belchertown. 
and  Susannah  Dwight),b.  Oct.  3,  1780,  grad.  at  Dartmouth  in  1800,  a 
lawyer  in  Sutton,  Mass.,  removed  to  Albany,  .X.  Y.,  about  18  15,  was 
an  ac'ive  democratic  politician  and  became  Recorder  of  the  city.  He 
d.  Dec.  26,  1825. 

He  m.  May  8,  1805,  Joanna  Smith,  b.  Jan.  16,  1784  (dau.  of  Chil- 
eab  Smith  of  Hadley,  Mass.,  b.  May  21,  1754,  and  d.  Aug.  25,  1804, 
and  Tabitha  Clark,  who  d.  Sept.  12,  IS  17,  aet.  66).  She  d.  Sep.  17, 
IS  19,  and  lie  in.  Sept.  20,  1821,  Anna  Jordan  Willard,  b.  in  .M  nut  real, 
Canada,  Aug.  24,  17S7  (dau.  of  Dr.  Elias  Willard  of  Albany,  X.  Y. 
She  d.  Dec.  14,  JS(>2,  at  Builalo. 

[Seventh  Generation.        Children: 

2721.  i.    Susan    Tabitha    Howe,  b.  A  ug.  3,   1807}m.    in    IS.'M    a   Mr. 
Thompson  of  G reenboro,  Oivene  Co.,  Miss. 

2722.  ii.   Chileab    Smith    Howe,   b.    July    19,    ls< 
Point  in   1S30,  m.  Jane  Piekens.       He    served  in  the 
resided  since  its  close  at    Memphis,  Teiin. 

272.").    iii.   Joanna    Howe     1>.    Sept.    3,    1S15,    m,   — Thorn 


l>|o.   ii(    her    -|->li  T   Sll>ali   •>   llllsliand.        Sin-   d.    Niiine   Veal's   sine.1.    li  -;i  '.  1  1  IL.'    - 
clnlilri'li.    Ma  \'\  and   Sai  ah. 

L'71'l.     i'..    .lam-     Kijilils     lloue,   I,.    .lull.'     II.     ISIS,     m.     -  -     |.au- 

renee  of  In.  I. 

/;,/  »•,',„„/  ,/•;/;  .- 

"J711-1.  \.  (  'at  ha  nil'-  I  ,i  \  i  m;--!  on  ||o\\.-,  1>.  in  AIL-mx.  An^.  l(|.  !  '*!.'•>, 
in.  Sepi.  L1:!.  I  >  I  7,  I'Yan.'is  Kdward  (  'oni\\  ell  nf  Nr\\  I  'ri  i  ;i  i  n,  ('t.. 
^rail.  :il  \':ili-  in  I  S  IL',  a  lawyer  al  l,\mi>.  N.  N'..  ami  al'i  IT  l>.">7;i!  Hut' 
liilo.  N.  V..  \vlu-iv  In-  <I.  Nov.  i',  isi'.'.i.  Tlirir  .-liil.livii  IIMV  l,f.-n: 

:     1.     l-'.il\vanl    l,i\  in;j;>tiiii    (  '.  irnsvi'll,  li.    !(t    I  ,\  MM>,  .1  um-    L'l,    1^1^, 
m.  .July    l.\    IS7.-5,  A.  la    I'-.   I5ail.'\   .,f  N.-w   IJ.-iH'nnl,   Ma>.s.       II.  -is  a  n  s 


***:-:    t.    Charles   Land.-rs  C.iniwi-ll,  h.  at    I'.utl'alo,  Nov.    1,    Is.'.S. 
::;    :>.    Staiili'V    IIo\vi-  ('oriiw.-ll,  1).    Nov.  i'i,    ]>'i|. 
:!:    ii.     llov.'ard  Tracv   (  'oriiNvri  1.  h.  .liihr  L':'i,    |MiS. 

|  Si  \i  li  (!  cncrat  ion.  ] 

iy.'.'l'.  \i.  .hnl-v  Samuel  Howe  (son  of  I  >r.  l^ie.-,  I!,,\\r  of  I1,,-!,-!,  ,-,-- 
town,  Mass.,  and  Snsannali  I  >\\  lulit  t,  l>.  .)  11  m-  •_''  ',  I  7  ^-'.  u'raii.  at  \\  1  1  - 
liain>  ('oil.  in  I"(H.  ~.tiidii-d  law  \\iili  I  Ion.  Theodore  Sed^wii-U,  in 
Sloekl.l-id.u''',  Ma-.,  and  a!  Li  I  .'  .field,  (  't  ..  and  settled  :,-,  a  !a\\ 
U'ol'lliin^lon,  Ma».  (ISIlS-l'll).  In  1>L'1  lie  |-eluo\eil  lo  Noll  ha  1  1  1  j  ii  ol  l, 
Ma  --..  and  \\  a  -  a  t  oluv  a]i|ioililed  j  ild^e  of  I  In-  i-olll'l  of  (  'olllllion  I'  ;.•;••,. 

In  eon  neei  ion  v.  it  h  \\<>\\.  \''.],'\j;;\t  Muni  Mill-..  1  .  S.  Senator  from  Ma.--., 
In-  oiii-ned  a  la\\  M-hool  at  Nol'l  lialn|itoli,  uhieh  -",,1,  l,ee;iine  \\ell  lii'i.M^ 
liaNinu'  •!'  '""'  lime  >ome  ID  Mnd'iii-.  lie  m.  S-pt.  I."..  I>"7.  >u>an 
Tra>-\.  1'.  .ian.  I  >.  17'--"'  (dan.  of  lion.  l'ri;,h  Trae\  ,  I'.  S.  S.  natoi' 
from  (  'oniieet  imt  ,  li.  iii  1  7-!  I  a  lid  d.  in  I  v"<  ,  and  .1  ni  ;-i  1  !i;l!  ).  She  d. 
;it  \\'o,-i  hi  !,L;I  on,  Ma--^.  •!  n  ne  l'1',  I  '  i  I  .  and  he  in.  I  'iir  I'd  v,  :  t'e,  ((,•:.  pi. 
1-1:;.  Sarali  l.\«lia  II..l.l.i:i-,  I..  Her.  pi.  I  7>7  (dan.  of  MOM.  Kdv,  .r.l 
Iii:'e'nin  Mil  [  ,'o'nl  iin.v.  l.i.  (o,\.  of  Ma---.,  ami  Kli/aKetii  \luiTa\  '.  Me 

i  \  i  ni  h  I  ieiierat  ion.         (  'hildren  : 


L'7'J1'.     i.    Su-aii   Trae\     Mov.e.    ii.  ,In!\    L'7.    lxi|v. 
^7:^7.    ii.     I'riah  Tra.-\    II.  ,w..,  1..   .Inn.-  L1.'-,    l-l  I. 

li,,   -..,,,  l  „•;/.  : 

'"',.        I'.     L  IPiV.e.      M.|).,     !,.     .I.MX        i.",.      |H     !. 

M    i      II     ••  .  I..    \i.i-ii  I  I.  I-  '•;.  d.  .M.,\  L'."I.  ! 


])wi<jllt  of  jBelcJlC-rtOWn,  J/(7.s'.s'., 

S<>n  of  Timothy i  Son  ofJolm,  !><>t1i  ofDedltam^  ]\ira*s.  4-S1 

L'T-'JO.  v.  Mary  Eleanor  liowe,  li.  June  i_'7,  1817;  live.-,  unmarried 
in  ( 'ambvidge,  M  ;iss. 

'27 'M.   vi.   James  Murray  Howe,  b.  April  i'O,   |S]<). 

l'7-)_.  vii.  Sarah  IJobins  .1  iowe,  1).  .Dec.  .'SI,  ISi'li;  lives  unmarried 
in  Cambridge. 

•27-2*1.  i.  Susan  Tracy  ] ! u\vo,  1>.  July  L>7,  I, --'OS,  in.  Oct.  2:>,  IS.'H, 
ITon.  George  Stillman  Jiillard,  !>!;.!).,  grad.  at  Jlni'vni'd  in  iSi'S,  a 
la\v\vr  in  Boston,  and  I".  S.  Disf.  Attoi-ney  foi-  31a^s.  lie  lias  been 
recently  (May  1^7'^),  elected  Dean  of  u  Boston  Uni\'orsity,"  .Huston, 
}Iass.  Ono  child: 

•27'-^.    1.    Oorge  S.   liillard.  b.    Feb.    [SSfi,  d.  Aug.  1838. 

L'7L'7.  ii.  Triah  Tracy  ]{o\ve,  b.  June  L'."),  18  I  I,  ni.  Oct.  I83.">,  Sarah 
Tcmpleinan  Coolidge,  1>.  -Inly  1811  (dan.  of  ('harles  (.•.  Coolidge  of 
Boston  and  Sarah  Teinplein.an)  :  trained  to  mercantile  life,  lie  after- 
wards studied  law  at  Cambridge,  ]\lass.,  and  ('incinnati.  O.  (v,  itli  Hon. 
S.  \\  ( 'liase  and  Judge  \Va.lker).  lie  removed  to  I  Jelroit,  -V  ich. ;  ^  as 
for  10  years  Trcas.  of  the  3Iich.  ((ent.  !!.  Road.  J-'or  some  years  past 
he  has  resided  a1  Cambridge,  .Ma.ss.  ;  is  a  lawyer. 
[Ki^'hih  Generation.]  Cliildren  : 

27-U.  i.  Tracy  Howe,  I).  Feb.  1  .">,  1 8.'1>7,  grad.  at  .Aiieh.  I'ni vei-sity 
in  IN.") 7. 

27.".-">.  ii.  \Vil!iam  (ireen  Howe,  1).  Oct.  11,  I8.°>83  ni.  Oct.  I8C>1, 
Anna  Hale  (dan.  of  K.  J.  ^1.  Hale  of  Haverhill,  Mass.):  is  a  broker 
in  "Boston.  He  served  as  I  A.  and  Oapt.  in  the  :'0th  Mass.  l-Iegt.  in  the 
late  war.  and  was  dangerously  wounded  in  five  diilerenl  [)lac<isj  at 
"Baton  I'ouu'e,  La.,  and  being  made  pi.'rmaiU'Jitlv  lame  bv  Ins  wounds,  v\';!s 
appointed  I'rovo'-i  Marshal  of  the  First  Boston  Dist.,  and  held  the 
otliee  until  near  the  end  of  the  war.  Children: 

•27 :'>'<'>.    I.    Lucy  Howe,  b.  (  »ct  L'7,  I8C)."). 

•27'->7.   -2.   Susan  !lowe,b.   Feb.  28,  1807. 

L>7:JS.   iii.    Klixrdieth  ((oolidgel!owe,  1).   Mr>rch  1?8,  1841. 

'2'ilW.  iv.  Fdward  Huichinson  IJol-bins  il  .wc,  b.  Junel'l,  I  8  i.",,  grad. 
at  lia.r'.ai'd  MI  I  Si>4,  studied  mining  and  engineei'ing  at  ,1  of 

miners    in     S'ar;   .       lie    \\'as    a    soldier    in    the    late  w;  i'  i'or    '. i    months, 
while  in  co!  !ege. 

•J7  |o.    v.   Call  sari  m-  .  'oolidge  II  iwe    b.   M;;v  2,   L  ;•'.">!. 


It,  .sv,   //i/,////X    o/'    <    ',/y,/.      \<lfltl. 

7  '/'   *»//  ni'  \<ifji<tni<  I  />//•!,/!,!.  of 

afl'TUanU     :il     I  '.  >lM>-n  >\  .    <  >.   :     lil  I!    1'i.r   siilii"     \  < 
in  'i  'i_v.    Ma  --.,   aii'i    ha-   l>  •'•!!   Tp',-1  Ml  n-r  (.f  I  In-  < 
;r;.      \IILT.    -".    1  -•':•*.    ll.ini.'l     Maria    Spr|ii,:in,    I 
f    riiili'-a--  Spf'.mall   ami     Kl  I/.  -i   <  'lialnlii-Ha  1  li  i. 

ii.l    lie    111.  t'»r    L'.l    \\it<-,     l»i'r.  •_'-.   l>l>.    L.ii- 
'•',      \**-'.    (I|MII.     Hi'     Ali'ij    ii     V.'liili-     <•!'     \\';i  I'-i' 
\1  :i  1  lit    I  Ii  i\Viir<l  ). 

I  i'ii(  li'in'i'Ml  pin.  j      (  'In  Mn-ii  : 

/i;/  ii,;!  „•;/,  .- 

i.    Kli/.-ilx-ili  SpclniMii   HII\VC,  K.  i  »ct..  'Ji>.   \^:, 
ii.    Siti-nli   l,viii;i   lli.w.  l».  (  K-i.    I.'i    !  -  i  1. 


>.      :.  SiiniHi'        iiu,-.    i 
!.    iv.    (  'l;ir;i    M'.\M\   I). 

x.    .Isiln.-s    Knl.iiln..    I 

i.    \i.    L'-is  Liliir  ll,.\v.-.  1,.  S,-|,t.  L^:>.  IM,  I. 
'.    i.     Kli/al.c-tli    S|M-ln!:tn     Il,.\vr.    I,.    Ort.    :',n. 
I'M  \\iii  .loliii.-mi   lli'rt'"!i  (smi  dt'   M'Hi.  \";ili-iii  i 


"',    i  iai-ri.''     r.'ill.T  <  ';;.;•!..-   "i;:il.  .   I'    ( 

-    ill  'irrii-i    I'.u'  :--r  >  :    a   1>  •-  >}>:<•*•  in      1  >  -;  HI. 
i..i    i,  (  :.•!;•  -i-ati.iii.       (  l-iMn  -,  : 

.    i.    Ai-'-liiliaM    MMITM;.     M..«,-.  i..    Max    L'M.    j-  J 
'.    ii.    -Ian..-,   .Murray    lluw.   I  -.  .1;,!,.    I  I.    I  -:«  !. 
.    iii.    ll.-nrx    I'.n:;,  r   !!.-«,  .  L.  .hi!\     I-;.    I-''". 


DtoigJit  of  Jjclcltertown,  J/^.s^.3 
Son-  of  Timotluj,  Son,  of  -Tolin^  nofji  <>t'  Dedluun,  J/^*.v.   4s."> 

in  tlic  clmrcli  records  as  having  been  -;  public  spirited,  and  a  benefactor 

o  i 

to  the  town.''  I5esi.de  building  almost  whollv  himself  the  present 
Cong.  <'h.  iu  Belchertown,  he  gave  it  (excepting  a  \\-\\~  |ie\vs  tliat  had 
been  sold  to  private  occupants)  to  the  inhabitants  of  Beichertown  for- 
ever, by  deed  dated  April  1,  17!'l,  together  v.itli  three  acres  of  land 
surrounding  it,  with  the  expectation  tiiat  at  some  future  time  it  nn'u'ht 
be  used  as  a  ceineterv.  in  I  Si-  7  aiL  association  \vas  formed,  according 
to  the  provisions  of  .Mass.  State  law,  for  the  purpose  of  appropriating 
it  to  such  an  use. 

]lis  epitaph  (written  bv  his  pastor,  Rev.  Justus  Forward)  reads  as 
follows:  ''  !n  inciiiorv  of  J  )ea.  Kbjah  Dwight.  He  loved  order,  peace 
and  <j;ood  men.  :  was  public-spirited,  liberal  and  kind.  A  benevolent 
benefactor  to  the  town  and  church,  he  served  his  countrv  in  various 
grades  from  an  ensign  to  colonel,  and  d.  of  consumption.,  Sept.  !•>, 
1795. 

Bless  the  memory  of  the  ju.-i  ; 
For  (loci  will  raise  his  sleeping  dust. 
And  l.n'in.u1  him  t<>  his  courts  above 
To  see  his  face  ami  taste  his  love." 

Ho  was  a  country  merchant  al    I5elehertown.      ITis  estate  was   i'. 

toried  at  his  death    at  >•••')  i()!J,  of   \vhich  s27~>0    was  real  estate.      "Mr-. 
L)iana    !!.   Dwiidit   was   a   line-looking,    strong-minded,   amiabl  •. 
woman,  \\iio  lived  and  died  without  an    em  mv. 
Sixth  (  Jcneral  ion.  j      (  'hildren  : 

^7^.  i.  Josiah  Dwight,  M.D.,  b.  Aug.  ir>,  177"),  d.  May  2-1,  ISA:,, 
act.  7(.». 

l'  7  •">•">.  ii.  (!amaliel  Lyina.n  I)\\'iu'ht,  b.  March  !'i.  1777,  d.  Oct.  ':, 
1822,  aet.  !:>. 

27o!.  iii.  Klijah  ])wight,  b.  Dec.  1  i,  1  77S,  a  merclia.nf  ;;f  Ami:  .;•-;. 
Mass.,  and  hiu'hly  respected  for  his  u  !  .  lie  d.  (here,  in 

ried,  of  consumption,  act.  -10,  Oct.  .'51,   I  •'  •'!;!. 

27^>^.    iv.    ,!ohn   I  >\vi'.;hi  .  b.  June   12.    !7>;i.  a  business  :  t] 

i-ote/'iily  religious,  d.  unmarried  at   i  >an\  ille,  X.  Y.,  in  early  umnhood. 

2~.V>.    v.    Martha     Dwight,    I).    Jan.    1,    17^:5,  in.   llexekiah   \V.  Si 
of  Troy,   N.   V.      She  d.  June  :',(>,  |s|  !, 

27">7.  vi.  i'liny  !  >wight,  b.  March  :>,  I  7S-~>,  a  farmer  al  lielcheriov;;, 
\\~here  lie  d.  iiiimari'ied  r'eii.  22,  iS-'2. 


\. 


t.   b.    May    I  !.    17S7,  sailed  as  a    :,:; 


vessel  in  1*1  !  .  on  i  tVoin  New  \'ork,  ami  s\  "as  ne\  ei-  heard  from  rift  ei1  wards, 
and  i-,  iheri'fore  supposed  lo  ha\c  been  wi'eeked,  lie  \vas  uiuaarrieii. 

27-V..I.  viii.  Susanna  Diana  D\\ight,  b.  Dec.  2'>.  I  i  S!l,  m.  Mas(,.;i 
Shaw  of  <  'astine.  Me. 

27'i().    i\.    Sally    Dwighr,  l>.  (let.  L'O,    I  7'1-'!,  d.  J  uly  .'io.   17'.i"). 


:'7.VJ.    i.    .lo.i.ih     l>\\i'dit.    M.D..Ii.    An-.     l.\     I77.\m-ad.  al    V 
7'.'l.   in.    Sn-aii     Tlioii'p-oii     [dan.   nf   ('..I.  'I'ii'  MM].  -MII,  an     Kn_;!i    i 
l-man):  a   ph\  -h-ian    <.f   lar^i-    |n-a«-i  ic  •    at     l'i  ii  i  -HP  >n  t  K  .   \.   II.. 
-ars    ami     nn  m  •  •  I  7'.''.'     IS.Mi).       lle\\a>    lial»    and     lica  n  \  .  a  i;<  i 

I  cheep  as  a    man,  ami    nn-ailv    ivspe.-ied    and    lie|ci\ei|    fur    h 
iial   i|na!ilie>  alike  and    professional   '-ha  ract  ITI--I  ]'•-.       \-'<.\-  ill'-  la 
•;•!•-;    nf    his    lil'f    In-  was    ruiiliiii-.l     hi    !i  is  !r  ,11  .r    1  ,\    1  ,|  i  i,dn,--.  . 
:.\    I'-'.     I-.':',   IM-I.    711. 

Se\  cut  Ii  (  Icncrai  ion.        (  'IiiMi'cn  : 

L'i  ii|.    i.    ('apt.  \Viliiain     I.  \maii     I'uiu'l:!,    \>.    almii      l>n>.  m. 
icr  (dan.  nf  (  'a|it.    l>'i«  .....  f  I'url  .siiiuiii  Ii  ).  Ii.  Mlmiit    \~-\'2.       !!••    r 

l'"!-lHiioulli.    N.   II.:    ha-,  I  r;.  \cllrd  iiindi  :    lias  mir  daii_'L;  i-r. 

'_'7>'-.    n.     .Marilia    Sli'unu'     I  >v\  i-'ni  .     Ii.    almiM      I  >  I  I  .   in.    .Ian    !. 
lfivd   iJundlc!!.  Ii.  .March  :'.,   l*!l  (M.II   .,f  .lam.'s    Hiiinl!.;!    of 
1  1  1,1  Ii,   N  .     I  !  ..  and  .la  la1  I  I  i  i  !  i,  ^rad.  a!   !  >,i  ri  in<  >n  I  Ii  in   I  x-">  !  .  a  ni'  •!• 

!!••  d.  at   San  Francisco,  <'al.,  .Inlv    I1'.,    l>."i|.      Sin-    ri-.-idi's   at 


II     I      of 


L1"1'-!.  111.  Ann  Iti'irrlv  I'wi^lit,  Ii.  aluml  I  v  i  7,  re  id^s  ni.n.a 
in  -iiioiil  h.  No'liioiv  ci  mijili'I  i'  and  rxac!  j;id>  coiiid  !"•  o 
;  h.  -M-li  ilii'ci-i  l\  sonu'lit  ,  conci  -riiin^  i  In-  lii--inrv  of  ;!,:-,  fainil  v. 


I.  L.  I  >.,  of  l'ni\  idi'iicc.  !;.  I.,  u'rad.  a  I  I 'ri  ncei ,  ,n  I  'oil.  in  !,''>>'>.  a  iu  in 
!):•!•  ot'  i  in •(  'MII i  in-ill. \i  <  'oi.--!-!'.^.  and  ('.  S.  I  M-ti-ici  .lud-v  of  I,'.  I.,  am 
\l;  i;>  l',n,\M,.  d:;.;.  of  .1  ..;•,.;, ,i-  I,  ! !,-.  -v.  „  ..  i!,  v,.--  :..,  l'i,u!i>l  |J 
a  .d  v.l,  .!.-:.!.-  ui"iv|i:,i.l  in  Mo,;::;:  Mini,.  <);i,  .v  I  >  v.  i-1 , ;  _  !  -  .  •!•  ^L1 
'i  lioina  -  '  M  is  ).  \\  Ii ! !-  i  in  a  \  :-- !  I  \\  i ;  !i  >'  '\  i  I'M  i  o;  '  M  r  |',M~,I  . ,  n  ij.i  "i  a  n!  - 
a:  >l.  I, inn--.  Mo.,  and  1 .011 1- \  i  i  !•-,  l\  \  . .  he  ri.irdil  a  l.ih-.::-  i«-\i  '•.  jitv 
\  ,';  li  ]:•_;  a  I  I  iie  I  line  ::i  I  lie  la  I  i  el'  place,  and  d.  :  In  I'e  <  >cl  .  '.'.  i  -I.':'.  \i  I  - 
I  iv.  i-iii  \\  a-  a  lad\  i  >f  I:.  lei:l  and  ni-li  -o.-Ial  i  i:!!  I'enee. 

1  Si.e  in.   f.a'  a   M'c,,hd   lin-i.and   i  !-n.   >:•!,.•:,  1     |-i  !  I'  .   !.!..  1  »..  (  f    iYo\  i- 

•  i-n.-e.   I;.     !..    I,  iher..    .Maivi,    :',!.   17-V,    -!•,-.•!.  .,:     I1,   •.'•  ,.  in     17-7  :  I"- 

i  -  i ' '  .     \l"'ini'e|-    i  ,f    (  '.  .1  ,-T'-   --    for     I  n  1'i-e    i  i-rn.--    .  I  "  1 

•  I  « .f    ;  h.     Snpi-i  m      (  'oi;i  ;    of    I ;.     I .   \'<  H-    .^  \ .  ai  lied.    I-',  '      .".. 


Dwifjlit  of  Belcliertown,  J/<v.vx., 
Sun-  of  Tlmotliy^  Son  of  >Toltn,  l>oth  of  J)  edition^  J/^-v.y.  4s 5 

*#*#   iji_   Sarah    Howell     I  hvighi,  2d.  b.    June    10,   1820,  d.  Oct.  27, 

1820. 

****  jv     Mary  Uowell  Dwight,  b.  April  .">,   ISiM,  d.  Jan.  .'),   iS_'i>. 

27<>  I-.  i.  Gamaliel  Lyman  Dwight,  b.  '  )cc.  .">,  ISO'.),  o;rad.  at  l!rowu 
University  in  1S2S,  was  a  lawyer  in  1V<>\  idenee,  R.  I.  Hem.  April 
(i,  IS.'iii,  Catharine  lleushaw  Jones,  b.  at  Knlield,  Mass.,  Oet.  2">,  1M"> 
(dan.  of  .Marshall  Spring  Jones  and  K'iixa  .Belcher).  .1  !e  d.  of  con- 
sumption, March  I"),  IS.">!-,  act.  41.  Slie  d.  of  same  disease.  June 
1S4('),  act.  :'0.  [Marshall  S.  Jones,  b.  ai  Concord,  Mass.,  IVb.  17, 
17S:>,  ni.  .'an.  4,  1S14,  Kli/a,  dau.  of  Savson  l>elcliL-i' of  i'.ostoji.  iie 
d.  ^S'ov.  !,  IS  1-0.  He  was  a  merchant  in  [Joslou.J 
[Kio-hih  Generation.]  Children  : 

:;::::=:::::   j_    .Marslial!  Springer  Joiu'H  j/win'ht,  b.  and  d.  June  (i,   ls:')7. 

**;:::•:  jj_  Marshall  Jones  Dwi^'ht,  b.  May  '2~,  IS.'IS,  d.  of  lung  dh ease 
Xov.  21,  1S4(5. 

27iiii.    iii.   (i.imaliel  .Lyman  .Dwight,  b.    Keb.  :>,   IS'1. 

27C17.  iv.  Catharine  Klixabeih  j.)wiglil,  b.  May  !:>,  1843,  m.  E. 
Arth in'  .1  Ioek\\'ood. 

270<).  iii.  (Jiunnliisl  Lyman  Dwight,  M.i).,  b.  Feb.  :5,  1841,  was  a 
Freshman  in  .IJrown  l"ni\'er,-,i;y  at  the  breaking  oul  of  th;1  latii  war, 
when  he  joined  a  !!.  I.  Ualtcrv  and  passed  successi \'ely  in  the  scrvi*  • 
throiigh  the1  oliiees  of  Corporal,  Ser^'eani ,  Lieutenant  and  Captain. 
I  (is  coHinussion  for  the  last  ollice,  eonhiined  the  complinieiit  '•  for 
gallant  conduct  before-  Petersburg]!,  Knii  June,  18C)  t/1  lie  left  the 
ser\  lee  \\itii_  honiii',  Jui\'  17,  Istl!-,  while  in  command  of  J>att'irv  .\, 
First  i>'.  I.  Ligjit  Artillery.  !le  said  in  a  letter  to  the  writer  :  "A 
(.'ol.  |)wight  commanded  the  MiHli  1'enn.  llcgt.,  who  was  the  only 
Dwighl  that  J.  met  in  the  army  ;  but  I  heard  of  others,  and  al \\ays 
good  things.  I.  never  hear  a  bad  thing  said  of  a  l>v. 

After  Ica.ving  the  army  he  studied  medicine  at  Harvard  Med.  School, 
and  in  !>erlin,  (!erm;mv.  .lie  resides  at  Providence,  It.  I.,  but  is  nor 
able  to  practise  his  profession  as  a  phvsician  and  surgeon,  on  account 
of  poor  hcalt  li,  s[ien ding  his  winters  in  a  warmer  climate.  !  i e  in.  .Jan. 
hi,  1^71,  Anne  Ives  Carriiigiim,  dau.  of  Kdward  ( 'arriiigton  of 
l'ro\  idenre.  !  I  e  has  one  eh  lid  : 

**  •'•'••'•'•  i.  Maruareihe  Carrington  1  >wigh; ,  b.  at  i5erlin,  1'riissia.  Nov. 
S,  1S7I. 

L'7ii7.  iv.  Catharine  Kli/.abeth  I  >wigh  t,  b.  May  !'.»,  I  S  ! '.}.  m.  July  L\ 
1SG4,  Kbeiuver  Arthur  Itockwood,  b.  Jan.  (i,  IS:?'.),  ai  i'lniield.  Mass., 
(son  of  Kbene/er  llaxard  Hockwood  and  Juliette  IMiss).  lleisa  man- 
ufacturer and  dealer  in  India  llubbcr  goods  at  l>uii'alo,  X.  V.  (since 
IS7J).  They  have  had  :'•  children  : 


!>•'.         '/'///     >',-//    "/'  .\  iiffn/ii/i  /    hii'iiill,   "I'  \<>r/]ni  in  j>f  "ii, 

\.     Anl,  .11    .l,,n.->    II.H-kw  .....  1.   I.,  al    Ki.li.-M.    Maivh    IS.    !  --'.:•. 
::    L'.    \Vilii:.n,    I'attni     l;,,rU\  .....  1.  !..  :ii    Mi.   Vi-ni..ii,  \V.  ••!.•!..- 
»  ....   N.   Y..  <  >,-i.   I:;.  |M',7,  (1.  ni    I  'aimer.   Ma-.-..  .Ian.    I.    l>7n. 

:;:    :'..    <  'harlc*     l-'i  vih-rir    U'M-kv,  .....  I,  li.  ill     ISul'falu,  S.-jil.  L'.">,    1X71. 

I  >i  \  :  h  t  'i-ii'Ta  1  1.  .11. 
L.V""',.     \.     Martha      |)\\ij,t      (ilail.  of   Cul.    Kli'iah      |l\\i-'lil     i.lnl     l>ial,a 

U  iii-,iali-  ..  I..  .Ian.    I  .  i  7  v-'.  in.  .1  ii  in-  L';'..    I  >H  I  ,    I  !.•/.  i;  i;ih  \V  i  !_MM    S:  p.i.._; 

!..   I  >  ••-.  _  I.  17''.*  .-..ii    ..!'    MM,,.    Simcuii    Su-.Mii:.    I.  !-.!».,     ••»'    Amlr-i-i. 

M;:—  .  .mid  Sarah  WrL'ht,  ilaii.  of  Str|ilicii  \\'riu)ii  i.f  Nun  haii:].'  •  -n  . 
;  >.•(•  I  I  i>ii  HA  •  (.)'  i  In-  Si  i-i.n^  l-'ainilv  l.\  t  In-  aiil  Imr,  \  <>1.  ii.  |I|L  \  '•'>'•'>'•'<  I  !.  ] 
lit-  \\iis  u'l-ad.  at  ^";ll(•  in  l>ni).;in'l  v.  n>  a  la  \\  \  .-r  a'  I  >.'i-i-!:«-U.  ;i!nl 

at'icru  ar.ls  at    Amli'T>t.  \\ln-r.-  he  \vas  ;\\»\  \'«r  s.-vcr.-il  year-  |.u-i  ina-l.'i;. 

II.-  .1.  at    TI-..V.  N.  \..(  ),-i.  7.   l>l>.  act.  7',i  :   -h.'d..lun.'  .".n.  |  M  |,  ai-l.  •'.  1. 

>r\  en  !  1;    <  Irlii  'I'at  lull.  '  'ill  Ii  il'.'tl   : 

L!7''.-.    i.    Kra:..-..,    Ivnilia     Strong,    L.    a:     I  >.-rrli"M,    .M  •(-..  S-MI  .    !•'.. 
1  V|  'l'.  in.    riiiiand.-r  (  'r.  n-kcr. 

L'71'.1.'.    ii.    Sarah  >•  .j.liia  S;  r.  .n-\  1>.  i  },>•]•<•   l-'.-i..   \'<.  lv|1-"'.  in.   ll-n.   1    ; 
MH  '..niii-  ..f    Truy.    N.    V. 

L'77n.    iii.    I'liijah   l)\\i--hi   Siron^.  1>.  ilnTf  AUL.'.   1  v.    1X||V.  <I.  a!   I;i.-!i 
l.  ...];.!,    \'a..  -Ian.  .">.    1>L'7.    art.    1^.    1..  •!!:-•  i-n^a-v,!   in   u-arhin;.'  th<  iv.    II- 
v.  a>  u'ra  i.  at    Ainii.'r-t    in    1  >!'•">.    \\hdi  i'lit     li    \cai>  <>\    nuf|'. 

^77!.    i\.    1  1  ,.n.   ll.-nry  \\  ri-i,'   S:i-Mi,-.  1..  ;;i    A  inh,-r-t.   I  '-•,-.   1  1,    !  -  1". 
.1.   K.--..  _-.    1-  l-.a.-t.  :'.7. 

L'77l'.    \  .     I  |..ii.   Mai  -1  1  all    Ma-,  >n   Si  run-,  1..  at   A  inli.-r-t.  S-p;  .  ."..   I  -  I  .'*. 

,i.     \iaivh    '.I.     |>.;  I.    ;,.-!.    .Ml. 

^77".     \  i.     Marl  ha     A  u_'n-la     S;  r.  >'.._!.   1..   !!;.•)•.•    N.  iv.   ."ii  '.    1  -  1  -.  in.    (  >,-:  . 


l'7'i"-.    i.     [''IVMI.'.'-  I'lmilia   Si  rmi^'.  1>.  S.-|.t.    I1'..    1  -1  !_',  in.  .  an.    -">,     ^>, 
I'liiiai,  i.-i-  <  'r..,-k'T.   1..  ai    \\"ii,  jin.il.    Ma-.-.,  <  In  .-_':',.    1  -  i  :i   i  -,  ,1  i   ,,|'     ||,'iir\ 
l  ':••      ';••:•  a  i,.  1     I  !  '  •<  .-  la    I'll  i  1  :  !  r  A  >  a    i  >]•«•}•  -!  n  i  T  li     at      I  J  i.-:.ln  •:.  ;.    I  :  ,•  i  ..    !•  •  r   -  7 
..    Mx:>.'i    >',IM.  "hut    >iiii-.-     i-''.i:    a    i,-i.|.n;     Ml'     \\'ii..iitiii.       >;.-•   ,!.  a' 
l;i  'i.i.^iiM.   In.l..  April  ::".   !  -M. 

I  •'.  i'_;h  :  ii    (  l.-n.'rat  iMii.  I        '  ']  ,  i  h  i  r.  -n  : 

L',  i  1.  i.    A,l-!ia  (  'i-M.-k.-r.  L.  (  i,-t.  L'7.    1  v-".7.  M.  !>,•(•.    i.   !•»:'>  7. 

"77\  ii.     ^1;:    ha     l>\\i'/n!     <  'i-".-l,.  r.    L.    in      Ki.  hm.,i.,l.     hni..    M;:\     v. 
I-:::'.  .;          .-rupim-I.-!  ;,i    \\';-,;n..it. 

i:.77''..  iii.     \,i-  li.i   KI-..I,.    -  i  i-...-k.-r.  >..  ili.-.v  I-',  i..   1:  .  i-i  I.  i,:..lf:i 

:   -    '.   .I-   •  ;.h    M:i!-.-lia:.i     l',:i\  ii--.   I.,    at      \'.<  I  _,,  rt  •  .1  1  .    Ma--.    I    .-li    ,.)'     L.ij.ir 
I',  :  .  i     >.,|,;;;,i     I',-;,-.'  .  a    i,,a,'hiiii^     ami     ir^n     : 


Dwicjld  of  J3clc]iCrtown,  J/^.y-v., 

Son  of  Ti  inotli  ij,  Xon  <>f  John,  I>ot]i  ofDcdlicuii,  J  A ''•••••-•.   4s 7 


2777.  iv.  Mary  Augusta  ('rocker,  b.  there  Jan.  4,  1S-13,  m.  Nov.  10. 
iSiii',  Frederic  Xelson  Chikls  (son  of  Ichabod  Hatch  Childs  of  Wa- 
quoit  and  .Rebecca  Robinson),  a  sailor,  living  at  Waquoit.  No  chil- 
dren. 

[  Seventh  ( Jeneration.  I 

27'i'.1.  ii.  Sarah  Sophia  Strong,  1>.  lYb.  1.").  lM>.\  m.  April  In,  iSi'ii, 
lion.  Isaac  3Ic(  onilic,  LL.J).,  b.  in  Merrimack,  X.  .11'.,  Aug.  :_'l',  17S7 
(son  of. John  McConihe,  who  came  in  1  7-"' I  from  Londonderry,  >  reland. 
to  Merrimack.  N.  Jl.,  with  his  parents  and  Sarah  Campbell,  dan.  of 
Samuel  Campbell,  who  with  John  Mc<  'onihe,  grandfather  of  Hon.  Isaac, 
moyed  in  !<>7S  from  Argvleshire,  Scotla.nd,  to  Londonderry,  !r-laiid, 
in  ord<;r  to  escape  the  per.secut  i"ti  then  "waged  against  (lie  Presbyterians 
in  Scotland).  He  was  grad.  at  Dartmouth  in  1*12.  and  practised  law 
at  Troy.  N,  V. ,  for  more  than  iit'tv  years  (  1 ';  1  .">-(') 7 ),  ajid  was  dis- 
tinguished, for  his  integrit  v  and  abilit  v.  In  1*28  he;  was  made  judge 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Rleas  of  Rensselaer  Co.;  in  1*31,  County 
Treasurer;  in  IS:>2,  Postmaster  of  Troy  for  1  0  years  (  I  S32-  12).  and  was 
for  several  years  one  of  the  Count  v  Supervisors.  He  was  also  for  many 
years  a  iYnk  Director,  Railroad  Director,  Presr.  of  the  Troy  Lyceum 
of  ^Natural  History,  Trustee  of  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute 
and  of  the  Troy  '  Jrphan  .As\dum,  and  Senior  \\arden  of  ^t.  Paul's 
Ciiureh.  beside  holding  many  other  oiiirial  jiosilions.  'vile  was  a 
man  of  vigorous  constitution,  industrious  habit  --.  LCreat  cheer  fi  :  i  ess  and 


IS')/,  at  'lYo\-.  v.difi'e  Ids  \\-ido\\'  stiil   resides. 

[In  i:')*;'.'  Sit-  Niel  Campbell  of  Lochawe.  Argyleshire,  chief  i'  the 
powerful  clan  of  (  'ampbell,  married  the  sister  of  Robert  Bruce,  and 
from  them  the  Campbells  of  Argyleshire  descended.  J)unean  Campbell, 
gram! -mi  of  Sir  Niel.  the  founder  of  the  clan  of  Campbells  of  I  n\  era  we. 
assumed,  according  to  a  I  i  i^'lda ml  custom,  the,  name  of  J  )onachie,  or  the 
Mac<lonachie,  that  is,  "  the  son  of  Duncan  "  (his  father's  name!.  Some 
of  his  descendants  dropped  the  name  of  Campbell  ;  and  others  look  t  he 
]>arronvmic  Maconochie,  which  is  spelled  variously  afterwards  in  the 
acts  of  parliament  and  in  old  title-deeds  Maconochv,  MeConahy  and 
McCoiiihe.  In  1'ii'i  Maconochv  of  Inverawe  v.'as  secoml  in  coinmand 
in  ih'1  Ivii'l  of  A  i'iT\'l(;'s  army  against  the  reigning  house  of  Stuari.  In 
the  same  year  his  estate  and  family  titles  were  attainted  am!  >old  li\- 
the  crown  :  but  in  h'>r>s.  after  the  revolution,  ihe  attainder  of  the  i']ai-l 
of  Ar^vle  a  lid  «\'  hi-,  adherents  \\'as  ro  versed,  and  ^Faconochv  of  !  n\  era  we 
was  paid  by  the  goyernment  for  his  lost  estate  tin-re. and  he  pit  :vha>ed 
with  tiie  moue\  ei  \  en  him  the  estate  evei"  since  held  by  his  family,  and 


r;llli',|     M,';l.l.i\\  l.illlu.    ill     M  i '  I  -  I  .'  .  1  ]  I  i  ;|  1 1 .         Tin  •    |  HVMMlt     l  •  1 1  i .    i'  i  i  r    \;  •  |  >  ].    •-'  •  I ,  I  :  I  - 

I  i  \  I-  nl'  I  Ii"  dan  i't'  I  In-  :n  ii'l<  Mil  Inn-  iii'  <  '.i  ing  >!>>-l  U  :i  in  i  M  ;n-.  Mi"f  liifi  1  > 
Ali'VilnliM'  .MafMinfiiii'.  uilli  ilir  title  nf  I. "I'M  M  •  ~.c  i  ••  ..  1  •. :  : , !. .  .'•  -1'liliu' 
i.ii  Iii--  •••-[  :i '  ••  IH'MV  L'  i  MiLu  rii'li.  j 

Tin'     .  •>,;;. ll'i'll    of     II,,;,.     !>;,;,,'      M  <•(  '( .1 ,  i  1 1.  •    %\  .  M  V     ;,1]      Lil'llii:      Tl'ny,    1,111 

Saiiiiirl. 

I  Li-!,;  !•  (  I.Mi'M'Mt  imi.  I      <  'liiMi-.M,  : 
L'77-.    i.   Tli,.!ii:is   .It-:r,T>..ii    M.-C.Miihr,    1,.    An-    h-  ;.;;•!    ,1.  An.'.  L':5, 

I>L'7. 

L'i7'.'.     11.     Sarah     Tll'M'i'.Sl      .Mr(  'ulilln-,     1>.     All.:'.    l!->,      1  '  -  _' "  ,    111.    \\:!il;iln 

M.    \l:ill..r\   :iii.|  .1.  Nnv.   ID,   |>:.  I. 

L'7V(>.    iii.    ('.il.    ls;iM«'    Mf(  '.Miiln-,  1».    M;iivl|    L1  i  .    I  Si'.' I. 

:.'7-l.   i\.    Mii.j..r  \VilIiam  .MfCMiiihc,  !..  .Iitl\  ''-.   i-:,J. 

L'7^L'.  N.  <',,!.  .li.lin  M cd, n ilir,  1>.  >••],!.  I,  !>:;(,  ^ •,-.•,. i.  ,-n  1'i.ii'i,  <  ',,11. 
in  1  >'.">."),  iii.il  Ml  tin1  Al!i;iiiv  Law  S'-liui)!  af'i'Tv,  anU.  !!••  M'ltli'il  as  a 
!a\\'\  "i1  a;  (  )in;,lia,  Xi'!ira^!:a.  i:i  !  <">1',,  a  in  1  v. ; ;--.-.  ><  >n  -  j  •;,  ii.;  •••,•••;  ;•  rv 

in  lli,-  '  I.  >\  I'l'iini-  nf  1  !i:it  TiM'.'i  i  •  M'v.  !  I  ••  Wi-hl  ;i>.  <  '"i"i:  i  'A  i' :.  ;•  ,  i  ;.,"li- 
1  iii '!il  i  if  i;ii.it;ir\  au'al  ii^i  In,  1  '.i  \\  I  n  •  •  I  i  !•  1  la  1 1  -,  \\  l ;  1,  >;  ;,-i  •  •--,  a  i  ,•  i  \.  a  -  a  |  '- 
|  MI  1 1  ,-'!  af:"l'\v;il',|s  Ailjl.  <  Iriil.  <,f  tin-  '!',  i  ritury  i-f  N,  '•.;  .  -:.,;.  Al  tin- 
lii'^iiiiiri'^'  "f  t  In'  I'i'iTiit  \Viii1  in1  i'ai>>'il  a  fi  MM  ji.'inv,  i 't'  \'>  i:  !''ii  In'  v,  a-'  IMMI'I' 
f-i'.ji'aii!.  ill  tin'  lii'M  l  i  _:ilin  HI  ui'  Nclir:i.-kii  \'i>l>..  ;;)i.l  lu,  r>  •' .  •  i  v.  i :  h 
tiii'lii  !  lii''ii;^ii  lli'1  i-'  !M|  'ai^'ir-  iii'  l>'il  aivi  '_'  tn  tin-  1,-iitii-  nt  >:.!;. i|i} 
M  i>-..  Hi  V.  liir',1  111'  W;s~,  Wullii'1,',1,  A  pl'il  7.  !-•'_'.  (  >:.  ,'•  ;  liH.ii  _:'  i'.  .r  -i 
1  M  i  ••['  ]  '-•:  I1  '  i  I !  »  li  !>  hi  >lili',  la'  \\  a-  a]ij',  illl!  i'l !  I  .1 .  (  '  'i.  t  ii  !  i.i'  ]•'•'  h  N  .  \  . 

l!,'-:.  "i'  \'-U..  aii,!  ai',  Tv.ai-.K  i!n -it-  ('.ill. !,'•!.  A;  i!n'  -;  — >  "t'  .M..rris 
I  -la  1 1-  i.  >.''..  ii  •  ji'-i'f'  inii'-i  I  1 1,  U'-!  i  ari  ill1  m>  i  In;  \  :  !.••  !'.:;_;,;  .  ;  i\i<- 
','  Mil :.••::.!  in  -  •  \  i-ral  La;  p---  iiii'li-r  '  •< -in  i  a!  i  Mi'  '•  :  >.  i:  ii  •_•',•  ^:<\- 
\;<  111  i  \  .  a  .  I  ;  l'i ,  I",'.  ;•  t  <  ,  --  \',  '  •; : '  liil  •  •  '  !i"  A  fli.  V  <  '•  M'|  .>  \',  :,  , '•',  V.  .  .l.:.iliti 

..}'  (  :.•;,!.   :  •-.:  1,1.  ai.il   ua,  kill".!  ;,«    *  '..I-l    liarir.'i1,    Ya..  .1,  !.    i   -•'  i. 

l'7v;.    \i.    I.',  i  ','!.  S;M,,M.  !    M--I  ',  nil....  I ..  ,:;     M.  iri.:.  \.   II..  *  ,  t. 

L'i'a.l.  MI    I  "ni.Mi     I  '  .11.    in      l-."i.;.       I  !,•  •-.>,.   v 

\:  a  -     ••.;:.!       -  -i,  ih'  i  i     <  'a  1 1'  a  ill     i  ,  I'    a     n  MM  |  •:•  P  \     II;     tin1     '  N  .    \  .    I  .'•_'.•  't 

\'i  iU.,     I  '     I'.    •"',     1  '-' '  I  .    a  !i'  !      Li't'i;  liir     ^11,  •!•!•-  -I  \  i   U     fa]  ,;  Mil,.    II.;      •  •  I'   .    '  .•  t    f  •  'i'  '- 
i.i'l     nl     lii'-     i"jin:  Mil.   Mi.'i     a  i  i ' -r\\  M  I1' Is     L\-     !>i-'-\iM      Li'_.   '•     •   ..        I!'      i:;t- 
••MI--    |.;-'    r.i'.-M'i    !.'.  (  'nl.  ..I'    lli.'     I  !:i,    L,,1..''    L.  S. 
I     t.i  i  ; .   ill1'  r--^ •': ! a  r  :;  rii'  \  •,  M  in  I  in  i-i  'iniiK.Mil  nl'   <'.ii:  :     \  .   A  i ;- 


278o.  ix.  Phihmda  'Wells  McConihc,  b.  Aug.  29,  ISM,  il.  Jan.  2, 
1845. 

27S7.  x     Mary  IMc(  'onihe,  b.  Doc.  20,   IS45. 

27SS.  x  .   Alon/o  .McConihc,  1).  .June  S,  iS.'iO,  d.  'May  5,  18.")  1. 

[  Kiuht h  ( generation.] 

2770.  ii.    Sarah   Theresa   McConihe,   b.    Aug.  2:>,   IS28,    in.  Jan.   23, 
184<J,  William  Mead  Mallory  of  Corning,  X.  \ ..  b.   Xov.  L':!,   1817  (son 
of  Lorin  Malloiy  and  Mary  M^ead),a  proprictoi:  of  a  coal  mine,  I'csidin^ 
at  Corning,  X.  ^^,  whoro  slio  d.  Nov.   l(i,  '18.">4. 

[Xinvli  Melioration.]      ('luldron: 

2780.   i.   Sarah  Kate  Mallovy,  h.  Nov.  12,  1840,  ,!.  April   13,  1858. 
2700.   ii.   rhiliiiida  Judson  '.Malory,  1».  May  22,   18."il. 
27'.'  i.  iii.   AVilliaiu  McConiho  -Malory.  1).  about  IS")!,  d.  soon. 

]  Ki^hi'h  ( i-enoration.  ] 

27SO.  iii.  Col.  Isaac  McC'onilir,  b.  Mavcli  21,  ]8:i(>,  urad.  at  Jlain. 
('oil.  in  !>'!'.',  a  inorcliaiit  in  rTro\',  X.  ^'.,  inavor  of  the  citv  (I8!i0— 1). 
He  m.  ()ct.  !  I,  1SOI),  I'liel»e  McKoan  \Vavron  of'l'roy,  b.  An-.  •"),  1845 
(dan.  of  .To.sepL  >[abbitt  \\'arreii  and  I'lli/abetli  A.  S'helps).  lie  is  Col. 
of  the  2!ih  Ue^t.  of  the  .Xationul  Muai'd  of  tlie  State  of  Xe\v  Voi'k  : 
liad  one  child  : 

27i*2.    !.    Anna  I'rnyn  McConilie,  L.  Nov.  :50,  18lj7,  d.  Sept.  12,  1808. 

27si.  i'-,.  3iajoi-  William  McConihe  (son  of  lion.  Isaac  McCoJiilie 
and  Martha  i»\vi--ht),  b.  July  <i,  1S.">2,  isi.  Jan.  2.">,  18.18,  Aui;'ustit 
Francis  I'.ovey  of  Ilacino.  \\'is.,  b.  July  H,  ls:>i)  (dan.  of  A  iidi'ew  Jack- 
sou  llovev  of  ('hic;i^o.  111.,  and  Mary  Satterlee].  lie  \vascashier  I'or 
some  time  of  the  City  Hank  of  .Kaciiie  YVis.  lie  \\as  captain  of  (Jo.  A. 

iu  the  2d  X.  V.  !!e^t.  of  Vols.,  the  date  of  hiscoi issioii  being  April 

2-"),  1  -  Cil.  I  Ie  \vas  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Chaucelloi'sville,  \"a..  and 
afterv.  ards  v.-as  made  capt.  in  the  First  Army  Corps  and  IJrevol  Major. 
He  has  i\'sided  for  some  years  ])ast  in  N'x'ashin^ioii,  i  >.  C.  ( 'hildroii  : 

27'.1:;.     I.    Waiter  \\"i!liam   McConilie,  b.  Aug.  (i,    IS.VJ. 

27!'i.    -2.    Uose  Mc-Couihe,  b.  Oct.  21.   LSiiO. 

[  Se\  '-n'  h    <  ienerat  ion.  | 

2771.  iv.    !i-.ii.    henry  \\'righi    Strong  (son  of    lle/.ekiah   \N'.  Strong 
and   Manila    I  hvight),  b.  Doc.    II,   I  S  1  (I,  grad.  at    Amherst   in    lS2.">,    \\a.s 
a  la\\  I'er  Mi   'i'r<i\,   X.    N".,  and  eminent   in  his    profession.       lie  \vas  for  ii 
years    IN-cordrr  of  the  city,  and  I'or    .")    a    member  of   the   State  Senate, 
and  for  a  portion  of  the  time  chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee.      Me 
in.    about    IS!.;!    Sarah     Kli/aheth    Cornell,    b.     April    22,   iSi>:;,dau.    of 
Lai  ham  Corm-il  ()f  '1'rov    and    Sarah     !5ailev   \\hite)-       lie    d.    ai   Trov, 


/ >>  .v,-(  i,J<l /its   nf  (  ',lj,f.     \ilfj,!. 
I'.HI          '/'//'     Sun    ,>>'  \tttliif nit  I    I hl'i,/!,  I,   »}'  \nrtiiilii,  !,'<!!,. 

I'Vi  •.  L'N.  I  x  I  v.  a,-i  .  .",-.  I  I  i^  u  |(|,  ,\s  in.  l'"l'  a  L'd  I,  n  -i  M  i  id .  .1  line  L'.  i  -••.",. 
II''  LCI  II,  lTlli'_'l  <>;:,  a  fa  i  niei'  a  !  I  '.n  i  n  -ss  lek  ,  I  ,',•;,  ^.  (  'u.,  N  .  \  .  'I'ss  , , 
,  lid  Ire:,  : 

C,,il.    in    I-''.-.  >tudied   I:i\v  at    I  I  eM.-l  1  „  T-.  Ceimany. 

L'7'."''.    L1.    llenrs   WrL'lii   Sir-i,''-.  1,.   March  I".  I  s  |s.  ,].  .1  ,,|\   Li.  K>  1 . 

S.-\  ell',  ll    (  lelleral  1'  ill.  j 

L'7iL'.  \.  MM n.  Mar.-diall  M  ax  -n  M  n  -I  i-  (  •  -,  ,n  < ,f  i  I .-/.  -k  ia  Ii  V.'.  >  ;  rm,  _' 
ai.d  Martha  D\\  idi  t  I.  i  >.  Se]it..">.  1  >  i  .">,  >|,eni  i  \>  u  ve,ir>  in  Ai.dnT.M 
<'dll.  and  I'lie  in  I  ni''ii,  N.  ^  ..  l,iit  did  Jmi  LlTaduate.  II"  s1.  i-  a  la\s'- 
\  el'  uf  eii.ilielice  at  llacihe.  lie  111.  MaVL'7,  1  >  I  '  ' .  A  1 1  la  !  a  i  a  I  I  a  V.  k -,  ( if 

Tr..\,  N.  V..  !..  in  I>1~>  (iliiu.  i.f  .luliu.-,  llMSvk.-,.  Si,-  s\a-  l,:,rn,d  t.i 
dea  ;  1 1.  NS  it  ii  li'T  I  ss  1 1  cli  ill  I  rci  i.  in  l:er  (.\s'ii  h'  >;,i"  at  I  la  i  M  1 1".  .Ian.  L'7.  1  v  I '', . 
\\lille  liel1  liii^'ialid  \\as  alix'lit.  a>  nne  (,('  tile  council  uf  ill-  '\  >  nilul'V 

df  \\  iv'ii'-in.  \\liieli  \\-;(s  in  >e»idii  at  ill"  time,  and  uf  ssliidi  he  was 
I  'red'  i"i,; .  The  ui'iu'iii  «>f  t  he  tir<-  remains  tutliisila\  nnk  '!•,"  n  :  i,ut 
all  tin  iiiinat  •-  "f  the  lioiix'  during  the  ni^hi  ,  if  it>  m-cniTi-in-e  i-li'-.l. 
II-  in.  S,  ],1.  I'.i.  isr.il.  f,,r  a  L'd  ssife.  Kinilie  Mack  I'llmai.n  'f  1,'a- 
cili".  1,.  in  Siiii^t>.  Midi..  Jail.  I  L',  !>."']  "iail.  i.t'  I  -aac  Jaine-  riilnaliii 
and  Delia  Maria  .J.,lniM,n).  Me  d.  March  !'.  IM'.!.  lli~  u  id  ,v.  ^  >i.j.  , 
ai  |-:\:MI~'"!I.  Id. 


i.     I  I '  n  rs     Si  run  u.    1'.   A  |  -n  1     i  -  I  1  .    liiirned    tu    deal  h    Jan. 

[  .    heal'l  V    li  S  e    \  ea  I  >.. 
lil.     J  Iliiel  te   >t  l'i  'liLf,    1>.    A  I  il'ii     1  '•  !   !  .    1 ,1!  r;,'  d     1  ,,(!•,:''.     J  :    :  i. 

: .   in  ari  \    t  ss  ii  s  ea  r>. 

Ii,,  .,,,„„,/  ,,;/:  .. 

is.     I    ilmaiin  Sir, OIL:'.  ''.  Jnm-  ."iii(    I*-.",].  '.'Tad.  a'    ^'a'.•    in    i 

,     ill     (   'idea-',. 

s.     lid  rs    StruiiL'.  1'.  S,  j,i.    L'L1.    1  -."'.",. 

si.     l-'rance-  ,  ••  |-';inns  "  '  <  >._d"ii  >;  i  •"':•_'.  !,.   A|'i-il    17.    !•-•'•". 

i  i   <  i  e  n  i  •  i  •  a  1 1  u  1 1 . 

s  iii.     Sii-aiilia     I  "ialia    I  »ss  i-hl     (dan.   "f  I  '-!.    Kii;ah      i  'ss  : 
n    and     I  liana    M  i  l:x  ia  !'•  |.  1,.    |  1,-c.    :','..    \~-'.\   m.   >    |,.  .   '.'.    ! 

.   I !  ',..  i,.  Mas   L  1 .  177.",  i   t'  M.  -.n  sL'S\  , .f  I;    \    i 

'    '  I      \laiA      1\  I  !    •_; •  I ,    •_ I  'a  d  .     at       I  ',  I  u  SS  1 1      I     III  S  e  r  - 1 !  \      I  ! ;      17',.     '• 

'    i  ','.-:in-.    Me.       I  I"   s\a>    f-r    :'.n    S"ar-   -herill'    and   .•'• 
Mane" el,    I  '"..    M,..        ||,.   ,|.   ai     I'l.-lchcrluSMi.  '  •'•:.    L'7.    i       '':. 
-;iil     \,,s.  1-71     redd.  -.  in  In  aHli  and  -t  r-  K% 


D  WinJet  of  T>el.cliGTtown^  J\£ciss.^ 

Son  of  Ttnioili  ij^  Sou  of  Jolui,  J>otli.  of  Dedluim,  J/i'/x-v.  4(,)1 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

2SO.">.  i.  Susan  Mason  Shaw,  b.  at  Castine,  March  M,  ISM.,  d.  Xov. 
2S,  is  is. 

2801.  ii.  ALason  Shaw,  b.  Feb.  id,  1  S  1  7,  at  Casiine,  an  artist  at 
Belchertown.  He  in.  Jan.  1,  IS  17,  Kmilv  Sabin  of  Amiierst.  Mass., 
b.  at  Rutland,  Yt.,  Xov.  2,1820  (dan.  of  William  Sabin.  and  Fanny 
Oardiner).  lie  d.  of  consumption,  Sept.  .">,  18.")."),  at  IJelcliertown. 
She  had  previously  d.  of  the  same  disease,  .June  I,  IS. ">.'>.  ('hildren: 

280.1.  1.  Edward  M.ason  Shaw,  b.  at  Ware,  'Mass.,  Oct.  1,  1 S  1 7,  a 
clerk  in  Providence,  K.  i. 

280(i.    2.   Sarah  Ilowell  Shaw,  b.  April  0,   |Si<). 

280".  iii.  Susan  Mason  Shaw.  b.  at  Castine,  Feb.  28,  1820,  m.  Oct. 
0,  1S.")S,  Calvin  I'.ridgeman,  b.  Dec.  21,  LS12  (son  of  \\'ri-ht  Ib-idge- 
nian  of  .Px'lchertown,  a  merehant,  and  i  rene  Smith  of  Craiil)y,  Mass.), 
a  retired  merchant  in  ]>elr-hertown.  One  child: 

2808.    1.   Susan  Shaw 'Uridyvman,  b.  April  iS?  18-J2.  d.  Feb.  27,  18.11. 

[  Fifth  Generation.]      See  page  448,  2447.  ix.      Pliny  Dwight(son  of 

Capt.  Nathaniel  I ) wight  of  J>elchertown  and  ilannah  Lyman).  b.  Aug. 
11,  17 •">•">,  in.  June  M,  1777.  Mai-tha  l-'orwai'd.  b.  May2''>.  !7'')H  (dau. 
of  Kev.  -Instus  i-'oi'ward  of  Belchertown  and  Violei  .Dickinson.  She 
d.  Sept.  7,  1782:  he  d.  March  M,  1  7S:>.  lie  was  a  farmer  at  JJelcher- 
town. 

|  Sixtli  Generation.]      Children: 

2801).    i.    Nancy  D  wight,  b.  Nov.  I",  177N..1.  Feb.  20.  1770. 

281u.  ii.  Nancy  .Dwiglit,  2d.  b.  M  arch  28,  1780,  in.  as  his  2d  wile, 
June  1801,  Kev.  'Dr.  Asa  McFarland,  of  ('oncord,  N.  H.  (b.  April 
10,  17iiO),  and  lived  but-  •'>  months  afiei-\\  ards.  She  d.  Sepl.  S,  |8()1. 
His  1st  wife  was  Clarissa  Dwight.  See  our  pre\  iotis  page,  No.  2  hi-). 


hose  ennmerated  in  regular  order 2,  i  'H  i 

I  i.    'I'liuse  adiled  afterwards  and  siarreii L'.'S.i 

i  !  L    Those  ne'thei1  numbered  nor  starred,  aooitt liO 

<)f  tliese    ">li|     ]iavo    been    descendants    of   <  'ol.    Timoihy  Dss'i^ht    of 
N'ori  iiampi,oii. 


Third    <  J. 'Herat  lull.  ]         SIM.    i,a^e     1  I  l'i. 

!•">.  \iii.  IJev.  .lo.-iah  l>v.i-hi  i.-on  of  ('a|>t.  Timothy  l»\\i<_'h!  of 
I*...!!,,,!,!.  M;;--..  and  Anna  Flint  'dan.  of  Hex.  Henry  Flint  of  Hiain- 
tiv.-.  M-iv,.  i,  1..  Feh.  S,  1«;7"-1.  ,-rad.  at  Harvard  in  1<>7,  wa-  or 
daim'd  and  in>!;'.ll.',l  the  lirM  Con-;.  :nini>:  T  of  \Vood.-toek.  <'t.,  in  the 
Mimmer  oi'  lil'.'H.  l'ln>  pi. ice  was  owned  at  tli>-  tinir  Iiv  the  to\sn  of 
I '.o-Jie.rv,  M;>--..  .Miid  was  f>r  sonic  \vars  .-u  li>";  MI  -m  1  v  a  ]'a!-i  of  iin- 
j>ro\  incc  of  MM ->aclniM-tts  l',-i\.  I 'ri'\  iou>ly  to  th"  y<-ar  I1'.'.'!)  ii  was 
•  •al!''d  N''W  I!o\lnirv.  liu!  at  ;Ii:it  t  inn-  its  lialnr  l)ri-aiiii',  ;i>  lioVi'.  \\  ooil- 
s!iM-k.  In  .Mav  of  thai  v^ar  I  In'  -^  •I'-cini'-n  v.  •>•}•>•  <-:i,|  <•  r.\  n-'-d  "i'iir<'af 
(in  1 1'  •![  i  If  of  tin1  town  \\~it  h  Mi'.  I  >  \vi_d  it .  al  10  ui  In-,  -«•!!  ji'ii  i-  -in  i  i;  n  in 

ihr   \\o|-',<    of    ;1|.-  luini^trv        1!    l"'l!ii;'    li'ft.    Ill  tin1!!1  dl-i'i-cl  ion   \\li;;t    to  _;l\i', 

^-o  tii'-\'  '•••. d  not    ',',!,  at    was  fornn  -ri  \'  jiro]io>''d  to    othi-rs.  r-j ..  -ria  i  i  v  in 

t he  nio!n-\-  j >art ."  I;,  (),-;•  .1,-r  !  (i'. " i  a  roniinit;  •<•  wa>  i-lio-,<-n  "to  nian- 
ap-  thi-  ?•:;!'  linif  of  a  inini>trr"s  Ixmsr,  |i'  fn-i  ],\-  I'.',  of  i  !  t'<-  ;  ^:i;d. 
with  :•.  r.-ilar  I  i  fc'.'t  s.j'iuv,  a  stai-k  of  I  cliiiMii'-y^  and  two  ^'a'o!.  -.  TO 
1."  m!-!-  1  ;:nd  i-ov.-i-.-d  ...i--  md  to  !,«•  lini>li.-d  l.y  tli-  iir-i  of  M;iy. 
I'i'.'L1,  and  ill"  ol!,.-r  ;:.-.  ••  n  ;:>  th."V  call  col;  \Tliii 'lit  !  \  ."  A  \  '  •  W;..- 
]'a--  d  ;:  \  ar  !;;!  -r  for  luiihiii-j;  a  1,  n  •  •!  i :  i-'-iio  !-,••,  .")li  fi- '1  l.y  L';.  of  1  1 
('••<•!  --t'-id,  uith  •  ii"  L;.:di!i.  on  racii  .-id".  !n  tii"  autniiin  ot'  li'.'.'.'i  ih-y 
:._'r  •  !  '  '  j  ••>. '.  ii  1 1.:  a  .-a  iarv  oi'  L1  I '  ;l  \  >•  ir.  'I'ha  \  in  1  -i'. "  i  all  a  I  i  '  :  ra^'1  "> 
had  !.  -I,  fuil\  |  :,;,!  i-  rvi  '-:,!  tY^ni  a  ,;-,-ial  r -c  .r,|  ii,:  '  "  .! ,  .-i.-.li 
I  »v.  '_•:.:  of  \\"  .  :rl  -  -,-k,  I  'onn  of  Siilioik.  N,  v,  \['  ;.|.  i 
)•'•;!'  ni  ;i  ••  •>  all  ciaini>  t'ir  h::ir--df  ami  h"ir-  a^'ii1,-:  tin-  i: .!,.  !•!:;, :,  •{' 

\\  .  .   .d  -'•'•':.    I  >\     ri'a-on    ot'    hi-,   -:ilar\'    tor    |  irrai-hl  IILT    :ilr  1     '     :   ••':!  •  !!_:     1  !c-t:l. 

u"..-    •'  \    .'    d    to    'jrant    Mr.    !)\\iu'h'     t-n    ;«•]•(•>    <••'     Ian  1     ii  '-t-ad    .•!    '"ii 
•••  .'"      At  a  io\\u  iM.-'iinu'  li-'l-l    !>••••.  -;;-  I~1|X.  •• 

I    •'•'•'     .   "  ',••_;•!.•••'    i  o     ]  i-i  \     a     -il  1 :  al  >!•  •   | 'l'o|  loi'l  ion    to    Mr.    I  >\\  U:h'    -  '   .  . 

,.-\    !']•••    "'iii    '  h' -   h'  in-"    of   <  iod   alid     ha\  c    i,o\\  liri-i1  *     - 

.-.o-ri"  !    i$    :,  fi  ..,-:ii""  •.   holh     in     M  i-honio  ni,  !    a;  d     Ki,!; 

!   j.av   for   Mr.    I  >\\  i^'lii'-    |-r.  -\   : 

-  '/o-'/i  iii".  or    -hall    connniii'  \\ithoin    iia\r  _'    ;h" 


Son  of  Timotliy,  Son  of  >Tolm,  l<>t!i  of  Dedliam,  Jfa-^s.    408 

same,  shall  bo  complained  of  to  The  Authority  of  Connecticut."  A 
coimiiittoe  was  annually  chosen  to  tula;  the  subscriptions  of  tin;  bor- 
derers; but  The  amount  raised  in  ull  wuvs  pro\ ed  <o  be  so  moderate  for 
the  supply  of  his  actual  wants,  that  a  weekly  Sabbath  contribution 
was  called  for,  u  which  money  so  collected  from  strangers  and  others 
should  belong  to  .Mr.  J)  wight  without  reunion  to  his  salary."1 

.Kiv  long,  after  the  meeting-house  was  fairly  completed,  and  "seated 
according  to  age,  usefulness,  and  dignity,''1— sixteen  pews   having    been. 
built  for  special  dignitaries,  and   humbler   seats   provi  led  for    men  and 
boys  —  rates  of  payment  made  out  and  collected,  and  everything  arranged 
harmoniously,  "a  great    uneasiness  was  found  (o  exist  in  the  ehurch  of 
\\oodstock  concerning   their  pastor/1       Me   had    evidently   been   much 
Straightened  by  the  tightness  of   the  money  market   in  his  own   house- 
hold affairs.      J  n  1  7-  1 ,  "  the  town,  though  complaining  of  great   po\  eri  v 
am!  scarcity,  yet  being  willing  to  do  what  they  could  for  their  minister, 
order. -d  that  a,  quarterly  collection  be   taken  for    him  on  the  Sabbath."1 
in  May  lil'.'S  "they  take   tlieJ'act    into  serious  consideration,  ihat    Mr. 
Dwight  h;id  continued  v\';th    them  upwai'ds  of  .">()  vears,  in  tlie  work  oi* 
the  ministry,  on  an  annual  sah'.ry  ol'  (;()  poe.nds,  Avhich  he  complains  is 
insuilicieut  foi-  his  honora!/lc  suji|)ort,  ami  are  of  opinion  that  the  great 
stroke  of  husbandry  under   his  management    takes  up  mueii  of  his  time 
and  thought,  ai:d  therefore  urant  tliat    7">  por.nds  be  assessed  i'(,\-  him." 
And  thev  desired  the  seh'ctmeii  to  acquaint    him  with  ilns  \'oie,  and  to 
'•'niNtruct:    him.    moi-eo\'er,    to     di-votc    himself    more   especiallv  to   his 
sacred  fuiiei  ions — t  hat   thev  muv  be  (.'iicouraged  bv  his  vigorous  |i  -   ibriii 
iinces  e>r  tin1  fuiure,  either  to  continue  this  said  sum  or  to  enlarge  it/' 
!!u!,  in  spile  of  the  increased  salary  and  the  accompanying  admonition. 
';  the  uneasiness  "  was  not  ailaved.    lie,  doubt]".-,s,  though1,   it  unreason- 
able to    have  to  take  part  of  his    pav  in  hind,  ami    then   !».-  blamed  for 
iilhiiu'  it.  ;;nd  indulged  probably  in   some    h-ist  v  forms  of  expression,  to 
which  lie  is  saiil   to    have  been  at  times  addicted.      The   people,  at    any 
rate,  assumed  a   more  angrv  and    bi;ter  tone   than    before,  and    openly 
accuse,!    him  of    avaricionsness,   dishonest     dea.lings    in    u'tld    l.-o  ds    in 
Iviiliiiu'lv.   and  a    "heterodox    leaning    towards  the  Saybrook   pla' lorni 
of     (  onnecticutj   Avhile  i!:e    church   stood    sijuareU    oil    ihe   ( 'aiiibridge 
plaM'iirm     of    .Massachusetts/          Aftei1     three     vears     oi       unmitigated 
conteniion    Mr.    I.) wight   Ijecanu;    thoroughl\'     dispirited,     and     fell      so 
uniiiti-.l      f'ii-    any    ion^-ei1   discharge    of     pulpit     and      parochial    duties 
a m on c.j;   sucli«  a    t'ault-ILnding   jieople,     tha.t     he    asked    tor    a   dismission 
from    any  further   ministerial    service    to    them.       A    town-meeting    wa> 
at  on =v  called  '*  to  ex|)ress  I  heir  minds  relating  to  dismiss!  ng  Mr.  .j  o.>iah 
|)v\i;J.;    fV<;m    his    charge    in    tlie    place    to    a    sedate   and  tjtiiet    lii'e;    or 
whether  it   \\ili  lie  for   the   iuuTcsi  uf  I'elisjiion  and    iin.-   comiuri  ui    the 


tnuii  t<i  continu''  liiin  in  hi-  nllii'f,  '  Tlii.-  inn-)  in_'  ori-niT'-d  mi  .\ir_'. 
.'In,  |  7:'1  >.  Tli.'  t'  iv.  11  '1  •  •<•!:!  re  I  1 1 1 -i'  ••  tin-  c\i-t  in;.;  di--ai  i-fnrt  inn  w a-  n 

Ina  t  !  i-r  i 'f    iniii-li    '_;TliT    :iliil    iilixirtv.    lillt     ilia!     ] p!"     had     I'ra-nn    In     i"- 

di--a' i-!i"d  t'i'-ri-  l"-inu'  '"•MI"  :trti«-|i  -  in  Mr.  I 'u  Ldi  i"-  i-n'i<!ii«-r  :iiai 
li.n  i  i  )••! -11  <  -\''i-|  'I  1'iiia'  '!•  •  all'  I  i  It '••]>!  V  Ljl'i"\lpM-  '  •  '  1  li  •  pll  M  !<',  and  i  li:i! .  ]  li 
tii-ir  opmi'iii,  \\IMi  ;i  (  'iin-i  1:1  li  -pint  nil  imili  >ld"-,  -.(••<•  PHI  lir  i'  i.. '  i'  'li 

m;_!i'  •  ill  Id'  mad  •  :  I'M'  if  i,  it.  tin!  ;h"  nrittrr  In-  i-.-t  'iT"d  t  >  a  '••.•!!:- 
ri!  n|'  riim-i'lir-."  TM  ilii>  In'  i-i'jiiii-d,  ilia!  "  h"  li.nl  -i.M.il  it  MM;  in 

U  ;ilil  >  ;ilr  I  Will's.  ;l!l  i  ill  \  '-r-.U  \  i  >t'  Wn]-ii>  \\  It  li  1  li'-l:i  \"\'  !  !  1 1  r'  '.  ->1  X  ',  '-,i|  -. 
1  iiit  \\  i  ill  ill  IH  't  111  lU  ill  i  iili\  :  lilli'_r  l';l>lil\  ,  Ilkf  .luliitli,  lii  ill  >|.l'-:i>'-  i  i  '  in  i  n 
\vlmni  U.'l'i'  all  lli>  WilVS.  Mll'l  >  i  \\.HlM  h-lVf  \\itll  llli'lll  !••  ili-i-  ';ir- 
a'jfi •  n|'  i-lici  HirMLji'  In--  u''  illr^'  nr  .-'  ;i\  1  nu'.  I  MI  -M^ii  H  >'-<-li!i-'l  hut  ili'-l  I'a  '  ih- 
mi  rit  IH-I-  -ill"  i  liat  the  ]ian  in-'  -lmu!-|  IP,-  in  >u,-Ii  a  nillli-.  "  I  I  ••  nu  jp-il 
i  lial  "  liii'l  In1  lii>  clinic.-,  il  v.'i  mill  li  '  to  tini>ll  llis  lit'.-  iilnl  liili  '1  -  ill 
t  lia  i  i  >la  •!•.  vvlii-rr  in1  li;i'l  -n  ni'i  "ii  lii'i  m-^'lit  tin1  iii1  !•'  i  IIL;-  IM  i u -!•  a  nil  i  iur\  - 
in^-ur  i'ii!' I.  v.'liii-h  \\cri'  in  .-.!i<'li  >tnrt  iici^lilioi'li'iml.  >iiil  i-l'i-.  ;•  iVj. 

L'.-|'i|.     !'     il,      ili>        t  \\:  'll-'ll!  >    :       illli)        11''       lln'icil         ill        ill"        t'lltlll'l'.      llV      l!|C       h'-ljl       l.f 

(In.i.  lia\!ii'.;'  M-i'ii  tin'  fiid  (if  |»c|'>i'i'Utioii,  t-i  i'ii_'.i^i'  In-  f'-v.  )•••- 
niaiiiihu'  ni"!ii(-ntM  in  >ui-ii  cniit'-iii]il;itioH  ami  ;.  iiiiivii'-n-i-  m  of  t!i  •  iu- 
r\]i|'c.-~-ioli-  ali'l  incolici-l  \  ,'liili'  ctcl'lil!  V,  iis  to  liiiikc  liot  o!il\'  llii-  lil,r- 
d''!i^  nf  Iii-  iii-ri'irriiiii.lioiis  'out.  r\.-ii  tin-  \vholi-  roiii]iii»  nf  inii'1  I'-i'lf. 
>!irink  In  tlic  Inwot  ]»)int  or  nothing."  (  >n  tin-  iinai  putting;  of  I'.H- 

\  i  it  '•.    "   \\  In-!  lli  -I'    i;     \VotlM   In-    fo|-      til"    Ll'iOl'V    l>f    <  ioil.    til'1      ilil"l'i-.-t>     of    !'••- 

li-v  .n  ;•  ;i'l  :  li"  |'(',-ici'  and  i'oiiifni'1  of  t  li"  t  n  v,  n.  t !  ia  I  tli-  la'-'i'snf  \\  r. 
.1  )v,  i_h;  -!ii  in  Id  lie  ront  inni'd  inrl  iicr  anioiiL:'  i  ii'-ni.  tip-  \  ot.-  \\  a-  ^;\  n 
l.\  t!,.  .-:rnh_'  iiiiijiii-'n  v  nf  -i\:y  to  our  in  thr  n.-^'tt  i\  ••.  I'-'-id-1  ";,,-  \  ,-,- 
(•;•-:  a-  lii-nt  i';il.  !'  i-  nut  -i  i  r]  u'i -i  1 1^  tlial  afoT  llii-  !i"  dd  '1 !  1  .•  •<  \  ;  •  > 

v.  it  !i  i  ii'  :n   in  ;;  da  \    n)'    f  i  -,  i  ;  n  _:'  and   |  ii-a  \  rr,  a  nd   to  rrlrr  tin1  n:a  !  '•  >-r    : 
cmili'-il.        lli-     di-mi-.-al      n,'i-ii|-|'i'd      S    pi.      .".       17U1'.      all    T     a      pa-'    •;.;'' 
allr  'h_f    t  llrll!      of    l;:ol  r    I  hiin      ."''i      \i-iii'-.         >o     In  I  Irii    -i  i  i']  ';•!-••:,:.'[    di-  .;,;  U- 

fai'iimi   urn-   r\prr--i-d     ii:    n.'iuii'" '!•;:,_;    t"^n-   :•'   !'.••  n    :i:;.,.  n  .-.•.  n 

in    l.iin.  'iia:     li"   v. •; •-     i!,d.h'"d    ;••    rnn-.-n:    :.,  i -i  '.    '.'  ••  n,a''    :    !•• 

;  ::•'     0"  •',  -i"'i    of    a     coilli.-il    nf    -i  \    rii  I  i '.  .'1 1"-    c .  n, '.  •  -i.,     I    t' .,'    :  ':       p:irp. 

N"n\  .    !  i  L'7.        \' a  1'ii  'U-     ai-i-M-a!  inn-   \\  riv     'orn;,_;-!ii     a_ai:,~       i,  ini.   !.  •  •! 

v.  Li   -M    •    -   :;.    t-    li"-."    'iH.,.,-1     |.l'o\.-.l.         \\dill"    il     l,\i:^    alls     .    iai    a 


Son  of  Tiniotlt  y,  Son  of  J  oli  n^  l>olli  of  Dcd.ltaiu,  Jfas*.    495 

ministry  of  S  years,  at  the  age  of  7'2,  ho  was  dismissed.  He  then  re- 
turned to  Thompson  again,  and  there  spent  his  last  days  in  the  cher- 
ished neighborhood  and  companionship  of  JJev.  ]\Iarston  Cabot,  Ins 
son-in-law,  tlie  Congregational  clei-gvm-in  of  that  place.  There  he  died. 
in  17  IS1,  act.  77. 

The  .Rev.  Thomas  Thatcher  of  Dedham,  said,  in  a  memorial  discourse 
of  the  town,  published  in  IS.'H.  that  ''he  was  descended  from  one  of 
the  mos<  ancient  and  honorable  families  in  this  town  ;  and  his  literary 
character  appears  to  have  been  highly  respected  by  his  contemporaries." 
!n  the  Cong.  Quarterly  (Oct.,  No.  ISCil,  pp.  3-tiJ-oO),  it  is  stated  in  a 
brief  notice  of  him  by  R 'V.  "R  >b  -rt  C.  Learned  of  R>:>rlin,  Ct.,  that 
"after  his  dismissal  from  \\  oodstoek  lie  went:  to  Romfret  to  worship,  ami 
that  Ins  former  parishioners  interfered  to  bar  him  from  the  Lord's 
table  ;  but  that  a  council  held  in  17-'-)  so  far  healed  the  wound,  that,  on 
some  acknowledgments  of  rashness  on  his  part,  he  was  restored  to  fel- 
lowship in  the  Woodstock  church."  ';  I  iis  judgment  was  noi  always 
wise.  He  had  no  connection  with  Connecticut  ministers  in  associa- 
tions, as  most  of  his  life  was  spent  under  Massachusetts  laws.  ("nder 
these  laws  Woodstock  remained  until  17  I'1.  L'ntil  1. 7<'>0  there  was  but 
one  church  in  the  town/' 

'•  In  manv  of  his  expressions  and  turns  of  thought  he  was,''  says 
Rev.  A.  !  hmning  of  Thompson.,  Ct.,  li  singularlv  quaint,  even  for  tho^e 
times  wh'Mi  (juaintiK-ss  was  almost  a  rule.  There  is  evidence  that  he 
was  a  good  man,  a  man  of  praver,  and  a  faithful  preacher  of  the  Cospel. 
He  died  ni  this  town,  and  for  more  than  a  hundred  years  h:s  remains 
have  be' -n  sleeping  in  yonder  graveyard." 

I  lorn.  Dee.  I,  Id'.)."),  Mary  Tai'tridge.  b.  1G77-8  (dau.  of  Coh  Samuel 
Partridge  of  JIatlield,  Mass.,  and  .Mrhitable  ( 'row.  dan.  of  John  Crow 
of  Hartford,  Ct.  She  was  sister  to  Mehitable  Rart  ridge,  wife  of  his 
brother,  Justice  X;tthani<,'l  Dwight  of  Northampton.  Mass.  Seep.  111). 
The  (wo  families  of  the  brothers  1  >wight,  who  married  two  sisicrs, 
.Rartridge,  ha\'ing  had  exactly  the  same  ancestors  on  both  sides  of  the 
house,  back"  to  Adam,  ou^hl,  if  there  is  anv  trn'h  in  the  laws  of 
hereditary  transmission,  to  have  l;een  \vonderful!y  alike  in  their  per- 
sonal elm  racteristics. 

Rie\.  -losiah  i)\\iu'ht  published  at  Ro>tdii  an  '•  Kssay  on  the  (>u1ery 
raised  against  regular  Sinu'inu;,"  ;uid  ;-  A  Sermon  preached  at  I'Yaming- 
h;im,  Ma--s."'  In  his  \\iil  (!7l'l)  he  mentions  .lohn  as  ••  set  up  m 
i'aiiiii.  esi  ate,"  e/i  \'es  his  "  1  look's  of  t  !ieoloL;'\"  and  in  1  lie  laniniau'es  to 
I'lx  ;;  i .  and  di  vides  his  estai  e  to  his  widow  , '  nd  to  son  -I  oh  n.  da  in/ hi  ers 
Anna,  Ruth,  Dorothy,  Mehitable,  Eunice.  Mary  and  rlli/ab.'ih,  and 
son  Theodore. 

lie  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of  marked    peculiarities  and  great   de- 


rtMi  Hi    <••!'  v.  ill.    a  I..  I    t'  i    li;i\  c     iiaii    |in>;l  I  \  f    '  •  I  :•  I  n  li  •>   III     !  '•  -i  ,  1 
at     \\  I    r-iii-1.,.  :i>.   tllf   n-riini>  :il    tin-   fumi' -I'   I  .l;u-f   I  il;ii  lii  \ 

<   ';,    li!'-    ill     hi|\     i'l      I  in     li|-;i|icii    nt'     I  ill1      I  >  V.|- lit     I'aliiliX     i. 

ai"  i  i  :!"•  ir:      <•'  ii  i    >.  |  n  -IP  {>•>  I   l'\    i  ii<-  suit  In  >r  t  li.-i  n  MM  t  hai    ul'  ii 
Tin-   M.I'I-,   ••'   'i    l';ii-l  -    hi-l'f    |.|v  ,-.f  hlfd     iia\f   lifii    !_f:ilinT'  ij     | 
;i    ui         I     \  .'  :  I-   :  \     I'!     Minn-'  -.    :i  lii  I     iil'l  •  •;,    ;:l     \\  ]ili-      I  h!  1-1  \  .t]  •, 
A  i;  i.   •        i:    s'.  "i.i  i  -lurk  a  iii  1    N.II  i  ii.-iiiijil'Hi.  -ir  \\'i  n  i,  ]-i  i  i,-js  ah 

tafi,    i'i'-\     ui-i'i'.    i;i,';l     I'l  i-i-ii  i  !  >  .    >i  -|  M  i  M  i-d     MI     iniii-li 
I •(•-!••  ••!     I  "     ::  h  v    iiaiill  s  nl'    il.li'l'ci  ilii!iiUliii-;tt  i"ii    lii-t  \\  i  i-n    1 1 
ini.a'ii:  i:;i-.   !i,,,l     iii"     lar^v    ;mi|     f\n  -I  !i-in      \\  i  M  H|.-;  .  ,r!. 
lainK-.     ii;n(      |'a~--i-il    a>   iniliii    tilil    lit'     lln-    c\r   n|'    lliii-.-     in'!. 
i  r,  iii-l1  i  'l1.-'  in-:,'  •-.  a--   It'  t  hr\    'ha' I    1 1 '.  cii   alp  i   ii  i'-'  i    U  lik  lid\\  i  iiu' 
in    .-i.i.  it-   i';,.--ii:i'  M  ji.i,  i   a  I    tin-   S.  in  lii.       Tin  \    -'.-in  al -i  i.  In  . 
i  i  i  -  •_; , .    •.   I  •  i  1 1  a  \  f  1 1 1> ;    a  n  v  c  \  i  i  •  1 1  ii  i  -i  i  a  •  -  j  1 1 ; .  1 1 1  < .-  •  \ ,  i  ••  •   \\  i ;  !  i   t .  i ,  •  - 
KI  1'irt  !i   (ii  'iii-ral  i1  ni.  |       (  'i!  li-lri-n  : 

L'-  i  i.    i.    Anna     I  >\\  i.'lit,    !«.  <  )rt.    !<>,    !  '''.'7.   in.    l;<-\ .  .1; 
,-i'  l;\.-.  N.  \.t  .!.  l-'i-l..  L'-.   1771.  an.  7  i. 

:."•>'-.   ii.   .inliii  i  >\\  i _!ii.  I/.  N"\.7.  1  ''i'.1--.  ii.  i-i   1  7."1-''!,  ;. 

i'- !  '.'>.    iii.    ilni  h  I  >\\  iiclii ,  i>.  :;*  n'.it    I  71 " '.  1.1.  .! .  .im    \\'- 
i--ir\       hi  ••   I'm1   \\fiiiitiiv  ( ic  iifa!i 'U\       a  .inini    \\fiiiinri 
••  .-in  i,!'  Tin  i;  •;;!•>   \\'f  t  liliii'f  allil   S.il'aii    i  la  1!   (»•>•   ]  >.   '.],}.    !  i. 

'}•••    Hit     lai'-'i. 

•i-  la  liiii-.    rci-i  n-il     1 1  :i;  ;i    I  '\\  iu'iii    i~  -j"  •'<'  n  "!'  : 
-     i'.i..  •!,-    "!'     l!a  .l.i;,!,..   I  ':.        Hi-   lull-'     i,a\f   . 
i.K-.aml.   all. I     MM-    l,i-   M-ri,h.i      V.i;',-.        'I  ill 

a-    vi;i,.,,ii     i-.i;i-,       .l.'lin     II.    !;.;-- 
i'   !!,;  ,  i.iiii,    ur.,1.',   lu   i-f|ilv   in  a    i'-tii-r  !•!'    in-   i   <r\    • 
'l::a        i  '•!  <  "  'k  -,   -I  l'.    (--iii;    <>]'    'i  i,'  >ln;:>     alii  I     Si      ;;  i 

^ .  i  7  1  7 .  i ; :  -  \\  i  s '  -   Man,  i  •  \   \v  i ,  - '  1 1 1  !  i  <  •  I . .  <  ^  I  >  •  1 1 1 .  >  1 1  •  • . . 
.  v.  h,  i   •.'.  a  >  ii.    Mi    1  7  !'•"•.  1 1   •;    li  'hu'  a  i .  i  r  \'.  ii"^--  i  i : 


Son  of  Timoilitj,  &<>n  of'Tolm,  Ixrfli  of  ]~)<:<lli<im,  J/r/.?.<    407 

the  Church  in  AYesichester  Co.,  X.  Y.).  In  17o.">,  liev.  James  Wet- 
more  (Episcopal)  of  live,  X.  V..  his  brother-in-law,  made  report  to  The, 
Venerable  Propagation  Society  of  Komlon.  iliai  "..Mr.  Dwi^ht  at  Xorth 
Castle  continues  very  diligent  and  faithful  in  his  school,  and  very  well 
esteemed  bv  the  people  there;  but  the  ;;reat  misfortunes  of  that 
place  make  him  weary  of  it"  (IJolton,  p.  ~>o:_').  At  Mr.  AYetmore's  re- 
quest, he  ^  as  appointed,  in  1  7-">  4,  cateehisl  fi  >r  the  pa  rish  of  I've,  and 
removed  to  White  1  Mains,  where,  as  recorded,  he  taught  '27  chil- 
dren. I  Sere  he  continued  until  1  "!•">,  engaged  in  the  same  work.  In 
this  yeai'  he  seems  to  have  died,  and  unmarried.  In  "The  Wetmore 
Memorial"  (p.  l;l(i)  we  find  l!ev.  Mi',  Lamson  writing,  Feb.  1",  17  Mi, 
that  "  Rev.  Mr.  AVetnioi-e  has  been  treating  with  Mi'.  Tims.  ]',.  Chand- 
ler, who  is  willing  to  serve  as  lay  catechist  in  live,  if  the  Jlon.  Society 
will  bestow  upon  him  the  salary  of  ,1^10  sterling,  formerly  allowed  to 
Mr.  Flint  J) wight."  So  on  p.  2 1 4  of  said  Memorial,  we  read  that  •*'  Mi1. 
\Vetmore  ]>rays  that  instead  of  appointing  a  successor  to  the  late  Mr. 
.Dwight,  the  Society's  schoolmaster  at  'The  White  .Plains,  they  would 
grant  him  an  assistant  minister  to  olliciate  under  him." 

'2--17.  vii.  Mehitable  I '\vight,  I'd,  lj.  Xov.  L\  1.7<i.">,  m.  William 
Southmayd  of  Middletown.  Ct. 

I'-^ls.  \iii.  Kunice  I ) \vight.  b.  in  !  70^,  m.  I  >ea.  Aaron  Lyman  of 
Jjelchei-town.  Mass.,  d.  March  L'S,  17'iO.  act.  ">L'. 

2sl!l.  ix.  Mary  Dwight,  b.  in  I7<»!>,  m.  l!ev.  Marstoii  Cabot  of 
Thompson,  ( 't. 

2si'l).    x.    Klijah   Dwight,  b.  about  1711,  d.  soon. 

L's'Ji.    xi.    Klijah   Dwight,  lM,  b.  about   l7i:'>,  d.  early. 

-^•'2-.    xii.    I'liixabcth   D\vi^ht,  b.  .Iulv7.   I7I1',  m.  Jeremiah  Jiaker. 

I'-i':;.    xiii.    Theodore    .Dwight,  b.  July  2S,   17_1,  d.  in  I  7o3,  act.  :;2. 

Of  the  11  Christian  names  here  given  (Mehitable  and  Klijah  being 
given  t \vi--e),  live  were  .Flint  family  names,  in  the  grandfather's  family 
(Rev.  Ilcnrv  Flint),  Anna,  John.  Rut  h,  .Dorol  hy  und  h'lint  :  andlhi'ee 
were  l'artridu'<!  names  in  the  mother's  family,  Mehitable,  Mary  and 
Kli/abeth. 

2^11.  i.  Anna  Dwight  (dan.  of  l\Vv.  Josiah  Dwight  and  Mary 
Pai'tridge).  l>.  Oct.  1<),  ]i;c.i7.  m.  in  I7ls  Uev.  James  \\"etmoi'e,  b.  at 
.Middl"to\\  n,  Ct,,  Dec.  L'-"',  ]''>!>•">  (son  of  Sergt.  Ixrahiah  Weimore, 
orginally  spelleil  Whitmore.  b.  March  !'.  I  (i-")i;,  and  IJachel  Siow,  b. 
Mai'i-h  I  ">.  I'iiili-  7.  whom  he  m.  Ma\-  1.".,  Mi'.'!',  and  who  was  dan.  of 
IJe\.  Samuel  Slow  aiid  Hop.'  Fletchei1,  dau.  of  \\"i!liain  Fletcher), 
jjTad.at  \"ale  in  171  I,  was  -et  i  led  a!  Nor'h  lla\''i!.  ('i..  as  the  lir-t 
( 'oiiureu'at  ional  minister  of  ihe  place,  I'm-  I  vcars,  and  "  was  u'rcailv 
Oteemed  and  belovc.'d  b\'  the  people,  as  might  be  reasonably  expected 


tYi  'in    i  lii'    sn;n  it  \    nt'  lii>  1 1 -in] i' -i1    ,-i  i ii I    tli"    regular!!  \     nf  ii  i  -  •  ••  -mi  I'M 
i  i  7  I  -     •_''_'  I.        I  'i:t    in    \~-~     If     made  a   di  elarat  imi  of   his  sent  imi  n!  -     in 
fa\  i  'I'  nt'     K|>isCM|iac\  ,    which      In  u'a  n     I  iii-     L'l'ea!     e|  ,|-cn|  a  I      !••  ilit  I'  i\  i   I  -  \     1  Ii 
(  ',  ihii'-rt  ii'Ul        fur  a    I'll  II   ai'C'  iiint    i  if    \\  Ii  irli    see    tin-    \\  '-t  him  e     M  I-IIM  >i  lal. 
],]..    ll»'.    '.'"i.      ••  '!'!,,.  ,1,., 'larat  inn  "i;--"!f   \\asasfnllo\\s: 

-T,,    tin'     i;«-\.    Mr.    Amlivw    ami     Mr.    \V...  >.|  l.i  id-"   ami    .itli.-r>.    "<n 

reXereml      fathers     allil      lil'el  Invil.    |>l'i'^"|]l      III      llii-     ll>>rar\     nt      ^al" 
(  'nlleu'e   tlii>    l.">l!i    nl'  Sept.     171'L'. 

Hi  \.  <  i  i:vi  I.K.M  I:N  :  l!a\iii".  represented  in  vmi  il,i-  ditDenli  i.--  that 
\\v  laliiir  timli  T  in  I'l'latiuii  In  niir  cnntimiaiice  nut  nt'  tli<-  \i-iM"  cnm- 
lulininll  nt  an  Kpl-cnpal  cliHI'i'll.  ainl  a  stair  nt'  si-'-lnlli^  ( i  j  i|  H  o|  I  inn 
tliri'i'In,  cither  as  |>]'iva!r  ( 'lii'i^t  laiis  nr  as  ntlii-'-r^,  aiiM  MI  in-itiL:  iii- 

(-',>!••(!     nil    l'\     Millie    nl'     \nll,    after     dill'    rejicatel]     lieelllii  Ii--     nt'     M.    tliat     \\  i  • 
sllnlllil      slllll       ll|i     nil!1     I'MM1      111     \\lltln^'.    \\  e      (in.     tlmli^li     \\  I  i  1 1      L.l''-ll      1'eluc 

taiu'e.  t'-ariiiu'  ilie  cnnsei|ueiice>  nl'  it .  -nl  mi  i  i  to  and  ei  imply  \\  it  !i  it .  ami 

siu'llit\     in     \nll    that      snm,     nt'   IIS   dnlll'l    nf     til"    \a!iditV.    ahd      the     1'">I    al'< 

iiim-e    I'ulK    jiersiiaded  nt'   the  insaliditv  ni'   ih"   I  *re.-li\  terian    nrdinat  i«ii 
i:.    ii]i]u»iiinii  to    l''|'iscn|ial  :    and    .-Imiild    !"•    heart  iiv  ihat.kf'nl    inllml 


lie    \\  illlli^    to   eillhrace     Vnlll1     U i      O  illll.se].-     alal     1  !  I  -I  n  1  el  |,  ,] ,      in    I'l'lltl"], 

tn  i  hi--  iiiijmri  a.nt    affair,  as  far  as  <  Jnd   -hall   dil'ect    ami  di.spn.se  u.s  tn   it. 

Timnlhx  I  lart.  >aii,iiel  V.  "hit  t  h-si  \  .  .1  aivd  Kllintt,  .lames  \\Ytiiiniv, 
>aln'lei  .1 nhllsnli,  i  'alile!  l',n  r,\  n. 

'I  his  deelaralion  created  a  !_rreat  sensatinn  thrnii^hniit  all  N<'\\  I'. up- 
land. lp  In  this  tilne  Kpis.-npacy  had  Iliade  little  nj'  no  pi-nun's-  m 

(  'mil,,  client.       Nn  ml  ii  rs  nf    Mr.  •!<  1m  sun's  and     Mr.   Weinmiv's  hearers 

priil'"--"i    h'.piscnpacv   uitli    iheiii.       Mr.    \\etmni' nun    afterward-,   \\i-i.t 

tn  hlii^laml,  ami  \\as  nnjaim  d  there  a  prii  -:  in  the  I'ljiiso  ij.al  (  'h.  i.\ 
ii,  Hi.  i;.-\.  Ivlmnml  <  :il,>  -n.  \>.l>..  L,,I-,|  l!i^i,,,|i  ,.f  |.,,i,,l,,n.  While 

ill       l.nndnn       he      I'eceised      fl'nlll     til"      Snciet\      fnl'       I  '  l',  •.-,  ,;,  -': ,  1  ;  !  ,  ^    the    (ln-pe| 

l!ie  appnint  n,i  nl  a>  ('..iirhi-i  in  Triidf.  ri.urch.  \.  \ '..  in  place  ,,f 
|;.'\.  Mr.  Neau.  II"  reiiirm'il  to  Ne\\  N'.'ih  .>.;,!.  L' i .  I  7l'.'i.  and  en- 
1.  ]  ',-d  ;,;  mice  ii  pni  i  his  dm  i>-.  a  s  (  'a  ! . -c!  i  i  s ; .  ,- . ; . ..  1  a  1 -•  a  s  ;  i -s  i  s  t ;!  n  I  tn  I  lev. 

M  ,'.     \'i    -•    \  .     I!  eel  i  'I'    nf  Tl  ildi  \    I  'hliivh. 

I.,  I7_'i  he  aa-epi-d  a  ca:!!  In  !,';,  e.  \.  \ ..  \:]  ,[,  ,\  i ,  -  V.  1 ,  jeh  he  -;.id  t,. 
;!,•"'..'  ••  li-\s  ,ird"i.  -  al  1 1  \  e  i  ha;  "  h  is  ml  "I.'  ii'iis  fnr  i  enin\  i  ••_,.:,  \,  ,; 

|.]..|      I'l-nlll     a!i\      di-iil.e,     hilt       JiP.I'eiv     ln',-;,i;-e      he     .-.  .i.,-ei\  e,|       ih,  ii 

\\  idd  i<  •  I''  if  I  he  h.  ;  :••!•  ami  n.ni  ••  c,  i  :;.in  -U|  '|  <  -\  t  ami  I,  a  tie  "i.aii,  •  •  f 
i,;..  If  ami  !ami;%."  \VLi!  -  ;,i  |;\  -  h"  j  .•.•..,•!.,-.!  a'  .  I'..,-  Xjj&ti 


nished  manv  members  of  intellectual  abihtv,  elevated  character  and 
high-toned  morality;  and  we  fed  assured  that  we  shall  be  excused  bv 
our  readers  if  we  give  him  and  his  descendants  more  than  usual  space 
in  th'-se  pages."  Thus  \vrites  James  C.  Wetmore  of  liini  in  the  \Vet- 
11  lore  Memorial. 

lie  adds  :  •'  Whom  he  married  we  have  not  been  able  to  discover, 
further  than  that  her  Christian  name  \vas  Anna."'  .It  is  pleasant  to 
be  able  to  give  to  him,  and  tin;  descendants  of  liev.  .James  Wetmore, 
the  information  that  they  have  failed  to  lind  anvwhere  else. 

31  r.  Wei  more  d.  31  uy  !•">,  17GO.  Jn  his  last  hours  his  views  were 
clear,  his  love  to  God  and  man  was  strong,  and  his  jov  was  unspeakable 
and  full  of  glory.  His  epitaph  reads  thus:  "Sacred  to  the  memorv 
of  .Rev.  31r.  James  Wetmore,  the  late  worthy,  learned  and  faithful 
minister  of  the  parish  of  Rye  for  above  .'50  vears,  who  having 
Strenuously  defended  the  church  with  his  pen,  and  adorned  it  bv  his 
life  and  doctrine,  at  length  being  sei/.ed  of  the  small-pox,  departed  this 
life  31av  !•">,  1 7 GO,  act.  Gf>  :  Cujus  memoria  sit  in.  benedictione  sem- 
piterna.1' 

Savs  Ucv.  Dr.  Sprague  of  him  ("Annals  of  Am.  l.Ydpit.  "):  "He 
is  said  to  have  been  a  man.  of  highly  respectable  talents,  and  to  have 
devoied  himself  with  great  /eal  to  the  interests  of  the  church,  with 
which  he  was  fully  connected."  31rs.  Anna.  Wetmoro  d.  .Feb.  _>, 
177  i,  act,  71. 

|  Fifth    Generation.]      Children: 

1'Sl'l.    i.    James  Wetmore,  b.  Dec.  !>,  1  7 '27. 

I'^l'"'.    ii.    Timothy  Wetmoro:    see  Sabine's  Am.   Loyalists. 

L'Nl'fi.  iii.  Alethaea  Wetmore,  b.  about  1  7-">0,  in.  Rev.  Joseph  Lam- 
son  of  Fairtidd,  Ct. 

-^- 1 .  iv.  Anne  Wetmore,  b.  about  17.5-,  m.  Gilbert  Brundige  of 
Westehestei-  Co.,  X.  Y. 

-J'X.'^.    v.    Charitv  \\etmore,  b.  about  I  7-5  K  m.  Josiali   L'urdy. 

L'sJ1.'.  \  i.  KM  her  Wetmore,  b.  about  1  7-5G,  m.  David  IJrown,  and  for 
a  lM  husb.-uid  Jesse  Hunt. 

L'^L1!.    i.   James  Wetmore,  b.    Dec.  !>,   1  7-7,    m.   about    1717    Kli/:abeth 
Abrahaias  of  Westchester  Co.,  X.  V.,  1).  March    I."),   I  7:>0,  \vi)  ,,-e  father 
"\\~as  ::    \vealthv   \\".    I.  merchant   in    New   \  ork.       lie    roided  at    ll\e,    ^N . 
\.)  \s'!n  re  hi:-  children  were  boi-n. 
!  M  x  1  li   ( ienerat  ion.  j       Children  : 

L;S:iO.  i.  Abra.ham  \\'etmore,  b.  No\.  L".I,  1717,  m.  Sarah  Snillej-s. 
lie  \va^  a  loyalist  in  the  revolution,  and  removed  with  li;^  f:imil\-  to 
the  province  of  New  BruiiMvick.  lied,  in  New  York,  Feb.  G,  I  7(.|d. 
Ill-,  \\  iddW  in.  for  a  I'd  husband  Syl  vain  is  \\  hit  nev,  and  d.  in  Si.  .}  \  ihn">, 
X.  15.,  all. MLI  ISO.]-.  Thev  had  several  children. 


.'.(HI    /),*,;  K, II  ill*  i,i  /,',  r.  .1a*'nllt    />//'/<////  of'  II  ',,<>, Isln,  •), '.  (  '/., 

L>.">i.  ii.  Sn  aliliah  \Veliiinre.  1>.  April  L'l',  I  7 •">:'>,  In.  John  Craft. 
She  .!.  A|-i  il  I,  I  "Oil.  :n-t.  '."''. 

I'*-."*!1,  in.  Cap;.  John  \Netmore.  !>.  Julv  7,  I".'-1,  iii.  in  177V  Anna 
Van  Cult.  Ile\\;isa  .strong  l<  .\  a  1  i-! .  a  in  I  removed  in  17"-"'  I"  N>w 
I  >ruiis\\  ii-k  .  I  I  •  •  u  as  a  <  !i  <\ .  I  .anil  Sur\  e\  or  I  here,  ami  a  ina^'ist  rate  of 
Km--  Co.,  N.  I'.. 

Llv-.">.">.  i\.  l/raliiall  \Yet  IIP  ire.  li.  (let.  l.'i,  I7~>7,  In.  March  !  I1.  I7V'J. 
Kli/alieth  I'.u.sh,  1,.  Maivh  I'll.  17. ;|.  ||,.  li\,.,l:,i  1,'yr,  N.  V..  an.!  was 
a  stn.n- loyalist.  II. -d.  |-',-l,.  7.  1  x:1,-.  :..-».  >•  i  :  shc.l.  in  I  >:>:',.  .-..-i .  '.IL'. 

L'-.".l.  \.  ( 'liarily  Wctinorr,  1..  .Ian.  L'-"-.  I7''il>,  m.  March  I  _.  1 7>l'. 
I>ai:i«'l  I  /  A  niorcux,  aiul  had  several  children. 

!!>••>•"'.  \  i.  .'allies  \\'e!  iii' ire.  1).  March  '_'."'.  !7(iL\  in.  and  had  al'ainllv. 
and  d.  March  iS.'il),  act.  SS. 

L'S:'.l.  vii.  .Indu'e  I>a\id  Drown  \Vct  IIDIV,  li.  Nov.  I.  17''l.  in.  Oct. 
L'II.  I  7S7,  Ilutli  Sherwood,  1).  .Jan.  11,  I  7I'»'.M  dan.  of  .1  n-i  u-  Sli.-rwooil 
•  it'  I  I  aiii|.ion.  N  .  15.  ).  lie  was  a  1  ova  list,  and  rcinov  ed  in  i  7>-'>.  to  New 
I'.rni.swick.  lied.  Dec.  17.  1  s  | :..  act  .  SL'.  See  Srd.ine. 

L)>:?L>.  viii.  .lusiali  \Vetn.orc,  li.  Dec.  :..  I7i;.;.  d.  June  |.\  i;r,7. 

L's:',.",.  i.\.  Hon.  Caleb  \Vetinore.  1,.  May  I,  1 7'^,  n-mov.-d  t"  N'.-w 
r>ruiis\sick.  \\liere  lie  was  a  Col.  of  tlie  Kin-sC,,.  N.  I'..  Miii'ia  and  a 
ineinli'-r  of  t  lie  ciiininoii  council  of  Si .  .Inlm's,  N.  1!.  lied.  Sept.  J'.'. 

is:.:;. 

L'-:'.l.  x.  Ale;],-,,,,  \Vetn,, ,,-e.  1).  May  10,  1771.  in.  Keul.e],  Cra.il. 
and  had  children.  She  d.  July  L'."-,  |N:',t. 

|  Kit'i  h   <  -eiiei'at  ion.  j 

L'XL'-"'.  ii.  'rinioth\  \\"etniore  (son  dt'  |Je\.  James  \\  etinore  and  Anna 
I  >\\  i-_'lit  p.  li.  alioiu  i  7l". '.  in.  <  »«•! .  1 .  17""',  -lane  I  la\  Hand,  who  il.  in  N. 
V.,  Aii'_f.  •"'.  1777.  and  he  in.  I'm-  I'd  wife  \vido\v  llach'd  (  '^deii.  pre- 

viollsh     uit'eof     I'lelijaniill    <  )liden    of     Ncu      \'"l'k.          I  le   tloes    lic.l     seelnlo 

have  IM  en   ^radn.iied  at   anv  college,  lait    reeeised    in    I  7-"'x   the  In  .norarv 

decree     ,,f     A.M..    al      Collllnliia     Coll.    (  t  hell    called      Kind's     Colle-el.          He 

wa-  a  las\\er,  and  a  /ealoiis  |o\alist.  and  al  tin-  do-''  "t  the  \-,:ir  |-e- 
ino\ed  tu  N''\a  Scotia,  where  ic1  practiced  his  |  ,r, ,)',  ~~|.  ,n  !••!•  nian\ 
\  ears,  and  Ic-id  nuinen  nis  ofVices  of  pulilic  t  nisi .  lie  returned  in  h;s 

1,,'er     life     I,,      \e-.A       Vork.     In     reside,    \\here      he     d.      March       ISL'M.          Hi, 
v\  id  -v.    v,  ,•  h!     liae!;     a  ft  <  -r    li  i  -  •  le  •  -a  -•  •  t  o    N  >  -\\      Uruiisu  ii'k,   t  o   I  i  s  e  ,-ihd   d. 
•  h.  r-.   in   <  'ha'-M.M,.  (  ',,..  al.Min      I  -i'.',.       >!,,.    had    I  \    h-r   lir   :    I  'i    i-a:,d   .". 
:     i:    •       i:  ii..   A:,dr.\\     ;.nd    AH.-eri     <  i-d.-i,,    and-,  ,.],,.  :       ,.,\,-    had 
!  M  i  ei,  i  ,  i . ,  ,,    i  ,\    i,,  r  ~.-ei  ind   ina  i  ria^'e. 
|  >;  .:!,  «:....,  i;.ii,,i..;       Childr.  n  : 
:.'-.'i"'.    i.    -I  a  ii,'      \\".  i  more.  I ,.  a  In  >m    I  7'JX. 

.       .l,.!,e     \VeMnore,    I,,    all-ill       17''-". 


Soil  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJol/n,  IxttJi  of  Dedham^  3f((s*.   501 

2S37.   iii.   Anna  Wetmore,  It.  about  ]7oi'. 

_?S.')S.    iv.    Timothy  Wetmore,  b.  about    1  7<>4. 

I'S.")'.).    v.  Fletcher  Wetmore,  b.  about  17<'><i. 

2^-1-0.  \i.  I  Ton.  Thomas  Wetmore,  1).  about  1  70S,  was  Attorney- 
General.  i'or  the  province  of  New  Brunswick,  and  d.  therein  l^i'S. 

2S-11.    vii.   Luther  Wetmore,  b.  about   1770. 

i'Sli*.   viii.   Theodore  Wetmore,  b.  about   177i'. 

2  S  I--'?,  ix.  Rev.  Robert  Greifieth  Wetinorc,  b.  about  L  7  74,  was  trained 
to  the  practice  of  ilic  law,  but  relinquished  it  for  the  study  of  divinity, 
and  became  an  Episcopal  clergyman  in  New  ]>runswick.  lie  d.  in  IS03, 
in  Savannah,  Ga.  See  Sabine's  Am.  Loyalists,  and  Holton's  Hist,  of 
the  Ch.  in  'Westchester  Co.,  p.  l'S8. 

[Fifth  (  feneration.  ] 

2S^i'>.  iii.  Aletliaea  Wetmore,  b.  about  1  7;50  (dau.  of  Rev.  .lames 
Wetmore  and  Anna  Dwiglit),  m.  in  17-1-7  Kev.  Joseph  Lamson,  b. 
about  171!)  (son  of  William  Lamsou  of  Stratford,  ((t.),  ^rad.  at  ^'ale  in 
1741.  He  declared  for  Episcopacy  soon  after  leaving  college,  and  went 
to  England  for  "  holy  orders/'  as  thev  are  called.  After  receiving 
license  from  the  JJishop  of  .London  in.  171"',  he  was  appointed  bv  "The 
\"ener;il)le  Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel"  assistant  to  .Rev.  .James 
AVetmnre  in  officiating  to  the  inhabitants  of  Bedford.  Nurth  Castle  and 
Ridgetieldj  with  a  salarv  of  £,'20  per  annum,  beside  a  gratuitv  of  £'20 
by  the  Society,  "out  of  compassion  to  .Mr.  Lamson's  sufferings  and 
ecessities  since  he  was  taken  prisoner  and  carried  into  France  on  his 
ovai;e  towards  England,  and  afterwards,  when  on  his  way  from  1'ort 
France,  to  .London,  was  detained  for  seven  months  by  lexer 


n 
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at  Salisbury." 

Mis  family  name  was  originally  Lambton.      lie  removed  in  his  later 
vears  to   Fairtield,  Ct.,  where  he  d.  in  177-f.  as  his  wife  did    previously 
in   17(>i>.      Thev  had  six  children,  live  of  them  daughters.       As  "he  left 
a  widow'1  he  married  again,  but  whom  the  writer  knows  not. 
Sixth  <  Generation.        ( 'hildren  : 

L'S  !  I.    i.    A  daughter,  unnamed,  b.  and  d.  in    I  7 •">•">. 

L'S  !">.  ii.  Ann  Lamson,  who  m.  Samuel  l'>ciden  of  Norwalk,  <  'i .,  and 
had  I  sons:  Thomas,  Samuel,  \\'illiam  and  lie/ekiah. 

2S4-M.  iii.  Ksther  Lamson.  who  m.  ('apt.  Stephen  lloyt  of  "The 
Prince  of  Wales  Regiment."  They  had  .'(sons:  .Joseph  Lamson  lloyt, 
and  Stephen  and  Thomas  J  I  oyt.  See  lloyt  (Genealogy. 

l'S-17.    iv.    Kli/abeth   Lamson,  whod.  unmarried. 

2S.JS.    v.    \\'illiam    Lamson,  .M  .  I  >.,  a  ph\  sician    iii   the    re\  olui  ionarv 


501?    />•  .•••,-,  i, ,!,l  nfs  nt'  I?,  r.  JnxiilJi    Ihr'i.jltt  ni  ||  'no,!*',  „•/.;  ,   '/., 


|    l-'it'l  ll    (  Jenerat  loll.  ] 
'_lx-l'7.      i\.      Anile    \\  i   t  more,    ll.    aliollt      I  7  •")'_'    (dall.    of    IJe\.    .(allies    \\Yt- 

ii  inrc  lit  1 1  \  c,  N.  ^  .,  a  ml  A  MUM  I  >\\  idit  ),  m.  alioiit  I  7  •">•"><•  ll  If  rt  I'mn- 
diuv  i  if  \\  estch ester  (  'n..  N.  Y. — k>  :i  111:111  of  si  a  IK  1 11114  and  mllm-nce."1 

Thev  liail  l\\o  suns,  'rinidlliv  and  (lilliert,  who  liad  a  dan..  Aim.  that 
was  afterwards  Mrs.  I'.nckley  <.f  live.  N.  Y. 

L.'>L!>.  \ .  <  'I  i  a  i-i  t  v  \\  et  more  (  da  ii  of  I  Je\  .  .1  ames  \Vet  more  and  Anna 
1  >\\  l^li!  >,  1 1.  al  ii  MI  I  I  7-"i  I ,  111.  .Inslall  I  "lirdv  (  s'  m  <  if  Samuel  I'll  id  \  and 
IVnrlnjir  St  ranir,  dan.  of  l.iciii.  l>anid  L'l'lst  ran^c  ni'l'aiix.  |''raiicc, 
and  ('liarlutic  1 1  ulicrt,  dan.  (if  l''ram'is  a  nd  l,c\ina  Mnli'T!  of  I'ai'i^). 
|  l>auic!  l/l^sti-aiijfc  was  K.  in  lii.'id,  in  I'aris.  I  If  in.  Ids  wife  ('har- 
lullr  ali'Hit  h'71.  Hi-  was  a  1 !  iiun.fin  it  in  Ids  faith,  and  a  incrdiaiil  in 
Ins  cinjili  ivnifiil .  lie  !lcd  fVniii  pcrsccu  t  K  in  at  Iniine,  to  Lundi:n.  l'lii'_f. 
!ia\inu'  Ins!  all  Ins  proper!  v  1>\  eoidiseai  inn,  lie  eniered  (he  (liiard 
of  Kiii-;  .lames  II.  as  Lieut.  (K'^l'-SS).  In  liiSS  lie  came  In  tlds 
count  r\",  \\'i  til  otliei'  rei'liL'i't'S,  uiid  set  t  led  ai  Ne\\  I  Joel  idle,  X.  ^"..  \\  1,.  re 
for  some  vears  lie  was  lioili  a  merchant  and  fanner.  lie.  ere  Ion1/,  re- 
liloved  io  IJ\e.  N.  N'.,  \\liere  lie  nnil''d  tile  ocell  pa  t  ions  nt'  tanner, 
merelian!  and  innkeeper.  lie  d.  then-  almiit  17I".  and  >'ni\  aimut 

17-1'.        Mis   liat  reil    ii|    poperv    \\'as   intense.        lie    had    I  ilive   suns  :     I  );i ;  del, 

llenrv  and  ( lalirud,  and  four  daughters:  Marv,  ( 'harlot  te,  I'didnju1 
and  Lucy  .  .Insiah  .I'urdv  had  four  children  :  Seih.  Alethaea.  lather 
and  Hannah.  The  account  here  dven  of  the  Pn  rd  v  d>'si  endant  s  of 
Rev.  .lames  \\"et  more  and  Anna  Ihvi^lit  is  meagre  eimudi.  \\"]iat  lie- 
h  m L;'S  si  ric!  ly  to  them  \\  as  copied  li\-  the  aiil  hor  out  of  "  The  \Vennoiv 
Memorial.  '  lie  sought  in  \ain  to  add  to  the  scant\'  rvcord  ihus  fnr- 
ni-died.  t'nll  delads  concern  1  HL.'  ihem.  as  al>o  respecting  their  l.amsnn 
and  I  'irundiu'e  ki  ndreil.  lint  much  eil'ori ,  as  in^eidor,  ^!  v  a  nd  per-^i-t  ent  1  v 
laid  out  as  on  other  part>  of  this  work  that  lirou-'ht  most  sa  I  i-t'actorv 
results  tin  re,  ended  here  in  nothing  lint  the  plea-ant  ineiuorv  of  the 
ci  insci'  .n  \\  ill.  if  not  also  skill,  \\  it  h  \sdnch  it  Mas  IOIIL;'  and  \\  i-ll  lie- 
sto\\ed.  'I'lie  \\'etmnre  l'urd\-s  are  lidie\ed  \<\  the  \\ritei-  to  have 
lived  anddied.  the  most  of  them,  in  \\estchester  (  'o. .  or  ii  -  immediate 

\  leinil  \".  allil    to    have    lieell    ipllte    ^c '  II  era  1  1  \'    farlllel'S.        Some     he    sll  j  iJioseS 

to  ha\e  lieen,  or  to  !,,•  1 1  o  \\ ,  merchants  in   New   York. 

[  Si  \  i  n    (  !''iiera  i  ion.  |       (  'hildren  : 

l'v.'M.  i.  Sei  h  I'urdx  (son  nt'  .losiah  l'nrd\  and  <'haril\  \\'-tmore), 
lioi-n  |M'ol,;dil\  ahoiii  I7iin,  m.  1'ln'lie  Keidinm  of  L.  I.  The\  Lad'.1 
eh  i  h  1 1 1  ii  :  .1  n.-h  ua.  Sei  h.  .1  nsiah.  1\  f/iah,  A  let  haea,  Ivi/.aliet  h.  (  'ha  ri'  \'. 
M.  Ill, da.  I'!.. -i.e. 


/SW  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolrn,  l>of]i  of  D<<<lli<nn,  3 f (.(<*$.   oO.''l 

28")  1.  ii.  Alotliaca  I.'urdy,  who  in.  Joseph  I.'urdy,  and  for  a  2d  hus- 
band \\'illi;iiii  Purdv. 

28.12.    iii.    Fsther  I'urdy,  who  m.    I  Senry  Purdy. 
28.">.">.   iv.    Ifaiiuali  I'urdy,  who  in.  Josiah   .Merrill. 

[  Fifth  * ! ('novation.  | 

282'.).  \'i.  Ksther  Wetinoro  (dan.  of  Key.  James  Wctniorc  and  Anna 
Dwight),  l>.  about  1  7 •'><>,  in.  about  1. 7-">7  David  I>rown,  and  for  a  2<1 
husband  (and  as  his  2d  wife)  Jesse  llunf.  high  slieritl'  of  Westchester 
Co.,  in  1780  (son  of  Thomas  Hunt):  without  issue.  .Mr.  .1 1  tint  had  by 
his  previous  marriage  .">  sons:  Thomas,  Jesse  and  Samuel,  and  a  daugh- 
ter, who  m.  a  31  r.  Gracie. 

[hi  the  records  of  ('apt.  ^Nathaniel  .Dwight  of  Kelchertown  it.  is 
given  as  ;i  reason  why  only  (he  very  small  notice  (here  taken  of  Key. 
James  \\etmore  and  his  descendants  occurs  that"  "he  lived  .w  fnr 
olT''  (but  a  few  hours'  travel  now)  "•  that  but  little  i*  known  of  him/'] 

\\'e  must  turn  from  the  account  here  presented  of  t!i"  \Vel  more 
branch  of  the  Dwight  .Family,  with  the  feeling  that  not  the  hall  is  bv 
an\"  means  told,  and  tliat  \\hat  is  furnished  as  food  for  thought  is  ex- 
ceedingly imperfect. 

[Fourth  Generation.]      Seepage  4f*('>. 

2812.  ii.  John  Dwight  (son  of  Rev.  Josiah  .Dwight  of  Woodstock, 
Ct.,  and  .Mary  Partridge),!).  Nov.  7,  1  <'><JS.  m.  3Iaivh  I  72.°>.  Sibyl  llam- 
lin  of  .Middletown,  <(t.,  1».  Oct.  10,  1701  (dan.  of  Hon.  John  liamlin, 
h.  Dee.  1-1,  I  ('»."» 8,  -fudge  of  t!ie  Superior  CWrt  of  Connecticut,  171(')-22, 
;ind  Mary  (  'oil  ins.  b.  .May  11,  KJiiO.  She  was  da  u.  of  Kev.  Nathaniel  Col- 
lins, grad.  at  Harvard  in  llJiiO,  and  pastor  of  the  church  at  M  iddletown 
—  l(')4S-8-]  and  .Mary  Whiting,  dau.  nf  William  Whiting,  one  of  the 
first  setllers  of  Hartford  and  '*  one  of  the  ci\il  and  religions  fathers  of 
( 'onnecticut  '). 

John  Dwighl  \yas  a  farmer  in  Thompson,  ('I..  wh(-re  he  d.  in  I /•>•">, 
act.  •">•").  '*  He  was  an  exc'ellent  and  generous  man,  and  kind  hearted  to 
the  poor/'  .Mrs.  Silivl  .Dwight  was  c' a  woman  of  fine  intellect  ai:d 
decided  piety."  She  d.  at  New  Haven  manv  vears  after  her  husband  s 
decease. 

In  (he  records  of  di'eds  at  Soniers.  ('!.,  John  Dwight  of  Killingly, 
('t.,  is  recorded  as  selling  for  C  1  00,  .">2.l  a.cres  in  Somers  to  Abraham 
Ihirbank  of  Suflield. 

[  l-'ifth  ( J(>neration.]      <  'hildren  : 

28:)|.    i.    Klijah  Dwight,!).  N'ov.   2i.    1728. 

28.").").  ii.  Sibvl  .Dwight,  bapt.  June  II.  1 7.">0,  m.  Charles  Sabin, 
and  fora  2d  hiisliand  l"i'i..h  llosmer. 


L'>'|>>.    iii.    Mar\     huiLiht,  l>apt.  .Ian.    l'>.    17.">l,  <l.  iinina  rri'-d. 

•js:.7.    is.   Anna  h\\L'ht,  l.apt.  !•'.•!,.  L'|.  17:;:;. 

1>.~>S    \.    .li.lin    Ihvi^ht,  l.apt.  April    II.    I  7:'>''>.  d.  in  <  'ul.a,  \\'.    I. 
!>•"''.'.     \i.    .l"-iah    hui-hi.  liapi.  .lulv   '.'.    17-"'^. 
L>r,li.    \ii.     K-iher   hui-Jit,  Lap!.    .M:iy   Id,   171". 

'_'VI'>I.    \iii.    ('apt.     llandin     hwijjii.  li,-i|p|.  Sepi.     I  L',    17IJ.    in    \Vnn.l- 
st..rk.  .1.  in   \\'illiiiiiisli.wn,   Mass.,   Dec.    IS,    I7>''.,  aet.    II.       his..],,.-   nf 

tin'    t'alniU     ivcnnls    he    is   entitled    I,V\.   ;     l.lll     nil     hi-     l<ill|l)-4(ilic   at      \\il- 

li;i;n-(,,\\i,  hr  i-  callrd  Captain.       II. •    had    ;i  \vit'.-    Hannah.       ll<'    i-    !•«•- 
iii'\  .-.I  in  ha\v  In 'en  rhilillr.-^.     He  \\  as  dntilitli'ss  a  iv\  nlut  innar\  snlilicr. 

-'•.J.    i\.    Tiiiintliy  hwi^ht,  l.apt.   DIM-.  L',   17I1..1.  !•'••!).  i'l.   17'.'-. 
L.'X|i:''.    \.    Saniiii-l    I>ui_:ii!   (perhaps  a   t\\in,  ashf  ua>    lia|>ti/.i-il  al    the 
>anie    tiiiii-i.  liapt.    I  >ec.   L1.    1  7  I  I,  u'ra:!.    at     Yale    in     \77'.\.  <\.  in    Shaftes- 
liiirv,   \'t.       lle\va->    a  I'htNsniate  ut'  < 'apt.     Natlian    Hah-,   tiie  martyi:   nf 
t  he  A  nieriraii    I  !i-\  "Jut  mn. 


'  1  iainlin    I. ill'  a-'e. 
II. .11.    .li.lin    ll.-iiiilin.  li.    I'.c.    II.   M'.:)S,    was    tin-    snn    of   ('apt.(;ile, 

ll.ilnlill     nf     .MiililletnWII.     Ct.      (  I'i.'lU-S'.l),    ;ill<l     nf      K-lli'T     (  'l'n\V.   <  la  U.    nf 

.in],n     ('mv,     df    llartfii'il.   ('I.,    aii'l     Kii/alieth    ('• i\\in.       A-    -!P-    \va> 

,-i-;.-i-  ;•'    Mehiialile   (Y.,\v  \\h.i   m.    C..1.  Samuel    1  'an  ri/i-v   nf    Haiti. -M. 
Ma---.   ! -ee     pa".''1     1  I"',  aii'l   \\  lin>.-    dan..    Mar\     I 'a  i  '  ndu.'1',    ^as    the   v.iie 

nf  I  v''-\  .  -I  n-iah  I  >wi^llt,  Jllld  Illnlhel-  nf  .InliM  l>\\'i^ht  nf  'I  Imi  1 1  p.-nl  i 
>',i,\l  Halnlin.  hi-  \\ife,  w;i>  hi-  si-i-iiiul  f'ill>in.  I  'apt.  (iile-  llal.ilin 
\\  a-  a  s> -a -c -apt  a  in.  and  an  enterprising  and  siiere»t'id  mai  iner.  II.-  \\  a> 
li.  in  l-'.L'l1  an.l  «1.  Sept.  I.  h^:i.  aet.  i',7.  She  d.  An-.  L':>,  17'1".  a. -:.  7.1. 
The  chililreii  nf  (  Vpt.  (  •' ile>  Halnlin  and  K-;  her  <  'mw  \\ . -i-.-  -i\  :  I . 
11-th.  !'  Hamiili.il.  [>er.  ].">.  1  ''i.'i.'i.  \\  hn  in.  <>rt.  l')7.'i,  \\'iliialn  Sniitli- 
Ina  \  d.  -I  r..  a.  slii  1 1. 1  \\  lief  nj  M  li  li  1  let  i  iw  li.  (  'i .  (  snii  nt'  \\  I :  i .  Sn  ii  I  h  1 1 1  a  \'d 
and  Meli.-eni  Aiidi.-),d.  Nn\.  h'^L'.  \\'m.  >mi;  h  ma\  d .  .Ir..  \va-.  l.v 
hi-  L'd  v.ife.  Mar^arei  Allvii,  (he  tat  her  nf  ilie  \\"m.  >..nihnia\d  v.hn 
in.  Mehisalile  I  )v,  i_h;.  -i-t.-r  nf  .Inhii  h\\i-hl  nf  Timmp  —  n.  See  >nh- 
-.-;n.-:,'  pa-e. 

!  1.    .hid-e    .Inhn    llamiin.  i..    D,  ,-.    i  I.     h'..^,    in.    .Ian.      !'>:>.    Mary 

<   'niilh-    >  dall.    nf       l,'.'\.      N  a  !  1 1  1  .    (   'nl  1  i  I  Is    a  IK  1     M  il  l'\      \\dlllil,-).  II-    d.     Jail. 

L'.    I?:1.!'  :'. :    -!M-  d.    M:I\    :>.    I7:'.i'-:'..      They    i-. -id.  d  at    Middl.-mxMi. 
T!.    \    h  :d    1"  rhildren. 

i.  •  i.iin  llan.iin.  Jr..  I..  .Inix  h'..  i<>7,  u|i«,  in.  Ma\  .",.  17":'.  Kli/.a- 
)..-•!,  I'ain  id--  nf  Ha'ii.-ld.  Ma--.  S,  . -  pa -. •  1  1  1 .  lie  d.  in  An;i-na. 
\V.  I..  An-  '-'.  1717  :  had  i  .-liil.lr.-M. 

'.     <.l!>    •    liairii:  .   I..    |-V...    I'.'.    I  .'-'.M     U.   d.    Max     I-",.    1  7  1  I1. 
::.     II-     i,  r    llandin.   I..  .Ian.   7.    h.1.'  1    ."'. 
I.     \lai\    llandin.  I.,     \i-ri!    1 -,    1"'.*7. 


Son  of  Timotliy,  Son  of  Joltii,  l>otli  of  ])<:<llau>i,  JIass.    505 

5.   Sibyl  Hamlin,  b.  March,  1,  1G9S-!),  d.  March  30,  1700. 
G.   Jabez  Hamlin,  b.  Jan.  7,  1700-1,  d.  April  17,  170G. 

7.  Fbenezer  llamlin,  b.  Oct.   12,  1702,  d.  Nov.  1G,  170-'. 

8.  Sibyl  llamlin,  b.  Oct.  10,  170),  in.  John  Dwight  of  Thompson,  Ct. 

9.  Hon.    Jabez    Hainliu,  b.  July  28,  1709,  grad.  at    Yale  in  1728,  in 
Xov.    19,  17-9,  Mary   Christopher   of  Xew    .London,  Ct.,  by  whom    he- 
had    4   children.      She    d.  April,    3,  173G.      Hem.  for  2d   wife,  1  >ec.  G, 
173G,  Margaret   Phillips.      Shed.  Sept.  G,   17  IS.      He   had   by  her  two 
sons,    George    and    John,  that    d.  soon,      lie    m.  for    3d    wife,   April  f>, 
1719,  Abigail  Chauncey,  b.  Oet.  '2,   1.717  (dan.    of  Kev.  Xathl.    Chaun- 
cey  of  .Durham,  Ct.     See  .Mist.    Strong   Family,  vol.  ii.    p.    12SS).      ]>y 
her  he  had  3    children,  two  of   whom    d.  early.      Sh<>   d.    Nov.  3,  17GS, 
and    he    m.    for   4th   wife.  April  '2,  1771,  widow  Susannah  Whittlesey, 
nee   Newton,    of  Milford,  Ct.     Jle   d.    April    25,1791,  act,    82.     He 
was  Col.  of  militia,   judge  of  probate,  member  for  G4    sessions    of  the 
Genl.  Assembly,  and   deacon  for  many  years  of  the  first  Cong.  Ch.  of 
Middletown.      They  had  :>  children. 

111.  Mary  Hamlin,  b.  Feb.  11,  1GG2,  m.  Felj.  20,  1G89-90,  Uov. 
Noadiah  Itussell  of  31iddletown,  b.  in  !New  lFa\en,  ( 't.,  in  1G"»9,  grad. 
at  IFarxai-d  in  1GS],  and  settled  at  Middletown  for  2"»  \-ears  (1G88- 
171.">),  where  lie  d.  J  >ec.  J  ">,  171").  They  had  9  children. 

.IV.  Mehitable  Hamliii  (dau.  of  Giles  and  I  lester  1  (amlin),  b.  Nov. 
17,  1GGI-,  m.  in  1G87  Samuel  Hooker  of  Hartford,  Cr.,  b.  May  29, 
1GG1  (son  of  .Rev.  Samuel  Hooker  of  Farmington,  Ct..  and  3Lary 
Willett). 

V.    Giles  Hamlin,  1).  Aug.  1">,  1GGG. 

A' I.  AVilliam  Hamlin,  1).  Feb.  .",  l(ii')7,  in.  May  2G,  Ki92,  Susannah 
Collins,  b.  Xov.  2G,  ]  GG9  (dau.  of  Ke\.  Xathl.  (Collins  of  M_iddletown 
and  Mary  AVhiting). 

Fe\\'  of  the  earlier  families  of  the  land  can  show  a  nobler  record  than 
the  Hamlin  family  of  Middletown,  Ct.      j 
[Fifth    ( ieneration.  ] 

2S.").").  ii.  Sibvl  J  )wight  (dau.  of  John  I)\\lght  of  Thomusoii  and  Sibyl 
Jlamlin),  bapt.  June  II.  1  730,  m.  Dec.  29,  1  7  I  7,  Cliarles  Sal-iii,  baj.t. 
April  IS,  1.725  (son  of  ile/ekiah  Sabin  of  i\illiiigly,  Ct.,  and  /er\iah 
— ).  lie  d.  and  she  m.  for  2d  husband  April  I,  1  71')"',  I'riah 
Hosmer,  Jr.,  of  Xor\\lch,  ( 't.  (son  of  I  rial:  and  Sarah  liosnier  of 
!\  i  Ih  iiglv,  ('i.).  There  were  no  children,  so  far  as  is  known,  by  the 
second  marriage. 

|  Sixth   ( lenerat  ion.]      <  'hildivn  : 

2M>4.    i.   Jesse  Sabin,  liapt.  Jan.  21,   1719,  d.  soon. 

2Si'>5.  ii.  Jesse  Sabin,  2d,  bapt.  Alav  1 0,  1752.  Xotliin^  furtlier 
than  this  has  been,  found  of  him  bv  the  author. 


;><»!;   />,*<•<  inlif ntx  at'  It<  r.  Jaxtttli   1 


andSihvl  llamlin).  bapl.  Kelt.  '_' I ,  I  7:).".,  111.  <  >d  .  I  l',  I  7.">7,  1.1.  Zebe.  I  iah 
Sabin  of  l\  illiii'_d\  .  and  after\\  a  rds  of  \Villiainsto\\n,  Ma^<.,  b.  .Innc 
'_'•">,  1  7 -"'7  (son  i)t'  I  Iiv.rk  iali  Salmi  of  Killmidv  and  /rr\iali  -  — ). 

lie  renio\ed  to  \\illiamstown  about  I7|i^.  lie  d.  of  small-pox  in 
Canada  in  177'i,  having  <j;one  there  as  a  Lieutenant  1:1  the  American 
Arniv.  Mr  Mood  hi^'h  as  a  citi/.<'n  and  a  patriot.  The  house  that  he 
luiili  in  \\'i]liaiiisto\vii  is  still  slatiditiLT.  Ilis  \\  ii'i-  d.  tlicvi-  in  l~-'p|i, 
ai-t.  7-'i,  M|'  ciin>uni]il  inn,  h.-i\in<j;  limi  |)rc\  ionslv  fm-  nianv  vcai's  in 
frri  ilr  licalt  Ii.  Sin-.  \\  as  a  lad  v  ni'  st  n  >n<j;  ft'li^iuus  charactr)-  at  id  d.  full 
ot'  fat  l  h  and  ^<>(i(l  works. 

lii'Xi-kiali  Salmi  \vas  (lit-  son  of  ('apt.  .lohti  Sal'in,  one  of  tin-  rarlv 
srttl.-i-s  of  \\'ood slock.  In  IH'.IS  J.ilin  Sal>i 1 1  bought  land  of  <  )\V;IIK-CO, 
son  ot'  I  ncas.  in  t  he  N.I'].  |  iai't  of  \\  hat  is  now  1'oinfivi.  ( 't .  I  le  \\  as  a 
vei'V  active,  stirring  iiiiiti.  and  a  leader  in  Indian  ti_;'ht>.  In  171''  he 
bought  (Juinnat  issct  1 1  d  1,  the  site  of  \\  liat  i.s  now  Tlioinpsdii  \  ilia Li'e,  rind 
^a\c  i;  the  following  vear  to  his  son  lle/.ekiah,  who  soon  afterwards  re- 
moved thither  anil  built  a  house  in  the  c:>nt  re  of  t  he  common,  as  n  now 
i^.  "  in-ar  where  was  an  old  wigwam  at  the  t  ime.  '  1 1  ere  lie  k.'jit  ta\  crn 
for  se\'eral  vears,  and  \\as  the  sole  white  resident  of  tin-  place.  In 
17;')'1  lie  ^a\e  an  acre  of  land  to  the  second  societv  of  Killin-'lv  for  a 
ineel  in^-lunise  lot.  The  (iresent  meet  I  llLT  house,  blllll  in  I  ^.">ii,  stands 
n  |  ion  a  |  >art  of  1 1 . 

lle/rkiah  Sal)in  had  also  a  son,  .lonallian.  b.  An^.  l's,  I  7l".i,  and  a 
dan..  Xer\  iah,  1>.  -I  id  v  S.  |  ~ '.}  \ .  Zebediah  Salmi  was  admitted  freeman 
bv  his  oath,  April  7.  171'!'.  The  tacts  here  stated  concern  1 1 ,  L;'  ihe 
S:dun-%  and  especiallv  the  I  )wi^h( -Sabi us.  were  \arioiisl\'  furnished  b\- 
hu'u'ht  M.  Sabin  of  KilliiiLi'lv.  < 't.,  I  )r.  Ilenrv  I..  Saliin  of  \\"d'iiams- 
tuNN'ii.  Ma--'.,  and  M  r>.  Sarah  I'lalon  Sabin.  \\ido\\  of  Zebediah  Sabin. 
•  Ir..  of  S.  \\'illiani^to\\-n.  Mas>.,  and  Mi>s  Klleii  I  ».  l.arneil  of  'rii.uiip- 
son,  (  'l. 

[Sixth   <  leneral  ion.  |       (  'hihlivn  ; 

L'-'i'l.    i.    Charles  Sabin.  bapt.   Nov.  I  s,    1  7ns.  d.  in    |Si".i. 

•J-'''7.  ii.  Anna  Sabin,  bapi.  I  »ec.  I  I,  I71'!',  in.  lb>n.  XVilliam 
'N'l  MI  HL,'  of  \\  i  II  ia  in^t  o\\  n. 

•J-'''-.    iii.    Zebediah    Sabin,  bapt.    March  l_'n,    1  7i'i.">,  d.   earlx     in    \\'il- 

1  la  In  -I  '  i\\  II    of  eiin>lllll|il  loll. 

L'S'''1.1.  i\.  Zerviah  Sabin.  bapt.  l'"eb.  '.\,  I7''>">,  m.  a  Mr.  lln^-eH  of 
M  i:  Idleluirv .  \'  i .,  wit  honi  i^site. 

•J-7!».  \.  .iolin  Sabin.  bapt.  I  >ec.  il,  l7'M,d.  in  ISH|.  had  a  dau. 
\\  ho  IM.  a  I  >r.  <  !ro\  e-,  nf  (  »hio. 

-'"71.  \  i.  Tinioths  Sabin,  IP.  abmii  I  7ii^,  in.  Ada  !Iick"\.  lived  in 
Illinois,  had  ll'  children. 


Sonqf  Timotliy,  SonqfJb7in:  f><>(Ji  ofDedliain^fass.    307 

L>S72.   vii.   Jesse  Sabin,  bapt.  in   1770,  d.   1S.">(>,  act.  8r>. 

i'Slit).  i.  Charles  Sabin,  bapt.  Nov.  IS,  1  7  AS,  m.  about  1  7S(>  .Martha 
Johnson  (dan.  of  l/riah  .Johnson  of  Thompson,  Ct.).  She  d.  in  I  7SS. 
.He  m.  in  1  790,  for  a  "2\\  wife,  .Mehitable  Skinner  (dan.  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Skinner  of  .Pine  Swamp,  Ct.),  "an  amiable,  earnest,  religious  woman.'1 
lie  d.  in  ISi'9:  she,  in  IS:>0.  Ho  had  by  both  marriages  (i  children. 
[  Seventh  Generation.  |  ( 'hildren  : 

'2*1'.}.  i.  ]  Lexekiah  Sabin,  b.  in  "17S-I,  d.  act.  7S,  in  IsCiL',  unmarried. 
1  Fe  \v;;s  a  man  of  good  judgment  and  kind,  but  made  a  sad  mistake  in 
choosing  a  bachelor's  life.  So  wrote  his  brother  Zebediah's  \vido\v  of 
him  in  1  S(i  !—  5. 

L>S7!.  ii.  Zebediah  Sabin,  Jr.,  1).  .I'une  9,  1  7SS,  d.  Jan.  10,  JSlil, 
aet.  7-"). 

1>S7").  iii.  Maria  Sabin,  b.  about  1  79  !,  lived  unmarried  in  Williams- 
town. 

L's7o.  iv.  Alice  Sabin,  b.  about  1797,  lived  unmarried  in  Williams- 
town,  .Mass. 

2H77.    v.   T.etsey  Sabin,  b.  in   1*00,  d.  J  )ee.  19,  1X19. 

L'x7S.    vi.    A  son  b.  and  d.  soon,  about   IS()2. 

_s"l.  ii.  Zebediah  Sabin,  Jr.,  b.  .June  9,  1  7SS,  m.  Feb.  19,  1 S 1 1>, 
Sarah  Kalon,  b.  Au^.  1 1',  I  7'S9,  of  Stillwatci1,  N.  ^'.  (dan.  of  Alpheus 
Katon  of  Killingly,  Ct.,  and  ('atharine  Moss  of  lloston).  lie  d.  .Ian. 
lo,  |s(il,act.  7-").  He  was  a  farmer  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  and  a 
sensible,  honest,  genial  man,  exceedingly  entertaining,  and  much  valued 
bv  his  acquaintances  for  his  original  habits  of  thought  and  expression 
and  his  great  good  humor.  Ills  wife  was  before  marriage  a  teacher, 
and  was  a  lady  of  much  reading  and  of  superior  cull  lire,  and  full  of 
interest  in  passing  events,  and  especially  in  the  triumphs  of  the  cross. 
[.Eighth  Generation.]  Children: 

L>S79.    i.    John  Sabin,  b.  Nov.    K>.   lSll>,  d.    Feb.  !>  1 ,   1S13, 

•_'NM>.  ii.  Martha  Ma,ria  Sabin,  b.  Feb.  ."),  1S|.">,  m.  Bartholomew 
Woodcock. 

:'ssl.  iii.  Eli/a,  Anna  Sabin.  b.  Feb.  11,  I  s  1 7,  d.  Nov.  '11,  iSiiJ. 
'•  A  precious  daughter,"  says  her  mother  of  her,  "and  an  affectionate 


Sister. 


L'SS-J.  iv.  Charles  Alpheus  Sabin,  b.  Nov.  S,  I  XL'!  I,  a  farmer  at  Wil 
liamstown,  unmarried. 

L;SS.'».  v.  Catharine  Frances  Sabin,  1).  Dec.  L'.'I,  "Is.'ill,  d.  Mai'ch  '!'.} 
I  s.~)S,  unmarried. 

1'XS!).    ij.    Martha    Maria    Sabin,    b.    Feb.    .">,   lS|o,    m.  \ 


.'ins  A*,-,  //,/i////x/y'/A  ''.  -fnsntji  I><ri,jlt  <>J  \  ]',„  „/«,',„  •]•.<  '/.. 

Kill  hoi,  ,iii'-u    Woodcock,  a    farmer    :ii     \Villianistn\VIi.        lied.   Si-jil.    L' I  , 

N  int  li  (  ieip-rat  inn.  ]      <  'liildren  : 

1'SM.    i.    l-Vnn    I'..   \\' Icnck,  I..  -Ian.  :>.    Is:',  |.  i,,.   Mun-li    l-:>7.  Krai. 

ITS  Ta\l»r.  lie  \\i-hl  aiming  tip-  lir.-,i  into  "  the  people*;-;  \\  a  r  l<,r  <iod 
a  in  I  li  iicri  \ ,"  IIM  \  iii'_C  farm,,  and  \\  iie,  and  lit  t  Ie  child,  ai  his  I'niini  rv  s 
call  i"  anus.  Mi.N  \\ife  .-.nppoitcd  licr.-i-ll'  in  Ids  ali.M-nce  l.v  teachin_'. 
Tlii-v  have  i  up1  M  in  : 

L'»:>.     !.    diaries   Feim  Woodcock,  1..    .Man-Ill'.'),   ISf.i'. 

L'^^ii.   ii.    I'lli/ai.rili  s.  \v Ici.ck.l,.  Si-pt.  :'..  !•>:'.:>,  il.. I  inn-  i".  l^:>7. 

L'>S7.  iii.     Anna    K!i/;i    NVnmh-iM-k,  I..    May  1' I  .  i  >:17.  .1.  M  :.v  :'.  1  .   !>.".7. 

L'^SS.  LV.  Maltha  Snj.liiji  \V,  ,,,,1,-,,,-k.  1,.  .Ian.  ll»,  I-1.H.  .1.  .March  :'.. 
|  Sill  I. 

L'X!'.  v.     Mary    P-.inis  W,  „  ,,1,-,,,-k.  1,.   An-.    Id.    |Sll>. 

I'-'.HI.  \i.     Ki-aiiri-s  Saliin   \\'>M 'd, •,„•]<,  1,.  An-'.   •'.,    \^(->. 

|  Sixt  li  ( lei  1 1 -rat  ion.  J 

'_>v7l'.  \n.  .lr.->c  Saliin  (son  el'  I.I.  Xcliciliali  Sal'in  and  Am, a 
1  iwi^iit  ).  1).  in  I77d.ni.  K.-ilpT  I'.niklry  nt'  \\"illia]ii>in\vn.  l!>  d.  in 
I  >.Vi,  ;l''l .  v'i,  "a  man  of  |>ii-t  v."  Sin-  d.  in  1  x-">  1,  ;n  t .  •"'  I .  a  \vmiiaii  nt' 
jirav>-r.  Ili-r  clnldrrii  \\ill  never  for^vt  IHT  faitlit'nlni's>  and  In\e.  !!•• 
\\  a  -  a  tanner  in  \\  illiainslo\\  11. 

|  S.'\  cm  h  (  leiienii  1011.  ]      (  'In  Mivn  : 
'MM.    i.    Henry    l.ynian  Sal. in,   M.l>..  l>.   May  L".1.   ISiiJ. 

L'> '.'!'.    ii.    ('liarles   h\\i-hi   Saliin.  li.   in    |sn."),d.  in    1N.V. 

L'v'.'.'l.  iii.  Sarali  K!i/,,l  ><•!  ii  Saliin.  1>.  almut  lvn>,  in.  lion.  U'.'i.-rt 
M.-Cielland. 

L'-'.'I.  i.  lion.  Henry  l.ynian  Saliin.  M.l>..  k  Ma\  L".'.  l>'>],  -rad. 
ill  \\'illiani>  Coll..  in  l-l'l.  in.  Lucy  Whitman,  and  for  a  I'd  \\if", 
April  L'!.  \*:\:\,  Alil.\  I'-.-njaniin.  \>.  Jan  .".H,  l^i|x  (dan.  of  Naihaii 
I'.i'lijainin  of'  ('at--hiil,  \.  \'.  ami  l.'lllh  S"\  inonr).  lie  ha>  lieeil  -ilice 

I^L".1  a  praeii-inu-  |ili\  .-iciaii  at    \\'iiliain.-i  o\\  n.    Ma>-.  :    lia->  1 n  a  ini-ni 

li'-r    of   the    Mate    Le-i.-dal  lire,  and   \\a>    in    l>.">7  State    Senator:    M-ni'T 

ti-M-o f   \\'i  Ilia  ins  <  ',  ,11,  -_.-,-,  ,-,i.d  a  deacon  i:,    the  (',  ,n_<.  <  '!i.      NO  fuller 

ace  in  1 1 '  ot  hi-,  lather  .-,  t.i  MI  d  \  h  I  --'  orv  co;dd  \»~  oni  al  in-d  I !''  >i  n  him.  than 
ill--  i  neoni|  ih-i  e  o|p-  hi-re  fu  rni  -h'-i  I. 

Krjh  t  h    '  •••  i  ie  rat  ion.         <  'h  ildreii  : 

-'•*'.'!.     l.     l.i|c\-      \\   iilMnali    >al'ili.    I'.      Keli.     L'.     lv."'t.    m.    Se|il.     I-',     i".'x. 

•  loin,  Adriance,  I,,  in  Harlem.  \.  N".,  (>,-i.  .;.  I -:',:.'  ,>o,,  ,,f  |>;,ae  and 
M.OJ.I.-  L.  Adrian'-,- ,,  ^r.el.  at  \\iliiam>  ('oil.,  in  1  v.'.\  a  la"\--rin 
N.  -  ^'-.l!..  l  'hildr.  n  : 

'-'.'."'      I.    .lohn   Sal, in    Adrian,-.-.  I,,    l-'.-l,.    ] -.    !  -,;|. 
.     I  -aae   Adriatic,- .   1,.    (  »,-[.     |.    |  v,;j. 


Son  of  Tiirtotltij,  /SW  ofJoli-H,  lioili  of  I)('<l.liaiH,  J/^.y*.    500 

****     :>.   Henry  Benson  Adriance,  b.  Any.  •">,  1s(>(>. 

****     4_    Vanderpoel  Adriance,  b.  Mav   1:5,  ]S(i'.). 

2897.  ii.  Ihith  Benjamin  Sabin,  b.  Jniv  21,  IW>,  in.  .Tan.  2-">,  18C>r>, 
Frederic  Leake,  b.  in  Troy,  X.  Y..  a  banker  formerlv  in  Troy,  but 
resides  now  in  Williamstown.  lias  one  child  : 

**##     ]      Henry  Sabin  Leake,  b.  at  Troy   Feb.  2,   18(>(». 

2S!)S.   iii.    Eli/ahetli  Esther  Sabin,  1).  Any.  2*5,  is:',!l. 

2899.  is-.  Natliau  Henry  Subin,  b.  Feb.    1  1,  18-12,  is  a  sliiji  diandler 
in  Xevr  York. 

2900.  v.    Abby    P.enjaniiii     Sabin,    b.     A[>ril    2i'>,   IS47.  in.   Xov.    2-'?, 
1S71,  Joseph  llitner  Benjamin,  ]\I.|).,  b.  at  Carbondale,  Pa.,  .lulv    2-"), 
ls.°>9  (son   of  Josepli   Benjamin    and  Martha   Mellen),  a    jilivsiciau   in 
Xc\v  ^'ork. 

2!>01.  vi.  Charles  Dwiyht  Sabin,  b.  July  22,  IS  19,  is  a  produce 
dealer  in  New  York. 

[Seventh  Generation.] 

2^92.  ii.  Charles  Dwiyht  Sabin  (son  of  .Jesse  Sabin  and  Esther 
Bulklcy),  b.  in  ISO"),  in.  Abby  Taf'ts  (dan.  of  Pea.  Tai'ls  of  \Villi.a:ns- 
towu,  Mass.):  a  farmer  in  \Villiamsto\vn.  "  He  was  a  large  and  line 
looking  man  of  yood  intelieet  and  judgment  and  religious. "  lie  d.  in 
1^:]^,  act.  .")-">.  His  widow  has  resided  in  Cincinnati,  ().  They  had  •"> 
children  :  Lucy  Maria,  Marv,  and  Charles  Iteid  Saliin,  who  d.  in  IS.">(i. 

2S!>:>.  iii.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Sabin,  b.  about  1 80S,  m.  lion.  .Robert 
Mc( 'Idiand,  b.  in  1  SO."),  »'r;!<l.  at  Williams  Cull,  in  IS2.">,  a  lawyer  at 
Detroit,  .Mich.  Governor  of  Mich.  ( 18.") 2—°)),  M".  C.,  and  Sect,  of  the 
Interior  at  Washington  under  Prest.  Pierce.  1  fe  d.  in  ISiid,  act.  .")."). 
'i'hey  had  six  children:  -John,  William,  Fra/ier,  Augusta,  Fli/abctli 
and  liell. 

|  Fifth  ( Icneration.] 

2S(')2.  i.\.  Timothv  l)\vight  (son  of  John  Dwighi  of  I'honipson,  ('t. 
and!  Sibvl  llamlin),  bapt.  I  )ec.  2,  i71  I,  m.  I  >ec.  I.  1771,  Ivxperience 
CJilberi  o!'  New  Llaveii,  ('t.  lie  was  a  farmer  in  North  llaven,  ('t. 
ll(^  d.  l''eb.  21,  1798,  act.  ").').  She  was  b.  Sept.  I ."»,  l7-"><>,  and  was  an 
eni'rgctic  active  I'eligions  woman.  She  d.  at  New  Haven,  Oct.  S,  1^20, 
aet.  71. 

Sixth  ( Senerai  ion.  ]      Chi  Idren  ; 

2!'is2.  i.  Ksther  Dwight,  b.  N"o\-.  28,  1772,  m.  Ki'asius  ( '-hamberlin, 
d.  Api-il  i,  18:',  f. 

290.1.    ii.    Jabex   Dvight,  b.  Oct.  8,    177!,  d.   .March  9,   1809. 

2'.!<i  |.    iii.    Ti liy  !  Avight,  b.  Dec.  28,  I77li,d.  Nov.   !,  17!'-"'.  aet.  19. 

290.").  i\.  lijinnah  Dwighi,  b.  .h;i\  2!1,  l"Sl,  d.  nnmarrii-d,  aet.  21, 
(  let.  27.  lsi)2. 


.MM   A  .w, /,,/,//, /x  o/'A'<  r.Josld/,   I ><!•;, />,!  nt'  H '/„„/*/,„  •/.;<''.. 


•_"."'•_'.  i.  K-ih.-r  I  >\\  i-lit.  !•.  NIIV.  L'S.  177:'.  in.  I-V1'.  II,  ITU'.'  Kra  in-; 
< 'lianilpi-Hin.  1'.  I  ).-i-.  |.\  I77n  is. in  of  Kli-a/.-r  (  'Iiaiulp.  i  lin,  <•!'  K'-iit, 
('!..  \\li..  (I.  Mar.-h  :>.  |su.~>.  ami  Klram.r  1'iiitt.  uf  Kmi,  IP.  in  I7III, 
wli.HM  |p-  in.  in  I  7  "•'.'.  ami  \\  IPI  d.  NMV.  II,  I  -;>7,  a. -I.  i'>7).  II  •  %\;r>  :i 

fai  HPT  in  Ki  nt,  ami  <li-a<-.>ii  in  i  IK-  (  'MULT.  <  'Ii.      1 1.-  <l.   J  nm-    I  •'•.    1  >:>">. 

Sip-    \\  ;i  -   ;i    \\  i  PHI. 'in    nt'    Lll'ral    r  n. •!••_;  v    lit'    dial  M  Ctrl'     ;ilp|     ( it'    ilc\  i.l  i  .  I     Jilt-!  V. 

Sl.r  ,1.    \],ril    I,    |S.°,  I.  ;l'-l.  HI. 

I  ScVi-nt  1]    (  .'rllrriil  lull.  (  'Ililill'i'll    : 

L".MIS.    i.    Tiiimiliv  (  '!iitnil..-flin.  I..  -Inly    17.   MM). 

•J'.HP'.I.    ii.    \\'i!li-  Cliaiiiliri-lin,   l».    .M.-nvli    L'L',    I  -ML>.  ,1.  o,-t.    |u.   lsi'7. 

'J'.'ln.  in.  iiaiinaii  <  'lianilicrli  n,  1>.  Jan.  l'1'.  I<(|1,  in.  Tlnmas  M. 
llallu'v.ay. 

•J'.'ll.  iv.  I'v.i-hi  ( 'liiinilicrlin,  1).  April  !  '•'<.  lvl'7.  I  Ic  \vas  1 1  inai  k- 
alili-  i''.:'  hi>  ln-iu'lii  (''  I'l .  -  in.)  ami  ^rrat  si  rni^l  li,  ami  :tl>'>  I'm-  !ii> 
sniiipl  i  Hi  iu'iiPMil  itncl  r\c|i  li-in|i'T.  lie  \va>  a  t'arni'1]1  at  i\i-h'.  aipl 
il.  unniarrii-il  Juip1  (>.  !>••">">.  act.  L|X;. 

L".'ll'.  \.  JranrUr  < 'liainlii-i'lili.  1  >.  I  )«•<•.  l'S.  I  M  )S}  m.  Sainin  1  < 'M  i't  i-<. 
Hilni-ui-i.  .Ma\  L'i.  isi'pii:  im  cliildn-n. 

L".1  !  ."p.     \  i.     I'M  \vai-il  *  'liaiiilx-rlin.   i 

-'. ' !  ! .    \  ii.    Kilu  in    <  'lianil.crlin.    -  T\\  ins.  \>.  Jan.  i!  t.    1  v  1  I . 
a    t'a  rilMT  ill    I  ,Vi  '!]>.    I  i  i\\';i. 

I".1 1  "i.    \  iii.    /'-ii-i   A  nn  ( 'haii ilf  rl in.  Ii.  Jul  v  ti.  1^  I  1.  in.   Nov.  7.  1  >•">", 

Cii'i'i-ii  i'.aili-y  i5.-a.-li  f^mi  of  Iloran-  \'.  15.-a.-li.  M.I>..  of  I /-\i:iu''":i. 
N.  Y..  ami  iinl.lah  Hail.-y).  Th.-y  n-i.|.-  at  Aim-iiia.  hurhr.--  »'....  N. 
N'.  N..  .-hi'..;!-.-!!.  'I'h.-y  a.li.j.!.-,!  a  rl.il  1  in  1  Sf,  | ,  tln-n  :l  y.-a,'-  oM, 
\\lin|ii  lli>-\  .'all  llaiiiiali  |-.ii/al  H-:  !i  I'.  -ar!i. 

l".'|tx.  i.  Tiimiiliy  ( 'Iiaiiil..-i-!in.  \>.  Jul\  17.  I  xl"i.  m.  Jan.  I  _,  1s""'' 
Jnli'-ii"  .Maiia  \\"!ifi-i.  :-.  ..|'  N,.i-t!i.-a-i.  Dm-JP--  ('....  N.  Y.  t  !:,:i.  ot' 
<  '\r-i-  Mai'-ii  \Yli.-.-l.-i-.  .if  Norllp-a-!.  alal  Sarali  S.-.,ii|.  Mr  i-.-i-l.-s 
in  l.ii'.a.  N.  Y.  :  li;.-  l)i-i-ii  a  tarnn-r  ip-arly  all  lii>  lit'-,  lir-l  ii.  Ki-l.t, 
•''..  'i  ,  t'l.-ruai-.l-  at  r.-n!i.-l  I.  N.  Y. 
.  i  _:h;  ii  '  i '  -ip-i-a  i  ii  in.  J  (  'ii  i  1 1  If-- 1 1  : 

-.  i.  M-.-\  A.I  !.-,!  !.-  c:,a!ni.-i!ii,.ip.  s  -,,!.  j-;.  i-:;:.  ,1. ;:,  ;.  r.i-:.-v. 


a.   N.    x:'.    i  M.  :  'i.  |  :    a     Snrp-.iii     i 
1  I. -i.    I   i.   !  -'-7.  Ka'liarim-    I'ar 
-I  ,u.       ,1'    !>  -\Yi:i      I'ar.lml!     :.ip| 


Son  of  Tiniotlt.i/,  Son  of  tTolin,  liotli  of  DcdJio'in,  ]\f(iss,    511 


:    1.    Dwight  rarslmll  Chamberlin,  b.  March  1,  18G9. 
":   '2.    Frederic  W.  Chamberlin,  b.  Jan.  ;>,  1S71. 

[  Seventh   ( renerntion.  ] 

L'Dd'.i.  ii.  "Willis  Chamberlin  (son  of  Krastns  Chamberlin  and  Fslher 
.Dwight),  1).  31  arch  I'l',  1  Sdi',  m.  Pec.  I'd,  ISi'ii,  .Julia  Delano  Col  ver  of 
Sharon,  Ct.  lie  d.  Oct.  Id,  lsi'7,  act.  L'.~>.  Had  OIK;  child  : 

l"MS.    i.    Laura  Delano  Chamberlin,  b.  Oct.    17,   1^-7,  d.  early. 

l_".'|d.  iii.  Hannah  Chamberlin  (dau.  of  Krastus  and  Ksther  Cham- 
berlin). 1).  .Ian.  1><>,  ]Sd4,  in.  Jan.  1,  lS|:i,  Thomas  Kwing  I  lathc\vay, 
h.  in  ls|  1,  grad.  at  Jiamilton  (/oil.  X.  V.,  in  1  S  4  I .  He  d.  at  Chicago, 
111.,  June  1."),  ls:>d,  act.  :5(,). 

She  has  been  for  many  years  a  teacher.  .For  !>  years  ] (receding  the 
late  I'nion  war  she  taught  at  ('ainden,  \Vachita  Co.,  Ark.  It  was  amid 
many  perils  and  with  much  bravery  that  she  escaped,  soon  after  the 
commencement  of  that  great  fratricidal  strife,  to  her  friends  at  the 
.North,  being  once  captured  on  the  way.  She  was  known  to  the  author 
many  years  previously  as  an  accomplished  lady.  From  her  most  of  the 
fat -Is  here  stated  concerning  her  father's  descendants  were  obtained. 
|  She  s;svs  in  ,-t  letter  to  the  writer  :  '•  .M  v  mother  used  to  sav  that  the 
.Dwiichts  were  of  French  and  K mulish  extraction  and  that  the  Karl  de 
Wight  married  an  Knglisb  iadv  and  owned  the  Isle  of  Wight,  but 
that  being  an  adherent  of  Charles  1st.  he  fled  from  Kn^Iand  and  his 
beautiful  isle  reverted  to  the  crown.''  The  difficulty  in  all  this  pleas- 
ing etymological  invention  is  the  vast  anachronism  that  characterises  it. 
.John  Dwight  of  Dedham.  the  founder  of  the  American  f'amilv  of 
JKvights,  was  a  grown  man  when  Charles  1st  came  to  the  throne  of 
England  (in  Mil.'.)),  with  his  name  alreadv  fixed  upon  him,  and  it  was 
not  inn  il  some  I'd  years  afterwards  that  the  King  was  beheaded  and 
that  any  acts  of  confiscation  could  take  place,  which  was  \\heii  otir 
progenitor  had  been  for  Id  years  established  in  his  new  home.)  She 
resides  now(lS7l)  in  Hillsdale.  .Mich.  They  had  one  child  : 

L".>  IS.  1.  Jhvight  Chamberlin  Hatheway,  b.  June  33  isi-l.d.  in  in- 
fancv. 

l".H.").  vi.  Ivlward  (.'hamberlin  (twin),  b.  Jan.  iM.  I  s  1  | ,  ui,  Ma\  7. 
I  S  I  1 ,  (  'a  i  harine  King.  Ti  ov  had  one  chi  Id. 

'J'-M1'.  I.  ivlward  Kiny  Chamberlin,  1).  in  l^l'.i,  d.  in  infancy.  .Mr. 
Chamberlin  is  a  farmer:  his  residence  is  unknown  to  his  relatives. 

I  I'ii'i  h  ( 'em-ration. J 

l".'d.").  ii.  Jalrex,  J)wi^hi  (son  of  Timotln  Duight  and  l-'xperiencc 
(iill)eri),  b.  Oct.  S,  1771,  111.  Nov.  .">-  I7!'S5  Ci-ace  Tro\\  b  ridge,  b.  Xo\ . 
od.  1771  (dan.  of  llutherford  'i'i'o\\  bridge  of  New  I  laven,  Ct.,  who  was 
a  mason  of  considerable  \\ealih.  and  of  sterling  integrity  and  worth. 


and  l>u]va>  Mltchcock).  II'1  ^a->  .'it  til's!  a  mechanic,  liiit  ;i  t'l  i  TU  :i  n  is  ;t 
tanner,  ;iml  :iii  eiirr^vt  li1,  thorough  1  >Uslliess-ma  II,  ami  min  h  ic  jM-ct.-d 
l.\  tlni^e  \\lio  kne\\  him  for  his  integrity.  Mr  d.  March  '.i,  Iso'.i,  aet. 
."i  ! .  She  \\  a.s  a  la  1 1  v  i  >!'  d<  cnled  ]  iirl  \  ,  i  if  >!  i -i  >n_r  nat I  \  e  l  lit  i  •!  I  i'_;<-nei  •,  a  m  1 
ut'  patient  per-es  eraiice.  She  i|.  .lime  L'I'I,  l>.">l».  art.  ."ih. 
Si  \l  li  (  leiiera  I  loll.  ]  (  'llllillTIi  : 

I".'!'11,    i.    ('aniline   I  >\\  i-ht ,  1..  Sept .  L'O,    I  7'.''1.  in.    !!<-\.    |).-.,iii-,   I'latt. 

L'l'L'l.    ii.   TiniotliN    Duiulit,  1).  Drc.  :!,   |so|,  ,1.   |),  ,-.   I  s,  |  s;^  ;|rt.  ."n;. 

I".'!'!1,    iii.    .  \inos  Trou  l.ri'luv    l>ui-li!.li.    i-Vli.    I  >,    |SI)7. 

L".»L':'..    i\.    .Iain-/.    l»\vijfli(,  .Jr..  1).  .luiii-  1'ii,    !  MI'.I,  ,j.  <  >,-t .   l'  I.    |S|U. 

L".*!'!1.  i.  ('aroliiH1  I  »\\  i-'lit ,  K.  S.'pi .  I'll,  I  7'.!'.',  in.  .1  uin-  hi.  iSjS^Krv. 
]>i'Hlii>  I'laM,  li.  Si-pi.  _M.  |>(IU  (M,;I  lit'  Klirnr/rr  I'lall  of  I  »;,lililll  \  , 
(  'l..  and  Anna  Moyl),  ^rad.  at  ^'al^  in  1^1' I,  and  al  the  Yalr  'I'lu-ol. 
Si'iii.  i  n  I  s  JS.  He  \vas  ;i  home  niissioiiiirv  ai  \\  iilimanl  ir,  ( 't.  (  I  >-*- 
'.  i ).  and  pa>l  i  >r  sih-ci'ssi  \  cl  \  at  (  'a  lit  :'i'lm  rv,  '  'l .  (  1  ^'-'^  >  '•'<>.  I  I  <  >imT.  N  .  \  . 
(IS.",  I  liM;  Manlins.  N.  V.  (1S|J  :>);and  of  the  ( 'onir.  <  'li.  at  I'-in-'- 
liainton.  N.  V.  (  lMl>-f>.">) ;  and  ln-\\as  I  )ist.  Sec.  of  the  \Vesteni  ('<  ill. 
Sue.  (  1  S.'i.". -',»).  Since  IS.'i'.l  he  has  resided  at  Smith  N'i>r\valk,  <'l. 
|  Seventh  ^  ienerat  ion.  ]  <  'hi Idren  : 

L".1'-'!.  i.  Kli/a  (ii'idlev  I'latt.  It.  An:,'.  II,  Is!.".1:  resides  unmarried 
at  home. 

!".'•_'.•>.  ii.  Timothy  Dwi-ht  I'latt.  1..  Keb.  1  t.  I  *:'>•_>,  d.  I'eb.  1 :.,  |S|«>, 
act.  17,  when  in  tin1  freshman  class  at  Yaie,  and  licarin^  lii^h  pronn-c 
of  i'ntnre  excellence  in  character  and  scholar^!  i] ..  Mis  classmates 
jilan-d  a  monument  io  Ins  meinorv  in  the  cemeterv  at  N'e\\  i  la\  en,  \\  it  ii 

the    I  User!  I  it  ]nn    lljioli    It    :     "    .M  II 1 1  I  s   llle    lionis    tl''lillis   occidll. 

•J'.'L'i'i.  iii.  .lames  I'l-nni^  I'laM,  !'.  Ke'o.  :.'!,  I  s:;/,.  m.  Sejii.  17.  I  >*!:'>, 
.M .  Anu'iiMa  Morgan  of  New  ^"ork  (dan.  of  Lemuel  |  ).  Alcr-an  and 
Lomaiida  Lathroji;:  a  commi>sioii  merchaiil  in  l!arliadoe>,  \\  .  I. 
<  'hildren  : 

L".i'_'7.     I.     hwi^ht    .Morgan    I'lat  t ,  li.  Sept .  L' 1 ,    I  "ill. 

L".'L'S.     -.    ('aniline    Mamie    IMatt,   'o.    IS~H. 

L".il".i.    iv.    I'llicnex  .|-Meii-\    I'lali ,  !i.  No\ .  .'in,  I  >:5S,  d.  Maivh   In.  ISJI. 

L".i:in.     \.    Caroline    I'latt.   1>.   June  li,    \^\'2.  d.    Nov.    1>.   I S  I  L'. 

j    Si  \  I  I  i     (   Jell  e]'a  [  lo||.    ] 

L".''JI.  ii.  Timolli'.'  l>\\i'_hl  ('son  oi'  .ia!'c/and  (irace  T.  I  A-,  i-ht),  li. 
l>  •-.  :'..  l^'>i,  m.  Man-h  "I,  I-."-!.  Hannah  A.  l'iv-co;i.  1 ..  (l.-i.  .",.  I  ^n."i 
id.r,.  ..f  llei:r\  i'n  coii  of  Ne\\  llaxen,  ('t.,  and  Alida  l-'rink.  from 

••r.i-iti-h  I'rov  in.'e  of  Ne\\  llnih-uick  ).  Sh-d.  '•  '  '•.  I  -.'i."'.  a-t. 
I  i"  m..  I'.. i-  :M  \\  if...  I  >ee.  I  7.  :  V."'H.  I'.milx  M  ,;.  i  !d.  !•.  '  >ct. 

'I     -i;,'!.    of  <;i|,.-    .Mai,    lieid    ,.f      Neu     ||;|V,   n    and     ll:i:-ri.  : 
11  i     of    •_-]  i-:i :     ein-i-^;\   of  characl  i  r    and     \  '     in 


Son  of  Timotluj,  Son  of  Joli ??,  lotli  of  DcdJtaii^  Jlfax*.   5 1 3 

business,  and  of  a  genial  and  gentlemanly  bearing.  .He  entered  into 
the  AY.  J.  shinning  l>iisiiu.'ss  \vitli  Trov»  bridge  it  Sons  of  Xew  Haven, 
Ct.,  when  20  years  of  age,  and  resided  for  2-">  years  in  Port  Spain,  Trini- 
dad (1822—47).  In  1S!7  he  removed  to  Xew  Vork,  where  liis  family 
liave  ever  since  resided.  .He  d.  Dec.  IS,  IS") 7,  act.  ">('). 
(Seventh  Generation.]  Children: 

.////  firxi   »•(!'<•: 

2!>:>1.  i.  Timothy  Trowbridge  Dwight.  b.  Aug.  .">'>,  181)3,  a  .shipping 
nicrehant  and  cotton  broker  in  Xew  Vork,  formerly  ;  having  recently 
retired  from  business,  resides  in  the  city  unmarried  (1S74). 

Ill/     Xl'fOl/'f     fife..' 

2!K")2.   ii.    Crace  Emily  Dwight.  b.  in  .Ne\v  York,  Oct,  -I,   Isril. 

I".'"):!,   iii.    Stanley    Jhviglit,    b.    J  >ec.     l".»,    ]S.")-I,  in    X'evv-    York,  now 
(IS7-1-)  in  Yale  College,  in  ilie  class  of  ]S7(5. 
[Sixth  ( rcneration.  j 

2i>22.  iii.  Amos  Trowbridge  D  wight  (sou  of  .labex  .D\vight  and 
CJraee  Trowbridgo),  b.  in  New  I  Taven.  1  )eo.  20.  1S07,  was  a  wholesale 
clothing  merchant  in  N.  Orleans,  .La.,  formally  years  (lS33-f)0),  and 
since  ]S.">()  has  been  established  in  Ne\v  York  where  of  lale  yeai's  lie  has 
been  a  cotton  broker. 

He  in.  Sept.  I,  1S:',S,  Clarissa  Smith,  b.  Dec.  20,  1SK,  (dau.  of  \Val- 
ter  Smith  of  ZS'evr  I  la  .veil,  and  Hetty  Hull.  Horsford  of  r.erlin,  Ct.). 
She  d.  in  IVooklvn,  X.  Y.,  Jnlv  7,  1S-1--1 — a  strong-minded  woman  and 
decidedly  religions.  He  m.  Oct.  21.  is.'tl  Susan  Ihvii-'lit  Da^u'ett  of 

i  ~  O  ~  O 

K"ew    lia\en,  1).  Se[>t.  ."),  ]Si_'M  (dau.    of    Leonard  A.  Da^.'tt  and  ,)ean- 
ette    At  water).      She   d.    J^eb.    2"),  ]S.")7  —  a.  lady   of  strong   sense,  of  a 
genial,  generous  disposition,  and  of  decided  piety. 
[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

J>//  ft  rat  it'ife: 

20.°,!.  i.  Timothy  Dwight,  ]>.  in.  Xew  JFav.Mi,  Ci.,  Nov.  22,  1830,  d. 
in  New  Orleans,  La.,  Dec.  1,  .1  S 40. 

29:].").  ii..  .Frederic  Augustus  Dwight,  b.  in.  N.  Orleans,  Feb.  IS, 
IS  12.  m.  Nov.  ."),  lSi)(i,  Antoinette  llavmond  Mc.Mnlien.  b.  Xo\.  I, 
ISIo  (dan.  of  James  ^f.  ..McMullen  of  IJmoklyn,  X.  Y.,  and  Amelia 
Antoin-'tte  Hoyt).  He  is  a  AY.  I.  shipping  merchant  in.  X<-w  N'oi'k. 
I  las  had  !  children  : 

:;::;-:;::!:     1.    Clarissa  ihvight,  b.   Doc.  21,   ISC.7. 

****  2.  Isabel  Ravmond  Dwiglit,  b.  in  .Usirbadoes,  NY.  I".,  July  10, 
|S<;<>,  d.  ..May  10,  1S7<». 

:;::;:::::|:     :>.    ll'enry    L'ntherford    Dwight,  l».   Sept.  2o',    1S71. 

::::;:::::!:      I.    Fredeiic  Dwiglit,  b.  Sept.  :>0,   Is73. 

2(J:>S.  iii.  C'lai-issa  Smith  l.hvight,  b.  in  lirooklyn.  N.  Y.,  Xov.  2'.»., 
IS]-",,  d.  July  7,  IS!  I. 


:.  1  I    1  >>  ,v<v  mlttnfx  '//A  ''.  JfHt'tf/t  I><r',,jLt  of  \\'<,o<l«f,;-L;  <  '/., 


|   Si  \1  ll    (  ielliTal  li  ill.    | 

Ll'.'i'ii.  \-.  Jnlm  huiirlit  (sun  (,i'  Timotliy  I>wii_'lit  of  North  lla\in, 
<'l.,;uni  K\pei  i.-m-e  (  ;illnTl  i.  li.  .liin.  IS,  I7s|.m.  alum!  I  >!'.'.  l,\di;i 
1  I.  -at  i  Hi  lit'  Nc\V  I  la\  en,  (  '!.,  1  1.  (Irl.  .'I  I  .  I  7S  1  .  l!i-  \V;i.s  ;i  ta  III  Iff  ill  or 

mar    New    lla\en,    ami    "an    h<me>i,    ]ini-lciil     man."       lit     il.    Sip!.     1, 
l-.'il',  aei.    IS.       SI,,-  ,1.    Keh.  L'L',    i>  I  1.      <  >ne  ehdd. 

I".1  tn.  I.  ('harles  \Yalrs  hui-li',  1>.  Nov.  L'7.  1*1'  I,  a  merchant  in 
\"  i.-k-diuru'h,  M  i»'.  II'-  in.  Kli/alieth  |'.M\\  din-,'  .Manlus  r,  li.  in  I  >ii^,s  iililic 
(  'n..  \"a.  No  cliildrcn. 

I'!"  1  7.  \  i.  \\  iiliani  I  Jwi^lit  (  smi  nf  'I'iinntliv  and  l-!\]ici-ii-iifi-  I  )\\  i^!;*  •. 
1>.  July  S.  17'.KI,  in.  Nov.  ll',  1SIT),  Kli/ah.-tli  Doolittlc  of  New  Hav.-n, 
('!..  li.  An-:,  i1..  17i'l  (dan.  of  l>aa<-  Dcu.littl.-  and  Drsiiv  I!,  llamy  of 
(  "ur>liirr.  (  't.,  si^in-  of  thr  di-t  inmii-lird  l.'i-v.  Dr.  lii-llainy  ot'  ll.'ild.- 
li'-in,  <  't.  i.  Hi-  \VM^  a  tailor  in  NV\v  1  la\  eii.  '  't.,  and  "a  man  of  ^  «n\ 
cliaian.T."  ll.-  dii'd  .Mai-h  17.  1-:;  |,  su-t.  I:;. 

Tin'  date  of  In-r  d-'atli   was  not   ascertained. 

]  Sevein  li  (  !eiierai  ion.  |      (  'hildn-n  : 

L".'!l,    i.    Kli/al.etli  Dwiuht.  1).  in   IS  17.  d.  April  ."..   Is:1,!1.  :iet.    I."'. 
l".M-_'.    ii.    Mary  Ann   Itwi-ht.  },.  July  l':'..    lSi'1.  in.  -I.  I:.   Kven-M. 
1'  '.'!.">.    iii.    Julia    I  >svi^ltr,  1>.  June   1  :i.    l^l'.").  m.    Ira   l.ewi<. 
L".1!!.   iv.    Wilimm    Timothy    liwi-'lir,  }>.  AIIL:.    !•">.   lsi'7,  iv.-ides    nn- 
marri'd  mar  \"  iek^l  iururli.    .Mi>s. 

L".i  I"',    v.    Saiali    I'll  i/a  i  K  -t  li    i  >\\  i  -'lit  .  1).    All-:.    17.    1  >:'i.'i.    in..).    K.<Mi.,l- 


I'l'll'.    ii.    .Mary   Ann    I  >v,  i-1,1  .  !,.  .1  nly  L'.°i.  !^L'l,m.No\.    1 
I',.  K\.-i-,.st  of  Tn.y.  N.   V. 

[  I'J^liI  h    <  ieliei'at  ion.  |        (  'liiidn-li  : 
1".'  |l'i.      i.      Ida     Lewi.    K\ereM.    1,.    Sept.     lS|!l. 
L".l  17.     ii.     William     I  >v.  i-i.l      Kxerest.    I,.    <  let.     IS.',]. 

I'll  1^.    iii.    <  'arrie  .1  nlia    |-;\ere>t.  )•.   I  lee.    1.    I  -."I'.i. 

[  S.-\  elil  ll    <  ielieral  lull,    j 

1".  '(•">.  in.  Julia  i'\\i_'ii!.  li.  June  i  :!.  Is^.i.  m.  Au^T.  -i.  lv!'.'.  lia 
I.'-v,  i~.  J  I'.,  ii.  Ma\  "'.  1^1'"  (  -  m  nl'  I  I  -a  and  I  'ln-l.e  I  ,i-\\  i>  i  it'  I  ,\  n.  |..-ed.i 
<  '....  I  '.  \\'.  •.  Lfi  ad.  at  \.-ii.-  in  l>  II,  made  ,',.('.  I..  (  liaelieli  u-  ,  ,('  i  l,c 
el  \  ii  lav,  i  at  'l'i  if'  mti  i  I  '  ni  \  i  i  >it  \  ,  (  'anada.  In  I  s."i'.i  I  I  i->  M\e,  i  1,  -1,,-v 
>l  i'  I'.1  I  j  ii  U  i  id  II'  an  a  ppi  ii  n  I  '-d  n  1  m  a  Ineinl  ier  i  'I  i  !r  •  >eliate  M|  1  ,  ,  |-.  ,  i  ;  i  -  1 
I  ni  v  i-v  -i;  \  and  (  'n  iv,  n  (  •  iii  -•'•!'  i'  >r  t  In-  united  e^u  n  !  i.->  nf  I  I  n  r>  m  and 
IM-.,.-.  II.-  i,  .-,!-.  k-n-i^er  at  IH-A  .,(  (  l^,,,»l  Hail,  Toi,,nt<i.  II,  , 

hid'",      i'      I    iodel   iell.     I    '.      W. 


Son  of  Thno /////,  Son  of  Joli'n,  lotlt,  of  Derflmin,  J/^*.?.    515 

[Eighth  Generation.]     Children: 
211  ID.    i.    Jerome  .Dwight  Lewis,  1>.  Oct.  12,   IS.K). 
2!>~>0.    ii.    Edward  Norman  Lewis,  b.  Sept.   IS,   ]S.")!'>. 
2<.!.">1.    iii.   Alice  .Mary  Lewis,  1>.  Jan.   1!»,   lSi',1. 

[  Sevent  h    ( Generation.  ] 

2!)i.">.    v.    Sarah  Kli/abeth  Dwight  (dau.    of    Win.   I ) wight  and  Klixa- 
l)eth     Doolittle),   1).  An--.   17,  Is:',:',,    m.  .Dee.  2!»,  ls:>i'>,  Jasper    Kimball 
Gooding,  1).  Nov.  2,  IS.",:!  (son    of  Jasper    Kimball    Oooding   of  Oode- 
rich,  C.   \\  .,  and  Mary  McC/ntcheon),  a  coal  merchant  in  Chicago^  111. 
|  Kighth  Generation.]      Children: 

1". i ")!'.   i.    Charles  Tut  tie  Oooding.  b.  Oct.  12,  1>."»7,  at  Ooderich. 

2  l.i  •'>.">.   ii.   Clara  J'ulia  Oooding,  1).  Nov.  4,  ls.V,»,  at    F.  Sa-'inasv,  3Iich.. 

l)(.'"'l.  iii.  Jenny  Wai'ren  (Jooding,  b.  Sept.  :5(),  Isill,  ut  Saginaw 
City,  .Midi. 

|  Fourth  Generation.]      See  pau;e  4(.)(i. 

2SU.  iv.  Dorothy  J  hvight  (<lau.  of  l!ev.  Josiali  Dwight  of  Wood- 
stock and  Mary  Partridge),  b.  about  1  702,  m.  April  2(J,  1724-,  Capt. 
J'enuel  Cliild  of  Thom[ison,  Ct.,  b.  Sept.  M.  li)'.i(.)  (son  of  I'.enjamin 
Child,  Jr.,  and  Oraee  ^Morris,  dan.  of  Kdward  Morris).  Unjoined  tho 
church  at  Thompson  at  its  organization  in  17-">c,  ;uid  was  apjioiuti-d,  as 
tlie  records  state,  "  quoristcr  for  us  in  the  public  worship."1 

He  d.  Oct.  2-L  17'iO,  art.  C>1,  and  she  m.  for  :M  liusbaiid,  Xov.  iM-, 
17<'l,  iiobert  Coddard  of  Sutton,  Mass.,  1).  in  Jti'.M  in  J'mmkiine  (now 
]\lilll)urv),  Mass,  (son  of  Joseph  (Joddavd  and  .1  )eboiiah  Treadwell). 
Hi-,  tir>t  \\ifcd.  Nov.  IS,  1  7'iO.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace.  J!e 
d.  May  S,  17S.">,aet.  1)1.  [  l>enjamin  Cliild,  Ji1.,  was  b.  in  lu.">t>  at  llox- 
burv,  Ma^-s.,  and  bapt.  by  IJev.  John  I'lliot,  "  The  .1  ndian  Apostle,"  with 
his  two  brothers,  Kphraim,  elder,  and  Joshua,  next  younger  than  him- 
self. Feb.  1^7,  l().")!l.  H.u  m.  (irace  Morris  March  7,  liJ^L*.  They  liail 
12  children: 

I.  Kphraim,  b.  March  7,   liiS.'l,  m.   Priscilla   liani>. 
L*.    lienjuiiuiij  b.  Julv   lit,  Ji'iS."),  m.  I'atienee  Thaver. 

;'>.    Mdward,  1).   Xov.   I,   1087,  m.  Jan.  2,   1712,  Mai'garei  Weld. 

i.    (iracn,  b.  Oct.  27,   hi*!',  in.  Timotliy  \Vaiker  of  Keholioth. 

.">.    Mary,  b.  Oct.  2T>,   Id'.U.  m.    Peter  Walker  of  Kehoboth. 

(i.    K!)enexer,  b.  Sept.  7.    !<;'.>:>,  m.   Kli/.abeth  IJacon,  Jan.  2-"),  1720. 

7.     Martha,  b.  (>et.   ."),    lii<)."),  d.  unmari'ied. 

S.    William,  1).  Oct.   1  I,   KiU7,  m.    Deborah  Coddard. 

'.i.    ('apt.   IVnnel  Child,  b.  Sept.  :].   In'.'!',  etc. 

in.    Kidiard  Child,  b.  OCT.  22,  1  7n  1 . 

II.  Thomas    Child,    b.    Nov.     I".    I7<>:;.    m.     Sept.    27,    172'.',    Anna 
Morris. 


I:'.     Maix'aivi.  li.    Ma\    I'1'.    I  7<ld,  d.   nnniann-d,   April   L'n.    177."'. 

Tin-  pa  i  -i -hi  s  <  >f  I  '"hi;.  I!,  I  n  Child,  -I  r. ,  v,  ere  I  ">eii  |amin  and  M  ar\  Child, 
\\liocaineio  Itoxl'iirv,  M.-I-N..  iiliniil  liil.").  I'.fiiju.  ( 'liilii,  (lie  >«M|,  r 
\\a~-  li.  as  is  .-n  |I]H  i-i'i  I,  ;it  Unrv  Si.  Kdliiti  in!  s,  Lincoln  hire,  !'.;r_;.,  iir- 
l\\i-i-n  I  d'Jll  and  ."H.  A  lii-ot  hi-r  of  hi  .  |-'.]i|i|-:iim  Child  calm-  \v  iili  liis 
\\ite  Kli/alirl  ll  1'allncr  I  li  colnpailV  U  III  I  \\lllt  lirnp,  ill  |ii.".U  ;ih'l  Si'I- 
;lnl  ill  \\";il<Tl(i\\  n,  MM>S.  'l'iir\  hail  I K  )  cl  1 1  li  1 1'cll.  ] 

I  l-'it'j  li    u'l'ticni  I  inn.  ]       (  'iiildrm  : 

L". !.••:•.  i.  .lnMiili  ciiil.l,  1).  Miiivli  d,   17'JI    :•. 

I".'.""'!,  ii.    M;ni!ia  ('hiM,  li.  AIIL(.    1  >.    \7'2''>.  in.   Is.-iai1  \\'liit  niniv. 

L''J-"'7.  iii.    i'.unirr  (  'hilil,  li.  I  >ri .  7,   I  7l'>.  in.  S.-i  li    i  I  iiilin-i. 

L".i."iS.  is.    Lois  ( 'liild,  li.    A.  pi'il  L'I'),    I  "•)(),  d.  uninan-ii'd. 

L".'.">'.i.  v.    'I'iniolhv   (  'liild.   l.;i]il.    Dec.    1!'.    17:11. 

L".H;II.  si.    Ilii-lianl  Child,  liapt.   March    1  1.    1  7:1:'-. 

L".Hi  1 .  \  ii.    Silence  (  "nili  1.  liapt.  .1  unr  S.   !  7">-\  d.  Nov.  .">     1  -  i1  >. 

L'liiiL'.  viii.    Kli-axt-r  Child,  l.a|.i.   <  >ct.  l'.   17:17. 

•J'.i'''."..  i\.    ( !rac(>  Child,  liapt.   An-'.    1 1',    I7.">'.'. 

1".''''!.  \.    Id.rolliv  Child,  liapl.  .Mav  L'S,    1  7  1 1'. 

L'll.'i").  i.  -losiali  Child,  1..  March  d,  17l'l-  .">,  in.  h-li.  d,  171."'.  S.irali 
(irri-n  of  'riioin|isoii,  I),  in  l7l'-">  (dau.  ot'  ('apt.  ilcnr\  (Irmi,  1>.  Sept. 
•_' 1 .  I'i'.Mi,  and  .Indith  Cnilc  ot'  K  i  1 1  i  niily,  ('!.).  She  si-eiii>  i"  have 
.lii'd  slmrilv  aflfi'  I7(i",  as  ".lo>iah  ('hild"  is  recorded  ,-n  Thomp-on 
as  ha\in_;-  "manied  S.-jii.  I.  1  7'  '>'•'>.  Sara  h  Adam-'  of  k  illiiiLTl  y.  II'1 
\\  a--  a  lanniT  a  I  '1  hotnpsoti. 

I  Sixi  h  (  ienrral  ion.        (  'h  ihlren  : 

I"."',:.,    i.    Silence  Child,  hapl.  Jan.    I".   1717.  d.  Nov.    II.    1 7-"' I . 

U'.idd.    ii.    Cerxisli   Child,  liapt.   April    |S.    I7")'>,  d.    I  )ec.   d.    I7-"'I. 

•_"."'.7.    iii.    William  (  'hild,  liapl.    No\.    I,    I  7"'_. 

L'i'd^.  i\.  Silence  Child,  L'I|,  l.apt.  No\.  1".  I  7-")  I,  in.  .John  I'.lack- 
inali  ot'  Wood>lock,  <  'I..  .lul\  7.  I  (>". 

L"."'.'.i.     v.    .Imlah   <  'liilil,  l.apt.   Marcii    1  !.    17-"'^. 

L','71  '.     \  i.     Marl  ha   (  'hild,   liapt.   Jail.    1   i,    I  71'1  '. 

|  |-  1 1 !  h   (  ! '  'ii'Ta  t  loi:.  | 

I.1.':-'.,  ii.  Martha  Child  ida-i.  of  (  V:-'.  I'diu  -1  Child  MI.  !  l»-r.-tii; 
hv.i.d,:  i.  I,.  An-  l<.  171'1'..  in.  -Ian.  .",!,  17"'  I.  I  -Mac  W!ii- u,. -iv  ••!' 

'riioinp-oii  <  'i. 

Si  xi  Ii  <  li'U.'i-at  i'  Hi.        <  'liililri-n  : 

.".'71.     i.     'l'a:n.-:r    Wl.i  I  I.IMIV.    l,-.|,l.     |-'.-l..    '_'.     17."'."'. 

L".'7".     ii.     Saiira    \\' h  i  I  li.ol'. -,    I.  ipl.    Mai'di    L1  !.    I  7'"i. 

:'.'7-"'.  i  '..  .lal..-.'  \\dii'  ni'.r,..  i  ,,1,1.  |.',.ii.  i  •',    I7>-.  111.  s.. pi.  I'M.  17"i. 


Sou-  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Joint,  oof//  of  DeclJiain,  J/^.vx.    51  < 

[Fiftli  <  Generation.  ] 

2!».~>7.  iii.  Eunice  Child,  b.  Oct.  7,  1728  (dan.  Capt.  Peniiel  Child 
and  Dorothy  Dwight),  in.  March  l'.>,  17-1'.),  Setli  Ilibbcrt  of  Thompson. 

[Sixth  Generation.]      Children: 
2'.'74.    i.     Lois  Hibberf,  b:ipt.  Sept.   2,   1  7.~>0. 
2!'7~>.   ii.   Gervish  Hibbert,  bapt.  Apri'   ]:),  17-">-~>. 
I'll"!;,  iii.    Eli.sha  Hibbert  bapt.  -Ian.    13,  17->S. 
2S77.   iv.   Aaron  Hibbert,  bapt.  Feb.  1,  17<>{. 

|  Fifl  li  ( leneration.  | 

2(.MiO.    vi.    Richard    Child    (son  of  ('apt.  iVnuel  Child    and    Dorothv 
'Dwight'),   bapt.    ".March    11,   1733,  ra.   l'\-b.   1.   17">!>,    Abigail    Green    ;>f 
Thompson,    Ct.,b.    in    173S  Man.  of  dipt.    Henry  Green,  b.    Sept.  l!  1  ? 
l<H>r>,  and  Judith  Cuilc  of  Killinirly). 
[  Sixtli  ( Jeneralion.  |      ( 'hildren  : 

2D7*.    i.   Timoiliy  Child,  b.  IMaivh   17.  17i')D  (!>:>pt.  .June  L>I>.   1  7C.O). 

L>07(.».  ii.  Hannah  Child,  b.  July  1  i-,  I7<i2.  m.  Essi-a  Ghiltl  of  \Vood- 
stock,  ('(-.,  oiH3  the  first  settlers  of  Bath,  X.  IS. 

2!>SO.   iii.    Eunice  Child,  b.  .Inly  10  (and  bapt.  July  !•">),  17'ik 

2!>Sl.  iv.   Capt.  John  Child,  !».  March   1  1   (and  bapt.  S;.'pt.  7),   17i'>i'>. 

2!»S2.  v.  "Mary  ("Molly")  Child,  b.  .Ian.  17,  1709-70,  m.  171)!, 
Kbeiiexer  Sanborn.  She  d.  April  10,  IS.")!). 

2(,)S:5.  vi.  Abigail  ("  X;ibby  ")  Child,  bapt.  July  1  1-,  1771,  in.  Nov. 
27,  1711!,  Samuel  We>t.  She  d.  Nov.  !>,  ISOO. 

2!'>-t.    vii.    Iiosunn.il  Child,  bapt.  Jan.  2,   1774,  m.  Samuel  Jlntchins. 

2(.is:>.   viii.    Dea.  Dudley  Child,  )>.  .May  22,  ]77i). 

2'JS!').    ix.    Matilda  Child,  b.  about  177S. 

2!»S7.    x.    .Martl'.a  Child,  b.  about  1  7SO. 

2!t7S.    i.    Timothy  Child,  b.  .March   17,  "1  7<id,  m.  .May   1  .">,    1788,  Amy 
J.'arisli,  b.  in   17<>4.      .He   was   a    revolutionary  soldier.       In    17(.>'.>  he    re- 
moved to  Sullivan  Co.,  X.  Y.      She  d.  July  ."i,    1  S  1  .">,  act.  81. 
Se\'en(h  Ceneration.  |      Children: 

20S8,   i.    Liicinda  Child,  b.  a>>t.  L78«),  in.  Benj.  Lord  of  Xewark,  X.  J. 

2HSO.   ii.    iSradley  Child,  b.  about   1  7(.'0.  d.  in  liiverton,  X.  J. 

2'.'(.Hi.    iii.   JJiehard  Child,  b.  about   I7i»2. 

L'ilitl.   iv.    Obadiidi  Child,  b.  about   I7H  I. 

2'.»'.)2.    v.    Abigail  Ciiild,  b.  aboui    179ii,  d.  soon. 

2'.i':>:».    vi.    Archippns  Cliild.  b.  about    17'.'*. 

2!)!U.    vii.    Abi--!il  Cliiid,  2d,  1>.  I-^OO,  in.  a   Mr.  Anderson. 

2!)!).").    viii.    James  Child,  b.  aboui    IS02. 

2:)'.H).  ix.  John  <(.  ('hild,  b.  in  ISO.'),  m.  a  M'i»  (Irani  :  a  hnvyor 
in  (Jraliaiusville,  Sullivan  Co.,  N.  \.  He  has  had  S  children,  one  .,[' 
them,  l-'raneis,  is  a  civil  engineer  at  I'it  tsburgh,  i'a.  Two  oi'  them 
(names  not  given)  were  soldiers  in  the  late  war. 


[    Klt'l  ll    *  Iclieral  lull.   | 

L".is|.    i\.    ('apt.     John    Child     (son    of     Hi, -hard     Child    and     AM;_'ail 
(  liven  ).  li.    Maivli    II,     17''>h,    in.     ali-nit      I?'.1!',     .Martha     I  I  ill  i-liii..-.   li.    in 
I77.">.   in    I  I  a\  crliill,     .Mass.    (dan.   of    Jeremiah     1 1  lit  dims)  :    a  farmer    in 
Hath.   N.    II.  :    li.-  .1.    April    IS  II,  art.    71.       She  ,1.    in    |Sh|,;iet.   HI). 
Sixth  (  Jenerat  i<m.  ]       <  'liihlfrn  : 

L".i'.i7.    i.    Me], ital.le  Child,  b.  -Ian.  L'O,   I  7!'  I ,  <1.  Sepf .   II.  I7!i.\ 

L.".''.iS.  ii.  Abigail  Child,  li.  April  L'l',  1  7'.>s,  in.  H.HI.  .lulm  IliM-ard, 
;i  fanner  in  Hath,  N.  II.,  ami  has  lieen  a  inemliei1  of  the  legislature; 
has  hail  a  lar^'e  family. 

L".'!'1.'.  iii.  Hannah  Child,  1>.  May  L'.\  ISiili,  tn.  I  ..--mard  \Valk«-r,  a 
la  finer.  I'atli,  N.  1 1 .,  ami  had  several  children.  I  !-•  d.  si  imr  \  car-  --nn-e. 

!>IMlli.  i\-.  Martlia  ('hild,  li.  .Ian.  11,  I  sill!,  in.  \\"i!liam  I..-UIL;  "f 
I'atli,  a  fanner,  \slm  h\cs  now  in  Concord,  N.  II.:  he  has  had  a  l;,i;jv 
family. 

.".(MM.  v.  'Louisa  Child.  1).  I-Y1>.  l' I ,  ISO-1,  in.  Henry  II.  I.an.u  of 
l'>at  h  :  had  one  daughter. 

.")(IIIL>.   \i.    John   .May  Child.  1>.  .Ian.   l'.".,    I>'(M'.. 

!')<i<i."i.  \ii.  \\y.r\\.  ('hild,  1).  .Ian.  L)(i,  I.^DS,  a  1'arm-T  in  Hath.  d.  some 
vears  since. 

.".mil.    viii.    Dwi^ht    I'ennel  Child,  1>.  .1  ul\  !>,    Is  Id. 

."•dd.').  ix.  IJosanna  Child.  l>.  April  .'id,  |S|L',  m.  .Mi  rand  \\"hii  --her, 
of  Hath,  a  hotel-keeper.  He  d.  in  \Varivn.  N.  II. 

.".(>( Mi.  \.  Susan  I..  Child,  h.  Nov.  I'M,  1S|  |,  m.  as  his  L'd  wife  \\"il- 
1  la m  Laiii;  of  Wai'i'en,  N.  II. 

.'511117.     xi.    Jlon.    I'.radley   (',.    Child,  1,.    Sept.    I'l.    ISIS. 

.'IddL'.  \i.  .lohn  Mav  Child,  h.  Jan.  !_'."•,  ISdi'i,  a  farmer  in  l;\--^ale, 
N.  II..  III.  in  ISJS  Sally  Kamlall  of  I  >ail\  ille,  \' t.  !!-•  ivsid.-s  at 
Monn.-  I'lain.  N.  II. 

|  Srvrnt  li    ( iriierat  ion.]       <  'hildren  : 

."•(His.    i.    Ln.-inda  Child.  1..  July.   |Si".i. 

."idd'.i.    ii.     l-jluin   \\'.   ('hild,  !•.    Mav,    Is.'!],  m.   Kli/a  Sterling. 

:'.:iin.    iii.    Israel    K.   (  'hild.  1).  ill    is:;.",,  ,1.   soon. 

'•dll.    iv.    Susan  ( 'hild,  o.   in    |S:»."i,  in.   1,'olicrt    llrattii-. 

."•dU.    ^.    (',.   ()>more  Child.  1..  July   lS|d.   m.    l-lli/.a  Ash. 
\  i.     Sarah   <  'hild,   !'.  Jan.    |S  |S. 

|  Si  x  i  h  Cenerat  ion. 

."•dii:;.  \ii.  hl/ra  Child  (.son  of  ('apt.  John  Child  and  Martha  Ilnt.-h- 
in-i,  'h.  Jan.  L''i.  |sd^.  ,M.  almnt  l^-'M  Hannah  Walden,  of  Ni-\\  l.nrv. 
N't. .and  fora  L'-l  \\ifrin  IM'I),  Martha  Mastman. 

Si'\  r||l  h    <  leliera  I  ii  ill.  <  'll  1  Idp-li   : 

."."i:1..    i.     l.oiaine   \V.  »  'hild,  li.    March    l>.",:«. 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  <Tolin,  J>ofJi,  of  T)c<11iain,  J/^.s-x.  510 

3014.  ii.  Abby  Ann  Child,  b.  May  1839,  in.  Xov.  18(5.1,  Ceorge 
Learned. 

301-1.    iii.    Freeman.  Child,  b.  about  18-1-2,  d.  soon. 
301  (i.   iv.    Lewis  Stone  Child,  1).  in  IS  1C). 

[  Sixth  Generation.  | 

3004.  viii.  Dwight  Fennel  Child  (son  of  Capt.  John  Child  and 
Martha,  Hutchins),  1).  -Inly  9,  1810,  m,  about  1*32  Nancy  May  Child 
of  Bath.  .He  lives  tliorc,  and  has  been  one  of  its  select  men  for  several 
years. 

['Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

;5017.   i.    William  (i.  Child,  M.I),  b.   Feb.  4,  1S33. 

:501S.    ii.    Eiisha  Child,  b.  .May  .1,  18:5.1,  d.  .June  9,   1S3.1. 

.'3019.   iii.   Henry  H.  L.  Child,  b.  July  22,  1S3U. 

:5020.    iv.    1'arker  M.  Child,  b.  June   10,  1S38. 

3021.  v.  Harriet  Child,  1).  Feb.  R.   1S4(>,  d.  Aug.  17,  1840. 

3022.  vi.   Sylvina  T.  Child,  b.  Sept.  IS,   [841. 
.'502:5.  vii,  John  1).  Child,  b.  Dec.  29,  1S42. 

3024.  viii.   Henrietta  A.  Child,  b.  Oct.  :5,   1S4  1,  d.  May,  1SG2. 
.'502.1.  ix.  Adeline  11.  Child,  b.  Dec.  27,  1847. 

3()2tJ.   x.   Albert.  Child,  b.  Jan.  18,   1S.10. 
3027.   xi.   Mary  Jam-  Child,   b.  Oct.  4,    18.12. 
**##     ,\ii.   Juliet  Child,  b.  Xov.  1,    1S.1". 

HO  17.  i.  Hon.  AVilliam  C.  Child,  M.P.,  b.  Feb.  4.  I  S3:?,  grad.  at  tlie 
Med.  Department  of  Dartmouth  Coll.  in  IS.17:  a  praetisin^  jihvsician 
at  iiaih.  X.  H.,  since  1S.17.  He  entered  the  U.  S.  A.  of  Vols.  Aug. 
13.  1S(')2.  as  assistant  surgeon  in  1he  .1th  4£egt.  X.  II.  Vols..  and  was 
commissioned  surgeon  in  the  same  regiment.  Xov.  4.  !S<i4,  and  served 
until  July,  iSii.l,  the  close  of  the  war.  Jfe  was  in  the  battles  of  South 
Mountain,  Antietam,  Fredericksburgh,  Urandv  Station,  (let  t  vslmr^h, 
Chancellorsville,  (-old  Harbor,  Petersburgh,  l)t;ep  i'xitiom,  etc.  \\'hile 
at  Point  Lookout  he  was  detailed  to  superintend  ilie  hospital  for  rebi'l 
prisoners  of  war,  where  he  often  had  •><>((  men  on  tln^  sick  list.  He 
had  eight  assistant  surgeons  under  him,  most  of  them  .rebels.  He  was 
present  in  the  the  theatre  wiiou  I'res.  Lincoln  was  shot,  lie  in.  March 
is,  18-18,  Caroline  .Buck  Lang,  b.  Aug.  .1.  |S33  f'dau.  of  Sherbnrne 
Lang  and  MehitaltU;  .Uicker).  She  d.  May  1 0.  ISI'M.  and  he  in.  Sept. 
3,  lS(iS.  her  sister  Luvia  Lang.  b.  Dec.  12.  1S37.  lie  was  (ISii.')-ii) 
a  member  of  the  State  Legislature. 
|  Fighth  Generation.]  Children: 
./>>/  ///•••-•/ 

3025.  i.  William  Clinton  Child,  b. 
;5029.  ii.    Kate  Child,  b.  Se[»t.  22, 


;»•_'(  I    />,,,,;  //,////,  As-  <,j'  H,  r.Jox'ntll    l>ir',,jlf  ut"  II  fViWx/W •/•/'/., 

.".II.-.M.    iii.    I'.ernanl   Venderkeift  Child.  K.   Nov.  L'S.   ISC.J. 
.•in.-,!,    iv.    Suxin   \\'ade  Cliilil,  !•.   I  >ec.    I,    !>'i."'. 

//,/  ,,,.,„„/  „•;/;  .- 

:;   \.   . I, ,1,11  Leslie  Cliild,  li.  An-.   I,  1*70. 

|   Se\  I'D)  ll    <  IclHTal  i<  HI.   | 

."•ill!  i.  iii.  Henry  II.  I..  Child  (>oi,  of  Dui".'hi  I  'emn-1  <  'hild  i.  h.  .iul  v 
L'L'.  ls:jn.  in.  Sept.  l!>,  lsi;o,  Al.iuail  Kindiall  of  l!ath,  N.  II.  Two 
rli  iii  In  ii. 

:;":;•_'.    I.    Irving  II.  Child,  k  Sept.    iSiil. 

".n:1,:',.    1'.    !  >\\  i-hi  <  'hild.  l>.  -liin.   |Sii  I. 

j  Sr\  rill  ll    (  ii-IHTal  li  ill  .   I 

.".ni'ii.  is.  1'iirkcr  Moi'M- CliiM  (SDH  <il'  Dui-ht  1'.  Cliilil),  l>.  .him-  |(), 
I>:'.N,  in.  Oi-t.  l".t,  IMil,  Al.ipiil  llati-li  of  I'.alh,  N.  II..  1).  April  II, 
l>il  (il.iu.  iil'()lpnl  Scull  llaicl,  of  liaiii.'!,  \"l.,  and  u  i  I'.  •  Ai-i-'aii). 
l!«  i>  Ci-nn-al  A-cnt  ,,('  Tin-  Mass.  Mm.  Lite  I  M.S.  Cn.  at  Mih\auk.c} 
\\'is.  Cliildi-cn  : 

ii'.".  I.     1.    I'-Ian.-lic   May  Child.  !•.  -Ian.    17.    Istii'. 

',":'.:>.    L'.    !  larry   iliUK.n  (  'liiid,  I..  .June  I'M,   1  -r,  !. 

'.  i.'i'i.    :'..    Scott     Parker  <  'iiild.  1..    May  .".d,    I  ^i',ii. 

:::::::;::;:    4.   Alice  Maude  ('hilil,  1).  Nov.  :;<>,  is?i». 

::::;:;/;:::    :>.    Al.lty  Child,  1>.  April  .">,  1.^7:!,  d.  S.-pi.  Ii1,,  1>7:S. 

!  Si\1  li   Cclierat  ion.  ] 

:'-lM)7.  xi.  I  Ion.  !'>radley  ( .'.  (  'liild  (son  of  (  'apt.  John  (  'hild  and  Mar- 
tha Hutching  ],.  Si-pt.  1'!.  IMS.  in.  Nov.  17,  |s:',7.  Hannah  !  'idld.  lie 

i-  a    tarnii'i1  in    Halh   and   ha-,  lieen  a   ineiiilier  of    ihe  Siate    I  ,e^i>la  1 11  re. 

S>-\  cut h  (  ii'iiei'al  ion.  |      <  'in Id ivn  : 
.".11:17.   i.  <  :i!K. v:  ( 'hild,  li.  March  L'l.  |s:;:i. 
:'.n:;s.   ii.   Kd.-rar  child.  I..  Sept.  |:i,  i-i:;.  d.  An--.  L':!.  is.v,. 

"HI:','.',    iii.    (  'haries   II.   (  'hild.   !..    May   L'S.    |SH',. 

."-•Mil.     i\.      |-'lo|-;i    I-],   ('hild,    1).   .Illli.'   1  L',    l-.'l),   d.    Sept.    L'S.    1>").">. 

:'.uii.   \.   Mariha   II.  child,  ii.  .inn.-  l-'t.  I^-.L',  d.  AH-.  i:.,  is:,:;. 

.".II  iL1.     \i.     Alice   M.    (  'hild.    I..   .Ian.    L'l.     IN.'I.'I. 

.".n  I:!.    \  ii.    M\  ra   II.  (  'hild,  \>.  Sept.   1  7.   Isf.s. 
s  iii.     h'lora    I  I.  »  'hild.   I..  (  ».-l.  Iln,    I -.in. 

|  Si  \  i  h   (  leiii'i'al  ion. 

'-  1.     \  ii.     Id^anna    I  'hild     (dan.      of      Itichard      <  'hild     and      Al.iu'ail 
1  :,    .   l-:-p: .     .1  a  Ii.    L'.    I  i  7  I  ,    Iii.    S;ilillli-l      I  i  ll  I  ch  I  li.-.        Th"\     had     ' '     chil- 

:,  :    <  '!i       .  r    <  '.    M'Mchi:,-,  Saimn-l.    K/ra  (  'hild    I  I -.it-'liin.s.   M,,s,.,     ['., 
I  ',  •      I  ;..  ;md    I  I'  •:,  i  \    C.    |  [  in  .-iiin-.   In  •!  h    !  i\\  \  el  -   ill    I '..  i-,  i.ii. 

;:i.    I  '-a.    I  )nd!.  _\   (  'hil.l  ,  ...n  of  i;ic!ianl   and   AKi-.dl    (  'hihn. 
\'.    M.-.        .   1,7''..  ie.  April  L'l,   IMHI,  Moll\    \\',el,-.  I,.   N,.\.    1  L'.    I77>. 


Son  of  Tit  noil nj,  SOIL  of  Jolai,  J>ofh  of  J)<:.<lliani,  JAy.v.v.    5i) 1 

She  (1.  in  1831  and  lie  in.  for  2d  wife,  Sept.  1832,  Xancy  Child,  b.  Dec. 
3,  1782  (dau.  of  Willard  Child  of  Woodstock,  Ot.).  She  d.  March  '2'.}, 
18.10.  He  resided  at  Bath,  N.  H.  Ho  d.  May  23,  1840.  His  chil- 
dren were  all  by  his  first  wife. 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

3014.    i.    Charity  Child,  b.  A  [nil   11,  I80l,d.  Oct.  8,  1807. 

01)4.').  ii.  Theodosia  Child,  b.  Se[it.  1 7,  1802,  in.  Stephen  X. 
liartlett. 

:5()-l(i.  iii.  David  Child,  b.  March  29,  1  S().l,  in.  Charlotte  Monlton 
of  Lyman,  X.  Jl.,  resides  in  Xevada,  Story  Co.,  Iowa.  lias  had  7 
children:  Chester,  Charity,  George  Smith,  Eliza,  Leroy,  Sannu'l  .May, 
Dudley  11. 

•Si). 1 7.  iv.  Luiliera  Child,  b.  Oct.  2-1,  iSQi'i,  in.  Amos  K.  Heath  of 
Xewinu-y,  \i. 

3048.  y.   Molly  Chi  hi,  b.  Feb.  7,  1809,  d.  .March   :'.!,  1813. 

3049.  vi.    Dudley  Child,  b.  Oct.  iM,   1810,  d.  An-;.  L'l,   1814. 
no.K).    vii.   Williinl  Child,  b.  Aug.  23,  1S12,  <].  -fan.  23,  is]:',. 

3().">  I.  viii.  lliehavd  Child,  b.  Feb.  20,  !814,  in.  Adeline  Smith  of 
L\iiian,  X.  J!.,  ]'esid(;s  in  7si  \'ada,  Stor\'  Co.,  Jnwa  ;  lias  had  7  chil- 
dren :  Jv\cellen/.a  A ugusta,  Lydia  A..,  .Mary,  Xancy,  Dudley  I!.,  Kmily, 
Leroy. 

3 Of) 2.  ix.  .Afary  ( 'liild,  b.  .March  13,  181(>,  in.  Siejihen  S.  Moultoii  of 
Lyman,  X.  II. 

30.13.  x.    Dudley  Child,  2d,  b.  ^iarch  27,  l8l(J,   m.  Hannah    K.   i  lib- 
bard  of  Bath. 

30.14.  xi.   Jonathan  Child,  b.  Feb.  10,  1821. 

30.").").    ,\ii.    \\'illard  Child.  2d,  b.Xoy.  ID,    1823, d.  at   Crinnell.    Iowa. 

3(>r)3.  x.  Dudley  Child,  b.  March  27,  1819,  m.  Jlannah  E.  Hibbard 
of  ]'>ath. 

l']i^hth  Generation.  |      ('hildren  : 
:')!)."")().   i.    Ellen.  M.  Child,  b.  Sept.   28.    18  (-."). 
3<>.")7.    ii.   Elihu.il.  Child,  b.. June  27,  184!),  d.  Feb.  i;:',.    L8.VJ. 
30.")S.   iii.   .lvl\vin  \V.  Child,  b.  3-!ay  4.  18.12. 
30.")'.).    iy,    Li//ie  Child,  b.  Xn\.  22,   18.1.1. 
301)0.    y.    Franklin   L.  Child,  b.    Dec.:',!,    18.18. 
30G1.    vi.   John  Uibbanl  Child,  b.  .May   I,  i8(S2,  d.   .June  2  1,  18C.3. 

|  Seventh  ( leiieration.  | 

30.11.  \i.  Jonathan  (,'hild,  b.  Feb.  l;i,  1821,  m.  Martha  H.Walker: 
a  firmer  at  Bath,  X.  H. 

I'liu'hth  <  .'enerati.in.  |      Children  : 

30(52.  i.  Chloe  Walker  Child,  b.  Dec.  2!,  !8  !ii,  a  ir.ute,  educ;ued  at 
the  Asylum,  at  1  lariturd,  (  'i . 


u 


I  >  "'  !,/},  f  ,  ,f  ]\'nn<l«t,,rl,;  <'/., 


.".ii.;:1,.   jj.  Sylvia  II.  child,  l.  .  <>,-i.  In,   IS.MI,  ,  1.  Oct.  is,  |s:,u. 
:io,;i.   iii.    Aldaee  Walker  ri.il  ,1.  1,.  .Ian.  1  1.  |S:.L». 

.",11  ;:>.    i\.    Anlnir   Leon  (  'Iiild,  1..  Nov.  s,  I  s:>  I. 

:',ur,n.   v.   Harriet  M.  child.  i>.  Dec.  I.".,  |s:>s. 

liti'1.;.    \i.    Willie  .).  Child,  l>.  July    17  and  (1.  -Inly   I'.i.   l>r,l. 

!  l-'i  till  <  ieiierat  i'  'ii.  I 

L".  I  ''>•_'.  \iii.  Flea/  •!•  Child  (son  (if(';i|il.  I'enne]  Child  and  Dorothy 
I  )\\  i-hi  i.  1>.  <  )<•!  .  L'.  I  7-'>7,  in.  (  \\  1  1  Min  IK  it  iiM-ertiii  lid!).  Mr  had  I  chiMren. 

.".lln'S.  i.  Sahru  ('iiild,  li;i|it.  M;tv  1  S}  I  7('-">,  in.  I  >t:>-.  l'  I  ,  17vtl.  |-'.ln-- 
lif/iT  <  '.-irnill.  of  K  iiiiiiLjlx',  <  'l. 

.•'.iHi'.l.    ii.    rl'li;nikful  <  'liil.l,  li:i].t.    May    I  S,    17''».".. 

:',n7<i.    iii.    Donitliy  Child,  b;i|.t.   Nm.  L'l.   1  7'i.'>. 

.">u7l.  iv.  l-lli/.-ilirtli  ('Iiild,  1  in  |  >!.  No\.  L'l,  I7'i">.  Tli'.1  indi'Mtioiis 
art1  th:ii  tiicrc  wri1  two  sets  of  (wins. 

For  iiianv  of  the  facts  lnTf  cited  concerning  tin-  ('Iiild  il-^ccndants 
of  llc\  .  ,lo>iali  hwi^lit  of  Woodstock,  Ct.,  the  author  i>  indchtcd  to 
tip-  kiiidiic-s  of  Mi>s  Mllcn  I  ).  Larncd  of  Tlioin]»on,  ('(.  and  I'm-  more 
of  tin-in  to  l>aac  ('hilds.  Ksi|.,  of  I'.o^ton  (  I  li^hlands),  vcm-raltlr  for 
his  vcars.  Nfitlirr  of  tln-sc  generous  as>i>tants  arc  in  an\"  wav  con- 
iicctf'd  with  the  faiiiiU. 

[  I1'  i  Mirt  h  <  IciHTat  ion.  | 

L'SI7.  vii.  Mchitahlc  DwiLrhi  (dan.  of  Hev.  -losiah  Dwi-ht  of  Woo.l- 
stock  and  Mary  1'aitrid-v).  1).  N'ov.  L(,  I  70.'>,  in.  March  I'll.  1  7l".>,  Wil- 
liam Soiithinayd.  a  larnirr  at  Middlctown.  <'(.,  1).  .Ian.  '.»,  li'i'.'^  (>on  of 
\\'iliiam  SMIH  liinayd.  .1  r..  of  \c\\-  London,  and  aftcrward>  of  Midillc- 
town.  (  't.,  and  .MarLrarft  .  \ll\ii.  hi>  l'i|  wife.  dan.  of  ll»n  ,|,,hn  .\li\n 
of  Hartford).  lie  d.  <  let.  l.\  1717.  act.  |S}  !mt|  she  d.  Nov.  l'  L  17."'.\ 
;i"(.  1^.  IIi>  estate  was  appraised  at  hK  death  at  l!7.L'7'.1  a  lar^'e 
ju'oper'  v  i  h'-n  in  an  i  nl-ind  town. 

|  Tip-  |ian-nts  of  \\'illiain  Soiithma  vd,  .1  r..  \\  ho  \v;i>  :i  sea-rapt  ain  ami 
slii]i-o\\  ner,  were  \\  in.  Smit  hma\'d  ot'  (  lloneoter.  Max.,  and  M'-li^.'Ht 
.\ddi-.  \\li»m  In-  ni.  No\.  L1--,  Idll'.  ami  u  ho  \\a.>  dan.  of  Win.  A.  Mis. 
Ii"  in.  Met.  h'l,:1,.  for  hU  fir^l  wife,  l-Niher  I  1  ami  MI,  Ii.  Dec.  1  .'>.  I  r,;i.'i 
(dan.  of  (iiies  llandin  of'  M  iddleio\\  n  and  of  M-ther  ('row,  dan.  of 
John  ('row  of  liar;  ford.  <'t.  See  previous  pa  •„''•).  She  d.  Nov.  II, 
I'>1'.  He  m.  f,,r  a  -d  wife,  at.oni  li'.SJ,  Mar-arei  Allvn,  1..  al  Wiml- 
or.  «';..  .lulv  L".'.  1'e'iii  ,d  HI.  of  Hun.  .lohu  Allvn  of  I  larl  ford,  and 
afieiv.  ard>  of  \\"  i  i  p  1  -  .r.  <  'l  .  .  and  Hannah  Smith  of  Sprin^lield  ulaii. 
ot  II'  iii',-  Sninh  and  Ann  I'vnchun,  dan.  uf  \\'illiam  l'\  lu-hun,  the 
.virler.  :,n.|  -i-i.-i-  of  Major  John  l'\  nch,,n  i. 

L-ticM.  or   !!••   NT.  (  'ro\\    vva-  -i-!er    ,,('    M  ,  -hit  a  1  •!••  (  'row  ,  v\ho  m.  <  'ol. 

Sa  lll'le]       i  ',,  |'l  rj     i_'e     uf       ||:l!   Held.  See     I  ,]  e\    iu||S     |ia"'C. 


Son  of  Timotliy,  Son  of  Joint,  l>otlt  of  Dedliam,  Jlffs*.  523 

The  children  of  Win.  Southmayd,  Jr.,  wore  : 
'!>)/  lit*  ji r.^t   ifif'1  : 

1.  "\Villiain,  b.  July  21,  1<574,  d.  young.  2.  Krv.  Jolin,  1...  Aug.  23, 
1G7(5,  grad.  at  Harvard  in  1G97,  settled  at  Watci'bury,  Ct.  3.  Wil- 
liam. I'd,  1).  March  (i,  K57U,  d.  young.  4.  Giles,  b.  Jan.  17,  K5SO.  5. 
Esther,  b.  (.)ct.  2S,  1(5*2,  d.  Dec.  2H,  1*5*2. 

_/>//  /(/.-<•  xi't-unil  -ii'ifc,: 

(5.  Allyn,  b.  in  K58.").  7.  1  )auicl,  1).  in  1(5*7,  d.  aet.  1(5.  8.  Mar- 
garet, b.  in  H51II.  !).  Ann,  b.  Jan.  Is,  lr><)3.  H).  Joseph,  b.  in  1(5(J.">. 
II.  Williaiu,  b.  Jan.  It,  U5!>1).  I'.'.  Melisent,  b.  in  1700,  d.  in  1717. 
Jle  d.  Dec.  4,  1701',  she  d.  March  ](},  1733.] 

[Fifth  Generation.]     Children  of  Win.  Southmayd    and  Mehitablc 
D  wight  : 

3072.    i.    Anna  Southmayd,  b.  Sept.  23,  17:50,  d.  Feb.  27.   17:5:5. 

:507:;.    ii.    Allyn  Southmayd, b.  Aug.  (i,   17:5-_',  d.  Oct.  s,  17")."),  aet.  i'3. 

3071.   iii.    William  Southmayd,  b.  June  11.  173."),  d.  Aug.  23,  1*11. 

307.").   iv.  CJiles  Southmayd,  b.  June  27,  173*. 

307(5.  v.  Partridge  Samuel  Southmayd,  b.  Oct.  31,  1  73'.»,  d.  Dec.  30, 
1*21. 

3077.   \i.   Timothy  Southmayd,  b.  Oct.  3,   1712,  d.  Dec.  1(5,   1747. 

3071.  iii.  William  Southmayd,  4th,  b.  June  14,  1 .73"),  m.  Nov.  17, 
17(50,  Elixabeth  Clreen,  b.  in  I  73'J  (dan.  of  Samuel  Green  of  Xe\v  Lon- 
don, ('!.).  She  d.  June  2"),  1774,  aet.  3").  He  m.  in  177(5,  for  2d  ^'ife, 
]Mrs.  Ksiher  (Jrey,  \vido\v  of  Samuel  G-rey  of  AVijulham,  Gt.,  1).  in 
17"!'.  who  d.  aet.  71,  Dec.  24,  1*10.  Jle  d.  Aug.  23,  1  *  1  1,  aet.  7(5. 
Hi^  estate  \vasajipraised  at  JC3,(J  1 1  I  Ss.  He  \vas  a  farmer. 
Sixth  Generation.]  Children: 

Jlij  p r*t  ii-'ifi'-  : 

.'5o7*.   i.   Elixabeth  Southmayd,  b.  March  1,  17G2,  d.  June  22,   177-">. 

3o7(.».  ii.    William  Southmayd.  b.  Dec.  2(5.  17(53. 

30*0.   iii.   Allyn  Southmayd,  b.  Dec.  7.    17(5."). 

.'50*1.   iv.   Timothv  Southmayd,  b.  Dec.  J(5,  17(57. 

30*2.    v.    Samuel  Southmayd,  b.  Oct.  20,   1770,  d.  Nov.  3.   1770. 

30*.">.    vi.   Anne  Southmayd,  bapt.  June  II,  1772,  d.  Oct.   I!',   1772. 

30*1.    vii.    Mehitable  Southmayd,  bpi.  l-'eb.  27,  I  774,  d.  Oct.  2(5,  177"'. 
.]},/    isffond    in'j'f  : 

'>o,*r>.  yiii.   Samnel  Southmayd,  2d,  b.  Dec,  2*,  1778. 

307'.'.  ii.  William  Southmayd,  b.  Dec.  2(1,  1  7<'>3,  m.  Dec.  2H,  1  7*<), 
"I>e>ii'e  ('lay  of  Ch-itham,  Ct.,  b.  l-'eli.  5,  I  7'5:5  (dau.  of  Jonas  Clay  and 
Jane  Je>M!pj;  a  saddlei1,  and  in  later  life  a  farmer,  occupying  the  old 
homestead.  lie  d.  Mav  12,  !*"»',,  aet.  l>2,  "  never  compelled  to  be 
within  doors  a  day  of  his  lonu;  life  from  sickness.'  She  d.  Jan.  I."), 
'1*3."),  aet.  72. 


.VJ  t    A  N-v  H,  1,1  lit*  o      /,'/  /'.  .A*.svW/  I  hi-  !,/!,!  ,,/'  II  'unJ+h,.  •',-,  <  '/., 


'.'•"^7.    ii.    Uora.-f  Soi'.tlimavd,  b.   !>••<•.   '_'  I  .    IT'.'ii. 

.".ii--^.    iii.    William  Sontlmiavd,  li.  Nov.   1!'.   I7'.1!'. 

:'•-'.'.  i\.  (  M'oru'f  s..  HI  lima\  il.  1>.  .Ian.  L'.'I.  1  7!i">,  d.  .Jinn-  ."n,  isi;:'. 

."'"'.'il.  v.  |-'.li/;ilicili  (Jivfii  Soiilhmayd,  1>.  Si-|it.  L'.'i,  17(.>7,  in.  \\"ni. 
\V  .....  luard. 

.">"'.'  1.    \  i.    I.  ......  anl  (  'lay  S..iitliinayil.  K.  April   1'.  I  -'ill.  ,1.  (  ),-t.  I1:'..  1  -1'  I. 

.•lii'.'l'.    \ii.    .laivd  Southmayd,  b.  <  ><•!.    I  .\   1  >i  :.",.  d.  in    !><>!. 

."lisii.  i.  Henry  Soutliniayd,  li.  Jan.  II.  171-".1.  in.  -Ian.  !':'>,  1^11, 
<'lan»a  \Variu.-r,  b.  in  17s(.i  (dan.  ..!'  M;i].ir  l!,,brrt  \\'ann-r  uf  .Mid 
dlriiixvn  ).  I  If  was  a  laru'f  inaiiul'acturiT  d'  saddle.-^  and  liariif-  -•  -..  and 
(-jifi-ially  t'cir  liif  market  of  Aiipu'n>ia,  (la.,  in  '.\iiii-h  pla'-f  lif  i-f-idfil 
\\rli  Iii-  family  i'ui-  M>HH'  il  vcars.  II--  afh-ru  ai  d>  n-inuvcd  tu  .li-r>'-y 
('iiv,  N.  .1..  \\licrc  lie  vas  ;ii.'i'iil  of  I'll"  JiTsi-v  A>Mn-ialiun.  \vli-i  \\i-ri- 
[pl'i  .j.rifl  u|'>  of  a  lai'u'f  jHirtii-ii  (if  tlic  uiixi'id  land  of'  il:  •  to\VH.  and  W;;S 
CMlilifi'lril  \\  it  li  *'  Tlir  New  .Jri'M'V  Traii'-j  mrt  ation  (  '...  1!.-  \\a->  a]i- 
j.i'intfd  l'\  I'rf-t.  Taylor,  h.^nty  (  'ollfctor  of'  I'.  S.  cu>toiii>  a;  that 
|.la«-.-.  I!"  d.  at  .Icr.-i-y  ('iiy.  .Maivl,  N.,  l>-."i|,  act.  i'>">.  Slu-  d.  IlnTi- 
A:;-.  1-.  |S7:I.  aft.  >!. 

Kidit  li  <  M-iif  I'ation.  ]      (  'hildn-  n  : 

ii'i'.'.'i.  i.  llfiiry  .1.  Suiitluiiayd.  fur  m.-iirlv  •"'"  vrar.s  Trra-r.  uf  tin-  N. 
.1.  Transportation  (  'o.  at  -Jc  rx-v  <  'it  v. 

•"'(  ''  '  1  .    11.    I  to'ui'i'l    \\  arncr  Son!  iinia\"d,  a  inaiiiifac:  ui'f  r  oi  hat  -  in  -If  i  - 

M'\      <   'il  V. 

oi'.';>.  iii.  \\  illinni  Snail.  T  Soiit  litna  vd.  in.  ll:!fri"i  .lohn-uii  of  Nur- 
\valk  .  '  'i  .  1  1  .  •  ha--  a  j'-\\  i-lrv  >tun-  in  N'-w  ^  drk  and  r<  ^n  n  -•  in  -1  ••!  -••'. 
<'ity.  llflia^hal  1  rliildrfi!.  one  of  v.  hom  i>  ^;ill  li\in_r.  I'ji/air.-jli, 
o.  May  7.  I  v';i  i.  Tlif  ul  \\>T>  d.  in  infani-\  . 

.'I1  ''.  ''  i.  i  v.  I  'harl.'-  A  llvn  Suiii  liniavd.  1  !••  was  fur  •-,  in,  •  vfar-%  a  n  <'•;•- 
rhan:  a'  M  f(  ;  rc^'ur,  lo\\a.  Inn  li,i>  lattfrly  r---id"d  ,-,i  .Icr-'-y  (';T\. 

•"''  ''.  '  i  .    v.    John   A  dam->  Soin  In  i  lay  d. 

.'iii'.'V  \\.  Mli/alif  I  h  (Irrcn  Southinavd.  Sh"  m.  M.-t.  l'^.  1s"1-, 
•  I  a  in  -.  M  o|-._'an  i  -  MI  of  .M  i  noi  Morgan  of'  -I  ••r-'-v  <  'i  i  \  '  a  flour  m.-ri-hain 
in  N.'W  York.  Th.-\  havf  had  :;  rhildivn  :  ll.-m-y  So,,i  inna;,  d  M,.r 
-MI:.  i>.  N  \.  \  -•>'•'  :  .l.-i.ny  Mor-an.  I,.  I-',  b.  l-'u.d.  April  i  -M  1  :  Ivi/:.- 
b  :i,  >o,illnna\d  Mor-an.  !..  |-',-b.  |-i;:J. 

•"'''.''.'.     \  i  ;.     I  'la  !'l-  -a     \\  arip-r     Soiil  liina  \'d.         S'|.-     in.    .1  U!:--     1  !  .     I     •'•', 

c.  -  !•  •,i.-x-.-1-  of  i.,,v.  ,.  \.  !i.  'T!,,-;,-  ,-i.ii  i,,.,,  :,,-,.:   i.  ••;. 

;,.>d   I',  nd-M.-r:    b.   .l.ii\    U.   I  •>:•.;.    L'.    I'.'i.'  i    Ad   !-•    I'  -i,          •  r. 
b.    .1  :  -:-  :    .",.    |-'r.,nk    Cu  .I:.M:  -    I1.  :,-!.  \L-I-,  b.    N.,\. 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  Jolui,  I>o1l  of  'Dcdlicuni,  3f<i;<*.  5^5 

|  Seventh  (  Jem-ration.  J 

"ON 7.  ii.  Horace  Southmavd  (son  of  \Villiain  Southmayd  ami  Desire 
Clay),  b.  Dec.  21,  17110,  ]„.  Xov,  IS  1:5,  .Julia  Maria  JJull  (dau.  of  Sam- 
uel .Hull  and  Kebecea  (.'olton)  :  a  merchant  in  _M  iddletown,  ( 't. 
(1813—23),  and  engaged  in  the  \V.  I.  and  Mexican  trade  in  Xew  Vork 
(1823-(>1).  Since  l.S(i|  lie  has  lived  retired  from  business  in  Xew 
York.  His  wife,  .Julia.  Maria,  d.  Nov.  10,  ]S:>3,  and  lie  m.  for  I'd  wife, 
Nov.  I'M,  IS2C>,  JIuldah  Don1,  b.  XoV.  2">,  17'.'2  (dau.  of  William  and 
Sarah  \\  arncr. 

|  Kighth  Generation.]      Children: 

Jii/  Jifxt  irifi'  : 

Ml  00.    i.    Stephen  (.'lay  Soutlimayd,  1>.  .Ian.  2,   ISIT.. 

:>!0l.  ii.  .Jane  Jessu]i  Southmavd,  }>.  Jan.  17,  IS  1.0,  in.  Frederic  .11. 
Trowbridge. 

.">  K»i>.  iii.  Julia  '.Mai'ia.  Soutlimayd,  b.  Oct.  27,  JS17,  m.  Davis 
".Hatch  of  Falmouth,  IMass. 

3103.  iv.    :\l"iii-tha    Nichols   Soutlimayd,  b.   May  18,  1S20  (?).  d.  Jan. 
(I.   ISi'T,. 

3104.  v.    Harriet.    Lamed    Southma\  d,  b.  "I  >ec.    -I,    1822,  in.    Albert 
Soutlimayd  (son  of  Timothy  and  Rebecca).      Sec;  subsequent    page,  No. 
:S172.    iv. 

.">100.   i.    Stephen    Clay    Soutlimayd,   b.    Jan.    2,    18 In,  in.    June  22, 
IS!  1.  Sarah  Allen  (dau.  of  David  and  Sarah  Allen  of  Middle-town,  <'t..): 
a  merchant  in  New   York  —  in  the.  \V.   I.  and  ..Mexican  trade. 
|  Ninth  ( General  ion.  ]       Children: 

310.1.  i.  Joseph  XYarnei-  South mayd,  b.  April  11,  LSL2,  d.  Mai'ch  !>, 
1843. 

31 0(',.  ii.  Stephen  Albert  Southmayd,  b.  I-\-b.  17,  18-38,  d.  June  22, 
1801. 

[  Eighth  ( Generation,  j 

3lO|.  ii.  Jane  Jes,sii[»  Soiithmayd,  l>.  Jan.  17.  i-!1'.  in.  .lune  22, 
ls:;7,  Frederic  iiayes  Troxvlu-idge.  b.  Sept.  IS.  1813  (son  of  Uoswell 
Trowbridge  of  Xe\v  Haven,  ( 't.,  and  Nancy  I  laves),  a  men-haul  in  New 
York.  Shed.  Oct.  12,  LS.~>15  aet.  .'].">,  and  he  m.  for  I'd  wife,  Aug.  2!, 
!S.~)3,  M.a)'y  Denmaii  .Kice,  b.  lreo.  7,  IS.'IO  (dau.  of  Ueulicn  IJice  of 
New  Haven  and  KJ.eanor  ! '.  Itoot.  See  ilist.  oi'-Slrong  I'aiiiily  l>y  the 
author,  vol.  i.  pp.  S7-Sj.  No  issue  bv  this  marriage. 
|  Ninth  ( Jem-ration.  |  ( 'hildren  : 

:>107.   i.    Julie  Marie  Trowljridge,  b.  Aug.  s.    I  s-"'v;- 

3  I  OS.    ii.  Jam-  Southmayd  Tro\v  bridge,  b.  (  ),•;.  27,  ls:',<i,d.  Sejit.Si,  !'•  12. 

31o'.i.  iii.  CaroliiK.' Wheek-r  I'rowbi-idge,  b.  Aug.  iii,  ISM,  in.  l!eiLr\ 
I'].  Whit  t  le.se  \ .  Sin:  u.  at  New  !!a\eii,  June  3,  lS(i'.l. 


:;i|i>.    is.  Horace  Sonthniayd  Tro\vl>rid.:e,  1>.  An-.   17,   IMI1.,  fl.  Jan. 
L'l,    I  SI''.. 

illll.    v.  l!o.sw,-ll  Tro%sl>rid.ue.  k    May    II',  IM:>.  «l.  .Ian.    17.    I  MM. 

I',  ill'.    \i.  Krederic    llaxi-s    Trowl.rid^e,  1..  Man-h    II,    I  -I  <i,  ..I.  .1  uly 

•-'."'.  IS.MI. 

.",  li:;.    \ii.    .lane  Kli/alieth  Trowl.rid.L'e,  1>.  Jnne'l,    I  Sis. 
:;i  1  t.    viii.    Mary   Klla  Tro\vl>rid>re,  1>.  June  L'l,   K>n. 

:   I  'lull  I  ll    !_felierat  lull.  I 

.">M»L'.    iii.    .lulia     Maria    Soiitliinayd    (dau.  of    Horace    Southma\d    of 
NY\\     York,  and    .lulia     Maria     Hull  ),  li.  (  >ct.    1'7,    1  S  1  7,  in.     .Mar.-ii     I'.'. 
I  >:'>'.»,   1'avis    Hatch  ut'    l-'aluii  ml  li,    Ma>s.,  a    nicrcliant    i'<>r    st-\cra!   \~i-ars 
at    I'oiici',    1'i.rtM   Kico.       l.attrriv  lir  has  resided  at   Nurwidk,  ('t. 
[  N  ini  li  '  i'-nrrat  imi.  ]      (  'hildrcn  : 

:'.ll."'.    i.    Strphcn  Sontliinayd    I  lalcli.  1».  at    I'oiicc,  .Jan.  0,    |S(1. 

illli1..    ii.     llnl.lali     Warner    Hatch,  h.    there    Feh.     I'.i,   ISl.'i,    and    d. 
there     1-Yli.    |:l.    IS  I'.I. 

:;i  17.    iii.     l''.li/.alieth   Stilwell    llat,-li,  1>.  in   New  York.  May  1'n,    I  -  hi. 

:ill-.    iv.     havis   llateli,  1).  in    I'onee,  April  L':5,    |S|S. 

illl'.t.    v.    ,!,,>r|,h    Newet.nil)    Hatch,  1>.  at    New   York,  Sept.  I'M,    \^V1. 

:>lL'll.    \i.    ("lara  .loM'phine  .Haidi,  li.  at   Jersey  City,    I  »i  c.  :'.,    lv."il. 

.".  ll'l.    \ii.    .lulia  Adela,  1).  at    I'mice,   May  7,    Is:.;',. 

\\V1-1.    viii.    .Manuel  Tor.,  llati-li,  I),  there  May    1'.',   iS.'.li. 

.".il'.">.    i.\.    I  lorace  St.ntlnnad   I  iateh.  1>.  at  Ni  \v  II  a  \  t  n.  A  i:-'.  .">.  \~-'^l. 

SeVelit  ll    <  lelierat  ii  'II. 

"ill--,     iii.     \\'illiai!i     Soutliinavil.     'it'll     siiii     nf     \\"illiain      S.  >ut  li'iia  \  d 

."uh.  and     llesire  <  'lay,  1).    N..\.    I1.'.    17'JL'.    in.    Keb.  L>,    |S)S,  Sarah    huu- 

haiu.   li.     AIIL.'.     I.     17'.1"'  idau.  <i|'     \\  illiani     Ihinhaiii    and    Sarah     Ki.nte. 

lie-  \\  as  i  i>r  nia  n  \   \  cars  in  I  he  ^\--.  n     i  \  and  crockery  lnisiiiessat    .Middle- 


;  I  '.i-'ht  h  (  leiierat  'n  in.  |      I  'hildren  : 

:',ll'l.    i.     Leonard  <  'la\    Soul  liina\  d,  li.  ().-(.    17.    l>L'l'. 

''ilL'-i.  11.  Sarah  Kooir  Sontliiuavd,  !>.  Sept.  I'.i.  Is^'S^  m.  llUint 
Sa  \  a_v-. 

.">  I  L'1  i.  in.  M  a  rv  I  Mi  n  ha  in  Sout  h  ma  \d,  1>.  .1  nl  v  l!  1  ,  1  Sl'ii  I,  ni.  Chanuee\ 
I',.  >eiai,tMH. 

.".  I  L!  i  .     iv.      I  luraee   S.iutlilnayd,   t).     .Iline7.    1  ^."1^. 

."i  I  _'  i  .  i.  I  .e.  ii,a  rd  C  la  \  S.  >iit  hina\  d.  l>.  <  'i't.  17,  1  v  '_!'_'.  a  iiie|-e|,a  h  I  at 
\  a:i  I  '.  if'-li,  \ikah-a-,  alul  -ll.ee  lh>'  !ai<-  \\  a  r  li.-!\\e,'i,  thr  S,.n;li  ;.nd 

:     f.ii  nvi-  ih-re.        Hi-  in.  a!  .....  ;    1  -."•'  '  Su-a  nnah   1  1  i-ha  rd  -  I  1  <  .u  .  11, 
.     i  I          n  <  '.,..    K  \  ..    \],ril  I'."',    I  -:'>•_'  (dan.  of  l.alian    I  h.welli. 

.    N  i  .  .  ;  ;,    I  .  '  •!  i'    I  ;i  1  li  '!  i.   |         Ch  I  Id  I'eli  ; 

i.     l.alian    I  louell  S..nthn,a\d.  l>.  <  >ct.  ''.,    1>"'1. 


Son  of  Timothy ,  Son,  ofJoh  n,  loth  of  Dedltam,  J/<y.s-s.    527 

3120.  ii.  Martha  Wallace  Soiithmayd,  b.  Sept.  12,  1852. 

3130.  ill.    Sarah  Ellen  Southniayd,  b.  May  G,  18.")!. 

3131.  iv.   Lncy  Stanford  Southmayd,  b.  Sept.  13,  ls.5G. 

3132.  v.    William  Jlorace  Southmayd,  b.  Oct.   13,  185'J,  d.  Dec.  21, 
18(50. 

[  Eighth  Generation.] 

3125.  ii.  Sarah  Foote  Southmayd,  b.  Sept.  10,  1822,  in.  June  13, 
1848,  Elliot  Savage  of  Berlin,  C't.  lie  is  a  machinist,  and  has  invented 
several  valuable  machines,  on  which  he  lias  obtained  letters-patent,  lie 
resides  now  at  Meriden,  (Jt. 

[  ^sinth  Generation.  ]      Children  : 

3131.  i.   Clara  Elizabeth  Savage,  b.  April  9,  1849. 

3132.  ii.   William  Soutlnuayd   Savage,  b.  Sept.  2,  1850,  d.  May  14, 
1851. 

3133.  iii.   Edgar  Camp  Savage,!).  Feb.  20,  1852. 
,'5134.    iv.   Leonard  Southniayd  Savage,  b.  May  13,  1854. 
3135.    v.    Mary  Harriet  Savage,  b.  Dec.  14,  IS55. 

31 .:')().   vi.    Emily  Savage,  b.  Sept.  27,   I*")?,  d.  June  13,  18G4. 
3137.   vii.   Horace  Southniayd  Savage,  b.  March  27,  l^Gl. 

|  Eighth  Generation.  | 

312G.  iii.  Mary  Dunham  Southniayd,  b.  July  24,  1830  (dan.  of  "Wil- 
liam Southniayd,  Gth,  and  Sarah  Dunham,  b.  July  24,  1830,  m.  Sept. 
8,  185G,  Chauneey  15.  Scrantoii  of  Middletown). 

1  Ninth  Generation.]      (Children: 

3l:'>8.   i.   William  Smithmayd  Seranton,  1).  in   1857,  d.  May  28,  18G1. 
31  :'>'.).   ii.   Horace  Seranton,  b.  Aug.  185!.),  d.  Dec.  2,  .185!). 
3Uo.   iii.    Sarah  Seranton,  b.  Jan.  18G1,  d.  May   1!),  1SG|. 
31  !  I.    iv.    Frederic  Seranton,  b.  March  2G,   18G3. 

[  F.ighth  Generation.] 

.'5127.  iv.  Horace  Southniayd,  b.  Jan.  7,  183?,  m.  Oct.  14,  18G3,  Jo- 
sephine ( 'ole  (dau.  of  Augustus  ( .V>lo  of  M.iddleto\vn,  C't.).  lie  is  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  and.  crockery  business  in  Middletown,  C't.  They 
have  one  child  ; 

31-12.    I.    Alice  Eugenia  Southniayd,  b.  Xov.  3,  18G4. 

|  Seventh  ( Generation.  | 

3u',M).  v.  Elixalieth  Careen  Southniavd  (dau.  of  William  Southmayd, 
5th,  ;ti:d  Desire  Chiyj,  b.  St-pt.  25,  17(.»7,  m.  Ajiril  2i>,  1821.  William 
Woodward,  b.  in  Xesv  llaven  in  17'.'->,  a  merchant  tailor  in  Middle- 
town,  Ct.,  for  distant  markets,  and  especially  Petersburgh,  \'a.  lie 
was  i  tost  ma.sler  at  Middh  (O\VH  u  m  lei1  Crest.  Taylor,  aiid  svas  also  Treas- 
urer of  t  he  M  iddlesex  (  'o.  .Fire  I  us.  ( 'o.  and  of  a  ( las  (  \>.  in  Middletown. 
I  Eighth  Generation.  I  C'hildren  : 


.VjS    />,  .sv,  ,..,/,////*,, /'/<'<  /'.  -A-,./',///   Jttr'nllt  nf   \Y<nnl#t<n-l\  (  '/., 


.".III.  ii.    Caroline  \\  a  r  lie  r  \\  OP  id  ward. 

:i!  I."',  iii.    Kli/ai.eth  (  liven   \Vood\\ard. 

.">  1  !''p.  i\  .    .1  u  1  i,t   M  ;i  ria    \\  .....  i  v,  ard. 

!1  1  I  7.  \  .    I  Ian  ii  1    1  .arned    \\'i  MII|\\  ard. 

.'I  1  i  v.  i  \  .  I  '.'1  \\  :i  ril  T\  I-  T  \\  i  ii  ii  i  \\  aril,  1  1.  in  1  **'.\~.  in.  I  '.  >t  IP  -I'  <  'a  rp>-n- 
ter  (dan.  of  (  leorvv  and  K>t  her  Carp'  nter  of  I'.o-ton  >  ;  a  niereha:.!  in 

I  '•.  -i  MM.  TV  «•  children  : 

:;|  I'.'.  1.    Kii/a  Josephine  Woodward,  k  -Inly  LN.    I-L'S 

:ii:.d.  -2.    William  Carpenter  \V  .....  luard.  \>.   Feh.    1,   Isi'.J. 

|  Si  \  1  ii  (  'i-i  M  -ral  I  '  in.  |       S'-e  pa<,fe  .  'l'!!. 

.".iiv|i_  iji_  ,\l!\i:  Smnliiiiavd  (smi  of  \\"illiaiii  Si  mi  liina\  d.  lili.  ainl 
Kli/jiiM-i'i  (In-fii).  I).  |)rc.  7.  i  7«i">.  a  tail-ii-  in  M  iil<ll'-tu\vn.  i-ct  ircil  c;ir]y 

II!  llt'r  lV"ll!  iK'livc  llUSIllOS.  lie  111.  illiollT  17'.'1  Llle\-.  (l.-lll.  cit'  (iii''^ 
\!ei^<  .-r.Mi.l.llet..  \Vll.  1..  Fel  ..!''•>.  177."'.  Slie  <1.  Dee.  M.  ISiTi.  S!|.-uas 
si-ter  .,('  ilie  v.  i!'-  <.t'  l{ev.  Ni>:ih  I'oi'ter,  I  >.  I  >..  (.!'  l-'ariniii^i.pn.  <  ';.  II- 
in.  .Ma\  I.'!.  l^l'7.  I'm-  lM  v,  il'e.  M  r>.  Luereiia  I5r<i\vii,  vi<l(i\v  cf  \\'li"i-!..|- 
r.r.iv.i,  «,f  \.-\v  Iliiven.  Ci..  I,,  in  17>1.  who  d.  aei.  ''.7.  Dec.  !.">,  I-!-. 
II.-  d.  May  i  I,  is:,  l.  act.  SS. 

SeVi'lit  ]]    (  ieliera!  lull.  <  'lll'd  Tell  : 


.">  I  -"(  1  .  i\.    Miiiineline    |.ui-\-   Suiil  hin;,\  d.  1).   .Iul\     1  •"'.    1  ^mi. 

Hi"'"',  v.    Mar\    Ann  Suiiilniiavd.  Ii.  in    I  "i  '^.  <  i.  .!;  n.    |n.    l>|n. 

."•i.'ii'i.  \i.  I  iii/ali.'l  h  M  i  i->  Soul  hlna\  d.  1).  ('el.  .'11.  I"-!1',  in.  (  Km.  •]• 
Male. 

:'.  |."'7.  \ii.  Caroline  S.,iilliiua\«l,  1>.  Kei..  L1'..  1  >  i  !.  in.  John  \\.\\'  .....  |- 
f..r.l. 

rM-'i-J.  ii.     Alfred    S..-.i']iiii;'.\d.    !.•.    Jul\     :il.     171.'1.'.    m.    Jni.e    !'.     I  -L'-. 

Sit-     '       1  '.  k'T   ijf     \\"a  ilill_ft'  'I'd,    (  ':  .          II"    \v;i  •    tor    M  >nie     ill    \  e;tr>    a     d'  .ill    r 

;.i    i  ii,  --i.ldler\    and  harn  ------  -    in    .Middl  -:..v,  n.  u  i,.  re  I,.-   d. 


:,  •  ii  (  i '  nerai  !•  >n.  •      I'h  i  Idi'en  : 

i.    !.•;.".    M.-ij-  >:..iii!i!.i;i\.l.  I..  Mar.  i,   i  L'.  I  >:','•.  ,|.  i,,   |-:;j. 
.    I.'    •.    '-!•:--.  _  !.  i..   No\  .  •_' !.   i  <'.."..  (i.  An,-,  il.   I-  1  !. 

.   -I  .ti.i  ...    i.  1..  l>.  •.  _".  I-:1.."'.  .!.  s.  |.:.  •;.  !  -:;.'-. 

.    i    .  -  •:;  '.>!.     i..    An.'     T-.      -  !",    in.    I,1.     .    \\  liii 


Son  of  Tbnotliy,  Son  of  Jolin,  Ijotli  of  Dedliam,  Mass.   520 

Stone  ITubbell,  grad.  at  Yale  in  18.18,  and  at  Andover  Theol.  Sem.  in 
1800  ;  a  private,  lieutenant,  captain  and  brevet-major  in  the  late  war 
(1802-1);  settled  at  E.  Somerville,  Mass. 

31G.1.  v.  Clara  Stanley  Soutlimayd,  b.  about  1843. 

31(52.   vi.  George  Alexis  Soutlimayd,  b.  about  1847. 

[  Seventh  Generation.] 

31-10  vi.  Eli/abetli  Meigs  Soutlimayd  (dan.  of  Allyn  Soutlimayd 
and  Lucy  Meigs),  b.  Oct.  31,  1810,  m.  June  9,  1840,  Osmcr  Hale  of 
Glastenbury,  Ct.  She  d.  July,  184ri,  and  lie  m.  for  2d  wife  Susan, 
dan.  of  James  Xorth. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children: 

3103.  i.   Allyn  Soutlimayd  Hale,  b.  June,  1842. 

3104.  ii.  Elizabeth  Hale,  b.  in  1814,  d.  soon. 
310-1.   iii.   Charles  Hale,  b.  June  184(5. 

[Seventh  Generation,] 

31-17.  vii.  Caroline  Soutlimayd  (dau.  of  Allyn  Soutlimayd  and  Lucy 
Meigs),  1).  Feb.  20,  1814,  m.  .May  8,  1844,  John  JJ.  Woodford,  a  teacher 
in  Middletown. 

[Eighth  Generation.]      Children  : 

310(5.  i.  Alfred  Soutlimayd  AVoodford,  b.  Get  21,  1847. 
3K57.   ii.   Mary  Hubbard  AVoodford,  b.  Xov.  8,  1849. 

3108.  iii.   John  Amasa  AVoodford,  b.  July  17,  18-11. 

[Sixth  Generation.] 

3(>8i.  iv.  Timothy  Soutlimayd  (son  of  William  Soutlimayd,  4th, 
and  Eli/abeth  Green),  b.  Dec.  1C,  17(57,  m.  Eeb.  1  :>,  1799,  Rebecca 
Walker  Hull  (dau.  of  Samuel  15ull  and  Kebi.'cca  Colton),  sister  of  the 
wife  cf  Horace  Soutlimayd,  Xo.  3087.  ii.  He  was  a  merchant  at  Alid- 
dletown,  and  cashier  of  the  Middletown  Jnink  (1801-21  )  for  20  years. 
Pie  d.  Dec.  13,  1821  :  she  d.  Xov.  14,  1824. 

[Seventh  Generation.]      Children: 

3109.  i.   Timothv  Soutlimayd,  b.  about  1799. 

3170.  ii.   4!ebecca  Soutlimayd,  b.  about  .1801. 

3171.  iii.    .Frederick  Redfield    Soutlimayd,  b.  Juno    12,   1803,  a   dry- 
goods  merchant  in  X.  Orleans,   La.,  after  1833.      He  m.  in   1S3  I,  ('ath- 
arine  (dau.  t>f   Charles   Goodrich,  a    merchant   in    X.  Orleans).      He   d. 
Sept.  3,   18.V9,   act.  -10.      They    had     I    children:     1,   Cliarles    Goodiich 
Soutlimayd,  grad.    at  Yale,   in   l8.li',.      2,  Frederic    Redii.-ld  Soutlimayd. 
3.   Rebecca  .Hull  Southmavd.       1,  Julia  Maria  Soutlimayd. 

3172.  iv.    Albert  Soutlimayd,  b.  March  20,   180.1,  ni.  Sept.  2-1.   1814, 
Harriet    Lamed    Soutlimayd,  b.   Dec.     1,    1822    (dau.    of   Horace  South- 
mavd of    Xo\v  York,  and  Jvdia    Maria    l'»ull.      See    previous    page,  Xo. 
3 JO  1.   v.).      He  carried  on  the  drug  and  paint  business  for  some  time  at, 

34 


1'tica,   N.  Y.,  1'iii  afterwards  removed  to  tlu;  city  of  New  York  and  en- 

,     L'au'ed  in  tin-  \V.   I.  Mini   Mexican  trade.      They  had  ''.  children  : 
:;17."..    I.    All.ert,  1..  .Inn.'  •_'!,  !>!."',  .1.  An-,  s,  ls:"'>. 
:;i7l.  •_'.  Stephen,  h.  March  1:1,  isis,  ,1.  An-.  i:>.  Is:,?. 
".17.").  :;.   Horace,  l>.  Dec.  l.">,  IS.MI,  d.  An-.  -">,  ls-"'7. 
."I7'1..    I.   Kinin.-i  \V<i...lniir,  1).  An-.  i'7,  1st'.),  <1.  .May  L'I'I,  is.vj. 

.">I77.    •"'.     Frank   Soul  liiiiavtl,  1).  June    !•">,    1  s  .V_'. 

."•I  7S.    I',.    Marrirt    Walla. T,  1,.   Nov.  L'.'t,    Is;..",,  ,1.  Srj.t.  '.'.    l^ilH. 

."il"'.'.  v.  Sarah  S<  Mil  lima  v<  I,  1>.  An-.  1'.',  ISUS,  ni.  as  lii-  I'll  \viii- 
.hul-v  .lolin  \Vhito  of  Tusciiloo.si,  Ala. 

lie  (1.  She  and  IKT  chihlrcii  reside  in  ( 'alil'ornia.  Thev  had  '.\  chil- 
dren :  .lulielie.  l.-^aliella,  and  .Maria,  \vlio  d.  in  IS(L'. 

."(l^t I.  \i.  .lulia  .Maria  Sinithinayd,  li.  alinut  lS]il,  ni.  I. in  ins  \Vond- 
ruli'.  Ti'df.  in  the  I  >eaf  and  I  >miil>  Asvlmn  at  I  lart  ford.  < 'l .  II"  d.  .May 
lS.")i'5  and  she  in.  for  I'd  linsliaiid  Samuel  S.  \\'anl  of  llariford. 

•">  I S  | .  \ii.  Sainnel  \\'.  Southmavd,  1».  anout  iSl.'i,  d.  iiniinii'ric'd  in 
New  <  h-leans.  La.,  .hinc  1  S.V.I. 

."ils'i'.  \iii.  .Mar\-  KlixMlietli  Soutliina\-d,  1».  aUoiit  Islil.  m.  <!(.•(.."), 
ls:',i'i,  Alfred  (iill  of  I  lart  ford,  for  many  years  an  iron  nierrhanl  t'nere, 
and  I'i-e>t .  of  the  I  lai't  fonl.  ( 'o.  I  lank.  Jle  lias  resided  more  recently 
at  (> ratine,  N.  -I.  TNS'O  children: 

I.    Frederic  \\'atkinson  (Jill.    L'.   Julia   Maria  Ciil. 

:\\^:\.    i.x.    \\"illiam  Souihmayd,  li.  ahout    is]*.). 

|  Sixth  (  Jeiierat  i>  m.  ] 

:>'is.").  \  iii.  Samuel  Si  nit  h ma \-d  (son  of  William  Soiitlimayd,  4th,  and 
Ksther  Cray),  1>.  Dee.  L'S,  177S,  m.  AUL.'.  :'. ! .  1  S()7,  Sally  Cill,  liapt. 
March  L' ! ,  I  7s  1  (dan.  of  (  'a  |  it .  Samuel  Cilland  Alii^'ail  Atuater):  a 
dniL'L'i-t  in  M  iddh-t  o\\  n.  and  Treasurer  of  the  Middle-ex  ( 'o.  Sa\  inirs 
Hank  at  that  place.  Me  d.  Sept.  1!.  1SM7:  she  d.  Sej.t.  .\  l-!l'. 
They  had  mi.-  child  : 

".1st.  i.  Samuel  Cray  Southmayd,  M .  I  >..  1..  <  >ct .  .".".  I  >  !  I .  ^rad.  at 
^  a  !e  in  I  s.",  I  _  ;i  plivsician  i'nr  SKiuc  years  iii  M  iddleto\\'ti,  liii:  a  !  t  'rwa  rds 
en^au'i-d  in  trade  with  larn'c  success  in  N'e\v  \iirk.  lie  m.  No\.  11} 
1  -:',-.  Sarah  I-!.  L'ussell  idaii.  of  Matthew  Tah-otl  |Juss.-ll  of  Middletown, 
Ct.i.  Shed,  at  Middletown.  .lune  |SC,i;.  NoisMie. 

!•  i  t't  li  (  '•  enej-M !  ion.  I 

'•  >' '  i  •'.    l  \  .    C  lies  SIMM  li  111:1  vi I   i  son  ol'  \\  l !  I  lam  Soiit  hma\  1 1.  .">d.  ainl    M  <•- 

liiiiii.!.-  l'ui_'ht  ..  1..  .l.n,eL'7.  I7.".s.ni.  N(IV.  1  L'.  17''.\  Kli/.al.eth  Korku,.] I. 

I.,  in    17  I'i  'dau.  of  William  and    Hannah    Uockwelh.      Shed.  Jan.    IS 

I  .  77.  aet.  :',7.       Me    ,,i.   for    L'«l    \\  ife,  .Ian.  '_".',    I77>.    Lois.  dau.    ut'Kl.eti- 

•    I;.. . -hue!!,  I,.    |»,.,..    L'.">,    I7IS.       She    d.    Nov.  L'l,    |Si'!i.       He    was  a 

fi|-!i,.T    ,,'     Mlddlelowil    (Staddlc    llilll.          Me     d.     Pee.    L'  1 ,     ISIll.    a.'t.    !•.",. 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  ofJolin,  loth  of  Dedltam,  JIass.    531 

[Sixth  Generation.]      Children: 

]>il  first  wife  : 
318-3.  i.   (J lies  Southmayd,  b.  .Jan.  17,  1777,  d.  Jan.  18,  1777. 

l)ij  second  x'ift:  : 

3180.    ii.    Elizabeth    Kockwell    Soutlimayd,  1).    Dec.  1 1,  1 770,  d.   un- 
married April   11,  1845,  act.  7."). 

3187.  iii.   (Jiles    Soutlimayd,  Jr.,  b.  July   12,  1  782,  m.   Feb.  2,  1814, 
Sophia,  Wrtmore,  b.  May  25,  1  78S  (dau.  of  Oliver  Wetmore*  of  Mid- 
dletown  ;ind  Sarah  Brewster)  :   a  farmer  at  Middle tow2i  (Staddle  1  lill). 
She  d.  March  8,   1811,  act.  30.      Jfe  d.  31  arch  1  5,  1841,  act.  5s. 

[Scventli  ( reiteration.]      Children: 

3188.  i.   John    Dobsoii   Soutlimayd,   b.    May  8,    181.1,  m.   Aug.    14, 
1844,  Harriet  !!.  North,  dau.  of  James  North  of  Middletown.      He  d. 
Oct.  11,  1^!7.      They  had  one  son,  .Frederic,  b.  Dec.  3,  184"). 

3189.  ii.    Thomas   Soutlimayd,   b.  June    11,  1^17,  m.  Marv  A.  Mat- 
thews, and  lived  in  Wilmington,  IS'.  C.,  before  the  late  war. 

3190.  iii.    Elizabeth   Soutlimayd,  b.  July  1C),  1819,  m.  May  5,  18-33, 
Samuel  lirainc  of  Colchester,  Ct.  :   Lad  children,  Thomas  and   Lina. 

3191.  iv.  Charles   Southmayd,  b.  Oct.   1,  1821. 

3192.  v.   Timothy  Wetmore  Southmayd,  b.  Sept.  17,  1823. 

3193.  vi.  Lucy  Wetmore   Soutlimayd,  b.  Oct.    19,  182-3,   d.  Dec.    2, 
1829. 

3194.  vii.  Sarah  Wetmore  Southmayd,  b.  Feb.  -3,  1829,  m.    in  1800, 
I  lev.  John    llartwell.      They  had  one  child,   John,  b.  and  d.  same  day, 
March  1861. 

319-3.    viii.    William  Waterman   Southmayd,!).  Sept.  29,  18:50,  d.  in 
1832. 

319G.   ix.    Lucy  Wetmore,  2d,  b.  Nov.  4,  1832. 

3191.   iv.    diaries  Soutlimayd,  b.  Oct.   1,  182 1,  a  gunsmith   at    Mid- 
cletown,  m.  June  17,  1845,  Martha  J.  Stoughtoii. 


*  Oliver  \Yctmoro,  b.  May  24,  17.32.  was  son  of  Setli  AVftmore  of  Muldicunvn. 
and  Tlaimali  l'".d\vanls,  sister  of  I'rcst.  l^lwanls.  Sarah  lirewstcr  was  tin:  dau. 
of  Klishu  I'.i-cwsicr  of  SFiddlctowii  and  Lucy  Vcoinans,  '1'hcir  eliildi'cn  \vcrc: 

I.  Jtcv.  OlivcrWctmoro,  b.  Dec.  I.  1771.  d.  at  I'tica.  X.  Y.,  Jan.  1,  1S.32.  act.  77. 

IT.   Klislia  \Vc1inorc,  1>.  Oct.  1,   177C),  in.   .Alary  IJacon. 

IIT.    Sarali  Wctnion;,  b.  Oct.  1,  17?s.  m.  John  .Stonyliton  of  Hast AVindsor,  Ct. 

IV.  Timothy  Wetmore.  b.  Any.  2.  1780. 

V.  Lncv  \\(itmorc.  b.  .Alay  !).  17-^2.  d.  unmarried. 

VI.  Hannah  Wetmoro.  b.  Any.  N.  1.7S4. 

ATI.    Clarissa  AVotinorc,  b.  July  ."».  17S(i.  m.  Sieplion  Doduv. 
A'LIT.    Sophia.  AVetmore,  b.  3Iay  23.  17SS,  m.  Giles  Southmayd. 

IX.  Chaunccy  AVctnioro,  b.  June  3.  17(JO. 

X.  Emily  \\Vtmore,  b.  Jan.  4,  17'Jo. 


|  Ki^hi  li  genera  t  Ion.  ]      (  'hildren  : 

:;i!>7.  i.    Sarah   Soiithmayd,  l>.    MayS,    |Sl!;>(|.  in    |S|S. 

">!'.»'.  ii.    .Mini'  Southmayd,  1>.  June  S,    I  v-">". 

ill'.1'.',  iii.    .li'lm    Kduard    Southmayd,  1>.   Anu'.   7,    !>">.".. 

.".L'liu.  i\.     |  |.'iir\    A  Hiert  Suiil  hma\  (I,  l>.  NM\  .    It'i,   IS."i.~i,d.   March   1>.V,. 

."•_'Ul.  \.     Marv   \\  et  ini.iv  Southmayd,  1>.   l-'t-li.   "i,   l>.">7. 

.">L''IL'.  \  i.   ('li;irlcs   I'lvcrcll    Southuiiivd,  li.  .);in.   L',    Is.Ml. 

|    iMt'lll    (  M'lirr.-llinll.   |         Src    J'jl^i-    .">L':i. 

;>ii7ii.    \.    Part  ridiji!  Samuel  Soiitliinavd  (MIH  of   \\  illiain  Sout]iina\'d3 
:id.  and   Mrliiialilc   I  hviglit),  1>.  <  Mnl.rr,  L'  1,   17:'.'.i,  a    fanner  in    Middlr- 
ln\\  n   i  Si;  nli  lie    I  1  ill  ),  in.   in    1  77>',    1  1  anna  1  1     l''a  lining,  h.    in     1711.         She 
.1.    |-Vli.  1  I,    I,>1H,  art.   I'.L*.       He  d.    Dec.  :'.<>,    ISL'I,  act.  Si'. 
|  Sixth  (  Icnerat  ion.  |       (  'liddren  ; 

:»l'u:j.    i.     Lucy   Siintlnna\d.  i»a|it.    .May    t,    177'.',  d.    Anur.   •'.    17>". 

."i  L'n  1.    ii.    Samuel   Dwi^lit  Soul  li  may  d,  1>.  .Ian.   7,  1  7^  1  ,  d.  <  >ct.  7,   IS.")]. 

.''I'll.'),  in.  Lnc\r  Sont  ]ima\  d,  I'd,  1).  April  1  1,  1  "'""-',  d.  unmarried 
Aim'.  L'7.  |S.'5S,  act.  .")('•. 

.'Il'Ui'i.  i\.  .lulin  II.  Soutliniavd,  1).  Maivli  -_'7,  I7vl,d.  Sept.  '<,  \^:\<'<. 
uninarricd,:i  farmer  at  M  iddletown. 

.")L'H7.    \-.    Hannah  Smitlimayd,  1>.   .March  .">,  and  d.    .March    1  0,   ]7-''>. 

i'C'1^.    vi.    I'lrastus  Soiitlimayd,  1).   .May  L".>,    \7~-7. 

."il'ii'.i.  \ii.  rriioma>  I-'.  Soui  hma\  d.  1).  in  I  ~S(1,  d.  unmarried  .Inne  \'-'<. 
I  >!:'..  in  Hartford,  Ct. 

.".•_'  |u.    \iii.    Chai-lcs  Sonthmayd,  1).  in   17'.)  I,  d.  Oct.    1  _',    |S]:». 

)'>•_'  II.  ix.  Hannah  Southmavd,  I'd,  1).  in  1  ~\^'>,  d.  unmarried  AUL:. 
].  1  -.".(>,  act.  .")!. 

.">l)(i!.  ii.  Samuel  Duiu'hi  Soutlimavd,  1).  .Ian.  7,  I7S1,  m.  al>ont 
1-"^  Kinih"  Dalton,  \\lio  d.  in  I  ^O'.i,  lca\  inj,'  a  child  thai  d.  also  soon. 
lie  111.  i',.r  I'd  \\ife,  Oct.  1  -!''».  Mary  (  »-deu  (dan.  of  Lewis  (  i-d.-u  of 
N'ev.  ^'cl|•k  and  Margaret  <  Ion  verneur).  ||e  was  a  niei'chant  in  N'e\\ 
Vcrk.  Me  ,1.  (  1,-t.  7.  1-.")1  :  she  d.  An-  1  -.  l-.'-l. 

>.  -\  ell!  ll    (  ielieral  1(  i]|,  I          ('hlli  ll'eli   ; 


.".l'1'J.    i.   .lulia  (  '.  Southmavd,  1>.  almut     1SI7,  resides    unmarried    in 
i  u    V,,,-k. 
:'.•_'!:'..    ii.    l-'ivdei-ir  A.  Soiiihmayd,  1>.  altout    Isp.i,  m.  Meta  (  '..  O^den, 

an.    of     U;,ac    <  I.    <  lu'den    of     N'eVN     York. 

."•Jit.    iii.     Lewis  <  )^den   Soiiihniayd,  Ii.  almut    ISJI. 
">!'  I  "'.    i\.    ('harle>   l^anniiiL;    Southmavd,  I),    ahotit    l>l_'i).  a    lawyer  in 
'  '.\    ^'|  'i  1;       i  K\  arf  s  iV   Smn  limas  d  ). 

I1'.    \.     Mai'x'arei   (.'.   Smn  hma\  d,  1).  alioul    I  ^L'-'i,  roidcs  unmarried 
;.    N.  v,    York. 


Son  of  Timothy,  Son  of  John,  loth  ofDedham,  Mass.    533 

•'5217.  vi.  Emily  G.  Soutlimayd,  b.  about  1827,  resides  unmarried  in 
New  York. 

These  parties  were  addressed  in  vain  for  fuller  facts  and  dates. 

[  Sixth  Generation.] 

3208  vi.  .Krastus  Southinayd  (son  of  Partridge  Samuel  Soutlimayd 
and  Hannah  .Fanning),  b.  Mav  27,  1787,  \vas  a  merchant  at  Middle- 
town,  and  afterwards  a  farmer  at  Stow,  .'Portage  Co.,  ().  lie  m.  April 
18,  .1822,  Anna  Wet  more,  b.  Oct.  2-'!,  L802  (dan.  of  Caleb  Wetmore  of 
Stow  and  Mary  \  lamlin).  Shed.  Dec.  I'J,  l82(>,  act.  21.  He  in.  for 
2d  wife,  March  21,  1  827,  Clarissa  Pace,  b.  Feb.  0,  ls(l.">  (dan.  of  Thomas 
Pice  of  Stow,  ().,  and  IMioda  Caylord).  J  Le  d.  Oct.  1C),  1*00. 
[Seventh  Generation.]  Children: 

11  ij  Jlrst   fife  .' 

3218.   i.    Lucy  Southinayd,  b.  Jan.  23,   1*23,  d.  Feb.   17,   Is-lli. 
32I<).    ii.   Charles  Southinayd,  b.  Feb.  2  I,   Is21. 

3220.  iii.  Pev.  'Leonard  Clay  Southinayd,  b.  Dec.  I'J,  Is2<i,  m.  Jan. 
1,  ISoO,  Kli/a  A.  Stark,  b.  Dec.  20,  1S^:>  (dan.  of  Jienjamin  Stark  of 
Stow,  and  Hannah  Chapman):  settled  at  Steubenville,  ().  No  chil- 
dren : 

./if/  si'coii'l  v'lfe: 

:}-2-2\.   iv.   Walter  Southinayd,  b.  -June  2,   IS-JS,  d.  May  LI.   181s. 
X-2-2-2.    v.   William  Southinayd,  b.  May  1C),  ls:U). 

3223.    vi.    Ilenrv  Soutlimayd,     / 

.,  .-  ,,  ,     ,   twins  b.  Mav  •!>,   ISoO. 

•  )'_'24.    vn.   _1  l.orace  Soutnmyad,  ^ 

d.  May  oO,  18(52,  from  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Pittsburgh 
Landing. 

:>2I'.).  ii.  (Charles  Soutlimayd,  b.  Feb.  •_'!,  18-Jl,  m.  Feb.  8,  1SC»1. 
Jlelen  Augusta  Wilson,  b.  -May  I-1),  181i'  (dan.  of  Darius  \Vilson  of 
Brunswick,  (.).,  and  Temperance  Cliase),  a  farmer  at  Stow.  O. 
Children  : 

o22.">.    1.  Anna  Louisa  Soutlimayd,  b.  Nov.  21,  18(51. 

o22G.   2.   Julia  Southinayd,  b.  .Feb.  2d,   I8ii4. 

3222.  v.  William  Southinayd  (son  of  Krastus  Soutlimayd  and  Cla- 
rissa Pice),  b.  May  Id,  1  S.30,  m.  Nov.  1,  18,")2,  Martha  A.  Wilson,  b. 
Dec.  27,  18.")!  (sister  of  Helen  A.  Wilson,  wife  of  his  bro.  Cliarles)  :  a, 
teacher  at  Stow.  Children  : 

3227.  I.    Lncv  Jane  Soutlimayd,  b.  .May   1  •">,   18.")."). 

3228.  2.   George  Milton  Southinayd,  b.  Jan.  12.   1803. 

322-').  vi.  Ilenrv  Soutlimayd,  1).  May  3,  183ii,  m.  No\.  .">,  180."). 
Orlina  "Ueckwith,  1).  May-")'),  ]S|7  (dan.  of  John  Peckwith  of  Stow  uud 
Klecta  Dewey)  :  a  farmer  at  Stow.  One  child: 


.'>•_"_".'.     1.     l-'iank    Krastiis  Soiitlnn:i\d,  li.   ,lul\    .".I,    I  Mil'.. 

Tlir     fads    ddalli'd      ;il)o\c      i  'i  i]  ici  -m  1 !  i '_'    t]ir    Si  ill  I  1 1 II  III  \  ( I    I  IfSCClK  lilllt  >    of 

l!'-s .  .!<  »i:ili  I  >\vii,'lit  ut'  \\  i  xnlstcM'k,  \vfj-i'  (ilit:inii-il  in  \;irinii<  p;irts 
iVmii  l'M\\in  Sic;irn>,  h's. |.  «\'  M  idillctown,  since  ilcccuM'd,  ;m<l  \\'illiam 
Sniit  lilnav  i|.  1'itli,  »!'  M  iddlclnwn  (wlm  In.  Sarah  I  )ii  lilialu  ).  No.  .">HS>. 
iii..  and  llo]-;tc.-  Soul  Imiayd  of  New  N'mk,  No.  .">n-7.  ii..  and  K.ra^tn- 
Soi 1 1  li ma \  d  of  Slow,  (  ).,  No.  .">•_'(!•-.  \  i.,  who  lia->  also  sim-r  di  •,!.  Somr 
>r|iar:itr  tads  of'  minor  iiM]iort;incc  \\ccc  procui'cil  tVom  a  \arii  i\  of 
i  'i  her  sources. 


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